December 23 2018, 15:33

In New York. Curious, why has no one yet created autonomous boats? So that you could arrive at the dock, and there awaits you a boat, which arrived at the necessary time from its mooring spot, you get on, it transports you where needed and then sails off to the “garage” by itself. At the right time, it comes back to pick you up and returns to the mooring. So as not to occupy the dock, it waits nearby until the X hour and comes closer upon a call to quickly pick you up. Are there technical difficulties or does the law not permit it?

December 15 2018, 16:41

At the new “La Traviata” from the Metropolitan Opera. Intermission. I look around. A full house of people at least older than me. I wanted to write “with rare exceptions”, but somehow, they are not to be found at all. True, I haven’t left my seat yet. This is how the opera audience is aging.

This is already the fourth staging of La Traviata that I’ve seen, and it seems to be the most interesting. Maybe because it’s the fourth one.

#operasrauflikes

https://www.metopera.org/season/2018-19-season/la-traviata/