This was my full day in Key Largo, and I'd planned to spend most of it at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Judging from the website, it had all sorts of stuff to do. I'd decided to start the day with a glass-bottom boat tour, which I'd already booked, but I'd gotten an email …
Florida Keys, Day 1
I had, of course, gotten back from a big trip at the end of last year, but I'd known I'd want to get away mid-spring and once my schedule was set, I saw a window between the run of Jesus Christ Superstar and the start of orchestral rehearsals and the two concerts we're doing at …
So it’s spring
This will be quick and scattershot, as I'm leaving for the airport in a half hour or so. I'm squeezing in a little vacation between orchestra rehearsals, checking off a bucket list item and driving the Florida Keys. I'll do a blow-by-blow here, although, like the West Coast trip, it might be after the fact. …
JCS and a whole bunch of stuff
We just finished weekend one of Jesus Christ Superstar and I'll go into that in detail in a bit. First, the country is going through such stuff and it's so big that I thought I should sometimes just pick one particular facet and tell you what I think. Today, it will be "American exceptionalism". I …
Grrr Arrrgh, plus Death Becomes Her, Anora
I think I should probably prepare to write a blog post revealing my opinions about what's going on in the world right now, the efficacy of protests, my fears about my own life, my family's safety and rippling outward through my community, my state, my country and, you know, all of us everywhere. I don't …
The Rest of It
aka Random Isht I didn't cover in my last post. I've been doing some cooking! Ever since Thanksgiving, I've kind of wanted to recreate a turkey-and-stuffing meal. I know it's fashionable to hate turkey, but I love it, and stuffing even more. I got a slow-cooker turkey breast recipe (that involves a skin-on bone-in full …
Flurries
Of activity. Of snow. Of idiotic executive orders. I am not ignoring what's going on in my country right now, but I don't think this post is where I'm gonna talk about it. Anyway, a lot going on and I had to make a list because I'm a little behind. The Savoynet shows are cast! …
Harry the Homo-ner strikes again!
Over the last week or so, I hit a breaking point with little stupid things around the apartment that needed to be dealt with, but I was ignoring. "No one's going to do it, but you", I glared at my reflection. The latest thing was that yet another under-counter light in the kitchen went dead. …
Anniversaries, Gypsy, Jean-Georges
So, Monday the 13th was the 30th anniversary of the day I met Charles. Or, as I've sometimes put it over the years, "I woke up still unenlightened. But by bedtime, I'd found out there was a Charles Keiser in the world." It was and probably will be always the best thing that's ever happened …
Stereophonic, Los Angeles Plays Itself
So, yeah, first things first. Those of you who were tracking my trip updates last month might have noticed that, until today, I did not mention that my dad had injured himself 4 days in, and that put the whole trip in jeopardy. I, of course, had always had worries in the back of my …
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