Archives for December 2025

Q: What do we have in common with Barry Manilow? A: We both had to postpone our farewell tour due to illness. Fortunately, ours was not as serious … but it still sucked. We had carefully mapped out each day of our “farewell tour,” visiting family and friends as we made our way south. It was all going according to plan—until December 11, when Vivian developed a “scratchy … [Read more...] about Best Laid Plans

For the past several years, I’ve watched videos of Calaverandia and Navidalia—two massive holiday-themed parks in Guadalajara that mix performance, art, technology, architecture, and interactive storytelling. Their goal, as the creators put it, is “to transport visitors into a festive dreamscape.” And honestly, that’s exactly the kind of dreamscape I’ve always wanted to wander … [Read more...] about Our Night at Navidalia