Personal thoughts from within the Luxury Real Estate network
By Meghan Barry
Appropriately, this week I have had several conversations about the Leap Year and, in particular, babies born on February 29th.
Each time this topic comes up, I have shared my affinity for The Pirates of Penzance, a comedic opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, also famous for The Mikado and H.M.S. Pinafore (Few people know this, but I was in a Middle School rendition of The Mikado).
The Pirates of Penzance tells the story of a young pirate named Frederic who has come to the end of his apprenticeship. It seems that Frederic was indentured as a child by mistake. His nurse had been instructed by his father to apprentice him to a "pilot," not a “pirate.” When this error is discovered, Frederic decides to leave piracy and wishes to devote his life to the extermination of their kind. Through all of this, Frederic falls in love with a beautiful young lady named Mabel, whom he wishes to marry. However, Frederic learns that, due to a technicality (being born on February 29th he has only really had 5 birthdays), he is still indentured to the pirates, and in true Gilbert and Sullivan fashion complications ensue.
Congratulations to LuxuryRealEstate.com staff members Michael Edlund (Director of Technology), Jean-Yves Piton (Global Membership Manager) and Dustin Secrest (Lead Front-End Developer) and their families. Amazingly from our staff of just 39 people, today we welcome three Leap Year Babies – Emil, Nicolas and Ezra.
Editor’s Note:
Meghan Barry is the Executive Vice President of LuxuryRealEstate.com. She works closely with CEO John Brian Losh to organize a variety of Luxury Real Estate programs, events and services. Pirates of Penzance. Now I have another play I need to see. Anyway, this is truly a unique time for us to see three of our LuxuryRealEstate.com staff members welcome newborns into their lives on such a distinct day. Congratulations to all of them.
March 4, 2008 Update: You can read an article about this wonderful story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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