Boo! On Clematis Street

Last night we again observed the the craziness on Clematis Street. And again I forgot my earplugs -- a very big mistake. It is dangerously loud.
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Dining Out

We had sixteen for dining out at Cracker Barrel.

Band Concerts

In our new volunteer ushering job at the Eissey Theater we enjoyed two fine bands. Sunday was the excellent Army Field Band from Washington and on Saturday was the Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches. I was pleasantly surprised at how much our local band has improved over the forty-plus years since I played french horn with them. It was a first-class most enjoyable concert.

Jane Out Of Hospital

Jane's back home after a three-night stay in the hospital. She had a cardiac catheter ablation for her atrial fibrillation. We were surprised by complications and a lengthier stay than expected. Last night we attended a performance of Guys and Dolls at the Lake Worth Playhouse. It was well done and enjoyable. Jane, having just been released from the hospital, didn't feel like going but she went anyway. She's feeling a little better today.

Movie - Hereafter

Last night Jane and I attended a prerelease screening at Muvico of Hereafter. I liked it for the superb acting and even more for Clint Eastwood's directing. I went in skeptical about what was inevitably the hokey subject of a psychic communicating with the dead. Yet, it was engaging and entertaining. I seem to be inexplicably prejudiced against Matt Damon but, surprisingly, I even liked Matt -- maybe because he didn't have a very demanding role. I won't call it a "must see" but I think most people would enjoy this movie. If you see it, tell me how they filmed the extremely impressive tsunami near the beginning.

City Walk

Eleven of us enjoyed a delightful Sunday morning walk along Lake Trail from Royal Poinciana Plaza to the Sailfish Club where we shuttled back to TooJays for breakfast.

Cuban Music

Tonight we volunteered at Eissey Theater and enjoyed "A Night In Havana" by Angel Roque's Piano and his Orchestra.

New Wheels Aquired

This morning we retired our old faithful but long-in-the-tooth Dodge Caravan (2000) with 147,000 miles on it and adopted a new Dodge (2010) with only 11,000 miles on it. I'm hoping we can now travel without worrying about breakdowns.

Last night we went to a prescreening of Red. It has a bunch of big stars I like but I can't recommend it to anyone except the fans of explosions and nonstop gunfire. It could have been funny as intended if I had remembered to take my earplugs. It had more explosions and crashes than Sweeney Todd had blood.

AARP Convention

Jane and I along with 24,000 others attended the AARP convention in Orlando Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. This was our third convention. The two previous were Orlando 2000 and San Antonio 1992. It's really quite a big deal -- so much to see and do. A big frustration is being able to attend but a few of the programs since so many are on simultaneously. A few of the speakers we squeezed in were: Governor Charlie Crist, Dave Barry, Jane Pauley, Marlo Thomas, James Carville & Mary Matalin, Rob Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Larry King, Olympia Dukakis, among many others. The movies we saw were Waiting For Superman, Flipped, Secretariat, and Nowhere Boy (A chronicle of John Lennon's childhood).