http://ccritz.com/wp-content/plugins/ubh/up.php A ticket to the ballet is in store for this evening, so dinner had to be early – ballet was projected to end at 10 PM (way too late to eat!)
http://inklingsandyarns.com/2013/03/inky-linky-7/ We headed over to the Marais, to dine on our favorite fallafels in Paris at l’As du Falaffel on rue Rosiers. To our surprise, there was no line and we quickly grabbed a table. We had allowed sufficient time before I needed to make my way over to Opera Garnier. I had the usual: Mike opted for a taste of something different. This will now be our go-to place if we ever have the opportunity to indulge in a performance again. Besides the lunchtime crowd is just plain crazy.
Mike’s Dinner
Hopped the 29 bus for Opera Garnier where Mike and I parted ways – he went to the Apple store, I went to the ballet. Again I had a great seat, 4th row in Orchestra, just 3 seats from the center aisle. Center aisle is quirky in Opera Garnier; there are fold-up seats that during a performance people sit in. Wonder if it adheres to the fire code? The obvious issue is that  no one seated there can take their seat until every one else is seated.  I preferred my seat in the balcony to this orchestra seat – visibility and knee room was better up there
Ballet was ONEGUINE, a story ballet depicted in three acts. There are two friends, Onegin and Lenski; two sisters, Olga and Tatiana; a Russian Prince; a duel between the friends; and unrequited love. The scenery and the costumes were fabulous, prima ballerina was artistic, talented, able to portray deep emotion, strength, and precision while dancing through the three acts. This ballet was choreographed by John Cranko in 1965 for the Stuttgart Ballet and was performed by the Paris Ballet for the first time in 2009. The music was by Tchaikovsky, full of drama and occasional sweetness. The most difficult prospect was getting out of the theatre and into the metro for the ride home to our apartment in the 16th.
