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I’m pretty sure the movie version<\/a> with Audrey Hepburn as Eliza, and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins, was my father’s birthday movie in December of 1964. We had a family tradition (that I mostly upheld with my kids) that after the age of 7, no more big birthday parties with lots of little kids – everyone gets dinner out somewhere fancy, and a movie. Marni Nixon<\/a> actually sang, rather than Audrey, and I’m positive that the soundtrack album that we listened to at home was the Broadway cast with Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison – I remember this cover.<\/p>\n

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We went to see a newer version at the Lyric on Friday night, with Lisa O’Hare and Robert E. Grant.<\/p>\n

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3\/31\/17 9:08:37 AM — Chicago, IL USA
Lyric Opera Presents My Fair Lady
Promotional Photography of
Lisa O’Hare
Richard E. Grant
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I’d forgotten how many good songs are in My Fair Lady, “With a Little Bit of Luck”; “I Could Have Danced All Night”; “Get Me to the Church on Time”.<\/p>\n

The weather was kind of miserable – it was 93\u00b0 in Washington when I left, and 45\u00b0 and rainy in Chicago when I got there. Saturday was worse, though – we had packed up and walked out of the apartment intending to walk to the L, and it was so rainy I said let’s go back in and call a Lyft or Uber. Just getting into the cab we got soaked.<\/p>\n

But we must’ve chosen the right breakfast place, because shortly after we got our food, our Henry Higgins walked in. Cochon Volant, where Mark and I had had dinner<\/a> about a year and a half ago, and I always wanted to go back for brunch. And it’s on the way to the train. My “green” eggs Benedict – with avocado and spinach and artichoke hearts – were a little cold, but still tasty.<\/p>\n

It stopped raining enough for us to walk to the train, and we were back in Madison by 4:00. The basement didn’t leak too badly, I sopped it up, and I puttered around and got unpacked and fed the cats and threw out and composted leftovers – and that was my downfall. I had woken up at about 3:30 on Saturday morning, and not been able to go back to sleep, and was feeling over-tired and over-hungry. I probably should’ve just had a big glass of water. I thought, “oh, these cubes of curried tofu in the old fried rice look good, I’ll eat a few”, and there was a container of cold steamed green beans, not necessarily bad in of itself, but I thought a handful of tamari almonds would be good along\u00a0 with … Anyways, when I finished cleaning and snacking, I entered everything in my food diary app, and with the snacks on top of the brunch, I should’ve just stopped eating then and there. I had informed the family that we were having rhubarb pie and ice cream instead of dinner, and of course I had some too. This first rhubarb pie of the season was kind of a cross between pie and crisp – runny filling, made from cooked rhubarb and frozen strawberries, and crumble topping on top.<\/p>\n

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It firmed up considerably by Monday when I took this picture, when I had pie and ice cream again and enjoyed it much more.<\/p>\n

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Perfect dinner for a Monday: came home & showered so I am now eating rhubarb pie & ice cream in pjs while reading trashy historical fiction.<\/a><\/p>\n

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