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Sunday, July 29, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
It was a great first day at Avalanche Ranch!
Please click here to see pictures of all of today's activities!
Bec lived through it all...just 3 more days to go until i get my life back...i think. :S
Please click here to see pictures of all of today's activities!
Bec lived through it all...just 3 more days to go until i get my life back...i think. :S
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Anniversary in Chicago...
How to make bec happy:
Take her to dinner with the cast of Wicked and give her great seats for the Chicago show :)
Kev and i are in Chicago celebrating our 10th anniversary with a very mini-trip (2 nights) before i have to go back home and keep freaking out about VBS. Part of his anniversary gift to me was tickets to see Wicked again and to have dinner with the cast. We ate with 5 members of the cast and had a lovely time. Pictures of our evening are here. Dinner was delicious and i managed to NOT screw up my diet that much :) We chatted with the cast members, took pictures, and got to know other Wicked fans. It was really a neat experience for us and a real treat for me.
The show was very good. It's a very different show than the first time we saw it 2 years ago at the beginning of its run here in Chicago. It's less of a "clone" of the original broadway cast and more of its own show now, which i think speaks highly of the show itself as well as the cast. We really liked Elphaba, the Galinda was quite different from the one we saw last time, and the Fyero was REALLY different, but overall Hubby hit the nail on the head when he said the last time we saw it it was "polished" and this time it was more heartfelt. I cried during Defying Gravity AND For Good. I'm such a sucker for broadway.
There was some weirdness though. About 20 minutes to the end of the show, this woman screamed and clapped her hands up over her head (during the love scene no less) and there was big commotion and confusion as she and 3 of her friends got up and left the theatre. I give the cast all the credit in the world because they didn't even flinch...just kept singing. What was odd though was that as the show was ending, a couple of police officers came in with the ones who had left, and they pointed out a guy and he was led out from the theatre. All of this was going on during the curtain call.
As we left the theatre, i was very bothered that people were talking more about the commotion than they were about the EXCELLENT performance, and i said so to kev. This woman turned around and said, "well, i've seen it six times so its not that big of a deal." And i said to her directly, "not all of us are that fortunate". I just don't understand why some stupid commotion was more noteworthy than some truly amazing perfomances and talent.
It was a magical evening for me...having such an intimate broadway moment...the dinner...paired with watching those characters performing made tonight very special.
Today marks the day we have been married 10 years. I don't really know how i feel about it to be honest (10 years seems like a long time), but on the day after our wedding our first part of the honeymoon was to see a broadway show (on tour). We saw the revival of Showboat. I find it fitting that our 10th anniversary celebration also includes a broadway show, as broadway has always been a part of our relationship--even when we were dating.
Tonight we have dinner reservations at the signature room at the Hancock Tower. We are also thinking about the shedd aquarium, and he's taking me to Tiffany's to get my anniversary gift. I'm not even sure what i want from Tiffany's but i'm SURE i'll find something. lol.
We're even having room service for breakfast. How decadent.
Take her to dinner with the cast of Wicked and give her great seats for the Chicago show :)
Kev and i are in Chicago celebrating our 10th anniversary with a very mini-trip (2 nights) before i have to go back home and keep freaking out about VBS. Part of his anniversary gift to me was tickets to see Wicked again and to have dinner with the cast. We ate with 5 members of the cast and had a lovely time. Pictures of our evening are here. Dinner was delicious and i managed to NOT screw up my diet that much :) We chatted with the cast members, took pictures, and got to know other Wicked fans. It was really a neat experience for us and a real treat for me.
The show was very good. It's a very different show than the first time we saw it 2 years ago at the beginning of its run here in Chicago. It's less of a "clone" of the original broadway cast and more of its own show now, which i think speaks highly of the show itself as well as the cast. We really liked Elphaba, the Galinda was quite different from the one we saw last time, and the Fyero was REALLY different, but overall Hubby hit the nail on the head when he said the last time we saw it it was "polished" and this time it was more heartfelt. I cried during Defying Gravity AND For Good. I'm such a sucker for broadway.
There was some weirdness though. About 20 minutes to the end of the show, this woman screamed and clapped her hands up over her head (during the love scene no less) and there was big commotion and confusion as she and 3 of her friends got up and left the theatre. I give the cast all the credit in the world because they didn't even flinch...just kept singing. What was odd though was that as the show was ending, a couple of police officers came in with the ones who had left, and they pointed out a guy and he was led out from the theatre. All of this was going on during the curtain call.
As we left the theatre, i was very bothered that people were talking more about the commotion than they were about the EXCELLENT performance, and i said so to kev. This woman turned around and said, "well, i've seen it six times so its not that big of a deal." And i said to her directly, "not all of us are that fortunate". I just don't understand why some stupid commotion was more noteworthy than some truly amazing perfomances and talent.
It was a magical evening for me...having such an intimate broadway moment...the dinner...paired with watching those characters performing made tonight very special.
Today marks the day we have been married 10 years. I don't really know how i feel about it to be honest (10 years seems like a long time), but on the day after our wedding our first part of the honeymoon was to see a broadway show (on tour). We saw the revival of Showboat. I find it fitting that our 10th anniversary celebration also includes a broadway show, as broadway has always been a part of our relationship--even when we were dating.
Tonight we have dinner reservations at the signature room at the Hancock Tower. We are also thinking about the shedd aquarium, and he's taking me to Tiffany's to get my anniversary gift. I'm not even sure what i want from Tiffany's but i'm SURE i'll find something. lol.
We're even having room service for breakfast. How decadent.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Hello
Hey Bec
Haven't heard much from you -- thought I'd see if you were checking the blog.
Can't believe it is already June -- just a few short weeks until our big vacation!
Hope all is well - just saying Hi!
-- Michele
Haven't heard much from you -- thought I'd see if you were checking the blog.
Can't believe it is already June -- just a few short weeks until our big vacation!
Hope all is well - just saying Hi!
-- Michele
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Bible Idol
We finished up bible Idol last night...be sure to check the other blog for pictures as well as for an update on the softball team. :)
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Softball.
I have not played softball for probably 20 years or more. Last night, I played with the Court Street team. I'm not sure what on earth possessed me to try to start a team here, but I did. We had a really good time playing. We lost 15-3. It was kinda pitiful, but once we figured out what we were doing, we played really well. Yay! We play every tuesday night...i feel like a kid again.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Back in RFD
I'm back in rockford. It was a fairly easy trip...not too quick though. It's a long drive. Made longer by the fact that there is NOTHING to look out. Illinois is boring. I did stop at the outlets in Edinburgh though cuz well, I need tennis shoes for walking. Now that the weather is nice I want to get out and walk. Plus...I'm playing softball...yes me. We have a co-ed church team. It should be fun (or deadly, we're not sure just yet).
Have a great week all.
Have a great week all.
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