It is not often that I get to be a guest at a Chakai. So when I was invited by my friend Christopher Ezzell to a Chakai, I was thrilled and delighted. Christopher lives on Vashon Island in the Puget Sound, about a three hour drive from my house. Since I had not been …
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Reading the room is something stand up comics are intimately familiar with. The difference between killing it and dying out there are vastly different. Jokes that get the biggest laugh with one audience may fall flat with another. How to handle a heckler and make them a part of your act is an art form …
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I was fortunate enough this year to attend the Hakone Daichakai held at the Hakone Gardens near San Jose, California this year. The Hakone gardens were so beautiful and the weather was perfect. It was so lovely to see so many people in kimono (both men and women).
A big shout out to Harvey Harvey, …
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Last week I was in Hood River, Oregon at the Columbia Center for the Arts for a presentation on Meditations on the Way of Tea. It was a beautiful venue in downtown Hood River, within sight of the majestic Columbia River. As part of the month long activities for La Lluvia/The Rain art exhibition, it …
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Here are photos from a recent sweet making class we had recently. I am especially charmed by the little green frog.
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