Where does the time go?

I could never have believed that I would be this on the go and busy this summer. To be honest I don't know where the time has gone. Since I last blogged, my friend Michael came to visit for the weekend from Washington D.C. and I can't remember the last time I walked that much! We got student rush tickets for American Idiot and had front row center seats. I am a little spoiled now and I don't think that I could ever sit anywhere else! We also got to see Hair one more time before it closed and Promises, Promises. During our walking tour of the city, we really got to see a lot of areas I had never been in around the city. Greenwich Village and the river area where there is a great walkway, Chinatown and Central Park. Sunday night was the most fun, starting off with seeing Jonathan Groff at Joe's Pub and finishing the evening with Broadway Bares: Stripopoly. After the concert, we got to meet Jonathan Groff and that made my night. Then we grab a cab uptown to see Broadway Bares, a huge fundraising event for Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights Aids. Cameron Adams, who is originally from Myrtle Beach, was dancing along with 200 dancers from Broadway and celebs like Vanessa Williams, Kristin Chenoweth, Diana DeGarmo and Lucy Lui.

Michael left Monday morning, which came way too earlier and I headed off for another week at work. Ashley, who I went to school with at USC, was visiting her sister and so we got tickets to go see Best of Fest, a fundraiser that showcased past and upcoming works from the New York Musical Theatre Festival. I knew a couple of the people performing, but I was very impressed by the talent and excited to see some of the shows to come!

Tuesday I went to see Best Musical winner Memphis. I went into it having high expectations because it did win the Tony, and it did not disappoint. The entire cast was so talented, but Montego Glover and Chad Kimball were phenomenal. I'm still not sure how they keep their accents the whole show. Definitely a show to see.

Wednesday I went to the Carlyle Cafe, which was an intimate dinning room and small bar, to see Sutton Foster. I got a bar seat, which was great because it was high and you could see really well. Most of the concert was the same as what I had seen in Charlotte, but she did add some songs from Anyone Can Whistle and for her song drawn out of her Ho cup, Jonathan Groff (who came to see the show!) choose Don't Rain on My Parade. My favorite is when she sings Sposin' (not sure on the spelling), which was a song taken out of Thoroughly Modern Millie and another song taken out of Shrek.

Thursday was the 4th Street Bar Association (4SBA) event for work. Beginning at 6:15 we had a pre-show cocktail hour in the lobby of the St. James Theatre, followed by the performance of American Idiot and then Sardi's for the post-show party with the cast (or so we hoped). Luckily, a good number of the cast came and hung out for a while, which was a relief! The whole event went really well and everyone seemed to have a great time.

Friday it was off to North Carolina for mom's family reunion. It was really nice to go to the mountains and get away for a few days. Maw Maw picked me up at the airport and I drove us to our mountain house. It was really weird to drive because I hadn't been behind the wheel in over a month! Other than seeing my family, I was most excited about the food! For dinner we had roast and mashed potatoes and peas...so yummy...and then pancakes for breakfast. Lunch was at Juke Box Junction and dinner was my all-time favorite, Grandmothers creme corn and green beans. I don't know quite how to explain them, but the creme corn it like dessert. I literally had a plate with half beans/ half corn! Sunday morning brought sausage gravy and biscuits with peach jelly! Spectacular! Sadly the weekend had to come to an end, but we didn't have a car because once again the mercedes was broken (between the two that my parents drive, one is always not working). My grandfather ended up having to drive us to the airport and my parents had to rent a car to get home.

Sunday evening consisted of cleaning my room and laundry, my most unfavorite thing in the world to do! Another busy week ahead!