Dinner and Theater at Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Last month we welcomed my brother and sister-in-law for a visit, taking in three plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in three days and squeezing in a few dinners as well. As it turned out, we saw one play in each of the festival's three theaters, beginning with a performance of Macbeth in the indoor Angus Bowmer Theatre at a weekday matinee. The theater, opened in 1970, seats 600, but the auditorium was far from full for our performance. I have seen several professional stagings of the Scottish Play, and this was definitely in my top three. All of the main roles were well-acted by the actors, but what really made it stand out was the way the three witches were depicted and their scenes staged. All of their lines were sung, rather than spoken, in an eerie, somewhat atonal way. It really helped to lend a powerfully doomed atmosphere to the play.
Boiler Up!
After my eldest sister moved to Indiana a few years ago, her daughter and husband started attending Purdue football games. Last weekend Nancy and I joined them for Purdue's season opener against intrastate rival Indiana State.
Fly, Eagles, Fly
My husband and I recently attended a Philadelphia Eagles preseason game with friends. The game against the Minnesota Vikings took place on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
Back to the Backlot
Much to my listening pleasure, about 15 musical acts performed during Skokie's Backlot Bash last weekend. A three-day event, Backlot Bash features a carnival, 5K run, classic films, an auto show and more, with live music my favorite part.
Unboxing Nashville
With the team’s recent presentation of The Trazees, I was lucky to also enjoy what the city of Nashville has to offer. Food tours are my personal favorite way to explore a city, other than bike riding and walking.
Touring Doneraile Estate in Cork, Ireland
This summer I finally had the chance to take part in a guided tour of the first two floors of Doneraile Estate, a grand house dating back to the early 18th century in north Cork, Ireland. Overlooking a vast, walled park of ponds, streams and fields teeming with deer and cattle, Doneraile Estate sits in the heart of Doneraile Park, a place I have visited since I was a young child to play and, as I got older, run.
The Tale of Two Union Stations
Across the country, Union stations are seeing multimillion-dollar makeovers in hopes of preserving history and providing hot spots for tourists and locals. With recent trips to St. Louis and Nashville, I found myself wandering the areas around both cities' Union stations.
A Tale of Two Restaurants
On our two recent trips to Central Oregon, my husband and I took the opportunity to have some lovely dinners out at two great restaurants in Bend. This town of just over 100,000 residents offers much to visitors and citizens alike, located as it is along the Deschutes River and just east of the Cascade Mountains with all the year-round outdoor recreation they offer. Bend has long drawn folks from Portland, Salem and Eugene (on the wetter side of the mountains) to ski, fish, hike, kayak and otherwise explore this beautiful part of the state, but over the past two decades or so, this small city has become known for so much more. The plentiful sunshine and easy lifestyle began to draw software and high tech companies as well as industries as wide-ranging as bioscience, aviation, manufacturing and distilling. Bend is also famous for its craft breweries, beginning with the establishment of Deschutes Brewery in 1988. It now boasts a lively arts and nightlife scene and a welcoming and diverse community.
Into the Mystic
Late summer is upon us with its sun-dappled days, breezy evenings and nights filled with the symphony of the nocturnal. These sensations become magnified when you pair them with a sea-faring locale. One such town that is a pleasure to visit in the low days of summer is Mystic, Connecticut. More than just the location where cult-classic Mystic Pizza filmed, Mystic offers relaxing waterside walks, boat tours, plenty of window shopping, an array of fine restaurants … and yes, the pizza that put the town on the map.
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Remarkable Medellín
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Sep 4, 2024The Shelbourne Review
Facing the vast St. Stephen’s Green in the heart of Dublin sits the iconic and historic The Shelbourne. Few hotels master the perfect blend of history and luxury, but The Shelbourne gets it right. The site of the signing of the Irish Constitution in 1922 granting the Republic of Ireland its freedom from England, The Shelbourne has hosted its fair share of notable figures, from Michael Collins to Princess Grace Kelly to John Ford, the latter of which was the name of my suite.