Culture

As a mother of young kids, it's easy to get caught up in the lives of children so that the biggest cultural event in your life is the opening of the Jim Henson Muppets exhibit at the Atlanta History Center (I'm really looking forward to that!) or a week of all new episodes of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I spend 90% of my time in mom mode, and I have the uniform of capris, T-shirt, running shoes and ponytail to go along with it.

Here's my latte today though: Do something cultural that doesn't involve the kids. Go to a museum, see a classic film, go to the theater, etc. This is not a tip I would have thought of a week ago, but I've had a big few days culturally. On Tuesday night we watched The Graduate (Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft) which Rob & I had never seen. It's really good, I guess that's why it's now a classic. It was a nice break from the over-the-top everything movies of today. Then my big cultural showing of the week was really last night. My step-mother's mother had an extra ticket to see the Broadway play Wicked at the Fox theater. It was amazing, and I feel great today just because I had that experience of going to it.