Back from the Opera

Back from the Santa Fe Opera. We walked into the airport just in time for the great liquid embargo, so I had to say goodbye to a jar of sun lotion that has followed me across several continents (and don’t get me started about Frontier Airlines). I’ll offer a few thoughts on the opera below (see here and here and here). But meanwhile re security: I guess I give the powers credit for trying, but I have to wonder: if I bring in a packet of ketchup, I assume they will take it away? But what if I spray it on my burger? They’ll take the orange juice, but can I keep (and squeeze) the whole orange? If the mother’s milk is in the bottle, someone has to taste it—what if it is still in the mother? I suppose only a lawyer would think this way…