Well, I always love my mom, but this last weekend was special because she came to visit me for a long weekend! We had a lot of fun (as we always have fun together) and shopped, chatted, and saw shows to our hearts content. On a related note, I'm getting a new mattress that should arrive on Saturday! And yes, this is exciting news.
I also saw 2 shows with my mom this weekend. On Saturday night we saw Cinderella. It was sooo cute and included some surprising twists that I didn't expect. The only problem is that the general public is so completely obnoxious. We were on the aisle and of course the entire row of people sitting next to us came in 10 minutes after it had started, people had their cell phones out, and since it's more of a family show there was a lot of chatty children. But, the show itself was pure magic and I definitely wouldn't mind seeing it again.
Hopefully a better video will appear at a later date, but for now this is the best one available.
The other thing we saw is called Broadway Backwards, which is a one night benefit for Broadway Cares and the LGBT Center. It's a great cause, and the show is basically a bunch of amazingly talented Broadway folks singing songs from musicals. The twist is that they sing songs that they generally would not be able to play on stage. (Mostly men sang songs written for women and women sang songs written for men). Here are the highlights!
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Thursday, March 7, 2013
A Full Weekend!
It has taken me so long to update from this weekend because, well, it's been a busy few days! The exciting news is at the bottom so stay tuned...
First, Saturday night Monica and I went to see Nick Offerman's one man show entitled "American Ham" For those that don't know Offerman plays the character Ron Swanson on the tv show Parks and Recreation. He's awesome on the show. His stand up was...ok. I have mixed feelings about it. One minute he would be really funny and then the next minute the joke would be so crass that I was just turned off by it. The other thing is that since we accidentally waited to buy tickets, we went to the show at 10pm. It did not end until 12:45! I was really ready for it to be over about 11:30 so the length could have colored my opinion about the situation. Oh, it was also being filmed live for a special that will air at some point, so that was actually really really neat. We were in the upper balcony so you could watch the big camera swinging around.
Then on Sunday, I had decided that only one show was clearly not enough for a single weekend. So Ju Yeon and I decided to try for the lottery tickets for Annie. And her name was pulled!! I am clearly getting pretty lucky with these show lotterys. So we were able to get cheap tickets to the show, and we were sitting in the front row! We had great seats and the show was really cute. The actress who played Miss Hannigan was also in the performance of Promises Promises I saw a couple years ago (and won a Tony for her part in there!). The little girl who played Annie had a really amazing voice and the other little girls in the show were adorable. The other funny thing is that since we were so far off to the right, you could see into the wings on the stage and there were definitely a couple of times where I could watch the dog trainer gesturing emphatically as "Sandy" crossed the stage.
Also during the performance we saw, when Annie is supposed to be calling Sandy and at first he doesn't come but eventually he does, the dog was a little overeager and launched right into Annie's arms while she was trying to explain that maybe he doesn't really know his name. She recovered extremely well and I was impressed it didn't seem to throw off her performance at all!
Now onto the super exciting news!!!
That's right, One of my coworkers left the company on Friday, and I was offered her position! So I was offered the position on Friday, then officially started on Monday! So over the weekend I was also filling out a small novel's worth of paperwork. I will be doing more or less the same kinds of things, but will have more responsibilities and will be more involved with some of the financial and social media/marketing things. I also am finally a permanent staff member of the BBC with an ID and everything! Plus my benefits will kick in soon. It's like Christmas in March!
My coworkers and bosses have made the transition so great. They all know that I'm kind of hitting the ground running in this position and working with them during this transition has only cemented the fact that I enjoy my coworkers tremendously. They are all really amazing, talented people and I'm so glad to finally be "official"!
So what an exciting weekend, right?
First, Saturday night Monica and I went to see Nick Offerman's one man show entitled "American Ham" For those that don't know Offerman plays the character Ron Swanson on the tv show Parks and Recreation. He's awesome on the show. His stand up was...ok. I have mixed feelings about it. One minute he would be really funny and then the next minute the joke would be so crass that I was just turned off by it. The other thing is that since we accidentally waited to buy tickets, we went to the show at 10pm. It did not end until 12:45! I was really ready for it to be over about 11:30 so the length could have colored my opinion about the situation. Oh, it was also being filmed live for a special that will air at some point, so that was actually really really neat. We were in the upper balcony so you could watch the big camera swinging around.
