Today was waffle day at Chez Morefield, so we started the morning with whole grain waffles and some amazing blueberries from Trader Joe's.  After a fun morning together, we headed off to the OC Airport to pick Chad (our godson) up on his return from Vegas where he'd hooked up with his high school friend.

We had a nice lunch at Maggiano's where I was treated to lemon cookies and wished "Happy Mother's Day" based on the assumption, I suppose that Chad is my son.  (There were times where Shari would call him my son, but mostly when he was misbehaving and she wanted to give him away rather than kill him...<grin>)  Then we were off to see the national tour of Grease, in which his NY room mate/College chum, Bridie Carroll, is playing.

The production was a lot of fun.  I enjoyed Bridie's performance, of course.  She has a beautiful voice and a wonderful stage presence.  She and her partner for the show (Will Blum) have a great natural chemistry and were a joy to watch.  I hadn't expected to really enjoy the show, but found it to be quite fun since I am a long-time fan of the movie, all things 50's, Rizzo and a sucker for love stories.

My only quibble with the show, other than an early missed note by a principal who shall remain nameless, was Taylor Hicks as Teen Angel.  He dialed in his one number in the show (to deafening screams from the audience), missed timing deliberately on the closing number (I suppose to "make it his own"...if that's what he's doing, he should learn at the feet of Emily Padgett (Sandy) who managed to make all of the well known songs her own rather than a parody of Olivia Newton John by infusing them with her own interpretation of the notes and inflections).

And then, to my utter confusion, after the end of the show we got a "preview" of one of the songs from his new album.  Grease to adequate country western without warning can be quite jarring.  I'm sure it's in his contract, but the producers should reconsider having him do self-promotion after the close of the show.  Truly tacky.

However, as I said, I quite enjoyed the show overall and we loved having dinner with Bridie between shows.  We asked her to tell us stories about Chad and ended up instead regaling her with our stories of his growing up, the first time we saw him dance and said, "Oh my God, he can DANCE."  So many great memories.  Dinner at Pinot in Orange County was delicious and I indulged in a glass of cabernet...a rare treat these days.

We're home now and settling in to watch Slings and Arrows with Chad.  Lovely to have this time with our "son."  Lovely to be alive on such a gorgeous day filled with so many delights.

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