Date Night: Indian Play "Nati Binodini" ✿ ✿ ✿

Tonight I had the honor of accompanying my sweetheart to the Kennedy Center to see the Indian play called "Nati Binodini".  It was the theatrical biographical account of Nati Binodini's life, played by five actresses.  She was a poor girl sent to the theatre to find work.  The director of the theatre raised her up to become a famous actress in India, however there was a dark side o her success.  She was forced into prostitution in order persuade key contributors to the theatre to continue to fund it and ultimately build a new playhouse.

The performance was very beautifully put together!  The only thing I didn't like was that it was all in a foreign language and we had to read subtitles on tiny screens.  The subtitles were timed badly and very difficult to read.  My favorite line from the play is, "What can you expect?  A polluted woman can only produce pollution."  That line resonated with me.  Nati Binodini was a very sweet and kind hearted woman, but once she began prostituting herself, she became cold and bitter.  The costuming was also very amazing.  I loved the different saris that the actresses wore.

I think my date enjoyed himself...but I think he was enjoying the smell of my "Eat It Raw" perfume even more!  I wish I took pictures in my dress, it was very precious! ◕‿◕

Until next time...

♥ My Kuroi

Pre-Valentine's Day Romance

Happy Valentine's Day!  It's sort of a bitter sweet day for me.  Turns out my honey bun is all bun and no honey! LOL!  He made all of these really nice plans for Valentine's Day weekend a month in advance...but somehow he forgot that he had to work this weekend.  I'm a very patient woman, but I don't like promises and plans made that cannot be delivered upon.  On Saturday I reposted my dating profile just to kind of see who else is out there because I am single after all.  Not even two hours later a real cutie pie sends me a message inviting me out to see the Broadway play "FELA" the next day.  I was a bit skeptical because his profile kind of made him sound like he was really picky about women, and I like to have an ongoing dialogue with people for a while before meeting them in person.  Something inside me said, why not?  I bought this really expensive Free People dress to wear somewhere nice for Valentine's Day weekend and I already got the shoes and accessories to match.  So here is how my first date went...

So I meet up with the new guy at the Shakespeare Theatre Company on F St. NW in Washington, DC.  This is my first time here, so I was really looking forward to the play!

FELA is about to start!  This play was written by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith.  It's a play about the true story of a Nigerian musician named Fela Kuti who devoted his music to defy an oppressive military regime.

This is us posing after the play!  He's so very handsome! ^.^;;  I'm really glad that my niece did my hair. It turned out really beautiful.  This was an amazing first date.  I loved the play and we shared a lot of good laughs, but the date wasn't over just yet...

He took me out to a nice mediterranean restaurant called Zaytinya, which was nearby.  I ordered seared salmon, which was very delicious.  He ordered roasted cauliflower, which he claimed was yummy, but I was suspicious of haha!  I'm a very picky eater when it comes to vegetables.  I know you can't see my dress here, but the restaurant was chilly!

After dinner, we went to a small movie theatre and saw a South Korean film called "Housemaid".  It was pretty good, but had a bizarre ending.  This is my dress!  I can't wait to wear it again.  The plunge in the neckline makes me a bit shy, but I don't think that it looks trashy.

I wouldn't say I had a Valentine this year, but I am thankful that I at least got to get out and have a good time.  It's really nice being treated like a real lady.  My date seemed like a real gentleman and I think any girl he settles down with will be a very happy woman.  I'm not sure if he's interested in me or not, but I did get invited on a second date!  He wants me to go to New York with him this Thursday to meet Maya Angelou at her book signing for her latest cook book.  This is like a once in a lifetime opportunity and its crazy that he wants to spend it with me!

Until next time...

♥ My Kuroi