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May 23, 2007
Britannia Ball
We have accepted an invitation, for a small king's tax-deductible ransom, to the Britannia Ball tomorrow night. This event supports the New York City Opera and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The event takes place aboard the Queen Mary 2, docked at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The ship leaves the following day for a cruise to the Bahamas, sadly without us.
Which immediately brought to mind the necessity for formal wear. Chis recently bought a tux, because, you never know in his line of work, you just might need one. I, on the other hand, pitched my double-breasted tux that made me look short and fat, before we left on our interrupted sail around the world. Living on the boat made me cheap, er.. frugal. So I have not yet replaced the tux. But I did get a beautiful new crisp white shirt, to which I will append my midnight blue bowtie (which I did keep), and wear with a dark blue suit I recently had tailored by mail from China. It fits like a glove.
Chis will look like the Monopoly guy. I will look like his impoverished kin.
And so it goes.
Posted by dave at May 23, 2007 07:21 PM