noxcat and I went to see Robin Hood this afternoon at The Alamo, a theatre the like of which I have never experienced! It's like a dinner theatre or sitting in the really good seats at a ball game. In the theatre about every other row of seats is removed, and tables are installed -- about 18" deep. Waiters come through, take your orders, and bring them ( Read more... )

Anyone up to seeing Robin Hood this weekend? It's at the Alamo up by where I (and noxcat, for that matter) live...

http://syndicated.livejournal.com/rijksfeed/239867.html

What gorgeous fabric, and I love the fact that the museum interprets the symbols and lore in the painting for you. This is a great link/feed.

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(Thanks to charles_midair )

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cvirtue posted this:
Article: Thirty years ago this week, "Star Wars" crashed on the screen, and within weeks the film had revitalized the very idea of being a sci-fi geek. You could take a girl to this movie. Twice, even.I was 21. I had been married for almost 2 years. We decided to go with some friends from MIT, and since I was out of school I went to ( Read more... )

It occurred to me today, as I'm packing with foam sheets and bubble wrap and clean newsprint, that we're losing something as we go high-tech with our packing and wrapping ( Read more... )

to daughterofgaea, who, with her house mates, including her fun daughter Teri, opened up their house to us.

It was lovely to have such a large space to congregate and eat in.

hyla_regilla is cooking in my kitchen, preparing a feast for her friend's film crew who are shooting in Sacramento somewhere. Yummy smells of onions and garlic and spaghetti sauce are rolling this ( Read more... )

I've started working on the next costuming project, with cnewsonsmith's help, and lots of great discussion with cvirtue and smlibrarian. You can find it here: http://pat.nithaus.org/Dress-Diary-gold/

See here: http://rijksmuseum.nl/tentoonstellingen/fashion-dna?lang=enRead more... )

( very interesting lifestyle stuff )