Archive for May, 2009
It’s (almost) official: I am a master of journalism. J-school commencement was last night and I received my empty diploma folder from Dean Mills. Alum and Wall Street Journal wine columnist Dorothy Gaiter spoke. We celebrated accordingly, packing the Ragtag and closing it down. The after-after party moved to my old house for music, food [...]
Southern style I returned to my volunteer gig with Childrens PressLine yesterday for my last workshop of the spring session. We had 30 kids — way more from our pre-spring break seven! We had kids from age 8 to 17, so we could run the workshop the way it was designed, with older kids acting [...]
Alex and I had a splendid day at JazzFest yesterday. The sun was shining. There was a light breeze. We were able to drink free beer from a hospitality tent. We heard: Gina Brown & Anutha Level (Motown hits), Buckwheat Zydeco (zydeco), Treme Brass Band (brass), Roddie Romero and the Hub City All Stars (southern [...]
