2013 by the numbers

2013 was certainly a busy one!  I don’t remember a busier work year, and my life was pretty busy as well.  I think it’s good to look back and remember just how much fun I had, too!  I sat down with my calendar and came up with the following numbers...

• Theater visits: 74 (I’m counting all the Humana plays in here)
• Ballet visits: 13
• Opera visits: 2
• Readings/workshops: 13 (I’m counting all the NAMT readings in here)
• Concerts: 4
• Marionette shows: 2 (whee!)
• Events starring my beautiful goddaughters:  3
• New museums: 1 (super lazy – need to do better in 2014)
• New restaurants: 14
• Movies:  uh, 4?  I can’t remember!
• Trips for work:  5
• Gay weddings: 1 (woo hoo!)
• Idols met: 1 (double woo hoo!)

**Here are my 2013 Favorite Theater Pieces.  These are in no particular order…

• The Piano Lesson
• Talley’s Folly
• Ragtime concert
• A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about Walt Disney
• Old Hats
• The Testament of Mary
• Clybourne Park (at Long Wharf)
• Cheri
• The Explorer’s Club
• The Model Apartment
• The Dying Gaul (reading at the Vineyard)
• The Glass Menagerie
• Twelfth Night

 

**And, again, I had so much good food, I decided to do my Top 13 of 2013 Food Experiences!  Seriously, can I start a Kickstarter campaign to get a camera with a ‘food’ setting??



caponata at Mozza, Los Angeles



chicken tagine at Cleo's, Los Angeles



scallops and quinoa at Wood & Vine, Los Angeles

linguine alla vongole, Tavola

zucchini flatbread, Boulud Sud

grilled corn salad, Tortilleria Nixtamal

charred octopus at Proof on Main, Louisville

mini lobster rolls, CaVa

soy-lacquered chicken and couscous at Sola, Chicago

croque monsieur at Bistro Zinc, Chicago



croquetes de xocolata at Mercat a la Planxa, Chicago

udon noodle bowl at Yum Yum Noodle, Woodstock

Mediterranean octopus salad at Cafe Pinot, Los Angeles