"Oklahoma!"

We drove over the bridge into Galveston this afternoon for a matinee production of "Oklahoma!" which was showing at the 1894 Grand Opera House. Beautiful theatre, Victorian in design, with a feeling of intimacy in the audience. Because the Grand isn't very big, you have a great seat no matter where you are.

We've been there for lots of other shows during the years, and The Grand has never been a disappointment. Galveston seems to be a closer drive than the theatre district of downtown Houston, and the parking lot right outside the theatre adds to the convenience.

Being that the seating is original to the theatre, the rows are closer together, and so are the seats, so you kind of get to know the people you're sitting with. There was a father and daughter to the right of me, and every time one of the cowboys threw a punch in one of the fight scenes, the young teenaged girl would bury her head in her dad's shoulder. During the intermission, I heard him explaining to her that no one was getting hurt on the stage, no matter how real it looked.

We saw in the program that Lily Tomlin was at The Grand last week. I wish I had known that... it would've been fun to see her. I need to make a note to myself to check The Grand's web-site, to see who they've got on their schedule every month.

After the play, we didn't have dinner in Galveston, but chose to drive back over the bridge to Friendswood and go to Babbo Bruno's. We hadn't been there in over a week, with my husband being sick, then me catching the same cold. Nice to be back there.... you would think we'd been gone for six months, the way everyone greeted us.