So the last day of my trip in New York was spent at the Lincoln center watching: Tom Stoppard's new trilogy The Coast of Utopia. That's nice Kristen- but maybe too esoteric for you to talk about on your food...
Friday morning started out with breakfast at Le Pain Quotidien with some more recent students of mine- most of them were too young for a beer (with me anyway) but old enough for coffee: That's Brian- when he was a...
Mom's best friend, Ellen, moved to New York a few years ago. Ellen is one of my favorite people- and definitely my favorite Republican. We share a love for food - she has even helped me plan and cook for...
When I was in high school, I remember every other public school in the greater bay area having this awesome hiatus in February called Ski Week. I was totally jealous because even though February is only 28 days, it seemed...
I have a habit of taking Felix to go see bad plays. I don't really know why this happens, but every time I plan a little date for us that includes a play, it sucks. Then I feel bad and...
Did high school Shakespeare bore you to tears? Have you written off the Bard forever? I have an event for you! Go See Shakespeare's As You Like It at Calshakes in Orinda. It's fun. It's bawdy. It's hot. I saw...
Ok, so lately I’ve been a really lame blogger. Well, I was somewhere where computers are banned! Really. Ok, so maybe not, but the town where I’ve been is so cute in a Pacific-Northwest-with-a-touch-of-Europe way that you would think the...
I think all I did was eat good Asian food all weekend. And spoiled me, my meals are blending together. But I’ll try to sort them out… Friday night comprised of ACT’s Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet and...
So your culture for this week in brief: Felix and I saw Billy Crystal in 700 Sundays on Friday at the Golden Gate Theater. We almost didn’t go because the tickets were expensive but in my opinion they would have...