Author Archives: JJD
The House: Of Moss and Men
This weekend’s house story is one of me winning against nature — and by “nature,” I mean “the moss that’s growing all over my back patio.” The moss itself isn’t a problem. In fact, after seeing moss gardens like this one . . . Zen garden at Tofoku-ji shrine . . . in Japan this […]
Angels, Part 2
The second part of Angels in America, which I saw last night, was generally better than the first part. There was a different energy — less despair; more anger, hope, reconciliation — and some of the characters changed in interesting ways. The depiction of Mormonism was slightly more nuanced, and I appreciated that, whatever else […]
Angels, Part 1
Hey, hey — midweek theatre debauchery two weeks in a row! Tonight’s performance: Part 1 of the Intiman Theatre’s production of Tony Kushner’s Angels In America. The play is long (3 hours) and complicated (the reviews in the Seattle Times and Seattle Met lay it out pretty well, with at least one typo) and I’m not sure what […]
You know what fall means . . .
Theatre season is back!!! To kick it off, we caught tonight’s performance of A Chorus Line at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. Nothing more decadent than leaving work at 5pm to meet friends for dinner and a play ON A WEEKNIGHT!! Such a great show. I saw the Broadway revival in New York several years ago, […]
The House: Lightbulbs and yard work
At 4:14pm on Friday, my realtor called to congratulate me: The closing was complete; I was officially Seattle’s newest homeowner. Wahoo! Not surprisingly, I ditched work immediately to go get the keys and savor my entree into the landed class. Not that there’s all that much land involved here (just the fraction of an acre beneath […]
Labor Day weekend on the shore
As you know from my last couple of posts, I spent Labor Day weekend on the East Coast, catching up with DC friends and enjoying a few more days of summer at the beach. I arrived on Saturday afternoon and met up with a few friends from the firm for dinner and dessert. On Sunday […]
Dawn over the Atlantic
The best part of camping on the beach? Watching the sun rise over the ocean. The world goes from grey to brilliant in a matter of moments, and it’s breathtaking.
Almost home
It’s Labor Day weekend! The official end of summer (at least as far as the public pools and rules about wearing white are concerned), so why not celebrate with one more trip to the beach? And by “beach” I don’t mean the chilly shores of the Pacific Northwest — I want sun and sand and […]
The Hike: Dungeness Spit
The Olympic Peninsula is this fantastical place on the other side of the Puget Sound from Seattle. It’s home to a famous rain forest (they get about 200 inches of rain there) and sparkly fictional vampires (the Twilight books are set in the town of Forks) and not enough decent hotels — or so my friend […]
Bee in my bonnet
I have got to stop getting stung in the face by bees. It hurts like heck and makes me look like Quasimodo, only with the hump on my forehead instead of my back. How did this happen, you ask? Well, I was about 5 miles into my 70-mile bike ride on Sunday when a bee flew […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 