Month: May 2014

Opera on Tap

On a recent Wednesday night, while the rest of the family was upstairs reading bedtime stories, I snuck out of the house and met my...

Late Bloomers

I was a precocious, Type-A, perfectionist, high-achiever child with the GPA and SAT scores to prove it. Measuring achievement in real life has proven more...

Finding the PATH

I drove to the dog park every day when my border collie was young, passing by a nondescript building with this logo on it. Like...

Book Report: The Perfect Landscape

After reading several perplexing Icelandic novels in a row, it was a breath of fresh air to read a straightforward, plot-driven narrative. Whew! Icelanders still...