Last weekend, a group of us went to see Cirque du Soleil: Alegria. Unfortunately, there are no pictures from the show at all, because the staff were very strict with enforcing the “no picture” rule. I couldn’t even take a picture of our group, in our seats, during intermission. Nonetheless, Kristy, Gisela, and I spent our intermission eating churros and browsing the gift area. Kristy bought a lot of Alegria shwag, while I just picked up a red clown nose.
Thanks to YouTube, below are some of the acts from the show. I have no idea what the woman in white was singing about, but the song was damn catchy. After the show, Thomas, Kristy, and I were singing the only word we recognized from the song: Alegria. Before attending the show, I thought it was called “al leg ria,” as in a man’s name, a lower appendage, and the last syllable of the name Gloria. Boy, was this American bumpkin’ ever wrong. I was soon embarrassed to find out how much I butchered this word. It should have rolled off my tongue as “ahl leg rhee ahhh.” See below:
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If there was to be one act we liked the least, it would be the two Mongolian contortionists. Is it just me, or does it seem unnatural to see someone sitting on their own head??? Yikes!
After the show, we showed up at Star Chef with our party of 12. At Star Chef, the salad is always the belle of the party:
Shrimp: Before and After
Me: Before (dinner) and After
Definitely check out Cirque du Soleil while they’re still in town. If nothing else, their churros are fantastic!
[View the night's Flickr album here.]
17. November 2008 at November 17, 2008 - 11:38 pm
Either your eyes are bloodshot or there is some reflection from the Rudolph nose going on. I like the top too, very pretty.
If you could convince whoever is running the Churro shop to set up a branch in Tokyo and then get the word out to American ex-pats there they’d have a monster on their hand. That was the one foreign food the Japanese just couldn’t do well and mostly didn’t bother to do at all.
My first big meal when I got back to Boston was at a local taqueria.
18. November 2008 at November 18, 2008 - 12:46 am
Hello! Your picture with the clown nose is now featured on our official Alegria Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alegria-by-Cirque-du-Soleil/38543815745.
Have a nice day:)
18. November 2008 at November 18, 2008 - 9:56 am
Jeff – There’s a reason why there’s a before and after picture. Before (drinking wine) and After (the effects of the wine). Unfortunately, I suffer from Asian-red-face-after-drinking-alcohol syndrome.
Roxane – Thanks! Much appreciated.
18. November 2008 at November 18, 2008 - 5:39 pm
That syndrome of yours only requires 2 sips to actually kick in. Then it’s time for bed.