on saturday, we went to see the nutcracker performed by ballet west at the kennedy center. it was magical. we've never seen a live ballet performance before or been to the kennedy center so it was exciting in so many ways.
i do have to admit, about an hour before we left our apartment, yangkyu wiki-ed the nutcracker to get to know the storyline and tchaikovsky and bit more. well 15 minutes into his "mini-research" i saw him passed out snoring! i was afraid that was pretty much what he was going to be like during the entire performance, but he ended up enjoying it! we both had the spanish dance in our heads the entire day today.
before the show, we spent some time out on the terrace. we were pretty stoked the weather's been so nice lately in dc. it's december and we didn't need coats! how crazy is that?!
i have a fondness for blurry, vintage-y pictures. yangkyu doesn't get them. he only loves crisp, sharp pictures. i like them too, but a mix of blur is alway nice, no?
well, i guess it'll be weird if we agreed on everything.
maybe he just missed the memo on what kind of blurry shots i like. i looked at this picture and couldn't stop laughing. sigh.
and what would it be without a little souvenir. our tree has two new additions, the nutcracker and ballet shoes ornaments.
happy holidays!
xoxo,
jane
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I've always wanted to see that show before!!!!
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing!
I'm gonna check out the ticket now!
i felt exactly the same way! i grew up listening to the nutcracker but never saw it live. it's definitely worth it! we were originally going to see a christmas carol at ford's theatre but it was sold out! hope you'll get to catch a performance this holiday season!
DeleteOh, I've seen the Nutcracker here in San Diego 6 years ago! They are showing it again here. I would have loved to see the Kennedy center! -Jessica L
ReplyDeletei'd love to make this into tradition! :)
DeleteMy aunt took me to see the Nutcracker when I was like 11 or 12 and I slept through most of it! Now I'd really love to go though.
ReplyDeleteIt would be different to see as an adult! I hope you get to catch a performance!
Deleteit's december and you didn't need coats??? I'm tres jealous!
ReplyDelete-liv
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It's so awesome and crazy at the same time! :)
DeleteWow, what a wonderful evening! I love the Nutcracker, I can only imagine seeing it preformed somewhere like the Kennedy Center!
ReplyDelete(I like blurry shots, too). :)
I love the Nutcracker, too! I'd love to see it in other cities by other ballet companies! (yay to blurry shots!!)
Deletehaha i love blurry pictures too! but when my husband looks at them hes like... "uh that picture isn't good. we should delete it" lol... oh men
ReplyDeletehaha! so funny! yangkyu is very similar. he just stares at the picture trying to understand it and i'm like.. doesn't it have a artistic feel to it?? and he just says.. it's blurry... lol
DeleteWow that JFK sculpture is amazing!
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty impressive!
DeleteGreat souvenirs! I have never seen the Nutcracker either, though I know the story. And your struggles with each other about blurry pictures made me giggle, haha! :)
ReplyDeletexo, Yi-chia
Always Maylee
They are the cutest ornaments! I think I should just blurry pictures of him from now on until he ends up liking them! ;)
DeleteThe Nutcracker is my absolute favorite! Love these pictures, so festive ;)
ReplyDeletexo TJ
I am in love with the Nutcracker! I want to make it an annual tradition :)
DeleteI love your vintagey photos! Great angles in the first 3 shots! And LOL on his snoring during his research. Hope he enjoyed the actual performance! Very cute ornaments! Which reminds me, I need to buy our son's special ones this year!
ReplyDeleteWe loved it! Thank goodness! Hope you find that special ornament for your son!!
DeleteOh, so fun! Dance is so near and dear to my heart, because I performed with a modern dance company for a few years, but somehow, I don't think I've ever seen the nutcracker live. Such cute ornament keepsakes you got while you were there. I love finding special things like that to add to my tree.
ReplyDeleteReally?! That is so amazing!! I am envious of dancers. I have two left feet! I love keepsakes too! Ones that'll always remind me of something special :)
DeleteThis looks like a GREAT outing. I love your wrap that you are wearing - so pretty. And your ornaments you got are adorable. These photos are beautiful - I get what you mean about the look of photos. I love vintagey photos that have that awesome blur.
ReplyDelete<3 katherine
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Thank you! I snagged the wrap at anthropologie! And it was a magic night!! Yay to awesome blurs! :)
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