faye webster at radio city music hall

 Faye Webster Delivers at Sold-Out Radio City Music Hall 
on Wednesday Night

photo: michelle paradis

jason isbell at beacon theatre

jason isbell thrills beacon theatre with new music  

photo: toby tenenbaum

the overstory

The Overstory by Richard Powers
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

4.5 round-up. i've had this on my to-read shelf for years now and avoided it because i knew it would be a bittersweet read and wanted to be in the right headspace to give it my full attention. it was still difficult to read, given the overwhelming cuts in federal funding to parks and legislation to tackle climate change. this was written in 2018 and it's hard to see that what was written remains true. trees are still sacrificed to capitalism, and now fires. it's as heartbreaking as if i read this book over 5 years ago. despite the sadness, i enjoyed how powers interweaved the characters together, and i'll forever love plant patty.

stars at racket

stars shine bright with 20th-anniversary celebration

at racket on thursday night 

photo: ken grand-pierre

farewell wiggs

 

photo: Nell Redmond-Imagn Images

i've been so heatbroken about this news. i was anxious with the trade deadline looming and was praying the warriors would not do anything, but instead they made the worst (imo desperate) trade doling out andrew wiggins, kyle andersen, dennis schröder, and lindy waters for the problematic jimmy butler.  wiggs has been playing stand out basketball for the past month and probably the most consistent player on the dubs. he has improved his free throws this season and is ALWAYS our top defensive player. oh, and he is hardly injured because he plays through it. whhhhhy warriors?  it's evident that steve kerr loved coaching him. players did too with steph's diplomatic reaction to the trade and brandin podziemski's postgame interview. anyhoot, let's see if jimmy buckets delivers because he has some shoes and then some to fill.

congrats maddy

photo: Ng Han Guan/AP

this was a very long overdue win for madison keys. i always feel heartbreak thinking about how she lost the us open championship to good friend sloane stephens in 2017.  also, her loss in the us open semis against aryna sabalenka in 2023 made me feel more ache.  maddy's play down under was exceptional defeated both the #1 and #2 women to FINALLY get that grand slam championship.  

2025 warriors

 

photo: yahoo sports

well after my last post about the woes of being a bay area fan, the niners officially got eliminated from the playoffs and play their last game of the season today. the warriors, however, have strung together back-to-back wins. last night, without their leader steph curry the team got revenge on the memphis grizzlies, who previously beat by 51 points in their last meeting. it brought back memories of those strength in numbers games where we had production from multiple guys, especially andrew "maple jordan" wiggins (pictured above).  he started off slow but burst open with 18 points in the 3rd after teammate jonathan kuminga left in the 2nd quarter sadly not to return. :( i loved how we fought with huge bench assist from lindy waters III. buddy hield and dennis schroder finally got into their three point stroke, and a lot of warriors were hitting treys.  this was an amazing statement game though it's still very early in the year AND we have to play the kings tonight. we get steph back, but will be sorely missing jk. here's to some more wins.