Alain Delon on stage

Yendi (my stunning wife) and I went to see “Sur la Route de Madison” (French version of Bridges over Madison County) at the Marigny Theatre. I’d explain it more as: I went to watch Yendi watch Alain Delon… and, as it turned out, it was also...

The (Grateful) Dead

Hard to believe that I haven’t done a special entry for the dear Dead. They remain a feature of my everyday life, lodged in some 20GB (thanks Charlie) of my IPOD which, in turn, is lodged in the glove box of my car. I get a little lift every time I go to work...

Fruit of the Loon…. Creative Posting

With a toothpick in his mouth..a cross between a Dietrich cigarette and an Eastwood reed in ..The Good, The Bad & The Ugly….Dick sat back smugly in his stark wooden armchair. The five guests, all five to ten years younger, listened with an eagerness...

Virutouso Musician Playing Shostakovich

Had the pleasure of attending a concert in Prague with the Czech Philharmonic this week. The performance consisted of three set pieces of which two featured the cello virtuoso Alexander Knjazev (conductor: Stephane Deneve) and finished with two encore’s. The...

School Reunions in England… Europe next?

Reunions crossing the Atlantic I have just come back from celebrating my 25th school reunion at Eton… and what a grand experience it was. The usual trepidations, unfamiliar faces mixed with completely recognizable ones (who don’t seem to have aged one...

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