Entries from October 2008

October 23, 2008

Manon: Thoughts on the Opera

A few weeks ago I attended my very first opera. I’ve been to twenty one Broadway musicals but never an opera. My friends and I dressed for the occasion, not because we had to, but rather for the heck of it. The Lyric Opera of Chicago is a truly beautiful building; the [...]

October 23, 2008

Redeeming Reason, apparently

Golly Gee, it has been a long time since I have written. I really like that phrase, golly gee. I think we should bring it back.

Over the summer I had a hard time writing regularly because I was convinced that you need to be out and doing things gathering material for the blog. [...]