Supper Club

April 2020. We were all shut-ins, scared of anything that might be carrying a virus science did yet know much about. So Jessica suggested a weekly Zoom dinner. This quickly became the Saturday Night Supper Club. We’ve met in person ten times or so, including that night in November almost one year ago when the

Arches

Watch out for flying kids! I took in a Circus Flora performance this week, from a front-row box seat. Here are some photos:

Kitchen time

Recent cooking adventures have certainly turned autumnal., except for the French toast, which is a year-round treat. Can you tell how I like my bacon?

#TBT: Falling in love

The Broadway channel on Sirius XM asks listeners to provide a short audio message about when they fell in love with Broadway, and what was the first show they saw. I’m 60 years old. I don’t remember the first show I saw, but it would have been at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City’s Swope Park.

Lychee

A week ago today I took my circus nephews Dennis and Philip for some Thai food. We have missed a year and a half of birthday meals! I suggested Thai; they love Thai. They chose the place up on Lindbergh in Florissant, and so we went. Philip mentioned that he liked the lychee drink, so

Words

I just adore Frank Bruni’s weekly column and the “For the love sentences” section in particular. Here’s the latest installment: Sometimes a columnist speaks for just a small subset of readers. The opposite of that is Bret Stephens in The Times on the junior senator from Texas: “Ted Cruz is to my brain what durian fruit is

Creative

I wrote not too long ago that I can only seem to be creative during breaks and summers. So Fall Break brought on a creative stew-pot of writing and composing. New works are in the works!

Listening

This past week’s listening list: I had an eclectic week.

Circus Week #6

I’m on fall break this week, so I’m loading up on some circus photos from Saturday. Circus Flora is performing in the big tent in Saint Louis this month. As always, the Arches, Circus Harmony’s elite troupe, is part of the show. Last Saturday, I sat high up in the stands and grabbed some photos

Circus Week #5

I’m on fall break this week, so I’m loading up on some circus photos from Saturday. Circus Flora is performing in the big tent in Saint Louis this month. As always, the Arches, Circus Harmony’s elite troupe, is part of the show. Last Saturday, I sat high up in the stands and grabbed some photos