I’m kind of ridiculously proud of myself this month. It turns out that two of the books I said I would finish in December I actually finished in the very first days of January. But it didn’t end up mattering, because I remembered to add in a couple of books I finished earlier in the […]
Month: January 2018
Theater – Hamlet
When you think about the great works of theater of all time, if you haven’t included Hamlet on your list, you’re probably not putting your list together very well. And it seems that every high schooler in America (and probably in England as well) is made to study the show. Unfortunately for me, that wasn’t […]
Movie – Get Out
My original plan for today’s post had been to write about Black Mirror, thinking I hadn’t written about the show before. And after getting some photos from the current season, a little voice in the back of my head said, “Hey now – maybe you should just double check to see if you’ve written about […]
Recipe – Cinnamon Sugar Donut Mini Muffins
There are certain things that we can all agree on. And one of those is that when you are sick with a highly contagious infection, you probably shouldn’t prepare food for consumption by other people. But what if you think you only have a chest cold? What if you are a pregnant lady who assumes […]
Theatre – The Humans
You may have noticed a lot more posts about theatrical productions happening at the Kennedy Center from the past month. There’s good reason for that – 18 months ago when the touring production of Hamilton was announced to be coming to the Kennedy Center, one of the things that was also announced was that the […]
Recipe – Spinach Lasagna
This feels like a recipe wherein I am cheating. It’s the kind of meal you can make for dinner guests and feel fancy, or that makes a lot of lunches and dinners to go in the freezer or fridge. The recipe is not one I came up with myself (despite the tagging system), but from […]
Theater – On Your Feet
One of the most frustrating parts of being a musical-theater aficionado in the past few decades is watching the laziness of the genre. By this, I mostly mean watching the focus on new musicals be either of jukebox style, or based on movies. Sure – when properly adapted, the movie musicals tend to be more […]
Restaurant – Proper 21
I feel weird writing about a restaurant that doesn’t seem to focus a lot of time on being a restaurant, and which was mostly just ok. So if that’s all you take away from this blog post, maybe that’s enough? But why would I got here in the first place if I didn’t know what […]
Movie – Baby Driver
A few weeks ago, the Boy and I were at a holiday gathering and someone mentioned great movies from the past year. Because we have been totally fail-whaling on seeing movies while in theaters, we are now at the point where a lot of last year’s movies that came out summer and before and now […]
Recipe – Savory Mini Muffins with Goat Cheese Red Onion and Rosemary
Have you ever made a recipe and when it comes out of the oven or wherever it looks nothing like what you expected? Or that it’s at least different enough to make your forehead crinkle and your head to tilt? That’s how I felt about these mini muffins. If you click through to the original […]