July 2010

July 2010

Arts:

The Taming of the Shrew at the Old Globe

Movies:

New Tricks: For our addiction to suspense-thrill TV, this time with a vintage touch.

Documentaries:

-Medical Mavericks, on how medical advances have been made at the cost of daring doctors and unaware patients alike.

-Dimbleby in Russia, a huge land still to be explored. Can't wait to go there!

Incident of the month:

A new crusader against... a tree! Our poor eucalyptus tree, at the entrance of the alley is under attack...

What caught our attention:

First it was slow food, now it is slow reading

Do you want to make a fool of yourself? Just try to predict the future.

What did we learn:

How important data visualization is to get the point across.

What did we discover:

The Sinfonia Concertante of Danzi and Pleyel.

What did we achieve:

1 minute bread? It looks promising but still under test.

Our pictures of the month:

ballooing in circles

growing strong

against the wind

The book of the month:

Ana Karenina, as Tolstonian as it gets. Snapshots of a society in search of happiness and meaning.