“Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays.” -George Balanchine
I love the art of dance. Considering this, it’s not surprising that I also love the show So You Think You Can Dance. The choreographers and dancers are outstanding and they cover such a wide range of styles. One of my particular favorite choreographers is [...]
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16 Dec
A Dance I Love…
4 Dec
Today was my kinda day
“Unless each day can be looked back upon by an individual as one in which he has had some fun, some joy, some real satisfaction, that day is a loss.” – Anonymous
Well, today was the kind of work day I wish I always freakin’ had.
We had a corporate holiday team building get-together today. We started [...]
1 Dec
December Nights…
“At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.” – Thomas Tusser
Balboa Park is one of my favorite places in San Diego. It is a sprawling urban park, filled with museums, fountains, gardens, and theatre venues; all of Spanish architecture, in the middle of the city. It is also one [...]
24 Nov
Justin Nozuka
“But tomorrow if a golden train came to take you away,
Would you go or would you stay?” – Justin Nozuka
I’m excited. One of my favorite artists is playing here in San Diego tonight at Porter’s Pub at UCSD. Only a month ago, I updated Ticketmaster to give me alerts with my favorite artists and then, [...]
26 Oct
The Lion King on Broadway
“Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase!”
This weekend, I went with my family and a friend to see the Lion King on Broadway. It was, of course, fantastic. I appreciated that they used the original score but added authentic African music to the performances along with traditional African dress. The character costumes were incredibly creative as [...]
15 Aug
Wicked!
“We can’t all come and go by bubble.” – Elphaba (from Wicked)
I just returned home from enjoying the Broadway performance of “Wicked.” It was FANtastic. Wicked is the story of what happens in Oz before Dorothy arrives. The “real” story of the Wicked Witch of the West. I read the book a couple years ago [...]
7 Jul
Remembering MJ
”This is a celebration of his life, of his legacy.” – Magic Johnson
Los Angeles is crazy today. Coverage of Michael Jackson’s memorial is all over the place. We are watching the coverage and a small part of me feels like I shouldn’t be. It feels so personal. I’m not good with funerals in general, the [...]
25 Jun
Michael Jackson Dies
“If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.” – Michael Jackson
I’m stunned.
I was in the waiting room at the dentist and saw a CNN Twitter alert saying Michael Jackson went to the hospital for cardiac arrest. [...]
