23 Sunday Nov 2025
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I am always interested in the setting for each of the plays we attend at PTE…
this one was neat and it was cool how they changed the setting with tables and chairs…
both funny and thought provoking and the actors changed from one character to another smoothly…
really enjoying this season;-)…
14 Sunday Nov 2021
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adventure, big girl pants, blessed, friends, La Pampa, live, masks, moments, nature, play, PTE, shopping in person, weather, widow
yesterday, for the first time in nearly two years, we went to PTE to watch a live play…
we were both masked and had to show our proof of immunization… there were less than half the seats filled as they followed all Covid protocols… the program was digital and the set was see-through;-)…
it was great to be able to watch a show live…
once we left, we went on another adventure to find a pasta shop my friend had recently read about… it was snowing again and the trees were beautiful…
we were the only people inside and it was such fun to look at things and make choices about what to purchase… I got some fresh spaghetti, sorrentino (ravioli) in mushroom sauce, falafel, empanadas and pita…
what a fun time;-)…
08 Thursday Nov 2018
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big girl pants, clothes, memories, paper doll, play, tabs, widow
recently I was looking at photos on a website and came across this picture…
it reminded me of paper dolls when I was small…
it was fun dressing them… doesn’t it look like the little tabs used to hold the clothes on the doll…
of course that was a while ago, lol…
14 Sunday Oct 2018
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yesterday saw Prairie Nurses at PTE… it was funny and entertaining…
first show of the season and there was a full house…
beforehand we went out for lunch at the Falafel Place…
had some delicious falafel, and salad with hot cooked onions and garlic as part of the dressing… wasn’t sure how I would like it, but it was delicious…
enjoyed the show and had a lovely snack of Callebaut chocolate and some almonds…
walked home from the end of the street and got this shot of the many bare trees…
14 Saturday Apr 2018
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beloved, big girl pants, hot tub, iced, knee, play, PTE, temperature, widow
the silly hot tub is still not working properly… spent some time at the store and have a few more things to try… the temperature was 101 when I left home and when I returned it was 98… not really the direction I was hoping for, sigh…
spent some time with my leg up and iced it before being picked up to go to our last PTE play of the year…
leg is feeling good and the play was funny…
03 Saturday Feb 2018
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babka, big girl pants, buddy, Decadence Chocolates, drink, friends, play, Sherbrook Street Deli, Sleepy Owl Bread, widow
had a wonderful afternoon…
picked up by my play buddy and we headed downtown…
excited to make it to Sleepy Owl Bread to purchase some Chocolate Babka…
stopped in at Decadence Chocolates and got a few bars and had a visit with Helen… she is in the process of making some amazing chocolate shoes for Valentine’s… usually all the photos are taken by me, but the shoe picture below is one that she put onto Instagram (@decadence_chocolates) this afternoon…
from there we went down the street to the Sherbrook Street Delicatessen for lunch… had a delicious chopped liver sandwich, with kettle chips and coleslaw…
then we were off to PTE to watch Salt-Water Moon… we park underground so don’t have to wear our bulky coats which makes for a much more comfortable time at the theatre…
today we even had time for a drink before the play began…
finally home for a nap and quiet evening…
08 Saturday Apr 2017
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big girl pants, Clementine Cafe, family, food, fun, play, PTE, team, widow
another fun, full day…
quiet relaxing morning and then off for lunch with my play-buddy before we headed to the last one of the season…
lunch was at Clementine’s in the Exchange District… had a very tasty Braised Bacon Benedict (Maple Sabayon, Dill, Poached Eggs, Cheddar Biscuit) and we shared a Braman’s Greens, Sweet Cayenne Walnuts, Smoked Dates, Apples, Mimolette Cheese, House Dressing salad…
the biscuit brought a light feel to the dish and the maple sabayon was delicious… the salad was like dessert to end the meal… yummy…
then we moved on to PTE for our final play of the season… it was very funny… while we were there we signed up for next year;-)…
I am always impressed with the sets and how they convey so much more than is actually there…
got home and my sister-in-law and nephew picked me up and we went to his place for supper… got to meet the team… fifteen sled dogs… these are just a few of them…
and here is Aiko, the leader…
we had a wonderful dinner of BBQ steak, baby potatoes and onions, mushrooms asparagus, and a caprese salad… what a treat to just sit back and enjoy as others did the work…
left just as the sky burst into this…
04 Saturday Feb 2017
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slept in and lazed around all morning…
went to PTE and enjoyed a great play…
started with a drink and ate chocolate during the play… pretty fine way to spend an afternoon…
enjoyed some people watching and was amazed at the different ways people wear purple in their hair… not always to my taste, lol…
caught a few Pokémon and many poke balls while I was out and on the way home walked down the street searching for a few more…
even at 5:15 the light was lovely as I got close to the house… so wonderful to see more daylight every day…
already feeling more positive as the days get brighter…
23 Sunday Oct 2016
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alzheimer's, beloved, big girl pants, cancer, cookies, dreams, dying, family, help, memories, play, widow
yesterday we went to a play in the afternoon…
it was about a woman and her adult children and how they dealt with her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s…
I am always amazed at how they can take a few inanimate objects and make them appear to be different things throughout the play…
there were a few moments that brought back memories for me…
they talked about the loss of the husband a year previous and how difficult that and the intervening time had been…
the mother told one of her daughters that she was going to take her own life when she felt the disease was overtaking her…
that reminded me of my own mother asking me to help her die… she was in palliative care in the end stages of esophageal cancer… nowadays there are some options if a person wants to end their life when they have a terminal illness… there wasn’t anything to help a person when my mom asked me… she also asked if she could come home to die… it was difficult to say I couldn’t help her or bring her home to die… at the time she would have been staying in my daughter’s room and I wasn’t sure my daughter would be able to move back into the room if her grandmother died there…
it was a very powerful play and certainly opened up opportunities for people to discuss these difficult situations…
slept very poorly last night… kept having strange dreams with my beloved in them and then waking up… don’t usually remember dreams… thinking the play triggered them…
we did have these cute pumpkin pie cookies my friend picked up and which were very tasty…
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