Left Seattle this morning heading up to Vancouver. But before I hit the border, I had 4 wineries to hit. Pasek Cellars did specialty fruit wines, not really my thing. Carpenter Creek was decent. Dakota Creek was great - a nice outdoor seating area. Glacial Lake Missoula was an interesting one - very different than most of the wineries I've been to - they're only open on the weekends and their tasting room is in a garage. Interesting wines too.
Have you heard about the bridge that collapsed on I-5 about 3 or 4 weeks ago. That was the route that I was supposed to take. Obviously I couldn't do that. But the detour around the bridge only added on about 15 minutes to the trip - not nearly as much as I expected it to add. I crossed the border into Canada - first time I've done that by myself in a car. The woman asked me all sorts of questions, mostly around whether there was any possibility of having a gun in my car. Apparently, being from Texas, that was a large possibility. Not so much.
I made it to my friend's house about an hour ahead of schedule, even though I left Seattle half an hour late (the wineries didn't take too much time this time). This evening, we went to see Dreamgirls at the Stanley Theatre. The performers were almost all really great singers, but some were not the best actors. I felt like everyone was speeding through their lines. Most of the show is sung-through, so they obviously have to stay on tempo, but even the instances where there was no underlying music, there was no room for breath between everyone's lines. I felt like there wasn't a lot of feeling behind a lot of what was said. The show also suffered from a lack of creativity regarding the staging. The set relied heavily on the use of 4 rotating & moving pillars on stage. They were interesting and used well, but I felt like there needed to be more options regarding the set. Sound design was fantastic, and costume design was very good, except that I get distracted when I can tell actors are under-dressed. Oh, the choreography - mostly very good, very period, but pirouettes in passe position just seemed to not belong. It actually was a very enjoyable show, I'm just stupidly nit picky about all sorts of aspects.
I'm really behind on uploading pictures. Hopefully I'll do some of that while at the ranch later this week.
Really looking forward to exploring Vancouver tomorrow. Oh, also - I apparently do not get cell service here in Canada (it disappeared very shortly after crossing the border), so I have wi-fi here at the house, but won't have service during the day while I'm not here.
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