Author Archives: JJD
UNSPEAKABLE
Look, people, just LOOK at what is on offer in the men’s pajama section of Target. I just — I don’t — are there even words for this? These are the pajama equivalent to eating Doritos in public. Can anyone say “crisis of American masculinity”? Um, Lisa Frank called and wants her Trapper Keeper pjs […]
Chicago – The Little Prince
Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre is one of our favorite theatres and has been the excuse for weekend trips to Chicago more than once. When Amanda heard last fall that they were staging a new adaptation of Antoine de Saint Exupery’s book The Little Prince, we bought tickets and, well, that’s how we all ended up here this weekend in […]
Chicago – Galoshes and Michelin stars at Everest
Amanda and I returned from brunch and kronuts just in time to dress for . . . (can you guess it?) . . . dinner! We’ve been hooked on the Michelin Guide for years now and have been looking for an opportunity to bring Will and Susan (Amanda’s parents) into our decadent ways. Since Chicago […]
Chicago – Art, brunch and kronuts in the snow
Chicago is not an obvious choice for a February vacation, not with its reputation for ungodly cold temperatures and biting wind. We lucked out on Saturday — the weatherman substituted steady snow for the arctic winds — but it was still no day for strolling through the park. So we headed to the Art Institute of […]
Kronut!
More to come. For now, behold:
Chicago – Morning! (Why did you come so soon?)
Whoever proposed 9am as a totally reasonable time to meet for breakfast (ahem, that person may have been me), clearly forgot to factor in talking until 4am… But still. Vacation! Chicago! Who could wish for more sleep when THIS is waiting for you just outside your window?
Chicago – Friends and meatloaf and a little bit of snow
Yay, I got to Chicago without delay! No 12-hour waits in New York, no overnight diversion to St. Louis, nothing that normally happens when I normally fly to Chicago happened. Aside from fifty minute wait on the runway on the first leg out to Philadelphia (which was itself only a 20 minute flight), everything went perfectly smoothly. Phew! And another […]
Vacation!
When was the last time I took a vacation? Let’s see… in December I was asked not to take any vacation due to year-end client demands. In November, I worked straight through Thanksgiving and canceled most of an earlier weekend trip to New York with Amanda — both to satisfy client demands. In September I […]
Swan Lake
I’ve never been to Russia, but I imagine their winters being freezing cold and dark all the time. Kind of like how it’s been here lately. So maybe the dancers from the Mariinsky Ballet will feel right at home this week as they perform Swan Lake at the Kennedy Center. Amy and I had tickets to […]
Monday night ambition
I haven’t written much lately. I’m inclined to invoke the admonition “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all” in my defense. The past few months have been grueling at work, and the resilience with which I normally meet those challenges seems finally to have been worn out. It’s definitely time for a break. It might […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 