Love Amidst The Trees

So the pathway to love isn’t always pleasant; sometimes some real work is involved. Like cross-dressing. Or putting up with goofy companions. Suffering banishment, even. Enter good ol’ William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, currently playing at the Center House Theatre and produced by the Seattle Shakespeare Company. (Your Hedonista recently attended this play as [...]

Coriolanus: One Bad-Ass Momma’s Boy

People can be … complicated. Take Caius Martius Coriolanus, a Roman general known for his ability to fight in wartime. Heralded as a hero, his mother Volumnia encourages him to run for consul (high office). Coriolanus is a fighter, not a politician (although he has the ego for both). However, he’s also a bona fide [...]

Make Like a Wife and Be Merry

They say that if one loves what one does for a living, it really can’t be called “work.” If that’s the case, it’s also likely that success will follow. William Shakespeare appears to fit into that category, for the “Bard of Avon” is often touted as one of the best writers in the history of [...]