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As You Like it at the Folger

April 27, 2026

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I have seen a bunch of excellent plays at the Folger. This was Romey’s first. As You Like It was good but not up to Folger excellence. We had a great night out though.

Capitol at sunset.

Audience in the round.

Dinner nearby at Ethiopic with cyn and ant was pretty not bad. The fish was great fun.

Climbing the Tower in Bruges

March 4, 2026

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If you’ve seen In Bruges, you’ve seen this tower. And you’ve thought about falling off of it.

In fact, you need to see In Bruges before you come to town.

The climb up is 366 steps and was not design with American litigation lawyers in mind.

The carilon is loud.

And very mechanical

Yonder lichtervelde.

Yonder Leuven.

Formidable guards

Tourists crawling like ants high on sugar

A panorama

If you have a friend who lives in Lichtervelde and has never been up the tower you can drag him up.

A Boat in Bruges

March 4, 2026

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Some of us have been to bruge 4 or 5 times. Others 10,000. Still others once. But we all got on the same boat, and it was great.

We found an opportunistic window of blue sky.

Swans

Churches are a thing. Were a thing.

Our hotel and the famous tower

Tourism is fun!

What’s Better?

March 3, 2026

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A late night Toronto on 23 (to compare to the one we made at Bar Hachi)…yes this one was way better

or little tiny Dutch pancakes, apparently called poffertjes ??

Well, I mean, how many poffertjes are you supposed to eat at one sitting?

I guess we will forgive the little French guy for his Maginot line. Maybe.

Challenge Accepted: Make a Proper Japanese Waitress Belly Laugh at Yamazato

March 3, 2026

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Dinner at Yamazato is exceptional, even 15 years on from the first visit. Absolutely world class. And Japanese service to boot.

The question is, can you make a proper Kimono wearing Japanese waitress belly laugh? Well, yes…if you are us. We had so much fun.

I mean, maybe the martinis we started with at 23 had something to do with it?

Or maybe it was mr big nose? No one knows.

But wow.

Who us? Goof off?

Happy Birthday gem-san.

The Big Birthday Surprise Revealed: Florence and the Machine and the Ziggo

March 2, 2026

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The Ziggo Dome is an excellent place to see a show. And Florence puts on quite the excellent show. We surprised Romey and Lisa with tickets day of (something planned for months and somehow kept secret). The show was superb.

Surly audience though..