by Minter Dial | Apr 19, 2007 | Entertainment
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...
by Minter Dial | Mar 21, 2007 | Entertainment
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...
by Minter Dial | Mar 18, 2007 | Entertainment
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...
by Minter Dial | Mar 16, 2007 | Entertainment
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...
by Minter Dial | Feb 8, 2007 | Entertainment
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...