The King and I with Mom

Mom and I went to see The King and I for her birthday this year.  This production, being held at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, won the Tony award for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical by Kelli O’Hara, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a…

Companioned

I walked to-day, but not alone, Adown a windy, sea-grit lea, For memory, spendthrift of her charm, Peopled the silent lands for me. The faces of old comradeship In golden youth were round my way, And in the keening wind I heard The songs of many an orient day. And to me called, from out…

NYBG Train Show 2015

I got a chance to go to the The New York Botanical Garden Train Show just after Christmas this year.  It is an annual display of trains running through a strikingly realistic cityscape of NYC made of plants. This is a miniature of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory where the train show is taking place.  The details in the buildings…