Category Archives: NYC
Happy Birthday, Dan!
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Blizzard of ’26


All of our family have successfully survived the Blizzard of ’26. Both NYC and Boston received a Sh!t ton of snow, maybe as much as two feet. Yesterday, everyone wisely stayed both home and inside, except Puck who did not miss her walk at all after romping about the backyard. No word on whether Inky even noticed the snow or not. Today though, with amazing rapidity the great dig out commenced. Pictured from NYC is a tagged snowman and Dan’s Prius that he had to dig out, to give Britt a ride to work. Those designer light fixtures won’t make themselves. MIT is closed, so Maren got the day off and after a late start daycare reopened. So, she really got the day off. Here in Monterey, last night was cloudy, but it is sunny today. The weather here can be so, so predictable.
Destiny: The Great Caretaker

A year ago, Life and Trust opened and promptly closed after only 210 performances. This Emursive production was the successor to Sleep No More, a much longer running show. Pictured is the bar at the Conwell Coffee Hall, a shop that doubled as the lobby for Life and Trust. Located a block south of Wall Street, we met Dan there for lunch. He had been doing set construction on this project for almost a year. The set was huge, six floors, 160 rooms. Both of these Emursive productions are part of a new theater trend called immersive theater. In these shows both the audience and the cast roam about the set and are allowed to intermingle. Dan and Britt got to see Life and Trust before it closed. I tried to take us all to see Sleep No More before it closed but was too late. As it turns out Emursive owed their landlord $4.5M in back rent. This may also have something to do with the quick demise of Life and Trust, which closed after only a brief run. Its reviews were positive too. I am reminded of The Producers, a show about theater flimflam artists. Dan got paid and got comped tickets too.



