pops

last night we went to the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall, which was great-- it was part of their Jazzfest series (which i believe consisted of last night and tonight only, so i'm not sure that really qualifies as a 'series'), and we got our tickets through the Michigan alumni club. It was annual "Big 10 Night at the Pops"-- we went 2 years ago, and failed to meet up with the group either time, but it was still fun. anyway i'm explaining where we got the tickets so i can explain our seats: second balcony center (cheap, but you can see clearly). on our way in, dan looks at the tickets and says "we're not sitting together"-- but i said, "well, i think maybe seat 18 and 20 ARE next to each other" and he tells me "not when they are in different rows"-- we had been given one seat in row A and one in row B! i think the most embarrassing part was showing the tickets to the usher, who mentioned he thought the seats were near each other... it all worked out well though, as another couple had the corresponding seats 17 and 21 in rows A and B, so apparently it was just a mix-up in the ticket distribution. and you'd think Big 10 alums could handle pairing up tickets!