Sound of Music and the wonders of bacon

The Sound of Music was an AMAZING experience, and I'm so sad that it's over. It's been closed 2 weeks and I could still happily be doing the show 9 times a week. The children were lovely (for the most part), and my cast was the greatest bunch of crazies I've ever had the pleasure to work with. We played lots of Clue - and by "lots of Clue" I mean nearly every night we played. We are Clue Ninjas at this point. No one understands the extent to which we love it. We felt like drug pushers trying to get a 3rd person to play with us every night. "You can quit any time. All the cool kids are doing it..." Needless to say, I'm jonesin' for a Clue fix. We had a lovely time going to a haunted house, having our very own Fireside Amazing Race, eating amazing cheese curds and burgers at the Old Fashioned in Madison, WI, drinking like we were in college, and crocheting to our heart's content. It was a great 3 months.

I found out about a week before we closed that I'll be going back right after Xmas to do another big band revue, Those Fabulous 50's and 60's. (You might remember last year we did Those Fabulous 50's, Part 2. The Fireside audience LOVES that era.) Most of the cast from last year is doing it again, which is great. I also found out that I'll be performing in the Fireside's New Year's Eve show. 2 shows in one contract. Love it. So right now, before those contracts start, I'm just chilling in NYC, unemployed. I haven't gone stir-crazy yet, probably because I know I have 2 shows coming up. But I am looking for part-time seasonal work. Tomorrow I apply at the Hershey's store in Times Square, and then Tuesday I'm applying at a BBQ restaurant. It would be great to be able to make a little cash before the shows start up.

In other news, while in Wisconsin I discovered the wonders of maple bacon. I wasn't even aware of its existence, and now my life is changed. Before Sound of Music, I would spend $9.00 at least once a week, sometimes twice, on my favorite dish at the local diner, Igloo Cafe - eggs benedict. I thought that dish was so perfect one could never improve upon it. But now I've discovered the wonders of substituting fried eggs for the poached eggs, and MAPLE BACON for the Canadian bacon. Just writing about it gives me the shakes. I LOVE it so much. So now my taste buds are super happy, and my pocket book is happier. $9.00/week, sometimes more, really begins to add up. Yay!

That's about it. I suck at updating. The end. :-)