Two things were accomplished by me yesterday at polar opposites of what might be termed the socially appropriate scale of life. I visited the National Portrait Gallery and was awed at the many wonderful paintings of fascinating people there... and then went to see the musical Avenue Q at the Noel Coward theatre and was awed by just how lewd puppets can be. It was fun.
At the Gallery, I liked the Victorian era portraits best. They were so real, so lifelike. You could believe that here were actual people who lived centuries ago. The Tudor portraits were also enlightening - they had such amazing clothing! The museum was put together really well. I felt like I was walking through history. The blurbs they have on each of the people in the portraits are really informative and the themes that bind them together were well crafted. It was truly fascinating and I was very impressed. Especially by the portraits of people like Charles Dickens and the Bronte sisters.
And I loved the musical too - it was surprisingly real itself - with such songs as 'Everyone's a little bit racist' and 'The Internet is for Porn' it was saying things I'm sure many people have thought but never said. Very refreshing. Although, if you are thinking of seeing it - a word of warning: there is puppet sex and lots of it.
I ticked off another thing on my 'To Do' list of London too, by buying the tickets from the TKTS stand in Leicester square - they were good seats too! Being able to buy good tickets for a show the day of the performance... I love this city!! Oh, and I had the most divine dining experience at The Spaghetti House. Well, not really a dining experience, more of a gastronomical experience - a real Italian Lasagna drenched - and I do mean drenched - it was swimming! in Bechamel sauce. I'm telling you it tasted truly heavenly! I'm sure I put on weight just by looking at it, but some things just have to be sacrificed for true art!
So from very high art to the very low ... it was an educational day! :)
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