Tonight, Carol and I drove into the city. After a quick dinner at Twisted Spoke, we drove over to the United Center in search of the yellow and blue tent city of Cirque du Soleil.

We're here to see Varekai, the latest touring show from Cirque. A tour usually only comes around every three years, so when Cirque comes to town we have to see it. Times are rough for all of us. We normally go with other friends, but no one could afford going. We can't either, but we had to go. This show was going to be different for us. Bravo had run a 13-episode series Cirque du Soleil Fire Within that documented the the trials of putting this show together. You got to meet the cast and see what it was like to develop a Cirque show. You got attached to a few of them, only to see them fail and leave. Will the rest of the performers still be in the show? Anyway, we made it into The Grand Chapiteau. Our seats were on the main cross-aisle. The show was wonderful, as always. And as always, you can feel some acts aren't as strong as the others, and some of the acts just blow you away!

Go see the show. It's a must. Go. Find out if it's coming to a city near you. Go!