You are 1038 in line to check out

If you're a member of the Kennedy Center, then you should check out some of the more than thirty performances that went on sale this morning. Okay, so it's 11:30 p.m., and I just managed to purchase the tickets I've been trying to buy since 10 o'clock this morning (when I originally received the message "you are 1038 in line to check out"), but mission accomplished. I even enlisted the assistance of my cohort, coquette cutie, who is still trying to figure out how she went from 759 to 765 in line. (How do people cut electronically?)

If you're not a member, I encourage you to consider joining. Or you can wait until October 11 to buy tickets for these events. I acquired tickets for the Happy Funtime Friend Service to attend NPR's Jazz Piano Christmas, the NSO Pops Holiday Concert with Marvin Hamlisch, the Messiah, and the Washington Choral Arts Society's Christmas concert. This is definitely the part where you have to plan well in advance - most of the holiday events sell out before November when people actually start thinking about the holidays.

I can also recommend the Jazz New Year's Eve. We enjoyed it last year, with the dancing and balloon drop in the Grand Foyer. Funtime Friend Service is looking for New Year's Eve suggestions for this year - let us know your plans.