
Winter Solstice, “Holidaze” and the Thrill of a New Year
December begins and suddenly life is going fast-forward straight to New Years Eve, to the end of the year when we’re all toasting to making it over the imaginary finish line. This year I promised myself to stay organized and avoid the holiday rush, the stress. I finished almost all of my Christmas shopping weeks before the 24th, met all my deadlines and thankfully kept all of my social commitments despite a couple of curveballs. My life and home have been in a state of positive disruption ever since the month got started. I spent the second weekend in December purging more than half of my closet and decided to look closely at how much unnecessary I was living with and rid myself of the non-essentials. A lot of Doechii, a lot of Grupo Niche. I was preparing to welcome the new year with a clean and tidy home and lots of positivity.

David Byrne and Tune-Yards @Forest Hills Stadium
As David Byrne pointed out early into his show at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, it had been 35 years since he had been on that very stage performing with Talking Heads in August of 1983.