Thursday, December 31, 2009

New Year's Eve Blue Moon

It was a blue moon. There was blue food, blue drinks, and the Blue Devils.















Holiday photos here.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas 2009

We managed 7 fish stew for Christmas Eve, and Ms. S's granny's grits for Christmas Day. There were presidents, and a screening of White Christmas, of course.

Holiday photos here.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Solstice

Patti Smith was the honorary goddess guide for Solstice 2009.

Holiday photos here.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Josh at FFC








Did my first session with Josh at Fitness Formula. One of the best things I've done.... Power Balance, baby!

Candlelight tour at Glessner House

We went for the Christmas candlelight tour at Glessner House with Ms. N as one of the guides.

Remembering Rose Friedman

A work Saturday. A memorial event for Rose Friedman.

Friday, December 11, 2009

The Mystery of Irma Vep

A romp and a good time at Court.













From the Time Out Review:

"The Mystery of Irma Vep
, which debuted in 1984, is perhaps the archetypal camp play. Camp, per Susan Sontag, privileges artifice over beauty, style over content—which holds largely true of Ludlam’s lovingly ridiculous spoof of horror movies and Gothic novels. The twist that sets Irma Vep apart from, say, the Annoyance’s lineup is a quick-change structure that enables two actors to play the myriad denizens of Mandacrest, the English manor bedeviled by all manner of monsters. The play becomes as much about the challenges it tosses to its performers as the dark secrets that Lord Edgar Hillcrest (Hellman) conceals from his new wife, Enid (Sullivan).

Those challenges are brilliantly met by this dynamic Laurel-and-Hardy pair. Sullivan, whose massive frame gives Lady Enid an almost architectural grandeur, gets the finest tour de force: He engages in a seemingly impossible back-and-forth between Enid and his other major character, the one-legged servant Nicodemus. Hellman wields a mean hatchet as the murderous maid Jane and, as pith-helmeted Lord Edgar, intrepidly plumbs the depths of Egyptology. While the first act could run at an even more manic clip, Graney directs with a steady hand. In the second act, at moments such as Enid and Jane’s strangely potent dulcimer duet, this Irma Vep achieves a sublime fascination, conveying Ludlam’s affection for his misbegotten sources. And Graney’s audacious closing move adds yet another layer of meaning to this daffily compelling play."



Thursday, December 10, 2009

MFI Founder's Circle event








A work event to promote the creation of the Milton Friedman Institute for Research in Economics. A spectacular setting at the Morningstar offices.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Holiday Party at the Dean's

Another snowy night, but a wonderful evening at the Dean's for his annual party for staff. Yummy food, good company.

Monday, December 07, 2009

Mr. M in for a visit

Mr. M. was in for a visit before he went downtown for a work conference.



Sunday, December 06, 2009

Mr. J in town

Ms. S's father came to town for a visit. We had dinner at Chilam Balam, went to the AIC, went to hear jazz (the big Hammond B3) at the Green Mill, went to Hyde Park and had Korean, at Indian and...whew...went to the Jazz Showcase.

More photos here.