Author: Dan Roberts

Blind Dates are Hard Enough. Try it Legally Blind. by Joel Deutsch The waitress set down my coffee and laid a pair of large menus on the table. “I’ll come back when your other party gets here,” she said. “Wait,” I entreated. “Would you mind telling me the salads?” I didn’t want to start off [Read More]

A grateful visitor discovers that Disney Hall need not be seen clearly to be appreciated. I was elated when Walt Disney Concert Hall finally debuted to architectural and acoustical acclaim last October. In my youth, I’d soaked up the symphonic repertoire in Cleveland’s elegant Severance Hall during the orchestra’s celebrated time under the direction of [Read More]

It started in 2004, when my optometrist saw something amiss while checking me for new lenses. He sent me to a retinal specialist, who said I had fluid buildup in the back of my eye. He told me, “This usually happens to college age students and type A personalities. No one knows why it happens, [Read More]

by Tony Morrow I try to see a sunrise every morning and a sunset every evening . In California, it is very possible to see a sunrise and sunset almost every day since there is hardly any day that is overcast. I moved to California mainly because of this. I usually go to bed after [Read More]

by Joel Deutch It felt like instant karma. Payback for almost running over an unsuspecting kid a few years ago, because I hadn’t been smart or brave enough to quit driving when I should have. (See “The Day I Quit Driving”) On a bright, warm Los Angeles September afternoon, I was strolling down Fairfax Avenue [Read More]