1. Carolyn and I got the way we are going to deal with beauty in the small groups figured out. We also had a fine lunch at High Street.
2. I was happy to be an audience to the reading of "Abraham's Land", but as a read play, it didn't do much for me. I'm ready to believe that I would find it more compelling were I to see it staged and acted. The subject matter is as important as any subject matter can be: the tensions between Jews and Palestinians. I'm not totally sure that the particular play treats those tensions convincingly.
3. I stopped in at 16 Tons after the play reading and enjoyed aWrasslers XXXXX Stout. It was a very pleasing stout on the coffee end of the taste spectrum, but its hoppiness surprised me. I didn't like how hoppy it was for about three sips, but then, for mysterious reasons, the hoppiness grew on me and I enjoyed the last, what?, dozen or so pulls from the pint. I then drank a half pint of a much sweeter beer, Mort Subite Blanche. As often happens in my explorations up and down the tap list at 16 Tons, this beer provided me with a different experience than I'd ever had before. It was the sweetest beer I've ever tasted. It wasn't like drinking Hi C or anything like that. But its sweetness and its Belgian qualities combined to be not only pleasing, but, for me, unique (in a good way).
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