Cara Malanowski
HAMILTON
Unbelievably, Cara won two front row tickets to Hamilton, which for years has been the toughest ticket on Broadway. Turns out there is a lottery for tickets to most Broadway shows; the odds against winning Hamilton tox were quoted as 10000 to one. It took Cara two weeks before she won (my friend Belinda Luscombe …
FATHER’S DAY THOUGHT
Here is an article I published on time.com (time.com/4821335/fathers-day-children-father-essay): My sister is nine years older than me, and during most of our father’s life, she enjoyed a closer relationship with Dad than I did. She would refer to things they had done together when she was little, fun things like playing make believe games on …
FORTY YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONG!
Last Saturday Ginny and I marked (almost) forty years of wedded bliss with our friends and loved ones at Trattoria 160 in Pleasantville. Front row: Dave Jensen, Ginny, me, Cara Malanowski, Molly Malanowski. Top row: Paul Lindstrom, Anne Lindstrom, Cathy Gallagher, Tim Hart, Susan Schmidt, Greg Schmidt and Shawn Kelly.
THE LONGER RIDERS, JULY 22: THE BADLANDS
Cara fulfilled her great vacation wish and and hiked some of the trails in the Badlands, the strange topographical formation left when the great ocean drained away. Below: Top of the world, Ma!; Cara channels James Franco in 127 Seconds; At long last, buffalo; where NASA faked the moon landing.
THE LONGER RIDERS, JULY 21: THE LONGEST DAY
We spent forever driving in South Dakota today, and if you’ve ever spent the day driving in South Dakota, you know how long forever is. On the up side, Cara got to pose with four other great Americans at Mount Rushmore. We also saw some wild horses, which we on the mild side of wild. …
THE LONGER RIDERS, JULY 20: LARAMIE
After a certain amount of drama, the Jackson Family Reunion took place in Roxii’s bistro in picturesque Laramie: me, Rick, Cara, Brian Jackson, Cathy Jackson (standing); Ginny, Marie and Bill (seated)
APPALACHIAN SUMMER: LEXINGTON, KY, AUGUST 2nd
Cara took us to a very stylish Mexican restaurant called Coba, which had a jellyfish tank, and where I proved incapable of ordering a fish taco.