I need to get this out up front: I hated this movie. I. Hated. This. Movie. Why? It was a crap movie. It was boring. It was boring because the story was dull and derivative and just more of the same-old same old. And I was pissed off that I had to sit through nearly [...]

The backstory One of my most memorable Christmases occured many years ago when I ended a relationship on Christmas Eve day: we had been seeing each other for over a year and I was terribly fond of the fellow, but I could no longer pretend that his excessive drinking didn’t bother me. Since he didn’t [...]

This is Buffy. We got her when she was this big.

Saw “2012” last night. I was in the mood for a block buster, the kind you just watch, not engage with intellectually. I, the woman, suggested this film as our Date Nite movie. He, the man, agreed, possibly because he wanted to watch it also but probably because he likes going to things I pick [...]

I once attended, somewhat unwillingly, the national tour of The Rockettes: Christmas Edition or whatever it was called, when it played in Boston. I went because it was a female family thing (mothers who were sisters and the daughters of those mothers) and was billed as a nice afternoon out in Boston that included lunch. [...]

The Secret of Tomb 10A: Egypt 2000 BC has opened at the MFA. You should go see it. These Egyptians might not’ve had a 401(k), but they were very very confident that their version of “retirement” would be a glorious one. Talk about a transformational experience! It’s all about the shtuff Let’s say you were [...]

Harry Potter: The Exhibition opens at the Museum of Science in Boston on Sunday, October 25 at 9am, and you should get in line right now for it. The exhibition is as close to being in the movies as you can get without needing an Equity card. We were invited to the Preview Reception last [...]

Me and opera, we go way back I went to my first opera, i Puritani by Bellini, when I was about 30. I went to the hairdresser for a wash and blow-dry at lunch, and left work early wearing my new lace top (bought at the original Filene’s Basement for $11). I purchased my ticket [...]

Went to see the encore transmission of the Nation Theater‘s live broadcast of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well at the Coolidge Corner, and well, it didn’t (end well, geddit?). I was so put off by, everything, that I left at intermission.

We sleep on a futon. fu⋅ton [foo-ton, fyoo-] –noun a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, esp. in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day. The futon rests atop two tatami mats (laid side-by-side), very low to the [...]