New World Order – Family Dinner

A few years ago, I read a couple of books about the importance of family dinner. This is a tad ironic, because I can barely...

Rigoletto at Seattle Opera

La Bohéme has a special place in my heart, but Rigoletto is a better opera. Which explains why, at the end of the holidays when...

Canon Fodder

I won’t pretend I’ve never poured Southern Comfort into a McDonald’s milkshake. But Jameson and Glenlivet feature more prominently in my stories of college-era drinking...

2013 Crooked Road in Review

The WordPress.com blog statistics helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200...