A seat in the house

Monday was Labour Day and Mike had all three kids on his own. He headed back to the Olympic Center to swim – brave man. It was the day after the Aussie Rules Premier Game - Footy Finals - but there were no souvenirs to be had. Manly (a suburb of Sydney) beat New Zealand. We saw lots of fans walking the streets on Sunday. It’s hard to tell the team names because the main writing on them is the sponsor: Vodaphone for one.

Anyway, back to the story. I had Tuesday duty because I booked tickets a few weeks ago to see “The Gruffalo” at the Opera House. Charlie was in school, but Molly, Daniel and I looked up all the free buildings in Circular Quay, near the Opera House to check out. We started with the Customs House, which has a 1:500 scale model of the city of Sydney that we wandered around for a while, as long as one can in a 1:500 model.

We caught part of the filming of Master Chef Junior behind the Opera House. Quite a setting! They were 13 or 14 year olds with big cameras in their faces baking, blending, simmering and looking over their shoulders at a clock.

There’s a outside art show called Art and About and part of it is the “What if…” signs everywhere. Daniel picked one and we chose one for Mike to use when he returns to the East Lansing School District “Scene”.

The show was fun – Daniel laughed the loudest of almost everyone and reported later that he was “bored”. I think we’ve officially got a tweener. The theater we were in for the kids’ show was nothing special – we’re planning to check out the Opera House open house later in the month for a more full tour.

Afterwards we caught the end of a street performer: Jaime from America. He chose a volunteer from the audience and Molly made the cut. She got hopped over and then had to throw a juggling tool up to him. For that, he paid her $10, just before he gave a long speech about how this is his job and he’d really appreciate if everyone could put dollars into his hat at the end of the show. Hmm. A hard sell.

Finally, we tried the Museum of Contemporary Art in The Rocks, which is closed for renovation, but they pointed us in the direction of the temporary exhibits. Ta Da!

Rolodexes In Blue. Is that the plural of rolodex?