Waiting for Godot

Last night I went to a West End play – my first in London – watching the uber-famous Waiting for Godot. I really have no idea why in the world it was so famous and well respected – as an English major who supposedly grasps literature, I just didn’t get it.

But it was great nonetheless. [...]

I do bite Mein Daumen, sir

Tonight, in the Göttingen, Germany, I went to the local community theatre’s all-German-cast English speaking production of Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, set in 1950’s Rock & Roll, USA. And to top it off, the lead female looked like a JAP. What a strange, strange world we live in.

It was pretty good. And, being Germany, [...]

Greenwich in London

I had an amazing walk along the Thames with Diana Pittet and her friend Inkeri (not an Eskimo). We had about 5-6 separate stops for food and drink, including a mind-boggling good Jamaican Vegetarian Curry out of Greenwich Market. But, silly me, I didn’t take my camera, so the only photographic evidence I have from [...]

Cheddar Gorge

Cheddar cheese apparently comes from Cheddar, England, or something like that. I’m not too sure, but my turophile friend Diana Pittet has a thing for Cheddar that exceeds socially-acceptable bounds for woman-cheese love.

Hanging out with Diana normally just involves a passing mention of cheese, or even her pulling out a couple parchment-paper wrapped treasures that [...]