I love a good superhero movie, and luckily in the past few years, I haven’t wanted for lack of them. Since the first X-men movies re-invigorated the formula, it’s been an exciting time to love super heroes. The biggest moment of all probably was in 2008 when Iron Man premiered, and Marvel reinvigorated its library […]
Month: May 2016
Theater – The Taming of the Shrew
I love the Shakespeare Theater. They put on terrific shows. They regularly win awards (their production of Salome from earlier in the year took home a boatload of Helen Hayes awards, which are the DC-area equivalent of the Tonys), and their productions – even when not as entertaining to watch – are always a beauty […]
Restaurant – Cheesetique
You may have noticed that with a few of my restaurant posts (most of them actually), it’s my first time visiting the establishment. There are so many great restaurants in DC that its’ hard to say, “Let’s go back to that place we’ve been before” unless it has some special personal memories. But there are […]
Event – Washington Post Hunt 2016
Before I begin to tell you about what I did this past Sunday, let me tell you a tale. Back in the 1980s, Dave Barry was the reigning king of humor columns. He had been hired by Gene Weingarten to write for the Miami Herald’s Sunday magazine. Also working at the Herald was Tom Schroder. […]
Book – How to Be a Woman
Back in September 0f 2014, Emma Watson (yes, Hermione from the Harry Potter movies) spoke before the United Nations and declared herself a feminist. Maybe this isn’t as big a deal as I think it is, but seeing a young, attractive woman speak in front of the world about what feminism is, and what it’s actual […]
Restaurant – Paladar Latin Kitchen (Happy Hour!)
I’ve mentioned before that my young adults group at church likes to do brunch once a month. It’s usually the second Sunday of a month, but in May, that fell on Mother’s Day, and none of us felt like it would be fair to ditch our moms and have brunch with each other instead. Also […]
Personal – My Order is Wrong
The Boy, my family and I have gone out to get a late lunch. We’re at our favorite local burger place because they’ll have things my nephew will eat, and in addition to the fun specialty burgers, you can design your own and get all the toppings you want. I’ve checked off the boxes on […]
Sports – Nationals vs Marlins, 5.14.2016
I went to the Nats game on Saturday May 14. There were two games that day, and it appears that most of the regulars played in the early afternoon game, and for the second game of the doubleheader, many regulars sat, and Bryce Harper took a one game suspension during the nightcap game. The Nationals […]
Book – “Packing for Mars”
I love science – I studied biology in college, and while I wasn’t as great at the hard sciences (as opposed to the life sciences) like Chemistry and Physics, this was mostly because I was in required introductory courses that were not about topics that were relevant to my major, and also didn’t get into […]
Recipe – Spicy Honey-Garlic Roasted Cauliflower
We all forget to do things occasionally. Things that seem critical will slip out of our minds in the regular course of business and leave us either standing and wondering what we were meant to be doing, or else we continue on as if nothing is missing (because we don’t yet realize our mistake). For […]