Okay, so I know I spend a lot of time talking about fried food and motocross, but I like cultured stuff too- I swear!

One of my great loves is ballet (well, really dance in general) and I (almost) never miss an ABT season.

Tonight I got to see Alessandra Ferri dance in Manon and it was OUTSTANDING. She is retiring after this season and her last performance ever will be next Saturday as Juliet in Romeo & Juliet. You should seriously try and make it to see her dance. Wowza. Totally breathtaking.

We usually get student rush tickets with our old Columbia IDs - orchestra seats! - but the orchestra was fully booked this evening and we had to be in the nose bleeds... still very worth it.

Here's one of her gazillion bows from this evening: