Now I know why my mother, the National Park junkie, wanted to come with us on this trip. We visited several amazing National Parks and Historic Sites in and around San Francisco, and were blown away by the beauty and history of this city. We decided to start the morning off at The Presidio, theContinue reading “Road Trip 2009: Day Five”
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Road Trip 2009: Day Four
San Francisco is full of wonders. We started the day a little late, enjoying a Sunday morning for sleeping in–something we don’t usually get around our family, due to my job at church. I did wake up early enough to think of the gang at New Life Church and pray for a great day forContinue reading “Road Trip 2009: Day Four”
Road Trip 2009: Day Three
I never thought I could look at a tree and see the face of God. Yesterday, (Saturday, August 1), we drove through the Redwoods National Park and saw some nice trees and some beautiful coastline. We stopped at the Park Information Center and picked up Passport Books for August and Autumn, and the kids allContinue reading “Road Trip 2009: Day Three”
Road Trip 2009: The Second Day
After a great first day, we got off to a slow start again on the second day. We slept in a bit, ate an awkward breakfast with the rest of the residents of the Comfort Inn–awkward because we are a family of six being forced to sit and eat at a table created for four. Continue reading “Road Trip 2009: The Second Day”
Road Trip 2009: The First Day
After getting a lot of stuff done to prepare ourselves for the first day of the big trip (and leaving a few items behind), we hit the road at about 2 pm. Traffic was slowly starting to get a little crazy, and I was already itching to get off the interstate. One thing we learnedContinue reading “Road Trip 2009: The First Day”
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
He shaved the faces of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard of again. He trod a path that few have trod. Did Sweeney Todd. The demon barber of Fleet Street. Finally got around to watching Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street the other night. It’s one of my favorite Sondheim shows, and I’dContinue reading “The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
“Good” Friday?
It’s amazing to me that this is the word we have used to describe the upcoming day of Holy Week. Good. The same word we use to describe a sandwich, or a movie, or a credit rating. Good Friday? A few years ago, circumstances in my own life caused me to confront the enormity ofContinue reading ““Good” Friday?”
The Hand of God
This image has been making the rounds recently, and it’s quite an amazing one. This kind of thing just blows my mind, but helps me again come to the realization that there’s no freaking way everything we know about the universe could have just happened by accident. This is actually an x-ray photograph of somethingContinue reading “The Hand of God”
You Don’t Have to Buy Anything! I Get Paid Just for Showing It to You!
These are words that will forever haunt me. I learned them during the summer of 1991, when Bryan Adams’ “Everything I Do (I Do It for You)” was all over the airwaves, when City Slickers was tops at the box office, and my brother and best friend and I were all hungry college kids lookingContinue reading “You Don’t Have to Buy Anything! I Get Paid Just for Showing It to You!”
Musical Theatre Apprecation 101: Into the Woods
I’m a huge fan of musical theatre and find one of my callings in life to be the ongoing education of everyone I know on just why musicals are so freaking awesome. So this is going to be the first in an ongoing series of posts on individual musicals in hopes that you will beContinue reading “Musical Theatre Apprecation 101: Into the Woods”
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