All Entries Tagged With: "Theatre"
London: The Globe Theatre and “We Will Rock You”
One thing you learn quickly when living in England is: if the sun shines, go out! We haven’t been into London as a family for a while, so when the sun came out Saturday morning, London was our destination. Roxi wanted to go to the Globe Theatre gift store to buy a few little leather-bound [...]
Books make GREAT gifts
Sarah Laurence is hosting a “Blogger Book Boost”! Let’s do our part and help the sagging book sales this holiday season, shall we? Not all of the books on my list are new titles. Instead, my recommendations include a sampling of books on topics that I talk about regularly on this blog. Cooking Cherry Cake and [...]
"P/T conferences"
My raspberry tarts tasted lovingly old-fashioned and reminded me of thumbprint cookies. Have you ever made those? It’s been an odd day at home today. Mr. DJ stayed home sick (but worked) and Roxi didn’t have school. Technically, it was parent/teacher conference day. This semester, Roxi’s school decided to try a “speed dating” style of [...]
“I eat ham and jam… and Spam a lot!”
If you hadn’t guessed already, we went to go see Spamalot on Friday in London. Photo taken on my Blackberry Pearl. I am a bit stumped as to what to tell you about this Tony Award-winning musical! I can see how Roxi had a hard time coming up with anything other than “I nearly fell [...]
West End Muscial Reviews: “Zorro” and “Spamalot”
I asked Roxi to write the reviews again this time. We went to Zorro with our friends S and Y. Roxi went to Spamalot with Mama DJ, who popped in for a visit at just the right time! [Caution: contains spoilers] Zorro the Musical Garrick Theatre, London. Photo by me on Roxi’s Nikon Coolpix L6 [...]
Food on the brain
This little rose bush has been blooming in our garden since June. However, I am guessing these lovelies are the last of the season. I wonder how Bee’s roses fared this summer? In keeping with my pledge not to over schedule myself with volunteer activities while I am in England, I have only signed up [...]
Kids Week in the West End
We have Roxi’s friend “H” from Texas here for the next couple of days. But I just wanted to stop in to say, if you’re going to be in London August 15-29, and you have a child, AND you both like musical theatre, you can take advantage of Kids Week in London. The deal is [...]
The Lord of the Rings Musical (long and contains spoilers)
This is one of the musicals Roxi wanted to see this summer. When I found out it was closing July 19, I decided it had better be our NEXT musical . The Lord of the Rings (LotR) is playing until July 19 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in Covent Garden. Do you know the [...]
Wellie Weather
View from the master bedroom–you know, the really BLUE room. It’s raining today. Roxi is hoping for more, since there’s a track meet (a “house” competition, yes, like Harry Potter) today after school. She really doesn’t want to do it. She will, of course, but if you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll [...]
I went to London for a bit of New York Dada
Yesterday, I went to London’s Tate Modern museum to see the special exhibit Duchamp Man Ray Picabia. I liked viewing their work together–it made it easy to see how they influenced each other. I won’t go into any of detail, but you can read a review of the show here if you like. Also, if [...]
