Manhattan Moments: Cold & Cocooning

TRAVEL IN WINTER: A DAY OF SMALL ADVENTURES Arriving at the Airport Fortunately, the Chief Penguin and I are planners and early people.  We routinely arrive at the airport 2 hours before flight time—earlier if he sets the pick-up time.  On Thursday, we arrived at the airport, having been driven there and unloaded the luggage, …

Tidy Tidbits: Mostly Books

ROYALS—WATCHING AND READING   I read so much about the Netflix series, The Crown, while I was in London, I couldn’t wait to start watching it once I returned home.  And now, I’m enthralled!  It is so well done, elaborate, lavish even, and the family dynamics (exiled Duke of Windsor, Prince Philip’s role in their …

Tidy Tidbits: Asolo & Morland

BACKSTAGE AT ASOLO We had the opportunity to take a backstage tour at the Asolo Repertory Theater’s Mertz Theater earlier this week and it was fascinating.  There was a tech rehearsal in progress (just what it sounds like, all the technical aspects of the production—lighting, sound, projection, etc.—run through), and we got a peek at …