Much Ado About Ashland

What a beautiful day! Breakfast and just hanging around relaxing. Then pulling it together to get a little lunch before the theater.

We made it to the Box Office and picked up our tickets and then walked to a little Italian place called 58 E. Main Street. Antipasto and bruschetta before the theater. Made it in and out in plenty of time.

Then we walked across the plaza to the Angus Bowmer Theater. Our seats were about 8 rows back in the center. The theater seats 600. The set was minimal but made a visual statement. This is modern dress Shakespeare so I didn't expect slavish adherence to the script.

Turns out it was a lot of fun. I thought the mechanicals were allowed to function properly. This was very broadly drawn and just a whole lot of fun. Dogberry glided in and out on a Segway, which he was very good at and his watchmen were suitably idiotic.

It was a beautiful production. We saw a matinee with a big high school presence. They seemed to enjoy it (lots of sexual banter and male vs. female stuff). Also lots of slapstick and physical humor that was very well done. Gorgeous theater. Worth the price of admission.

So this is really the third law broken:Learning more about Oregon. Broke the law out of habit today and pumped my own gas at a convenience store and the guy that pulled in behind me yelled at me that I was breaking the law. I saw nothing warning me that it is against the law to pump your own gas in Oregon. The attendant came out and asked, "Are you finished?" I said yes and he shrugged. I said I was sorry. I think maybe there needs to be a big sign at the border that says that. I don't know how I have lived and driven through this state I don't know how many times and never knew that.

1. We didn't pay to cross the Golden Gate Bridge. There was no place to pay. Guess we picked the wrong lane. Sowe received a notice and will pay the $7.50.

2. Same problem crossing the border. Stopped to get gas before going into Canada and was routed into the Nexus lane without the proper credential.

3. Pumped our own gas in Oregon.

Just breaking one law after another! How ignorant can we get? Fortunately, we will soon be back in California. I will be relieved. But now, I am going to dinner.

We had a beautiful dinner at Smithfield's on 2nd Avenue. Sarah ordered beef Tatar and duck confite and I had a filet with mash and collard greens and desert was tiramisu and crime brûlée. Amazing and the service was wonderful. Great last meal in Oregon. The Foodie State.

Tomorrow: California, here we come!

 

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