Had dinner with Mr. R, Ms. N (from my office) and daughter Ms. H, and then on to the dance. It was...uh...interesting, but to be honest, I was dozing off.
This is a marker for the China trip. If you really want to have a full account, John Polking, one of our co-travelers, kept a great blog while he was traveling. John's a great guy, and would be sympathetic to the idea: "never confuse effort with results."