The honey tower

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Happy new year, everyone!
May the year that begins today, 5779 AM (Anno Mundi, "since the creation of the world"), be a good and sweet one for you. 
Tradition calls for dipping apple slices in honey at the Rosh Hashanah dinner table.
Yesterday a friend gave me this strange gift--an Eiffel Tower full of honey made by the bees of Kfar Chabad in Israel! 

If you'd prefer some serious thoughts about the holiday, please take a look at my previous posts at
https://jerusalemhillsdailyphoto.blogspot.com/search/label/Rosh%20Hashana
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Racecars and Romance, Part 2

Another set from Racecars and Romance. As the story progresses, the has-been race car driver wants to get back to the top, and is also interested in Roni, the female master mechanic who has somehow ended up working in lipstick and eyeliner at an oil change shop. She thinks he is going to ask her to marry her but, instead, asks her to be his crew chief for the big race at Talladega Speedway. Improbably, he wins, but pays more attention to his own glory that to Roni, who helped get him there.

I have a bunch more photos from the show to edit so there may be one more set of these. Fifteen pictures from this set will go up on Facebook shortly.   

Racecars and Romance, Part 1

I am so far behind in my editing. Two heavy weeks at work. Now the pressure is off for a while. However, Mrs. C and I will be leaving Tuesday for two weeks away and that will be a substantial distraction.

Finally to the other Fringe feature presentation, Racecars and Romance. The Fringe program says:

Race Cars and Romance is a fast-paced, hilarious, rom-com that tells the story of a young woman mechanic fighting to earn professional respect in the male-dominated world of stock car racing. She is torn between her desires to find love in a traditional relationship and the reality of her agitated, greasy, masculine working conditions. Her fortunes turn for the better after an unexpected meeting with an old foe and down-and-out race car driver leads to a winning relationship on the track but troubled romance off the track. Meanwhile, traditional relationships are redefined when her best friend, the playful Louraine finds her first “respectful” relationship, former shop owner Paw Paw offers dear Grandma Myrtle appreciation that’s long overdue, and other colorful customers find their connections while keeping the oil change business in non-stop laughter.

It was a fun bit of fluff. I took way too many pictures. There will be more of these on Facebook in a few minutes and another set tomorrow, time permitting.         

Grim Tales, Horrific Vegnettes

 

From goulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night
Good Lord, deliver us!

                   - old Scottish prayer  

 

Fringe mainstay, Pete Papavlasopoulos, and company put on five mini horror plays. In a home for patients with advances dementia, one gets up when no one is around and smothers another. A bottle contains a mystical  fluid that, when drunk, might give you eternal life, might kill you or might kill someone else.Then there's Death And The Maiden.  

 

There was a play on Broadway in 1965 called And Things That Go Bump In The Night. Although it only lasted for 16 performances, I saw it when I was in high school. Different experience from the Fringe.      

Political Snarkasm

The program sums it up well:

A One-Night-Only Cabaret with Sandi and Richard Riccardi. A dynamic comedy and cabaret duo, the Riccardis mix solid musical chops with satirical lyrics to lightly skewer contemporary society. It's all done in good fun, but with a definite attitude. Their show "Polical Snarkasm" will be featured at the Fringe Festival. This show is intended for Mature Audiences.

Well, that's a bit of an understatement. This was brilliant musical satire aimed, for the most part, at Trump and his minions. Non-stop laughs beautifully performed. And no, I don't remember why she was wearing the hockey team's jersey.