Sunday, May 17, 2009

Magical Mystery Tour


Magical Mystery Tour, originally uploaded by ujima.

May 16 On this date in 1950, Briggs v. Elliott, a civil rights case that assisted the groundwork for Brown v. the Board of Education 4 years later, was filed. With the help of the NAACP, they sought to secure better schools, equal to those provided for white children. www.aaregistry.com/detail.php?id=2138

Fabulous time even though so many things kept going wrongly. Mom, Nephew Mike (visiting from Baltimore) and I set out to see the matinee of "Movin Up". The traffic on the Expressway was jammed all the way to town. We arrived at the Kimmel Center 15 minutes late. But the play was at the Academy of Music!! It was difficult and then painful for Mom to walk the block to the new venue and climb the stars. But we were admitted and sat in last row so Mom wouldn't have to walk to the seats we'd paid for. But the view was excellent and so was the performance.
After the play was over, we ravenously walked to the restaurant to eat; but it was CLOSED as were the others on the street. It was too early for dinner.
So we drove to Miss Tootsie's on South Street. There were no tables! The place was crowded with a family graduation party.
Driving home was no problem as the Expressway wasn't crowded.
Mike thought of having a meal at the Korean restaurant on Ridge Pike. It was opened for business and we have endless plates of sushi, tempura,sashimi, chicken. lots of veg, miso soup.So fresh and delicious.
Any other group would have freaked out at the set backs. But the three of us are chill and kept going forward and had a great day.
At home we watched Seal singing 60s music on PBS and then the Jamacian film "Rockers" (1977). So much good music. Such a great day!

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