I have often pondered and tried to figure out the perfect recipe in this life for the perfect dinner party. In my 65th year I’ve discovered you can always improve any party you host, and that is the challenge. So this year I brought with me a theme from our […]
Today, I’m driving down to New Jersey with Mary for a ceremonial final look at the house I grew up in, which my family has lived in since 1960 in Blawenburg, NJ. The place that we called The Tavern was an Inn way back in the days of stagecoaches. I […]
Bright Star the season opener for the 26th season at the Majestic Theater in West Springfield, is a musical story set in 1945 with great old music.
Travel is what’s missing. I’m feeling restless and bored with work and finding home projects to entertain me, but what I really need is to take a trip.
FOMA, when so many people don’t wanna leave their house to come to a party or a get together. It’s the new normal. Stay home, arghh.
Circle Mirror Transformation: A review of Annie Baker’s play performed by Chester Theatre Company in August 2023, by critic Max Hartshorne.
It’s another summer for enjoying the Boston Symphony Orchestra at their lovely green summer home in Lenox Mass at Tanglewood.
Chester Theater’s production, The Light, knocks the ball far, far out of the park. A story of two lovers and the vast differences between them.
Grease, the musical, at the Ja’Duke Center for the Performing Arts, a review of the play performed by local actors in Turners Falls.
The Making of a Great Moment, the first play of the summer season at Chester Theatre Company, Chester, Mass. A full review of the show directed by James Barry, written by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb.
I’m in the hunt for solar panels, hoping that they can be installed on top of my garage roof, as long as west-facing will generate enough electricity.
The Cake, about a hot button topic–making wedding cakes for same-sex couples in North Carolina. A full review of Silverthorne Theater’s latest show at Hampshire College.