Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey was in town, as were the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals representatives who stood beside the ticket lines holding pictures of baby elephants being trained. Ah well, it's not the '70s anymore. And that's probably a good thing.
The circus was pretty good. Smaller than I remembered it from the last time I went (in Syracuse, in the '70s, when it may have been the same size but I sure was smaller).
Elizabeth claimed to have "loved!" it, but during the show itself she was clearly bored, lolling on my lap like one about to pass out. Suzanne liked it while she was awake, and otherwise demonstrated the amazing baby-ability to sleep despite earsplitting music and sound effects.
Barb and I both probably liked it best. It was cheesy, but the performers were pretty amazing (except for the painfully unfunny clowns -- who didn't even wear clown makeup!). The worst part was the price: tickets were palatable, but cotton candy at $10, $5.25 for a small soda, etc. made me feel bad. We didn't buy anything other than the tickets, but we saw lots of folks who probably dropped well over $100 for their day at the circus.
There's a sucker born every minute.
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