A San Francisco Birthday Weekend of Jazz and Fringe
Every year, we seem to be out of town for my birthday. Although this year’s birthday has been bookmarked by trips: Last week in the Finger Lakes and Niagara-on-the-Lake and next week in Monterey, we...
View ArticleAurora Theater’s “Delicate Balance”
We just saw Edward Albee’s “A Delicate Balance at Berkeley’s Aurora Theater. Balance, like many Albee plays, is based on a rather incongruous set of circumstances, in which a prosperous couple’s...
View ArticleDavid Mamet’s Race at the American Conservatory Theater
Although we will soon leave for New York on one of our theater/museum/restaurant marathons, we had to see one play before leaving San Francisco. Although we have sometimes had trouble with some of...
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New York City Catch-Up
Joyce and I love going to New York. We typically go at least twice and often three times a year to catch up on theater, museums, gallery exhibits, restaurants and just walking around to explore...
View ArticleSan Francisco Theater: A Study in Diversity
We love theater and try to take every opportunity to try anything that looks interesting. Unfortunately, between travel and local obligations, we have to be selective. Luckily, the San Francisco...
View ArticleOur Preview of the 2012 Tony Awards
We timed this New York trip around the opening of two specific plays, Death of a Salesman and The Columnist. We were going to see Phillip Seymour Hoffman in this role regardless of the reviews. While...
View ArticleNo Sleep and the McKittrick Hotel
After spending an evening of Sleep No More at the mysterious McKittrick Hotel, we are not quite sure what we experienced. It is part haunted mystery house, part theater, part performance art, part...
View ArticleAn Afternoon of Wonderful Surprises at the Apollo Theater
Some of our greatest fun, and certainly biggest surprises of our recent New York City visit, came courtesy of Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater. After a phenomenal evening last year at one of the...
View ArticleChicago Theater Update
The March, at the Steppenwolf Theater, is an adaptation of an E.L. Doctorow novel on William Tecumseh Sherman’s Civil War’s March to the Sea. Although the history was interesting, we found some of the...
View ArticleNew York Theater and Music Update: Spring 2013
Our periodic New York trips are always consumed by our key objectives of: Catching up with theater, new restaurants, museum exhibits and art galleries Revisiting as many of our favorite restaurants,...
View ArticleNew York City Theater Update: May 2014
Another theater season; another trip to New York to catch up on shows, museums, restaurants, galleries, art shows and, of course, the overall buzz of the city. This year, based on strong...
View ArticleCatching Up with San Francisco Theater
Between catching up from our four month Asia trip, weeklong trips to LA and New York, finishing my book (which is scheduled for September publication) and the winding down of Joyce’s consulting career,...
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Catching up with Chicago – 2014
Our 2014 Chicago trip was designed primarily around two a chance to visit two “art” exhibits: An Art Institute of Chicago exhibit of Rene Magritte’s work from his most productive and innovative period,...
View ArticleNew York City Theater Scene November 2014
If it is fall and we are in the United States, we always try to get a trip to New York City to catch up on theater, museums and restaurants. So we packed up our bags (or, never unpacked them from our...
View ArticleNew York City Theater Update–April 2015
Another trip to New York City (spring 2015) and another week full of theater, food, and museums. This blog talks about the theater. The trip began with some theater disappointments and one case of...
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Louisbourg Nova Scotia and its Fortress
The town of Louisbourg is notable primarily as the 18th-century site of the largest (4,000 to 5,000 people on almost 15,000 acres) French military fortress and thriving fishing town on the Atlantic...
View ArticleNew York City Theater, Fall 2015
This fall, we spent four days and five nights In New York City. Of course, theater was at the top of our list. Five plays over three days and four nights? Not for the faint of heart, but an unfortunate...
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New York City Update on Museums–November 2015
In addition to theater, no time in NYC is complete without visiting museums. We were fortunate to time our trip with the MOMA Picasso Sculpture exhibit, which displayed more than 50 sculptures that he...
View ArticleNew York City Theater Scene Spring 2016
We had a very short 3 days for our semi-annual getaway to NYC theater, museum, gallery and restaurants. But we were able to see 4 plays. Here are our thoughts on them: Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. We...
View ArticleLondon Theater, Restaurants and Hotel
London Theater London, like New York City, always has a plethora of theater choices. On this trip, we saw 2 plays: 1984. We both loved the George Orwell book (which Tom reread in anticipation of seeing...
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