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Yippee! We're headed for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia this morning. Temperature is gonna be around 89 degrees in Singapore on Sunday, with a 50 percent chance of rain, but we can live with that. Singapore is supposed to be one of great food cities of the world, so stay tuned for a few gastronomic reports from en route.

I could tell jokes about Tsarist Russians all day long, so I'll just leave it to the folks at the Guthrie's Wurtele Thrust Stage, where a new adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's 19th century comedy The Government Inspector runs through August 24.

She may look like a lost cast member from Charmed, the former WB's show for Gothic teenyboppers that featured beautiful, modern-day witches living in San Francisco, fighting evil lords, and dyeing their long, silky hair.

Remember Cue at the Guthrie?

The press release from the Guthrie Theater touting a January three-course prix fixe menu for $29.95 took me by surprise. This isn't just a prix-theater early bird special - it's available any time, and includes a free self-guided iPod tour of the theater and complimentary glass of wine or cup of coffee after dinner.