MY CLASSICAL EDUCATION PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED with Opera News’s celebration of Daffy Duck, which jogged my memory of being educated about classic music through Looney Tunes cartoons. Today in Part 2, we continue … Continue reading
MY CLASSICAL EDUCATION PART 1
OCCASIONALLY DURING MY YOUTH, THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA would have children’s concerts. However, my education and love of classical music came not from these privileged trips to Severance Hall, but from … Continue reading
FRED ASTAIRE AND DANCING PARTNER PRINCESS GRACIE ALLEN PART 2
YESTERDAY, COMEDIENNE GRACIE ALLEN hoofed it admirably with Fred Astaire in A Lady in Distress. Today in Part 2 Gracie dreams of being a Princess, most appropriately on November 20, … Continue reading
FRED ASTAIRE AND DANCING PARTNER PRINCESS GRACIE ALLEN PART 1
I’VE LONG ENJOYED the SiriusXM “Radio Classics” pair of George Burns and Gracie Allen. Her Presidential Campaign of 1940 was one of its highpoints. I’ve also enjoyed the Turner Classic … Continue reading
DÉDICACES GOURMANDES
A COUPLE MONTHS AFTER inaugurating SimanaitisSays, I wrote about La Pyramide, the restaurant established by Fernand Point, who mentored many chefs renowned for Nouvelle Cuisine. About 20 miles south of … Continue reading
WOMEN IN THE CRUSADES
A TYPICAL IMAGE OF CRUSADING WOMEN has them as suffragettes or wielding hatchets against Demon Rum. But Barbara Newman writes of “Cauldrons for Helmets” in London Review of Books, April … Continue reading
SIR PAUL’S STAGE DESIGNS
NO SURPRISE, THERE’S A LIVERPOOL BEATLES MUSEUM. In its three levels, the museum contains more than 1000 bits of Beatlemania. A surprise, though, is to find an example of little … Continue reading
SALISBURY STEAK
HA! I ENJOYED THE NEW YORK TIMES RECIPE for Salisbury Steak (though reading only the recipe, not the background information). Here I was, all ready to describe my own tasty … Continue reading
SHALLOW GOODS, DEEP GOODS—AND TRUST PART 2
YESTERDAY Thomas L. Friedman identified a significant change in U.S./Chinese relations. Today in Part 2, tidbits continue to be gleaned from his analysis “America, China and a Crisis of Trust,” … Continue reading
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