Today was a beautiful, sunny and warm day. Could it be that winter in Rome is over? Josh and I both went to the gym, and then had lunch in front of the TV so we could watch the game. In the afternoon, Josh rode his bike to pick Avery up from school and I picked up the girls by car. We went to a bar for a coffee and a snack, and then we went shopping. Charlotte had received a gift certificate for an "Italian" outfit for Hanukkah (from her parents), and now that the sales were in full bloom it was a good time for her to cash in. The store she had been eyeing is called Subdued, and the excursion was semi-successful. We found a top and a sweater she liked but her jeans of choice were either too big or too tight. Olivia was really oodling a chanel-style handbag, but I convinced her that it made her look like a 50-year old and that her day would come soon.
Besides Carnivale, which started last Saturday (more on that another day), a dance festival called Equilibro had begun at the Auditorium Theater near our house. I had read about the Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoul and Cedar Lake Dance Company, and so Josh and I had planned to attend their performance tonight. Josh stopped by earlier in the day for tickets and the seats were not great, so we decided to wait in case anything better became available tonight. In the end though, Josh's hacking cough was back and he didn't want to suffer through a performance. I was tempted to go on my own but by the time 9pm was near, staying in seemed the thing to do. All of the performances during the three week festival begin at 9pm -- that seems so late to me and I don't even have a job to get to the next day (although I do have get up at 7:30 with kids). How do the Italians do it?
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