Opening Ceremony

INITIAL THOUGHTS FIRST DAY OF SOCHI OLYMPICS:

Suprisingly watched ALL of the opening ceremonies. Go me!!

The Network opening remarks and cinematography were stunning. The COMMERCIALS were a quantum leap in quality, wit, appropriateness than the recent superbowl game....MUCH better but in Superbowl defense did not cost 50 BILLION dollars to produce.

The monastery choir was magnificent, acapella. Done so well in all it's full throated volume that I got chills and tapped my feet and had I known the words would have sang along. Don't care that it was the Russian National Anthem. Well done, gentlemen, well done.

Then some opening remarks. Mr. Putin pronounced the games open. Let loose the atheletes!! Best dressed? The French in tailored slacks and sport coat in tan and gray. Very nice. Everyone else was dressed in various warm puffy layers of colorful fabric. The Bermuda athelets showed off their legs wearing Bermuda shorts, of course. The American team scampered in wearing colorful yet ugly sweater contest winners. The Russians came in wearing red with white fur trim for the girls and blue with white fur trim for the boys. Remember the year they wore PETA incorrect SABLE but GORGEOUS?? Wowski, Comrade. Oh wait, that's not quite right either.

Once seated began the entertainment; it is hard to symbolically represent one thousand years of history with dance, marching but it was suitably vague skipping merrily over the nasty bits but who shows off dirty laundry at such a venue? Nope.

The lighting of the torch very nice, lots of famous Russian athelets. Nice jog to light up the fairly spectacular torch and fireworks. Wodka!!

Hey did the Chobani yogurt make it through customs?