Author Archives: Kris

Sean McQuade Alumni Fund

A boy from my high school was shot in the face on Monday. Here is a Philly.com article about him. A fund has just set up for Sean McQuade and his family. It was set up by fellow Clearview 2003 alum, Michael Camp, and English teacher at Clearview, Tracy Matozzo (formerly Malloy). This account is […]

pipeline to VA

I finally got a subscription to CNN Pipeline today so I could stay updated on the Virginia Tech shootings. A friend of mine from high school is a grad student there. I knew she was okay as of 11:45. I couldn’t get in contact with her directly since obviously the network down there was very […]

Fitted Knits

I just got Fitted Knits by Stefanie Japel. I want to make pretty much every sweater in the book. You can preview a bunch of the patterns over at KnitPicks.

Spamalot

I saw Spamalot at the Academy of Music tonight. My friend’s family all got tickets for Christmas: her parents, her brother and his fiance, and she and her boyfriend. She’s since broken up with the boyfriend so I got his ticket. Spamalot is basically pieces of the Holy Grail with some other scenes thrown in. […]

Appel Farm lineup announced

Robert Randolph & The Family Band Joan Armatrading • Amos Lee North Mississippi Allstars • Leon Redbone Chris Smither • Adrienne Young Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra Sam Shaber • Hoots & Hellmouth Kate Gaffney • Carsie Blanton http://www.appelfarm.org/festival/index.html How great is that??

a few things

After my parents’ party last weekend, we all spent Sunday lounging around eating, sleeping, watching movies, and reading. It was fantastic. Cat Ballou is a great movie. Tullamore Dew is my favorite.

sisters

Sometimes I go to my parents’ house right before my little sisters get home from school, then turn on music really loud and make them dance with me as soon as they get home. The 12 year old enjoys rolling her eyes and sighing and standing there not moving as I move her arms and […]

Black Snake Moan

I really want to see this movie, based on the soundtrack alone. You can listen to the whole thing at the website. I love the Black Keys.