Hello again! Hope you had a good time over Christmas. Later this week I’ll be uploading the rather belated third festive music video I recorded with Margarita Pracatan. In the meantime, a short update on my travel plans this year. I’ve updated the list of places I intend on visiting…
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, etc.
I’m heading home to England for Christmas and won’t be updating this site until 2010. I know, you’re devastated. But stop the sadness and dry your tears because I’m leaving you with a splendid festive gift. Here’s the second of the three recent videos I recorded with Cuban singing sensation…
Interview 15: Learning About Jack
Another update? Oh my! Here’s another dinner interview, this time in New York City with actor/teacher Jack Freiberger. Click here or here or even here (hint: all the links lead to the same place) to learn about his work developing a one-man stage show (running off-Broadway until January) that merges…
In The Festive Spirit
Back from another weekend in New York City and two fun interviews. More on the first of those two interviews later this week, but in the meantime enjoy this video that I made with Margarita Pracatan during last weekend’s visit. Yes, I reunited with the Cuban singing sensation from my…
Interview 14: Hocus Pocus
Let me work some magic…abracadabra, here’s a new interview! This time I’m back in Washington, DC, for an interview with magician Michael Chamberlin. Click on the picture above or that link in the preceding sentence to learn about this Maryland-born magician, and also to watch a rather splendid video of…
Philadelphia Freedom
I have zero reason for using that headline other than the fact I was recently in Philadelphia for a weekend visit and the Elton John song “Philadelphia Freedom” came to mind. Moving on swiftly, I didn’t have any dinners with strangers in the City of Brotherly Love but I and…
Interview 13: Brunch With Buzzy
A new article! It must be Christmas! Or something like that anyway. Read all about my brunch interview with Buzzy “Beano” Langford, who plays guitar in a New Orleans-based cover band. I’ll tell you in advance that I neglected to ask why his nickname is Beano, so please forgive my…
A Streetcar Named Delay
So about that long-delayed New Orleans article…yeah, it’s coming. Finally got my laptop back from its repairs so expect the latest write-up this weekend. While I’m on the topic of New Orleans, I have to recommend Mother’s Restaurant, a fantastic place just outside of the French Quarter. They serve basic…
Much Ado About Nothing
No news is good news, right? Let’s go with that statement. My laptop is experiencing all manner of hilarious problems at the moment, so the next dinner write-up — my second of two from New Orleans — is on hold until I get the machine back from the repair shop….
Interview 12: Chatting In The Crescent City
Hooray, another dinner with a stranger, this time in New Orleans. Click here to read my recent interview with Jerry Gandolfo, owner of the city’s Historic Voodoo Museum and all-round nice guy with plenty of stories to share about voodoo. He also touches on life before and after Hurricane Katrina,…