No Day But Today

Last night I went to Boston to see RENT: The Broadway Tour. This has to be my absolute favorite show. This particular tour is special in its own way, two of the original cast members are in this production. They were amazing, its like they never left. I'd seen the show before in New York. This time was so much better. The cast seemed more connected to the audience. Ironically Miss Moon saw the show too. She went on Sunday with a neighbor friend of hers. I think the neighbor got tickets from a radio show or something. She loved it as well. If you haven't seen this show before you should definitely treat yourself. Its heartbreaking, funny, and spectacular all rolled into one.

Lucy, You've Got Some Splainin' To Do

So, this time I've got two tales to tell (whoa that's a tongue twister). On Monday night I did something that I haven't done in a long time, I went to the county fair. In the northeast there are fairs but its not quite the same. There's just a different atmosphere at a county fair, not to mention better food. I had an elephant ear and a lemon shake-up. For those who don't know an elephant ear is a thin piece of fried dough covered in cinnamon sugar. A lemon shake-up is sort of like lemonade but better. There is sugar in the bottom and water and lemons are shaken into the glass. They happened to have the demolition derby that night as well. I haven't been to one of those in like fourteen years. I must say it was much more enjoyable this time. This is the only time people will cheer when cars crash into each other.

Of course vacations come to an end and we were on our way home. We stopped in Jamestown, NY, which is the hometown of lucille ball, better known as lucy ricardo on the "I Love Lucy" series. They had some very nice museums showcasing such items as lucy's gold mercedes and replicas of the sets. The gift shops had many interesting items which just had to come home with me.

This is the museum that showcases lucy's early career and memoribilia.


The desilu playhouse houses set replicas and facts about the popular studio.


This mural brings to life one of lucy's more famous episodes: "Lucy Does a TV Commercial"


This is probably one of the more recognizeable scenes from "Job Switching"



This house is in Jamestown and was where lucille ball was born.

Lucy later moved a short distance away to Celeron NY to live with her grandparents.

Adventures in the Windy City

Finally something to post about. I have traveled to Indiana again, this time with my mother, to visit family. I went up to Chicago with my dad. On the first night we went to the building formerly known as the Sears Tower. They have added a new feature that includes a completely glass enclosed ledge. You are suspended 103 stories above the ground with the ability to see through the floor beneath you. I loved it, my dad was not as thrilled.

The next day was a busy one. We went to the Museum of Science and Industry. This is a really cool place. It has so many things to do and see. They have a Harry Potter exhibit there that I really wanted to see but other people were equally as excited and it was pretty much sold out. Oh well the rest of the museum was just as good. They even had this little hatchery with baby chicks.

They did have one Harry Potter piece on display. For those of you familiar with Harry Potter you will recognize the flying car from the Chamber of Secrets.

After the museum we were going to see a show, although the word show may be a bit of a stretch. We saw Tony n' Tina's Wedding. This was certainly entertaining but almost like a real wedding. You have to dress up and you sit in an actual pew, complete with stained glass as if you were in a real church. They had very stereotypical characters. The bride and groom come from Italian families. There is the mother who wants everything her way and the father who has the very young arm candy. There is the groom's cousin out of rehab that formerly was with the bride. There was even a reception. This felt just like a real wedding. I wonder if sometimes people feel that it is real. This may have been more entertaining in a larger group.

This picture was jsut funny. My dad took a picture of himself while I was alseep. Lets just say I don't think he knew how to use the camera.