May 2 The saga of the oven installation is finally complete. The installers never came last Monday, and after many, many phone calls with Best Buy’s customer service we determined that I needed an electrician to first install a new breaker. Once that was done last Thursday, we were able to reschedule our installation for …
I made a short solo trip to the Eastern Shore of Maryland to see a concert by Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar in Easton. I stayed the night and found some nice places to eat. Friday, March 24 My little trip to Easton for the Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar concert got off to a …
On Monday, December 15, we hosted a combined holiday and retirement party for Barb’s colleague, Jeff Golland. I think this may prove to be the last party we hosted at our house. Jeff retired to South Carolina, wrote an extensive travel and retirement blog, and eventually published a book, My Time: What Life and Retirement …
David Lindley, one of my musical heroes, just passed away and I feel compelled to gather this appreciation of his life and work. I’ve long admired this adventurous, idiosyncratic, impish, eclectic virtuoso of nearly any instrument with strings. I’ve compiled a pair of playlists, one in iTunes and one in YouTube. In doing so, I’ve …
March 8 We spent a happy week with Allie in Punta Cana at the Excellence El Carmen resort. We got a bonus day with Allie at the tail end because her flight to Boston on Friday night was canceled so she stayed over until Sunday morning. That gave us a chance to eat a little …
My Christmas present to the girls was a week of sun in Punta Cana, our first international trip since Covid. We originally planned to go to Aruba and I booked a nice room at the Hilton there more than six months in advance. By the time it came to buy airline tickets, we discovered that …
We had a weekend at the DC Wharf centered around a Tedeschi Trucks Band concert at the Warner Theater on Friday evening. I booked a nice “partial waterfront” room at the Hilton Canopy Hotel and made plans for several meals. Friday, February 17 Barb worked at home on Friday and said she would be done …
Barb and I continued to celebrate our 50th birthdays and our 25th anniversary. Allie started 8th grade at GCS. It continued to be a big year. Allie spent two weeks in early July at a JHU CTY class, Whodunit? Mystery and Suspense in Literature and Film, at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. I think she …
I watch a lot of cooking and travel shows. One of my all-time favorites was Made in Spain which introduced me to many of the regions, cuisines and dishes of Spain, and made me a fan of Jose Andres and his expanding empire of restaurants. During Covid, when Andres was not juggling the survival of …
A running tab of movies and series I’ve seen in theaters or at home, and a quick comment about them. I’ve succumbed to the idea of assigning a personal score for each film. My scale: 2022 Movies | 2021 Movies | 2020 Movies | 2019 Movies | 2018 Movies | 2017 Movies Catherine the Great on HBO. I recently slogged my …