It all started with a genuine Kuwaiti dinner.
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The Mister and our friends went out to a local restaurant for a sampling to the national dish of Kuwait: Machbouse. It's very similar to the Saudi national dish (Kebsa) in that it is a meat-and-rice dish.
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I don't think I quite mastered the technique, but it was a really good time getting my hands messy and watching as the Mister tried to keep the rice out of his beard.
After dinner we went to a local school to watch a British Christmas theater tradition: the Pantomime.
No, it's wasn't a full-length feature show done entirely silently (though that would have been interesting to see attempted). No, a pantomime is a British theater term for a holiday comedy show that features a woman playing the lead boy and a man playing the lead female with lots of topical humor and innuendo in between.
It was a very cultural experience. British theater with a middle-eastern audience. We spent a few of the scenes looking at the back of fellow audience members' heads and watched in horror as children ran across the stage and played with the keyboard during intermission.
Theater audiences in this region have a ways to go, but I'm glad we get performance opportunities like this!
Then I came home to get a little FaceTime with my sweet niece on her one-month birthday.
Vicariously yours,
The Mister and our friends went out to a local restaurant for a sampling to the national dish of Kuwait: Machbouse. It's very similar to the Saudi national dish (Kebsa) in that it is a meat-and-rice dish.
One difference is the little stack of lentils, raisins, and cardamom you can see next to the chicken. Our Kuwaiti friend taught us the authentic way of eating machbouse. You gotta dig in there and eat it with your hands.
After dinner we went to a local school to watch a British Christmas theater tradition: the Pantomime.
No, it's wasn't a full-length feature show done entirely silently (though that would have been interesting to see attempted). No, a pantomime is a British theater term for a holiday comedy show that features a woman playing the lead boy and a man playing the lead female with lots of topical humor and innuendo in between.
It was a very cultural experience. British theater with a middle-eastern audience. We spent a few of the scenes looking at the back of fellow audience members' heads and watched in horror as children ran across the stage and played with the keyboard during intermission.
Theater audiences in this region have a ways to go, but I'm glad we get performance opportunities like this!
Then I came home to get a little FaceTime with my sweet niece on her one-month birthday.
Vicariously yours,
I've missed your blogs and I am glad you're knocking them out again!!! I love em and they make my landlocked ass feel very jet setting! Also, I very much hope this version of pantomime comes stateside bc I can only assume it's like an episode of drag race
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