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Jordan Wright October 10, 2014 Special to The Alexandria Times Photo credit Jordan Wright
The view from Skyland Resort
When G. Freeman Pollock founded Skyland in 1894, he had been in and out of bankruptcy so many times he couldn’t possibly have envisioned the immense popularity it would have subsequently gained. Luckily […]
Jordan Wright October 8, 2014 Special to DC Metro Theater Art Photo credit – Jordan Wright
The potager
For many years Ferran Adria’s now shuttered elBulli held the title of “The Best Restaurant in the World”. Since then the fiercely sought after accolade has gone to his former student Rene Redzepi, Chef/Owner […]
Jordan Wright October 7, 2014 Special to The Alexandria Times
Synetic Theater has taken H. G. Well’s science fiction classic The Island of Dr. Moreau and morphed it into a frighteningly realistic maelstrom of horrors, just in time for Halloween. For those who like being terrified by a mad scientist whose muse is a […]
Jordan Wright October 6, 2014 Special to The Alexandria Times
Sean MacLaughlin as Juan Peron and Caroline Bowman as Eva – Photo credit Richard Termine
When we mention the names Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber we are floating around in the pantheonic stratosphere of most beloved collaborators ever to hit the […]
Jordan Wright October 1, 2014 Special to The Alexandria Times Photo credit to Jordan Wright
Driving Old Highway 61 in the new turbo-charged Hyundai Sonata
The Plan: A road rally in the Hyundai 2015 Sonata. When Hyundai contacted me and asked if I’d like to be part of a road rally in Memphis, […]
Jordan Wright September 25, 2014 Photo credit – Jordan Wright Special to DC Metro Theater Arts
Event Chair David Hagedorn in lime green tie
When Washington Post food writer David Hagedorn is doing the asking, big name chefs and restaurateurs respond. Though we didn’t see her there, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader […]
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