Kick-Back Sunday

Had a leisurely Sunday in spite of the fact that there are no Sunday papers in Bermuda. We’re starting to get in the habit of reading our news online. We were also able watch all of Sunday’s NFL play-off games, the Wisconsin-Purdue game and even some pro golf. Plenty for everyone. All of us either followed or preceded the leisure activity by working out. Michael’s starting to look buff – her aerobic exercise is jumping rope. I’m just working hard trying to slow down the sagging.

We decided on dinner out (La Trattoria in Hamilton) since we had tickets to see a comedy routine in the evening. It was a group called “Not the Um Um Players” and it was very entertaining. The group consists of four Bermudians who put together a routine of mostly political satire. Since we haven’t been in Bermuda that long, some of it went over our heads, but there was a lot that was pretty funny. It was obvious that most of the audience found them hysterically funny. These guys have been doing this for over twenty years (not full time, since they all have other “real” jobs), but apparently, until only recently, they would put together a routine and perform every year at about this time.

One interesting observation, though, is that the audience was 98% white. Which was surprising because, at least to my mind, the targets of the political satire spared no one. I’ll have to discuss this with some locals.

More soon.