Month: January 2016
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Movie review: Spectre
Spectre has a difficult act to follow (besides being spelled the odd British way). Skyfall (the previous movie) was generally recognized as one of the best James Bond movies, certainly of recent vintage. Spectre is a solid but not spectacular addition to the Bond series. The plot is interesting in the sense that you see…
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Movie review: Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
The upside (if you can call it that) of being snowed in with 30 inches of snow is that you can gather for family movie night every night of Snowzilla (as long as school is cancelled the next day, of course). We resumed Snowzilla movie watching with Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. I am generally a…
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Movie review: The Martian
The book is on our to-be-read list, but 30 inches of impending snowfall seemed like a good excuse to watch this movie. And a bit to my surprise, it was excellent! Matt Damon obviously carries the movie, although there are strong supporting performances throughout by all the actors. (It was especially nice to see Sean…
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Westside Story (Signature Theatre, Arlington, Virginia)
Westside Story is one of our favorite musicals, and we jumped at an opportunity to see it performed at a small, intimate theatre just outside of DC. It was well worth going to see. Putting aside the fact that we appeared to be the youngest attendees by a good 10+ years (and we are NOT…
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Restaurant review: Kinship (Washington, DC)
Kinship is a newly opened restaurant in Washington, DC. The chef-owner is Eric Ziebold (formerly of French Laundry and CityZen) and his wife, Celia Laurent. We have been huge fans of Eric’s cooking since his CityZen days and have been looking forward to his opening up his own restaurant for months. The menu is organized…
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Book review: The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have long been a fan of M. M. Kaye’s books and had an opportunity to re-read this one, as it recently became available in e-book form. I had forgotten how beautiful a book it is. The author’s experience living in India gives…