Final Fandorin

The final episode in Boris Akunin's Erast Fandorin series arrived from England recently. Not Saying Goodbye supposedly will end a fantastic run of adventures. Can hardly wait to get started.

"You Can't Make It Up"

Good News For The Hometown

Read the article here

Pump

Now that the pool has no cracks or leaks, we had to buy a sump pump to get water out of the pool during our rainy season.

Banco in Situ

Going to get a special New Year's breakfast.

Lunar New Year

It's the Lunar New Year tomorrow. Wear red, have a good meal with love ones and don't do any of the above!

First Snow

The first snow of the season fell last night. The 2" shut down the city.  I think Banco would've preferred to stay inside but we managed a short walk around Woodson field.

Pecan!

W using the rainy days to morph a bag of pecans from mom into the first pecan pie of the season.

He's Gone

I learned today that Michael Howells died last year on the operating table. I stayed with Michael in the late 90's, after my break up with Dan. Yesterday, from a mutual friend,  I saw his  grave. Michael will will always be a bit of starlight in my memories.  I got his out sized talent on a Jaguar Commercial many years ago. We were able to create Hong Kong on stage. In his interview, he's very complimentary of what lighting means to production design. My main memory of Michael's home will be the giant bath tub, the only vessel to ever satisfy my height. You can his see interview for Jaguar here.  Ellen's interview is here

Gaffer63: He's Gone
Gaffer63: He's Gone

Banco in Situ

You can take the girl out of Stockton.......

Handles

Wilton finished putting the pulls and handles on the cabinets yesterday.