Chasing cherry blossoms: Part 2 (Kyoto)
Monday, April 4, 2016 After an overnight recovery stay in Tokyo, we were on to Kyoto, hoping our timing for cherry blossoms » Read more
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Chasing cherry blossoms: Part 1 (Tokyo)
Monday, April 4, 2016 In early April, 2016, we were perfectly positioned to partake in that most Japanese of pursuits: hanami, or » Read more
Seattle: Chihuly’s Boathouse, February 2016
Many threads wove together to bring us to Seattle for a Valentine’s Day weekend trip, starting with a happy accident. Back in » Read more
I Ran Over My iPad: Part 9
I Ran over My iPad, My Mother Died, Then the Shit Got Real: An illustrated autobiographical tragicomic novella in 10 chapters by » Read more
2015 Highlights
One of my favorite shows as a child was the Time Tunnel, in which a pop art striped black and white time » Read more
I Ran over My iPad, My Mother Died, Then the Shit Got Real: Part 4
Part 4: The Broken Stick Mary called to tell me that her beloved wooden-handled 20-year-old walking stick was broken. Me: “Can it » Read more
La Jolla Playhouse WoWs again! October 2015
The extraordinarily warm weekend of October 9-11, 2015 was further heated up by the 2cd biennial WoW (Without Walls) festival of theatre » Read more
Cuban Crisis: Reflections (Epilogue); July 2015
Cuba continues to reverberate in our thoughts, months after returning to our comfortable cocoon. The embassy reopened while we were underwater, and » Read more
Stumbles on the Great White Way
A funny thing happened on the way to the theatre. From being La Jolla Playhouse subscribers to Broadway (and off) regulars in » Read more
Down and Out in Havana (Part 4); July 2015
Friday, July 24, 2015 A different flavor of passport nightmare awaited us in Havana. The return trip from Jardines de la Reina » Read more