Art and Code Breaking: Mr. Turner and The Imitation Game
As the year races to an end, the theatres are piling up with a trio of brilliant British biopics. After Stephen Hawking, I wonder who is better known, Alan Turing or JMW Turner?
Regardless, ... Continue Reading →
Second City Nut-Cracking Holiday Revue: La Jolla Playhouse
Tis the season for some improv comedy and holiday sketches from Chicago’s venerable comedy theatre. The half dozen performers currently in residence at LJP are nimble and provide ... Continue Reading →
Fleetwood Mac – San Diego 2014
Many decades ago the steady throbbing beat of “Hypnotized” played in a loop in my brain during swim team practice. I knew the British blues band Fleetwood Mac from their mesmerizing ... Continue Reading →
BLVD Hotel & Spa
When looking for a hotel in LA my tendency is to look on the south side of the Santa Monica Mountains. I decided to venture ‘over the hill’ on a recent excursion to the City of ... Continue Reading →
Moving From PC to Apple – Part One
After a few decades in the PC world, I made the shift to the world Steve Jobs built. I am now an Apple kinda guy, at least as far as laptops go. Future installments will cover my migration ... Continue Reading →
The Hunchback of Notre Dame – La Jolla Playhouse
It is likely that everyone goes through at least one Disney phase. It is inescapable that as a kid you would have succumbed to Disney’s pull. When you become a parent, all of that ... Continue Reading →
How We Got To Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World, by Steven Johnson
How We Got To Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World, by Steven Johnson (Riverhead Books)
Johnson presently tops my list of most intriguing non-fiction writers. He first entered ... Continue Reading →
The Theory of Everything
The study of physics has had a fascinating history in the arts. The latest foray explores the life of the greatest living physicist. Director James Marsh has built his current film ... Continue Reading →
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