As the world (sort of) opened back up again this year, my film viewing responded accordingly; in January, I "attended" a virtual Sundance Film Festival, and by September I was logging a negative PCR test to make my way to Canada for an in-person Toronto Film Festival. Vaccinated and masked, I ...
The Era of Audrey
In October of 2003, I was a senior in college and already thinking about what life might be like once I headed out on my own after graduation. I had grown up with a family cat, and I was thinking it might be nice to have another with me for whatever adventures awaited. So when a friend mentioned ...
Review: Eric Rohmer’s Tales of the Four Seasons
I regret to say I have not spent the last year getting into the best shape of my life or launching a new side-hustle or doing any other monumental work some have managed to make happen in the midst of a pandemic. That's not to say I haven't picked up a new hobby or two. I've certainly cooked at home ...
Recipe: Spicy Peanut Chicken
First things first: this is not becoming a cooking blog. Nevertheless, the longer the pandemic lasts, the better I get at feeding myself. It's gotten to the point that I repeat a recipe enough that I essentially know it by heart and start to play with the ingredients and flavors. Several ...
Review: Some Kind of Heaven
On a recent episode of the New York Times podcast "The Daily," the show that focuses on one timely news story each morning, reporters descended on The Villages, the massive, pre-fab retirement community in central Florida. Boasting over 120,000 residents, the community is reliably conservative and, ...
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