A busy holiday season has come to a close here in Rochester, one which began ten days ago with the arrival of my parents and ended last night with our return to the ROC after a quick trip to see Aimee’s family in Rhode Island. Mom and Dad came in from Alaska and Scott and […]

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This year’s gingerbread house has more interesting surroundings than last year’s, but it’s missing the non pareil chimney. Perhaps the snowman with the Nicole Richie glasses (thanks, Aimee) makes up for it. Still sticking with the classic Necco roof, for sure. Mom and Dad get in tomorrow, Scott and Sarah the next day, and we’ll […]

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We went to the Cinema Theater tonight for the first time, having heard this week that it’ll be closing at the end of the month. Who knew what a scene it was there? The place was pretty full, everyone seemed to know one another, people were chatting and eating their Chinese takeout and making a […]

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Aimee and I attended our first concert at the Eastman Theatre on Monday night, a great holiday show from the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra under the masterful and unpretentious leadership of Wynton Marsalis. We saw the LCJO and Marsalis at Symphony Hall in Boston last fall; this time, Dianne Reeves wasn’t around, but Duke Ellington’s […]

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I returned this weekend from a great trip to Austin for the annual AMIA Conference, four days of panels, screenings, and hanging out with all sorts of fascinating people in the world of film archives. Each conference seems to be better than the last – this was my third – especially in terms of getting […]

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Some classmates and I visited the Case Museum in Auburn this past weekend. In addition to the quilt exhibit we hadn’t planned on, we were able to get into the lab in the back to see where Case and Sponable first perfected the ability to record sound on film, making talking pictures a practical possibility. […]

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Not until he played his first few songs in the cavernous gym of a Christian liberal arts college did I realize how many of Jeff Tweedy’s songs mention Jesus, Satan, the church, heaven, and other topics which might seem either very appropriate or very off-color for that particular venue. But that’s where we found ourselves […]

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Aimee’s parents visited last weekend, our first official Rochester guests, and we enjoyed a full day of activities on Saturday, bookended by a nice dinner on Friday night and a diner breakfast on Sunday. After trips to Rochester’s two institutions, George Eastman House and Wegmans, we caught a screening of Good Night, and Good Luck. […]

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We didn’t get too many legitimate trick-or-treaters last night, but it was fun to carve the pumpkin, eat the seeds, and finish off the candy that was left over. I’ll probably pay for this in the end, but I have to say I’m pleased it hasn’t snowed yet…

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We enjoyed out first weekend at home in awhile by going out for the local historical society’s annual Ghost Walk. Rather than the sort of thing where you walk along end endure spooky surprises, the walk took us through a series of five little dramatic scenes enacted by members of the local theater community. They […]

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For no other reason than that “everyone deserves a treat now and then,” Aimee got me an iPod shuffle this week, and it’s about the best thing I’ve seen since, well, my other, beefier iPod. And to boot, she had those exact words printed on the side (about the treat, not the beefier iPod), just […]

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We maximized our three-day weekend with some fun stuff in town as well as some traveling, plus some unexpected weirdness, the kind that makes life interesting. We relaxed on Saturday before preparing for the gala that night; at around 5:30, I realized that though I had a tuxedo, I didn’t own tuxedo shoes or a […]

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So as of yesterday, I’ve been in school for a month. It hasn’t really seemed that long, but I’ve had three rotations, in various areas of the archive, and I’ve picked up a lot of skills I didn’t have before. I even got photographed for the local paper doing a film inspection, but they didn’t […]

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It’s been a busy few weeks around here, and before I get too far into school, I thought I’d put some thoughts down. I got in last night from a weekend in NYC for George’s bachelor party, which was a good time. I also got to spend a nice afternoon in Prospect Park with Michael […]

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We enjoyed a nice weekend in sunny Toronto, spending two days and nights in the TO during the height of Film Festival madness. We stayed at a great little bed and breakfast in Cabbagetown and enjoyed a terrific show by Sufjan Stevens and the Illinoisemakers at the Trinity St. Paul’s Church on Saturday night. Stevens, […]

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