“Before the second show”
Only a few days left until things are once again made great! I will throw sand, and whatever else might stick, in the gears of this oncoming train whenever...
“Waxing Gibbous”
“1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be an annus horribilis.”-Queen Elizabeth II
End of Year Playlist
As I was flying a great deal the year before last, I started to find my wired earbuds indispensable, and while I do enjoy being in quiet public spaces, there...
Collage-a-Palooza
And now for something completely different! (I sought to manifest promising Selzer poll results with this one!) I had promised myself I would stop writing...
Waning Gibbous
“But the world don't stop / Even when you're living in colour / No, the world don't stop / Time is only gonna pass you by / Now you're in real life” -Caroline Rose, “Jeanie Becomes a Mother”
Screaming Goat Summer
“ You who do not remember passage from the other world I tell you I could speak again: whatever returns from oblivion returns to find a voice:“ -Louise Glück, Wild Iris
To Carry Her Spark
“The power of reason/ And the flowers of deep feeling/ Seem to serve me/ only to deceive me.” “Song for Sharon,” Joni Mitchell
“Lost in Music”
“We're lost in music / Caught in a trap / No turnin' back / We're lost in music.” -Sister Sledge (In Memoriam for Meg)
In Absence and Presence
Mother’s Day has not been an easy day for me since my mother’s passing a decade ago. I have the good sense to generally avoid social media altogether on that...
Instagram Famous
“Fame (fame)puts you there where things are hollow/ Fame (fame)” “Fame” David Bowie
Seven Weeks In
Three Saturdays ago was exactly one month since we opened, and there hadn’t been a night with under 250 reservations since that night. We were almost to six...
“Bring on the Changes”
“ It’s no pretending, no denying/ When you really feel the need/ Going to hang on and be strong/ Turn the tables, make the change.” “Change,” Incognito
On Virtue
“We are ready to despair too soon, we are ready to say, ‘What’s the good of doing anything?’ Hope is the virtue we should cultivate most in this present day and age.” Agatha Christie
Virtuosity and Scraps
“I don’t need most of the things some folks can’t do without.” Marcia Ball, “Love, Sweet Love”
The Cold and Quiet Months
“Thank you terror / Thank you disillusionment / Thank you frailty / Thank you consequence / Thank you / thank you silence.” (“Thank U,” Alanis Morissette)
A Holiday Subscription Offer
Like a fruit of the month subscription, but without all that pesky fruit clutter!
Embodiment
“Why love what you will lose? There is nothing else to love.” Louise Glück, The Triumph of Achilles
Thank You!
We added a new crostini to our repertoire for Thanksgiving, with pumpkin butter, blue cheese and fried sage leaf. Grateful to you readers!
Thanksgiving Appetizers & Drinks
The one summer I spent in Italy, attached to the Spoleto Music Festival, my second favorite thing about afternoon concert days, besides the concerts...
Cocktails At Home…
Dedicated to the Ridge Street Cocktail Trio…