Loreena McKennitt

We went to see Loreena McKennitt last night, which was an absolutely heavenly way to spend a Monday evening. We’d actually already seen her during this tour last spring in Boston, as we had no idea she’d be making it up into our neck of the woods. Both shows were absolutely amazing, but I enjoyed […]

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High Excitement!

I’m so excited I can hardly stand it. We just booked tickets (first balcony, second row center) to see Doctor Who and Captain Picard (ok, David Tennant and Patrick Stewart, for the non-extreme geek) do Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon next November. Hurray! We’ve been waiting to go back to England for

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Weekend Notes

Not much going on this weekend. Still reading Titus Groan. I think I’m under a hundred pages from the end, though I still have no idea how long that will take me to get through. On the knitting front, I’ve started and pulled out a lace scarf four times now. The lace is completely kicking

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Stardust

Just got back from seeing Stardust. Loved it. I did read the book, but it was long enough ago that all but the main plot points have long since been buried in my memory, so I was able to watch it without remembering what was going on, which was great. Robert De Niro was fabulous

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