Posts categorized: Entertainment

After New Years Eve, birthdays are my favorite holidays to celebrate. For mine last weekend, I decided to live out a long held fantasy of residing in a luxe hotel in New York City’s Meatpacking District, more specifically The Standard High Line. I’ve had a fascination with that hotel ever since it was erected straddling the newly minted High Line. Both developments seemed to have breathed new life into the neighborhood that I’d made so many memories in back when I […]

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Here’s a little known fact about me: I lived in Nashville for two years from age five to seven. When I rattle off the list of cities I’ve lived in, that’s one that usually gets left out. Probably because I was so young and I don’t remember much about it. My family lived in Franklin and my memories revolve around our black and white cat Oreo and her two litters of kittens, our swing set in the backyard where I […]

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There’s a lot of fun to be had in Sin City–gambling, partying, shopping, dining. And, of course, you’ve got to see a show. Cirque du Soleil’s The Beatles Love at the Mirage is a high-flying, theatrical interpretation of The Beatles’ music through acrobatics and dance. The soundtrack draws from archival master tapes from Abbey Road Studios and anyone who loves The Beatles music will fall in love with this whimsical, romantic production. From “Get Back” to “Hey Jude” and “Blackbird” to “Yesterday,” you’ll […]

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For an enchanting introduction to the seductive art form of flamenco, buy tickets to an evening performance at Casa de la Memoria in the Santa Cruz District. Held in the lush outdoor courtyard of an ancient Sephardi palace-house, from the moment the guitarist strums his first chord and the singer begins clapping a quiet rhythm with his hands, you’ll be rapt to the story about to unfold. Flamenco involves three elements, the guitarist, the singer, and the dancers, telling the […]

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