I am still recuperating from emceeing MAYOR TOM MENINO's historic fifth-term inaugural party which culminated in a festival of performances held on various stages in BOSTON'S newly refurbished PARAMOUNT THEATRE! The place was mobbed as I rushed from floor to floor, in this triple building jigsaw puzzle of a performance center, school, studio, dormitory (my [...]
Happy New Year Everyone!!! The "00 horribles" are over (I didn't realize what a difficult decade it was until I took a good look back) and the new decade is like fresh snow before us. I am optimistic--eternally. I celebrated the New Year in the Wasatch range of the Rockies at Snowbird watching a torch [...]
As I sit here finishing up the last of the Christmas Eve sauerkraut and preparing to board a plane (perhaps that's not the best thing to be ingesting) I am contemplating the inanity of the recent incident that almost resulted in a plane blowing up in Detroit. I am dumbfounded that this guy's name appeared [...]
Someone sent this to me and I loved it so much I pass it along to you with all good wishes for a wonderful holiday! Just cut and paste: https://ak.imgag.com/imgag/product/preview/flash/pdShell.swf?ihost=https://ak.imgag.com/imgag&brandldrPath=/product/full/el/&cardNum=/product/full/ap/3173936/graphic1 "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good night!" --and stay tuned!
I spent the whole day baking cookies, decorating gingerbread, and getting in touch with MERYL STREEP about a very special event--which has a little something to do with things culinary. I will keep you posted so you can BE THERE! But while we are on the subject of Streep--and who isn't these days, I will [...]
As I write this, my girlfriend Cindy is flying out to the west coast for the holidays. She's quite a cook and decided to board the plane with a leg of lamb. I wonder what that looked like going through security. I told her I know they have meat on the west coast, but she's [...]
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR IT TO SNOW ALL NIGHT. I am a weather nut. I followed the blizzard of '78 like it was carnival that had come to town--except that it happened to be spiral bands of precipitation--like a hurricane, only it was snow--and it stalled on the coast, then hooked back in and [...]
OK. I've been busy with Christmas prep. (I MISS BLOGGING. I seriously can't believe how much I enjoy it--me a TV girl.) In fact, later today (Saturday) after I get some sleep after a delightful dinner up in Newburyport at 10 Center, I will be onstage at Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart narrating "'Twas the [...]
GOOD NEWS: THE HURT LOCKER is back in selected theaters this weekend! It will be playing at the following: AMC Liberty Tree Mall – Danvers AMC Harvard Square – Cambridge ************** The stars (or their publicists) are reacting to their good news! Here is a list of "official" statements from Fox Searchlight Golden Globe nominees: [...]
Hi--Just a quick news flash--I am off to tape a segment on TODAY'S INSTALLMENT OF GREATER BOSTON hosted by Emily Rooney. Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr and I will discuss movies--the holiday ones, the Golden Globes, etc. with Emily and Jared Bowen, their crack arts reporter--the only person on TV currently covering that ALL-IMPORTANT [...]
