As I was sifting through the 365Gay news headlines today, the blurb for “Those Who Can, Teach” caught my eye: “The Family Research Council’s attack on Kevin Jennings should inspire us to a teachable moment. ” Kevin was recently appointed as head of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools at the Department of [...]
30Jun09
Embracing a Teaching Moment
The tweet hit my phone at 2:01this afternoon: The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck (@biggayicecream) parked at 36th and 7th. That’s only 3 1/2 blocks from the office. Two words: field trip! Carolyn and I went out as soon as I finished the conference call I’d started at 2. Sadly, Dawn could not come becuase [...]
It was a rough Saturday night on the ice. The Tigers met the Hotshots, which featured a guest appearance by the Lions goalie Chris Brand. It was unclear how we’d fare against this goalie. Peter is difficult to play against so to see Chris in net was not a welcome surprise. However, we rose to [...]
Admittedly we procrastinated seeing August: Osage County. At 3 1/2 hours it really couldn’t be done easily during the week. The show had been on our radar since it won the Pulitzer Prize and then the Tony Award last summer. July was the month we were going to go. On May 26 Phylicia Rashad joined [...]
28Jun09
The Ride, Week 11
It was a mixed week on the bike. I was off on Monday to recover from the Chelsea Challenge. Tuesday found me still in recovery mode. My legs were just not up to riding, plus I knew there was a good chance I’d be seeing Hair that night and I wasn’t sure what bike parking [...]
27Jun09
The Wiz
This afternoon I saw The Wiz on stage for the first time. This production is part of City Center Encores! Summer Stars, a series dedicated to presenting Broadway classics in limited-run productions (last year was Damn Yankees and its inaugural year brought the acclaimed Gypsy with Patti LuPone). This is the first time The Wiz [...]
27Jun09
Groovin’ With the Bears
Last night we broke the mold on our usual Friday night, which consists of Will cooking dinner and then we curl up on the couch to watch stuff on the DVR. We still had dinner, but then we went out to the LGBT Community Center for the Summer Fur Dance. The last time we went [...]
