As soon as summer ends, pasta frolla makes a comeback into my kitchen. Pasta frolla is one of the first pastry recipes I learned to make as a child. Standing on a stool in my mum’s kitchen, wearing a worn-out apron that looked more like a nightgown on me, with a Disney movie in the background—these were the best moments of the week when I was allowed to play with flour and butter.

Share Since I’m not as young as I used to be, I can only read for so long before fatigue sets in. Audiobooks have rescued me, providing access to the stories I love. However, when I found all three books from the Flesh and Fire series by Jennifer L. Armentrout at Half Price Books, I had to have them. Then I flipped through them. And I decided to read a chapter or two while waiting for more Audible credits.

Today’s building is just south of Charlottesville, Virginia, in the sparsely populated countryside and wine country. It’s a beautiful place to drive around, with narrow, winding roads and lots of trees, hills, and lovely old stores and churches. One such store is the Simeon Market, a few miles from James Monroe’s Highland. Now there’s a good chance you a… ncG1vNJzZmismJqxprjErZydq5Oau6a%2Fjaysm6uklrCsesKopGioX5Z6tLnApaNmrpmntKq6yJpkppmioLK1

There’s an ear-piercing whistle 34 seconds into the prelude of the 1979 original Broadway production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. It’s an unsettling screech I prepared myself for as the lights went down at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. It never came.  I’ve been a revival junkie my whole life. While my brothers were playing hockey in the basement, I was listening to Kiss Me, Kate. I think there’s some particular wiring in the minds of theater people that makes us uniquely suited to detect vocal nuances across multiple interpretations of the same song.

Usually I drop the subscriber Wow on Fridays, but on Sunday before the Super Bowl started, my friend Duncan posted this on Facebook. Now I don’t know about you, but the idea of Carol Channing performing at a Super Bowl actually melted my brain. Seriously, the clean up took forever. If you don’t know Broadway legend Carol Channing, check this out. Now imagine that happening at the Super Bowl at halftime.