by | Oct 15, 2011 | Writing
Growing up with a severely limited musical library (my entire exposure to music pre high school was Broadway Showtunes), I really knew very little about music. Once I hit high school, I bought The Eagles Hotel California and anything from KISS… but that was only...
by | Oct 14, 2011 | Chick Stuff, Plays, Sister Cities, Writing
Darcie Lee Grover (Austin), Kim Saunders (Carolina), Alexandra Bogorad (Dallas), and Katie Rose Krueger (Baltimore). Silly and Dramatic; Sister Cities:Theatre at it’s Best By Kerry Smith October 13th, 2011 Boy do I love modern plays that incorporate things like Google...
by | Oct 13, 2011 | Writing
Michael Scott and Colette Freedman. Tor, $24.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7653-2852-6 THE THIRTEEN HALLOWS Scott (The Alchemyst) and Freedman blend magic, folklore, mystery, and history in this zippy fantastical thriller. Sarah Miller is a discontented 22-year-old Londoner in...
by | Oct 12, 2011 | Sports, Tennis, Writing
Book Review: Tennis Dates By Gail Allison at Chick Lit Central Ever had a bad date? A really bad date? Like, your tennis partner decides to be ultra competitive and play Wimbledon-level tennis during what’s supposed to be a friendly rally? Or they decide that Bud...
by | Oct 11, 2011 | Plays, Sister Cities, Writing
REVIEW – Sister Cities – Dragon Productions Theatre Posted on October 10, 2011 by Artsalot When I read the script of Sister Cities several months ago, I was moved to tears. For your own frame of reference, this is not a common response for me. The number of times I’ve...
by | Oct 10, 2011 | Random Musings, Writing
One month ago, I challenged myself to write a blog every day for an entire month. Today marks the celebratory completion of my task. I set a goal and I accomplished it. Yay. Yet, in reviewing my last thirty days of blogs, I’ve discovered how seemingly scattered they...
by | Oct 9, 2011 | Sports
Today, I walked to end Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s is a general term for memory loss which accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases. I suppose I’m getting close to calling myself a professional fundraising-exerciser. In the course of my life, I’ve done the...
by | Oct 8, 2011 | Chick Stuff, Poetry, Writing
I escaped the castle; yet, crashed into the moat a hapless, soaking wretch without a throat I thought rapunzel’s hair would help me down, but kissing frogs gives warts not golden crowns I searched the world to find the ‘one’ for me and in the search,...
by | Oct 7, 2011 | Films, Music
I’m not a high holidays Jew— the kind who pretty much ignores their faith until Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur and then scrambles to buy overpriced seats at the local synagogue. I confess that I’ve done plays on Rosh HaShanah, I’ve played field hockey on Yom...
by | Oct 6, 2011 | Music, Random Musings
While Glee has popularized the expression Mash-UP, (a song created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs), my favorite mashup of all time is Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole’s Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World. I was driving over Mulholland...
