it's a jolly holiday with mary! (Mary Poppins)

Yes! The first Broadway show I saw on my journey to NYC was Mary Poppins!

We pre-ordered the tickets, and honestly- I thought it would be good, but not like mind blowingly amazing or anything. I was wrong. It was mind blowingly amazing!

Mary Poppins was played by the understudy (Catherine Brunell) that night, and she was awesome! The kids, Jane and Michael Banks, were actually on stage the most out of anyone. And Rozi Baker and Ethan Haberfield did great with that! Of course, though, they switch off kid characters, so they had 3 different Janes and Michaels.

Here's some pictures from the show!

I reccomend this show to anyone! It's full of music, laughs, and it's a whole lot of fun!

Supercalifragilisticexpialidociously Toodles!

P.S. Pics were found on... Disnology, Broadway World, and Mary Poppins Broadway!

only in new york...

Just a quick little photo from NYC taken outside our apartment's window!

concrete jungle where dreams are made of!

Just arrived home on the train from... New York City!

I'm pleased to say that I saw 4 Broadway shows (one Off-Broadway)!

Those are all a mystery, though! I will post about each one in time!

Keep checking! Reviews of the musicals and pics will be up in a jiffy!

Toodles!

P.S. I wish I had taken this picture, but I didn't. Camera's not uploaded yet! Sorry! However, this was found on Pop Art UK.

the hills are alive!

...with the sound of Kate's camera clicking...

This is a little play on colors... notice the blue & green in the background.

Also, this is a buttercup flower, which is a weed!

I was so excited to get it this focused!

Yes, I am still super super busy, but I squeezed in some time to edit these...

They're from the mountains! The last one is a checkers board in the Inn lobby. Coke tops were used as the pieces! Going green! Anyway, any compliments, questions, ideas? Make sure to leave a comment & follow! I've changed the settings... even if you do not have a Blogger account, you can comment! Yay! Thanks for the support!

Toodli-doo-da!

busy, busy, busy as a bee!

Hey Guys!

I'm home from the mountains, and I loved every minute of it. But now I have some very important things to do. With Christmas Carol's opening night on Friday (dress rehearsals are every night this week from 6-11 P.M.!!), starting James & the Giant Peach rehearsals, History Day, finishing up my research paper... I have too much going on to blog all the time. In about 2 weeks, I will start back up. That's when Christmas Carol is over. Here's some pictures that I promised you... only from Day 1. More will come in the future. After all, I took 734! Each time I post these pictures, they will come at about 4 pictures a post.

Toodles!

"don't cry because it's over. smile because it happened!"

         
          Right now I am sitting in front of the warm fire- that I started!- reading my book, sipping some hot chocolate, and typing to you! It is the last day today. Today we walked to the Inn for lunch and my dad and I took lots of pictures (coming soon to the blog!). Although it was freezing, I seemed to forget that as I walked around the most beautiful place on Earth. I missed tea time today, so I created my own. The Inn's lobby has four fireplaces, and at tea time they serve iced tea, hot tea, coffee, chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, and sometimes pound cake! So, I grabbed some of my leftover Halloween candy that I had taken over here, boiled some water, created this nice fire, and grabbed my book and a laptop!
          I'm really upset that I'll be leaving tomorrow morning, but it has been so much fun! I can't wait to show you the amazing pictures. Did you know that the Inn burned down in the 1920's? Also, it holds the world's largest Frasier fir tree! And I know I talked a lot about the Inn, but there's even more to this place! In the backyard of this house (my cousin's vacation home) is a dock with a lake. Across the street is a cemetery, and the Thorpe Path, which goes through the woods and leads to the Inn. There's a gem mining place, a little town for boutique shopping, and rock climbing! It's amazing!
          Pictures are on the way. I wish I had brought the cord here...

Toodles for now!

somewhere over the rainbow... (part 2)

          I accidently left out an amazing part of the Inn!

          The Lake! The Lake is quite pretty. There's a little dock where you can rent paddleboats, canoes, row boats, life jackets, paddles, etc. You can also get ice cream (and ice cold water!) there. Sometimes they have boat races. I've never been in one, but someday I would love to try!
          The section of the water that you boat around in is huge, but there's also a roped off section for swimming. Toys float around, you can swim out to the docks in the middle and dive, and there's little mattress rafts to float around on. A small sandy beach is great for building sand castles. Not so much tanning, considering all the babies that rule the sand.
          An awesome wooden jungle gym sits next to the boat dock, with a treehouse in the middle, surrounded by cool obstacles! Go down a short path and you find the playground- complete with tetherball (my favorite!), swings, tire swings, horseshoes, and more!
          Remember when I said there were numerous lawns outside of the Inn? The one that overlooks the enormously beautiful Rock Mountain has a few secret trails leading from it that go around the lake. One leads to a little gazebo... I love that!

          Pictures will be posted as soon as I am home.

Toodles and I hope you've had a fabulous Turkey Day!

somewhere over the rainbow...

          
          Well, turns out I can post here. I will try to post pictures, but I might not get to that till I am home. I've gotten some great shots! This place inspires me... I love it. I come here a lot, and each and every time is amazing!
          Today I met my new baby cousin, Grace. She is so cute and was born in June. In fact, she's in front of me right now. I love her so much already. Tomorrow I'm meeting my grandma's new fiance. Two new family members!
          There is an Inn here. A rustic, amazing, full of surprises Inn. You don't have to stay there to go there. There's a golf course, a lawn overlooking an amazing rock mountain, cafe, shop, and more. Inside the Inn is a huge lobby full of warm fireplaces and nice places to sit and read at tea&cookies time.
            Upstairs where the rooms are there are some "secret" places my cousin (and family best friend) and I like to hide... like fire escapes and hidden rooms.
            Porches surround the building, full of red rocking chairs and a Ping Pong table. There's a waterfall next to Solitude Cove. Trails go around the woods and up mountains. Off the golf course, there's tennis courts and a beautiful garden. Every year we have a delicious picnic next to the garden on the last day, remembering all our memories of the trip, and looking forward to making more next year.

          If anyone's taken the time to read this, Happy Thanksgiving!

Toodles!

vacation time!

Tomorrow I'm departing off to the mountains for Thanksgiving break. I don't know that I can post there, but I'll try my best! For now, Flats Week is postponed until I return.

Happy Thanksgiving! Toodles!