Joe & I went to see The Prairie Home Companion show that was broadcast live in HD from the Fitzgerald Theater in St Paul MN to movie theaters all over the country tonight. It was amazing. All my favorite cast of characters, bigger than life on the "big" screen. I think it was even better than seeing them in person at the Minnesoooota State Fair. The quality of the HD made them look so real standing there before us and I wanted to reach out and touch them. (Maybe next time it could be in 3D and they would touch me!) It was not at all like watching a movie even though we were in a movie theater.

Prior to the actual live theater performance, Garrison Keillor took us on a walk around St Paul. A lot of the places, we have visited with the grandsons who live in MN. There was a great candy store that we will have to go to on our next visit and another favorite, Mickey's Diner... a grungy, greasy, everyday diner where we have eaten many times and that has been in several movies. (There is even free parking for about 8 cars!)

At Tinseltown in Boardman, posters shouted the upcoming HD broadcasts that one could pay a hefty 20 bucks to see. Joe was especially taken with the fact that the Metropolitan Opera was coming next. Considering it costs $9.50, $6.25 for seniors, to go the the regular movies, I guess $20 is not bad for live HD.