Month: May 2015

Blue Cheese … And Then

I think blue cheese salad dressing is the key to good storytelling. Blue cheese was my favorite dressing when I was growing up, until I...

Solstafir Seven

Yesterday I saw Solstafir at El Corazon. It was Mother’s Day, and I’m sure I’ll do some kind of post about that later. For once,...

Words of Art

On my last day of my first trip to Iceland, I wandered the Reykjavik Art Museum. I had already noticed an Icelandic tendency to treat...

Ariadne auf Nauxos at Seattle Opera

Long story short: A rich man has commissioned a tragic opera, “Ariadne auf Naxos,” to be performed at his party. He has also hired a...

Prepping for Ariadne auf Naxos

As I took my seat at the Seattle Public Library’s preview of Ariadne auf Naxos, I was reminded that in the opera world, 40 is...