I took my one-woman show to my beautiful hometown, Louisville, KY last summer and it was delightfully well-received.  The folks at the fantastic Bunbury Theatre have invited me and my monkeys back to perform the show again.  I’m happy to announce that we’ve scheduled two performances at the end of April!  Here are the details:…

I just found my new favorite quote.  I’ll have to figure out a way to have this with me all the time…. “If you are depressed, you are living in the past.  If you are anxious, you are living in the future.  If you are at peace, you are living in the present.” -Lao Tzu…

I have discovered Downton Abbey.  Although I’ve only watched two episodes, I am already a fan.  Big fan.  Here’s one of my favorite quotes from the second episode: The English wouldn’t dream of dying in someone else’s home.  Especially someone they didn’t know. There are at least five more episodes, currently.  So, I’ve got a…

custard Woody Allen movies coffee flavored anything (including coffee) diamonds … are appreciated, enjoyed, loved, and desired by many but not by me nothankspassrathernot But please, you just go right ahead.

Since moving to Chicago as an improviser, I have ironically, been performing a lot less improvisational theatre than I was when I was living in Seattle.  Surprisingly, there just isn’t a huge amount of the type of improvised work that truly feeds my soul out here.  This was frustrating at first, but Chicago being the…

Could it be? Could it be that my body is growing accustomed to the winters in Chicago? …perhaps my soul will follow… Today, 28 degrees feels feels light, happy, un-oppressive What’s the word? WARM Yes, 28 feels warm. Is this what love feels like?  Or have my priorities changed?  My standards gone?  Is this just…

If you haven’t yet checked out The Kates, you should!  Their twice monthly (and sometimes more often) shows are always fun.  Earlier this month, I performed with them in Lincoln Square.  Well, it wasn’t exactly me.  Ladies and gentlemen, Shirley Mae Hicks…… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9hN4QOhux4]

Thank you, Sock Monster!  Now I know!    

Nearly every year around this time I make my Grandma’s Russian tea cakes (veganized, of course).  They are yummy, fun to look at, and an all-around great Christmas cookie.  But this year, they turned out even better for me than they usually do.  I don’t know if it was the 1940’s radio program (Phillip Marlowe)…