Day 338/365 (June 20, 2015)

Got up early and Karen, Jess, and myself met up with Avi for breakfast at The Sugar Factory. We shared two goblets and I had such a yummy breakfast (Apple Pie Waffles). Then we popped into a little market and walked back to my place via the Highline where it rained on an off. The Highline had a Lego thing so we added to it, i finished some staircases and left a "T"

Then on the way home we popped into another market that had a restaurant called "The Cannibal" and I still have issues with its name!

Then to my apartment for a few hours. Everyone ended up napping, though I only got in like 5 or 10 minutes, the others were nap champs! Then we got ready and headed out for the official start of Jess' bachelorette party! She was wearing a tiara and sash that both said "Bachelorette" so no mistaking our fun. We met up with her friend Tricia (and Richard) and played some mini-golf. While there a mom had a little boy tell Jess congrats which was so cute. Then we took an uber to our restaurant (Tijuana Picnic) and the food turned out to be super tasty! There was a bar next door with arcade games so we popped in there for a tiny bit to kill some time before we went to Escape the Room.

Escape the Room was really fun even though we didn't escape. Missed two locks only, so we were close! I was disappointed that there was another group placed in there with us that we had to work with. I don't know if they helped us or hurt us. The monitor did tell us that we worked really well together and that we not only solved things in a different order than most people but she was impressed that we didn't ask for our first clue until 20 minutes had passed.

After that was over we headed to a "secret" speakeasy but they were full... so we tried a couple others until we ended up in PDT which is hidden in a place called Crif Dogs. It was pretty cool I must say, would love to check out some other secret bars! Then we ended up calling it a night around midnight and got some pizza before heading home. All in all it was a successful night and I am glad she had a great time!

Day 337/365 (June 19, 2015)

Spent the morning at work, and ended up in tears because of this whole having to move thing. Honestly i feel like there is no point to my existence any more. I can't do anything and everything sucks. I feel helpless. On the way to work i discovered overnight the Build-A-Bear closed by my office, so weird!

Then I helped Sasha with a Playbill pickup and met up with Andrey at Blockheads to talk about our concert. We made some progress. I just wish he had been keeping me in the loop more consistently because stuff could have got done way sooner!

I also gave up trying to be healthy for the day because why should I even bother caring any more?

I also made a rainbow out of fondant.

Ended up having a burger from Lucky Burger for dinner and then Jess arrived.

Fred is so cute.

Day 289/365 (May 2, 2015)

Morning started off slow and then Jess arrived for the weekend! We chatted for a bit, then I headed off to get some food from Jenny. I came home and relaxed a bit before heading out with Jess to walk downtown to try the Hamilton lotto. We lost of course but at least tried!

Then we headed down to Stone Street to meet up with Avi and his girlfriend Andrea. She was super nice/fun. The place felt hip and like I was out of place but oh well. Had some yummy guac and plantains. Then Jess and I went went back towards Astor Place so she could get some makeup from e.l.f.

On the way home I found out we were having a surprise sleepover with Lola and she called me just as I was getting home to ask if we could have pancakes for breakfast... the buttermilk kind. I mean how could I say no? When she got to the apartment we played a quick game of checkers where i set her up to quadruple jump me just to end the game because it was late and I could tell she was tired. She was so pleased!

Then Karen and I went off to Food Emporium because I needed buttermilk to make the pancakes and we didn't have syrup since I usually use honey.

Fred drinking from the tiny sink is pretty comical. Charlie rocking Lola's rocket ship before Fred peed in it.

Day 212/365 (February 14, 2015)

Jess arrived super early so yay! I spent the day staying warm and having fun with Lola. I helped her with her thank you cards and bookmarks for the kids in her class. I was taking a picture of her working on them and she caught me and said "no pictures while I'm working" and then Karen was vacuuming and she put her hands on her ears and said "I can't concentrate." Then later on I pulled out our window markers when I thought about them and she and I had fun making pictures on the mirrors. She asked me all hurt like "why didn't you tell me about these before Tamra?" and i was like I forgot we had them. She ended up with green all over her hands from clean up and I was like you look like Elphaba and she asked who that was and I told her a wicked witch. I didn't know if she had seen the wizard of oz or knew about wicked. Then she said she knew of a wicked witch she is in wicked.... i was like well she is a Broadway baby! She also wanted to know why we still had snowflakes hanging up and didn't replace them with hearts.

Jess also told us about a "cat trap" where if you make a circle on the floor with tape cats will sit in it like a box... it worked!

I also made crepes that were wonderful!

Later I left to help Jess with Hedwig lotto an thankfully she got a ticket! Then I met up with Ben for dinner at Cosi before we went to see Jersey Boys thanks to Jordan Roth's twitter contest. I was treated like royalty. we were greeted by 3 different people, including the house manager, who called me by name and thanked us for being there on behalf of Jordan. We were given drink tickets and chocolate roses and the absolute best seats in the house in my opinion. It was truly a wonderful evening. I have always heard that Jordan is a stand-up guy but this was my first experience and he went above and beyond and I just can't get over how wonderful the evening was. The added bonus was I finally saw Jersey boys and can cross that off my dirty musical theatre secrets for not having seen it. I really enjoyed it and would love to see it again. Then after Ben and I went backstage because his friend Quinn offered to take us so we took a few pictures on stage and chatted for a bit.... definitely the cherry on top of it all!

Day 82/365 (October 7, 2014)

What a day! First I woke up to Charlie sleeping like that by my leg, and Fred sleeping like that on the pillow next to me. I got ready and headed out to Pippin rush. Rush was uneventful which is always good, then I went to work. Afterwards I went to the gym for a bit and met up with Jess' friend Avi.

