Culture – Act the Giddy Goat

Anastasia the Broadway (2016)

2 Feb 20195 Feb 2019

Our last Anastasia series installment! We end on the latest rendition of Anastasia's story, the Broadway version from 2016. For those who haven't been following this is the 5th post…

Detroit City

29 Jan 201912 Feb 2019

Hello Readers! If you remember back to the very beginning of my blogging with the Giddy Goat's, I spoke about growing up a “gypsy”, living from one state to the next.…

Anastasia: the cartoon (1997)

12 Jan 20192 Feb 2019

*throws history out the window, throws most of the previous characters and plot out the window, puts on the music* Alright.... it's time for our next Anastasia! <3 For those…

Anastasia: the movie (1956)

7 Dec 201812 Jan 2019

We're back! With the next in our Anastasia series! If you didn't see the first two posts you can follow these links to them. The first is the historical account…

Anastasia: the stage play (1954)

2 Nov 20182 Nov 2018

I'm back, with the first rendition of Anastasia's story (maybe not the first, but certainly the one that influenced many others after it). Remember, this is a series and you…

Anastasia & Anna Anderson – the real story

5 Oct 20185 Oct 2018

We're standing at the beginning of a very long blog series (long because I only post once a month...) and this is the start! I have a fascination and love…

Word Nerd Part II

25 Sep 201825 Sep 2018

Back in May I put together a small list of phrases and proverbs wanting to explore their meaning and etymology more indepthly. While I was successful in learning what they mean,…

Etiquette 101

9 Sep 201827 Aug 2018

Culture isn't just what you know, but also how you act. The way we act says a lot about who we are. Believe it or not, people are watching us…

Memorizing Poetry

12 Aug 201831 Jul 2018

What is more cultured then being able to quote a few lines of poetry? We see it happen in movies all the time, and I'm sure we all have the…

Culture Up: Opera

8 Jul 20188 Jul 2018

Author's Note: This will be a short post. I'm in the middle of a huge summer project. I apologize. Opera isn't so bad. Sure, when you think of it you…