Reading and Roaming
This week is the annual Sarasota Film Festival, a time when we see movies we know little about and dip our toes into unfamiliar waters (appropriate given that this year’s theme is Sea & Be Seen!). Also we make a point of trying some new downtown restaurants. CINEMA The Unknown Girl. A Belgian feature film …
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VOCAL MUSIC Other than friends, the two things I miss most about San Francisco are the restaurant scene and Bay Area Cabaret. Our good friends, David and Sean, introduced us to that cabaret series. It’s held in the historic Venetian Room in the Fairmont Hotel, and we had the treat of seeing and hearing Chita …
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This week was devoted to two little girls, one almost five and the other just turned one, and it was a delightful romp of activity. From sifting sand at the beach to trying out the pool, from mixing blueberry pancakes with Grandma to icing cupcakes with Grandpa, to arts and crafts with Dad, and island …
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Being socially engaged with others is a key to good health and perhaps a longer life. We entertained very good friends recently and I spent several days inhabiting J. D. Vance’s head in his disturbing and engrossing memoir of growing up in Appalachia. FRIENDS As is certainly evident in Vance’s memoir (noted below), we don’t get …
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