Materfamilias Writes

Dressing for the Dance. . . for Watching it, that is. . .

Dressing for the Dance. . . for Watching it, that is. . .

 Zig-zagging back and forth from Vancouver this week — back on the island yesterday so that I could go to a performance by Compagnie Marie Chouinard. I wouldn’t have gone if a friend hadn’t asked…

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A (nut) Cracking Night at the Ballet!

A (nut) Cracking Night at the Ballet!

Yesterday evening, in the concession lineup with her Mom during the intermission at The Goh Ballet’s The Nutcracker. She really was that happy, absolutely smitten ( even more than when she saw it last year).…

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And Food You Can’t Bring Home . . .

And Food You Can’t Bring Home . . .

 In yesterday’s post, I detailed the Fava Bean Saladthat we enjoyed several times in Bordeaux and will now be reproducing as closely as possible back home on our West Coast Island. But some foods enjoyed…

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Waterloo Sunset. . . After the Theatre

Waterloo Sunset. . . After the Theatre

The view from Waterloo Bridge as we walked home after a powerful and moving performance by Kevin Spacey of Clarence Darrow at the Old Vic Theatre. Rousing and inspiring, a reminder of the dark side…

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Encore une fois . . . Happy New Year! Wanting, Wishing, Having . . .

Encore une fois . . . Happy New Year! Wanting, Wishing, Having . . .

Yes, yes, yes, I have posted this New Year’s Resolution here before, not only once, but several times. Inadvertently, in trying to repost it today, I seem to have erased the original 2008 post, but…

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