Then on Sunday, I had decided that only one show was clearly not enough for a single weekend. So Ju Yeon and I decided to try for the lottery tickets for Annie. And her name was pulled!! I am clearly getting pretty lucky with these show lotterys. So we were able to get cheap tickets to the show, and we were sitting in the front row! We had great seats and the show was really cute. The actress who played Miss Hannigan was also in the performance of Promises Promises I saw a couple years ago (and won a Tony for her part in there!). The little girl who played Annie had a really amazing voice and the other little girls in the show were adorable. The other funny thing is that since we were so far off to the right, you could see into the wings on the stage and there were definitely a couple of times where I could watch the dog trainer gesturing emphatically as "Sandy" crossed the stage.
Also during the performance we saw, when Annie is supposed to be calling Sandy and at first he doesn't come but eventually he does, the dog was a little overeager and launched right into Annie's arms while she was trying to explain that maybe he doesn't really know his name. She recovered extremely well and I was impressed it didn't seem to throw off her performance at all!
Now onto the super exciting news!!!
I HAVE A JOB!!!!!!
That's right, One of my coworkers left the company on Friday, and I was offered her position! So I was offered the position on Friday, then officially started on Monday! So over the weekend I was also filling out a small novel's worth of paperwork. I will be doing more or less the same kinds of things, but will have more responsibilities and will be more involved with some of the financial and social media/marketing things. I also am finally a permanent staff member of the BBC with an ID and everything! Plus my benefits will kick in soon. It's like Christmas in March!
My coworkers and bosses have made the transition so great. They all know that I'm kind of hitting the ground running in this position and working with them during this transition has only cemented the fact that I enjoy my coworkers tremendously. They are all really amazing, talented people and I'm so glad to finally be "official"!
So what an exciting weekend, right?
Saturday, February 23, 2013
One Life & The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Thursday night I was invited to see the Premiere US screening of One Life, which is a natural history title from BBC Earth. Despite some technical difficulties and a late start to the movie, it was a fun evening. The movie was fantastic and afterwards the director did a question and answer session. It was interesting to hear him talk about how they filmed the animals. He was pretty funny and clearly very passionate about the project.
Here is the trailer for the movie:
And then Friday night I saw a musical called The Mystery of Edwin Drood. It's a very silly musical about a bunch of actors performing a musical rendition of the novel by Charles Dickens. Dickens died before he finished writing it however, so at the end of the show the audience votes for things like who they think the murder is, who the romantic pairing is, etc. Then, the show has 8 or 10 different endings depending on what the outcome of the audience voting is. So basically it was a lot of fun and I'm glad I saw it before it closes in early March.
And of course because I like to include some kind of video usually:
Here is the trailer for the movie:
And then Friday night I saw a musical called The Mystery of Edwin Drood. It's a very silly musical about a bunch of actors performing a musical rendition of the novel by Charles Dickens. Dickens died before he finished writing it however, so at the end of the show the audience votes for things like who they think the murder is, who the romantic pairing is, etc. Then, the show has 8 or 10 different endings depending on what the outcome of the audience voting is. So basically it was a lot of fun and I'm glad I saw it before it closes in early March.
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| The stage |
And of course because I like to include some kind of video usually:
Philly Weekend Getaway!
Last weekend was President's Day Weekend and since it was a three day weekend Seth and I decided to have an adventure and decided it would be fun to go to Philadelphia. It only takes 2 hours on the bus to get there from NYC. Surprisingly I've never actually been there and I was excited to do all of the touristy things and see museums and the liberty bell. I feel like we saw everything I really wanted to see. I'll try to break it up by day and we'll see how well I do in remembering everything we did.
Saturday
We got to Philly a little bit after 12, found the hotel (which was only like 3 blocks from the bus station). We couldn't check in yet but we were able to leave our bags and then wander the city for a bit. We met up with the Iodices (close family friends from Colorado) and they gave us the insider's tour of Philly! It was so much fun :) We had Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches (my first one ever!) They were really tasty, but I don't want to even think about what is on that thing. Here's a clue...the cheese is called "Whiz" and comes in a can. After that we basically did a huge driving tour of the city. We saw the Poe house, we went by the penitentiary, we got pastries at this Italian bakery, we drove by U Penn and Drexel in University City, we stopped at the art museum and ran up the Rocky steps, we drove up Camden, NJ and saw the skyline from the other side of the river, and probably other things I'm not even remembering at the moment.
