So, last night, Nic and I went to the opening night of Wicked. Nic’s Grandma gave us tickets for our anniversary. These tickets also happened to be in the very first row. First row like there’s no rows in front of us. Just the orchestra and the stage. Needless to say, it was quite the experience.

The night began directly after work, which, for us, is about 3:30. I tend to work sporadically throughout the day, sometimes late into the night, but, for the most part, when Nic gets off work, I at least take a break. Anyway, as I was leaving a meeting with a web client, Nic gave me a call. “So, we have no clothes to wear for this. I guess I’m gonna go to Northgate and see if I can find anything.” And shop she did. I met her there, we exchanged bags and the credit card, and then I took a turn at it. Nic headed home to start getting ready. The show started at 8, and it was already 5:30. We still had to shower, get dressed, and go to dinner. Also of note: it takes Nic at least an hour to do her hair. Apparently, unbeknownst to me, this is an average time for women.

So, by the time we made it out the door, it was 6:30. This put us downtown at 7:00, with essentially only a half hour to order and eat dinner. It took 5 restaurants for us to find a place to sit down and eat without having to wait an hour, Margarita’s being that place. By this time it was 7:15, so Nic and I settle for drinks with chips and salsa. The one waitress in the whole place was nice enough to keep an eye on us and could tell by the way we were dressed that we were in a rush; even though the place was crowded and she had at least 12 tables to keep track of.

We made it to the theatre just as the last call for seating was taking place. Now, our beautiful aunt Sharon had told us we were going to be in the front row, but we didn’t really think she meant the front row! So, at first, it was a little intimidating knowing you could see the actors’ nose hairs.

The show was amazing. Neither Nic or myself really knew anything about it, other than the basic premise. We had a blast watching it though, especially the adventures of Glenda the Good Witch. Afterwards, we wanted to finally grab food and ended up on at the skyline in Clifton, one of the only places open.

All in all, we had a great night and I would totally recommend Wicked to everyone.

-C