We are planning her NYC bachelorette party next year so we wanted to get together and start brainstorming and pick a date. Obviously I can't discuss what we are thinking but if we can make any of our ideas come to fruition it is going to be SO FUN!!!! He is a pretty cool guy (duh he is a friend of Jess) so we chatted for quite sometime after we were done then I headed up to Trader Joe's so I would starve until Friday. Then I came home and had dinner and took a shower before heading out to see Pippin. There was a bunch of understudy action happening which is always fun. Colin was on for the King, and Sam was on for Colin and Lara (i think is her name) was on for Berthe the first time ever. I enjoy Colin as King Charles so it was nice to see again. Lara did an excellent job as Berthe but it is funny because she is no way near a grandma age. She altered her voice, altered her posture, and did her makeup in a way to appear older but as soon as she took off the robe there was no hiding the fact she is quite young! I found that pretty funny. So much better than Priscilla! Orion was still in the show which made me happy (and finally got a picture with him even if it is blurry). There was a moment early in the show where Pippin has the sword and hits the floor with it as he is trying to convince Charlemagne to let him go to war and the sword BROKE! the piece went clanking onto the ground and KDM had this look on his face and was just like oops. it was pretty freaking funny, then he kicked the piece of stage and the show went on but it made me chuckle quite a bit!

When the show was over it was starting to drizzle and I had not brought my umbrella so I was not looking forward to walking home but ended up walking with someone who was a lovely gentleman and he held his umbrella for the both of us so I stayed dry woo~hoo!

Karen also made Charlie a scarecrow halloween costume and they did a photo shoot with the boys as the cowardly lion and scarecrow

Day 44/365 (August 30, 2014)

This was a jam packed day! It started pretty early because I got up to rush Pippin. I was first in line, and my friends Matt and Jess came! Jess was a big surprise so that was nice. We also met a lovely girl we chatted with. Before they got there though it was just that girl (Brianna) and I and we had quite an interesting experience with a random guy who at first asked us what rush was but then tried to have a conversation with us about his family.

After we got our tickets Jess and I headed home... then I got freshened up for a bit and we finally headed out because I was meeting Andrey for lunch and she was going to get some food too. Had lunch at Blockheads and then we wandered around for a bit before it was time for me to see Pippin. I met back up with Matt and we went to the matinee.It was my 10th time seeing it. I really enjoyed the new Charlemagne, John Dossett. KDM was cute because he waved to me during curtain call and mouthed that he was sorry because he couldn't come out to the SD after. I said it was okay... and it was because I had lots of stuff to do!

We headed home and I spent some more time with Jess while I was designing and preparing thank you tags to go on the cookies I had made and packaged the night before. She finally had to head out and at first I was waiting for Marty to come but of course he never came, nor did he actually say he wasn't which made me pretty sad. Being stood up is no fun. I ended up going back out with Andrey which turned out to be a VERY good thing. We went to get him a standing room ticket to Lady Day (success) and then he wanted to go to steak and shake. Turns out Jake worked there and when he saw me (after a bit of time) he came over to start working out a schedule to pay me back the money he owed me from ages ago. This is excellent because I could really use it!

Then it was back home to get ready for the concert I was filming that night. A bunch of us dressed in our Disney princess dresses so that was fun! The concert was so much fun, and I enjoyed filming it. Natalie W. even told me I was her inspiration (for the whole weight loss thing). It was a really late evening though and by the time it was over and I had settled I didn't get to attempt sleep until almost 2:30

Random note in the dressing room area of 54 below they had this sign on the women's bathroom door... haha!

Day 258/365 (May 3, 2009)

i woke up feeling alot happier which was nice, and after some good puppy time i made my way out. It was raining, and he the streets were so water filled. i ended up getting soaked on my 25 minute walk tot he life cafe. sneakers were a pool, and my pants got hit so bad, it went all the way up to my knees!

Anywho Emilie wanted to celebrate her birthday at Life Cafe, so that is where i went. Emilie, Jennifer, Carina, Steph, Vicki, Jerri, Some other girl, and myself stayed there for like 2 hours (maybe a little more.) They very nicely didn't kick us out even after we payed. I really don't like the food at Life Cafe, yeek! my turkey burger was plain and burnt! Then we walked to Crumbs by union square and i was proud of myself for no breaking down and buying a cupcake! then we all headed uptown. i went to the NWS Box Office to buy tickets to ABz for dawn and myself. Ended up with great seats for tomorrow night! while there i ran into Ravi very quickly, and MKC and group of his friends holding up the line buying tickets. (not really holding up the line) then i got my tickets and headed back to kim's. i was able to finally make the pizza and do the dishes that i have made since i was here. Soon i am going to make sure i have all my stuff and head home, since Kim gets back tonight. I am watching a cheesy movie on ABC Family called Taking 5 and enjoying it quite a bit!

I also got bit by the organization/cleaning bug! i decided my closet needed sme work so i switched out the winter stuff and put in the spring stuff and i also reorganized it back into sections... it took a long time but felt wicked good!

Day 16/365 (September 3, 2008)

There are so many things going on with this picture.

We can start with the obvious... it is just funny. It said sassy but the way she was wearing her hoodie, well it brought out the junior high schooler in all of us.

What you can't see from looking at this picture (unless you are in the know) is how meaningful it is. Here we have a picture that would not have happened if i had not run into this old friend. This is one of the many things that i will miss about Rent being no more. Running into friends without planning on it because you are drawn to the same place. Even though you can't see anything to do with the Nederlander Theatre all of the tell-tale signs are there. You have Bar 41, and the reflection of Red Lobster in the window, you even have the Target ads that plague us. (ok i know why Target is advertising there but still!) The final thing that i love about this picture is the pinkish bracelt she is wearing. I havent taken mine off for more than a few hours since the day i put it on two years ago. (only taken it off for job interviews).