Andrew Stenson in Recital at Seattle Opera

Like K-dramas, opera recitals have shot from “not a thing I watch” to “primary form of entertainment” for me during the pandemic. I watched everything...

Historical Haul

In July of 2016 I went on a pilgrimage to Powell’s Books in Portland with my mom and my two kids. We spent two full...

Pet Penguin

It had nothing to do with the plot, but I was fascinated by the warm weather breed pet penguin in Neon Genesis Evangelion. Not that...

Bad Habits

A couple years back, Seattle Opera put on a production of The Wicked Adventures of Count Ory. It was a wickedly funny production with elements...

Published in December 2020

At the end of a stressful year, I meant to take time off in December. But I got caught in a windstorm of new work...