Monthly Archives: February 2017
The arch-realist in my living room
Frugal hedonism
When best-dressed is undressed
Who says Australia’s a cultural backwater? Rafael Bonachela and the Sydney Dance Company’s Sydney Festival show last month was a world first: nude dancers in front of nude paintings before a nude audience. Strangely enough, the nude-audience shows sold out faster than the clothed shows.
http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2017/nude-live/?q=bonachela Continue reading When best-dressed is undressed
Here is the news, get stuffed
Word of the month club: spruik
Shirley Jackson: The Sundial
Oh, how I loved this book. Continue reading Shirley Jackson: The Sundial
Are peacocks feeble-minded? Does anyone care?
The demon drink
Writing about Cooking With Fernet Branca and coming across a book called Highballs For Breakfast : The very best of P. G. Wodehouse on the joys of a good stiff drink (Richard D. Kelly, ed.) made Gert think about memorable drink scenes. Continue reading The demon drink
Tweet along with Gert
Hare was cheated in rigged race! Low-energy Tortoise continued during rest breaks. Not fair!
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/trump-tweets-the-classics