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 [...]

It’s official: Josh and I are going to Spain May 18-28. We’re flying into Barcelona, renting a car and traveling the northern coast west toward the Atlantic Ocean. We’ll end up in Madrid for the tail end of the trip. Stops in between: Pamplona, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Oviedo, A Coruña and Santiago de Compestela. Or [...]





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