I was so glad to see him at the Brubeck Institute, maybe a year before he died, and I was so happy that I had the opportunity to publicly talk about the impact that he had had on my musicianship. Like a New Orleans kind of thing, it was very impactful for me. With me it was ...
The restaurant plays background music through speakers appropriate for the venue. Only for special occasions may we have live music. We take steps to monitor the genre of music and sound levels throughout the day and are happy to adjust volume levels where practical should this be necessary. T...
After year two we become who we are not by growth or new neurons created, but by pruning back or removing what is unnecessary in order to survive, adapt, and hopefully thrive. We learn how to make our lifeand identityhappy and happier according to our individual brains and endocrine systems...
Sarah Ann Masse, and Katherine Kendall onstage during the AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards accepting the award for Best Ensemble for She Said – Show at Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel on January 28, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AA...
I was standing next to video images of actual torture, some of which met humane standards set forth by the government (standards which are often not enforced). I wasn’t just anonymous in the mask; I was also voiceless in the cube. Just like those animals, experiencing humans averting thei...
Bonus points to this East Village bar for boasting an ENTIRE MENU of Boilermakers and extending their oh so easily rationalized as the-more-you-drink-the-more-you-save Happy Hour specials ’til 8pm. All that Happy Hour writing required some serious next-day editing, so I settled into a wi...
A number of motifs occur in each of the stories, so that they resonate with each other even there is no evident narrative connection: images oflamassus, the protective spirits of ancient Nineveh who have bearded human heads and lions’ bodies; pieces of lapis lazuli; cuneiform script, on cla...
“I’m very instrumental in my daughter’s life. I’m not one of those absent fathers that’s just always working and never paying attention to his family because I feel like family is first,” Houston toldPeoplein February 2022. “I always say being a husband and father are two of my...
Happy Birthday little girl, shade of my heart- you are healthy and beautiful and we love you so very much! 2 years ago I became a mother. 2 years ago the world suddenly became a more dangerous place. 2 years ago I learned what Down syndrome meant. 2 years ago I learned who I can...
” with heart and baby emojis. Black, 44, also shared asweet photoof the happy fathers holding their son, captioning it, “Welcome to the world little Robbie Ray. Thank you for bringing so much love and light with you. And thank you to those who helped make our dream of having a ...