Month: July 2012
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Brave (the movie not the adjective)
We saw Brave, the latest Disney/Pixar movie yesterday. In general, we are predisposed to like Disney/Pixar movies, and Brave was no exception. To begin with, the animation was visually stunning. From the panoramas of the Scottish highlands to each individual strand of Merida’s (the heroine’s) hair, everything was beautifully rendered and surprisingly realistic. It was…
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
We went to see The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Shakespeare Theatre last night. It’s a curious play, as Shakespeare resurrected Sir John Falstaff from his Henry IV plays that take place in the 1400s and time-traveled him to the Elizabethan era in the 1600s. The Shakespeare Theatre production has the play set right…
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Beijing & Hong Kong 2012
We had a fabulous trip to Beijing and Hong Kong! In Beijing, we finally got a chance to see the renovated National Museum. Jim and I had last seen it in 1987, and the museum now has more than 5,000 square feet of exhibit space. The Chinese government had hoped to have it open in…
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4th of July on the Mall
We were fortunate enough to be invited to watch the fireworks on the Mall (in Washington, DC) from the rooftop of the Museum of American History. Here are a couple of photos from the evening. It was definitely an unusual 4th of July for us, as we had just gotten our power back and weren’t…
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Flight from Heck and the Derecho
We arrived back from Hong Kong on Saturday, June 30–14 hours later than planned due to a 10 hour delay taking off from Hong Kong, a diversion to Minneapolis due to bad weather in Chicago and insufficient fuel to hover after the trans-Pacific flight, and a system alarm light coming on as we were getting…