Sunday night found the Gordons hitting the town for dinner and the theater. Dinner was at the new(er) seafood restaurant "1618 West Seafood Grill" in Greensboro. Sadly, there is no website to link you to, but suffice to say it was damn tasty. "Better than Bert's Seafood?" Kimberly had asked a colleague at work. And to our surprise, it virtually was. Not as many shellfish items as Kimberly would have liked, but her bravery in trying more "fishy fish" was rewarded. An appetizer was split: scallops on risotto cakes with greens and applewood bacon. Kimberly ordered the flounder accompanied by shrimp and cheese grits, roasted red pepper, and a cream cheese mousse. Chris enjoyed the black grouper with black bean spring rolls, zucchini, and a sweet corn sauce. Delicious. With wine, beer, and dessert it was $100 well spent.
Then it was on to Triad Stage to see another of our season pass performances: the George Bernard Shaw play Mrs. Warren's Profession. Written in 1894, this play still holds up today with the notions of powerful women, educated women, and their aspirations for themselves. Triad Stage's website described it thusly:
Not once was the term "prostitution" mentioned, but rather it was implied with tongue firmly implanted in cheek. An entertaining play, and an altogether wonderful evening for a date. Of course, every time Chris hears the playwright's name "George Bernard Shaw", he giggles quietly and is immediately transported to a Monty Python sketch:
"You shine out like a shaft of gold when all around is dark."
Then it was on to Triad Stage to see another of our season pass performances: the George Bernard Shaw play Mrs. Warren's Profession. Written in 1894, this play still holds up today with the notions of powerful women, educated women, and their aspirations for themselves. Triad Stage's website described it thusly:
A mother with street smarts and a daughter with a college education go head to head in a comic battle that is still as provocative and amusing as when it scandalized the world in 1894. Shaw, a master of wit and ideas, creates an unflinching portrait of working women and the men who seek to love or control them. At first impressed with her mother's grit and entrepreneurial zeal, proper young Vivie must confront the truth about her mother's profession (the world's oldest) as she seeks to claim her own independence.
Not once was the term "prostitution" mentioned, but rather it was implied with tongue firmly implanted in cheek. An entertaining play, and an altogether wonderful evening for a date. Of course, every time Chris hears the playwright's name "George Bernard Shaw", he giggles quietly and is immediately transported to a Monty Python sketch:
"You shine out like a shaft of gold when all around is dark."
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