From a Glass of Wine to a Vampire Story

Last week after seeing Summer at Gammage Theater, our group had dinner at Taphouse Kitchen and DF Evon ordered a glass of Virginia Dare pinot noir.  I donā€™t drink red, so I never look at the offerings on that part of the menu and I didn’t see that particular wine, but when she ordered it, […]

I am Diagnosed as a Logophile

ā€œInconceivableā€! ā€œYou keep using that word.Ā  I do not think it means what you think it means.ā€Ā  Cult favorite The Princess Bride has so many famous quotes, but really, I love that someone is called out for misusing a word.Ā  I am just sitting here chuckling as I think about it.Ā  And I think about […]

How Keeping Organized Changed my Life

I took so many Sociology classes in college; I could have been considered a Sociology minor.Ā  I loved those classes.Ā  I loved the professor.Ā  I loved her vocabulary.Ā  I loved thinking in new ways quite different from how Iā€™d been exposed to the world.Ā  I especially loved that I could vomit on paper and get […]

The Getty

For years when visiting LA, I would see the white building at the top of the hill and think, ā€œOne day Iā€™d like to visit the Getty.ā€  I had no expectations or thoughts about what it might be, other than a well-known museum.  Last week, we finally made that visit happen, and boy oh boy, […]