I find myself craving good news. Lighthearted, feel good news to serve as a chaser for the bitter tastes in the diet of the content we consume. I'm like one of those drug sniffing dogs at the airport, plodding from bag to bag for a whiff of contraband, but instead of heroin, your girl just wants to read stories about bears cooling off in swimming pools.
During the pandemic, John Krasinski (that cutie patootie from The Office) started a show from his home called Some Good News. Man, was it a delight, and so desperately needed. In one episode, they surprise a 9 year old girl named Aubrey with the whole cast of Hamilton (her absolute fave) on a Zoom call and she goes completely bananas. I've watched it like 324 times.
Posted on July 12, 2024
Joe Grotto
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We spent the past week in France (see pornographic food image above as proof) doing all the things France calls you to do; a lazy oscillation between eating and drinking - drinking and eating. Beyond that, there was little on the agenda except long bouts of aimless walking and hours spent watching the world float by with a glass of Sancerre in hand
Posted on May 24, 2024
Joe Grotto
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