Nutella with chopsticks at the ballet?

[vilakins]

5 – World Nutella Day: Do you like Nutella? How often do you eat Nutella?
I do! I don't eat it a lot, usually only eat on pancakes, which I make fairly rarely, or inside heated croissants where it melts so I have a sort of pain au chocolat. It's also a great filling for hamantaschen (as is marmalade).

6 – Chopsticks Day: Can you eat with chopsticks? If yes, how often do you use them?
I can, and I own some beautiful red-and-black lacquered ones I got in Malaysia, plus two Jedi light-sabre sets, blue and green, but they don't light up or hum. ;) I use them for sushi and other Japanese or Chinese takeaway dishes.

7 – World Ballet Day: Have you ever been to a ballet performance? Have you ever had ballet lessons?
One or two, with my parents. As for ballet lessons, my mother forced me and my sister to have them when we were at primary school. I couldn't walk till I was two and had to be taught things like how to skip, so I used to say my legs weren't well connected to my brain. It turns out I have motor dyspraxia AKA developmental coordination disorder (DCD) depending on where you live. Anyway, my mother thought it would help with my lack of coordination, but it didn't and I hated it. (Of course my sister was much better; she was always quite athletic.) I also took tap and I did rather like that, practising in our basement to get maximum noise: heel toe, heel toe, shuffle-hop-down, shuffle-hop-down... Actually I would mind doing tap now, or line dancing, as I could probably handle that.

Comments

[zoefruitcake]

I have some light-sabre ones that do light up!

You've reminded me that my friend was also sent to ballet to try and improve her coordination. It did nothing for her either

[vilakins]

Cool! Do they light up when you move them, grasp something with them, or is there a switch?

I don't think there's a cure for dyspraxia. I always thought that I made up for my legs by having very dexterous hands for art and crafting which I'm grateful for.

[zoefruitcake]

They have a push in switch on the bottom and glow blue.

[watervole]

I love watching tap dancing. Have you ever watched Fred Astaire doing 'Drum Crazy in 'Easter Parade?

Magical.

[vilakins]

I'll have to look for it. I love to watch it too. I saw a play years ago about a tap dancing class which was very entertaining. I thought it might be a Roger Hall one, but I can't find it on Google.

[watervole]

It's worth getting the entire movie if you can. Judy Garland on top form, Rogers and Hammerstein's hit songs, fabulous feel good movie that I've watched many, many times.

[vilakins]

I might be able to find it on a local service that specialises in classics. Someone also recently recced 'Singing in the Rain' for being much more complex and interesting in its characters than he expected.

[watervole]

'Singing in the Rain' is pure joy from beginning to end. It's reputation is well deserved. A great cast, and well acted.

If you watch both that and Easter Parade, you'll have seen two of the best musicals of all time.

[imhilien]

I have chopsticks that I can eat with, but it's been a while since I've used them.

Sorry you had walking issues. I was clumsy as a child. I went to one ballet class, flunked it and never went back. Having said that, I've been to a few ballet performances and liked them.

[vilakins]

I do tend to use chopsticks more when I'm out and they provide them.

I'm not that keen on ballet anyway; it seems so artificial. I feel much the same with opera and musicals (though I love a lot of the music from both).

[imhilien]

I have a soft spot for musicals; one of the reasons I like 'Phantom of the Opera' is that it showed life behind the scenes in the opera house (warts and all).

[jaxomsride2]

It would be a bit tricky eating Nutella with chopsticks!
I prefer my chocolate spread as plain - Nutella is too milky.
I loved ballet as a kid but my parents couldn't afford the lessons. Though considering my inability with gymnastics I think I would have preferred tap too.
I am quite good with chopsticks but rarely get an opportunity to use them.

[vilakins]

You could twirl it on the chopsticks like with a honey!
I've tried some local peanut butter chocolate spreads which are much better for toast, but I'm still not that keen on sweet spreads for breakfast. On pancakes though, especially with banana - delicious!