Sunday
Sunday was our historical day so we started by going to take the tour of Independence Hall and saw the Liberty Bell. It was really really cold but we still walked around and braved the weather. We also went to the Constitution Center, they had a prohibition exhibit which was pretty interesting. And then in the evening we saw the Comcast building which has this really awesome video screen in the lobby that was pretty mesmerizing. We also went to Macys and saw the big organ they have there.
Monday
On Monday we went to the Franklin Institute and saw the Titanic exhibit they had. It was cool as well. We also walked around and there was this park with giant game pieces so of course we had to stop and take pictures.
And that, in a nutshell, was my weekend in Philly!!
Saturday
We got to Philly a little bit after 12, found the hotel (which was only like 3 blocks from the bus station). We couldn't check in yet but we were able to leave our bags and then wander the city for a bit. We met up with the Iodices (close family friends from Colorado) and they gave us the insider's tour of Philly! It was so much fun :) We had Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches (my first one ever!) They were really tasty, but I don't want to even think about what is on that thing. Here's a clue...the cheese is called "Whiz" and comes in a can. After that we basically did a huge driving tour of the city. We saw the Poe house, we went by the penitentiary, we got pastries at this Italian bakery, we drove by U Penn and Drexel in University City, we stopped at the art museum and ran up the Rocky steps, we drove up Camden, NJ and saw the skyline from the other side of the river, and probably other things I'm not even remembering at the moment.
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| Pastries! |
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| I liked seeing all of the empty cannoli shells - the fill them fresh to order |
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| At the Penitentiary |
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| Outside of the Poe house |
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| Running up the Rocky Steps 1 |
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| Running up the Rocky Steps 2 |
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| Running up the Rocky Steps 3! |
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| I thought this sign was really cool! I never knew this was the start of Girl Scout Cookies! |
Sunday was our historical day so we started by going to take the tour of Independence Hall and saw the Liberty Bell. It was really really cold but we still walked around and braved the weather. We also went to the Constitution Center, they had a prohibition exhibit which was pretty interesting. And then in the evening we saw the Comcast building which has this really awesome video screen in the lobby that was pretty mesmerizing. We also went to Macys and saw the big organ they have there.
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| Outside Independence Hall |
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| This is where they signed the declaration of independence |
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| The Liberty Bell! |
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| This was for the prohibition exhibit |
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| Sitting at the prohibition bar |
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| I thought the hall with all the state flags was pretty nice |
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| The outside of the Comcast Building It's the tallest building in Philly |
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| The video screen in the Comcast building |
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| There was also these statues in the building |
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| Inside the Macys building |
Monday
On Monday we went to the Franklin Institute and saw the Titanic exhibit they had. It was cool as well. We also walked around and there was this park with giant game pieces so of course we had to stop and take pictures.
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| This is my favorite Shakespeare quote |
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Caramel S'more Cups
It was yet another baking day at work on Monday so of course Sunday I was slaving away with a new recipe. I love these baking days because it gives me an excuse to experiment and try random recipes from the internet. This time the theme was Chocolate Chip Cookies. I found the recipe on the Betty Crocker Website: http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/caramel-smore-cups/9916aa44-083c-4507-8db9-49d0a92f62f7
They are basically chocolate chip cookie cups with a rolo in the middle, then marshmallows on top, then drizzled with chocolate. I was hesitant to make them at first because I don't have the mini-muffin pan that was called for, however, the internet didn't fail me. After googling "what if I don't have a mini-muffin pan?", the internet found the solution! It turns out you can make your own mini pans by taking tin foil and molding it from something else (in this case the bottom of a mini paper cup), and they still hold their shape if you set them on a baking tray. I think they worked pretty well!
They are basically chocolate chip cookie cups with a rolo in the middle, then marshmallows on top, then drizzled with chocolate. I was hesitant to make them at first because I don't have the mini-muffin pan that was called for, however, the internet didn't fail me. After googling "what if I don't have a mini-muffin pan?", the internet found the solution! It turns out you can make your own mini pans by taking tin foil and molding it from something else (in this case the bottom of a mini paper cup), and they still hold their shape if you set them on a baking tray. I think they worked pretty well!
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| Step 1: Make mini cupcake pans out of tin foil |
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| Step 2: Bake cookie dough in the tin pans |
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| Step 3: Stick a rolo in each cup and mini marshmallows on top of that and bake again |
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| Step 4: After they are cool, pull them out of the tins and drizzle with chocolate |
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| Yaaaay! |
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