photographs by Barry Wisdom / For some, memories are jogged by a Top 40 ballad. Others find aromas initiate the trek down memory lane. For triple-threat Danielle Moné Truitt, it's not scents, songs or even Hipstamatic prints that prompt feelings of nostalgia. As wiggy as it seems, Truitt says the touchstones that trigger her internal "Way-Back Machine" are hairdos. "When I think about all of the major things that have happened in my life, what I remember is how I was wearing my hair," said the former Sacramentan now based in Southern California. "Ask me about my junior prom and I can tell you exactly what style it was in." It's a bit of a tangled connection between how a friend's disc

Currently in its second weekend (of four), New Helvetia Theatre’s production of “They’re Playing Our Song” is another winner from the young company. Founded two years ago, NHT has received high praise for productions that have included “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” “tick…tick…BOOM!” and “[title of show].” “They’re Playing Our Song” should appeal to fans of both musicals and plays, as a musical that probably has more distinctive dialog than production numbers. It’s not that the songs are weak, it’s just that the rest of the material comes from the pen of Neil Simon, and so it has that tone that makes it somewhat like watching a Woody Allen movie with musical interludes. The songs themselve

My girlfriend recently finished a 21-day yoga and dietary cleanse at Deep Yoga. While I did not join her on her daily 5:30 a.m. yoga pilgrimages, I went stride for stride with her on the dietary portion of it. The first week we were allowed fish, but from the second week on we were no longer allowed any animal products. Or corn products. Or wheat products (I cheated here. I wouldn't have made it without soy sauce). It was not easy for this lifelong omnivore to give up meat, and even harder to give up cheese and grains, but I did, and lost nine pounds in the process. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's over. But I'll also concede that I both look and feel better. There is something to this