It feels like winter showed up at the doorstep an hour earlier than the time on the invitation. If you are not careful, the whole holiday season is going to catch you off guard. In order to float through the season gracefully, you need to get out and get on …
Opera is not everyone’s cup of tea. When you make sweeping assumptions like that you are bound to miss out on something pretty special. I was invited to see South Africa’s Isango Ensemble’s Magic Flute at Arts Emerson this week. The first time I saw the Magic Flute, I was …
I’m an over thinker. I always have been. I can’t really help it, but over the years I have learned how to manage it (somewhat). If I were a wine I’d be thought forward with notes of anxiety and self doubt. As I get older, I have learned to step …
This fall I was invited on a fall foliage cruise with the Classic Harbor Line cruises and I was not sure what to expect. I had been on other harbor cruises in Boston and New York and found them to be cheesy. The décor tends to be dated, tour guides …
I saw Rent when it came to Boston 20 years ago and was invited to see if again this week. I remember crying hard the 1st time I saw Rent. Rent is a rock ‘n roll tragedy set in NYC that faced the AIDS epidemic straight on with beautiful and …
Believe it or not apple picking season is winding down and the corn mazes only have a few weekends left. Even though we are approaching the end of October it only recently began to feel like fall. I’m still waiting for a series of crisp fall sweater weather days. In …
To make the porch feel even more like a fall gathering spot, I added some canvas art on the wall. The picture of an apple is not only cute and seasonal but also reflects what is going on inside the house. We have apples from the farm and I’m making pies, crumbles, candied apples and apple sauce this fall.
I wanted to see what 7 Fingers/ 7 Doigts was all about when I first heard of them. After seeing them tonight on the one hand I wish I had seen them the last 1/2 dozen times they have been in Boston, but on the other hand I’m glad this …
Last week, Boston Ballet began their 2019-2020 season with a spiritual force, a physical force, an artistic force and a dramatic force. America’s got talent and you don’t have to sit at home with a remote to experience it. In fact, you cannot fully experience it from your couch. I …
Life is a journey and being a passenger is sometimes fabulous and other times it feels like entrapment. The best way I know how to deal with it is to get off the train and soak in the world around me. What does that mean? It means I get out. …
