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Last night was amazing. Just four hundred and eleven years after the first performance of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” Lisa and I watched a modern interpretation of the play at the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, DC. While I had neither read nor seen it performed before, as far as I could tell it seemed to be pretty faithful to the original- with the exception of it being set in Cuba. And Lisa had actually performed the play a couple years ago – as the lead Beatrice no less. Anyway, the play was too complex for me to give a review of it justice. I’ll just say that it was great. It motivated me to read it and to put the 1993 version in my Netflix queue (91% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes).

Just before the play, we had dinner at a pretty upscale restaurant downtown. The 701 Restaurant was great. You know the type- trendy, perhaps a little eclectic, with most people wearing suits and a sommelier walking around to offer advice on the best wines to go with your chicken nuggets. Just kidding. There was a sommelier, but this isn’t the kind of restaurant  Continue reading »

Here’s our 2011 Thanksgiving in a nutshell. Just the four of us. Lisa cooked a 22 pound turkey. She and the kids had their share and I ate the other 21 pounds. Plus stuffing, green bean casserole, other stuff I can’t remember, and canned cranberry sauce. I love canned cranberry sauce. Sliced in perfect cylinders that look like big delicious red silver dollars. Until next year, happy holidays everybody!