Friday, December 24, 2010

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

I hope your holidays are merry and bright.

Friday, December 17, 2010

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

WISH LIST.

A few more wintery items.


A lot of things from this website but I particularly like these:



Yakira Rona Leaf Ring. This one is real cheap.



Built By Wendy, an old stand by.



These are made by Sanchez's friends over at Aheirloom! Totally affordable and adorable and they have lots of other states to choose from.

LISTEN.

I fell in love with the ending of this song and was listening to it on loop, the way it transitions into something totally different and fades out, but now I just like the whole thing.









The High Road by Broken Bells.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

GO MIZ MILLAH GO!

My stupendous friend Miz Millah of Memphis fame has reached a new height: SHE IS PUBLISHED.


New Book About Tony-Winning Musical Memphis Released

By Adam Hetrick
14 Dec 2010

A new 160-page book chronicling the Broadway life of the rock musicalMemphis — from the first performance to its big night as the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Musical — is now available.

Official Memphis blogger Carolyn D. Miller, an associate of the musical's producing team Junkyard Dog, has kept the blog since the hit musical arrived at the Shubert Theatre Sept. 23, 2009.

"Memphis Lives in Me: One Blogger's Journey to Broadway and Beyond" is a collection of blog entries detailing the onstage and backstage action of the musical's first year on Broadway.

The soft-cover book includes numerous backstage photos by cast member Betsy Struxness and production photos by Chris Owyoung. "Memphis Lives in Me" shares memories of the first performance and opening night, as well as the recording of the cast album, celebrity visitors and fun facts about the cast and the show.

Tony Award-winning Memphis book writer and lyricist Joe DiPietro penned the intro to the tome that is edited by Sarah Nashman.

"Memphis Lives in Me: One Blogger's Journey to Broadway and Beyond" is currently available for purchase by clicking here. A representative for the musical told Playbill.com Miller is hoping a publisher will take on the book for wider distribution.

Bon Jovi songwriter and band member David Bryan and DiPietro penned the score to the musical, which is flavored with gospel, R&B, rock and soul sounds.

The rock musical about an interracial love affair in the 1950s segregated South stars Tony Award nominees Chad Kimball and Montego Glover.Memphis opened on Broadway Oct. 19, 2009, at the Shubert Theatre under the direction of Christopher Ashley.

Visit MemphistheMusical.


GO BUY HER BLOG BOOK NOW!!!!!!

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU MILLER.

I HAVE TO GET HOME TO NURSE JOSHIE BECAUSE I'M JUST BUSTIN A LA GUFFMAN.

IF I WERE HOOTIE I SO WOULD HAVE HELD YOUR HAND IN THAT ELEVATOR.

FREEZING. LIZA. ALAN. GENIUS.

I am freezing my jingle balls off today, but this song featuring my girl Liza and my homie Alan Cumming is warming my soul with its total and utter insanity. You should also buy the CD because it's for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS.



"IT'S SHO COLD."

My favorite is when she says, "What's in this drink" because it makes me feel like she is really asking me that question as we sit in her living room, downing cocktails and reminiscing about the old days when we would run around with David Gest and MJ and do fan kicks with Judy and Kay. What I wouldn't give to drink with her.

WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE.


FOR A DRINK.


WITH THIS.


IT COMES IN BLACK aka I AM EXPLODING.

I'm dying.


Please, for the love of Liza, let this dress go on sale. I have already nabbed these for over half off and the fact that this comes in black is KILLING ME.

YOU'RE KILLIN' ME, SMALLS.

EPIC FAIL: SAN FRANCISCO DE YOUNG.

You can't draw in a museum!?!?!??!

I still remember going to exhibits as a kid with my mom and sister, sketching the pieces that I liked, and how much I loved being able to do that.

Way to curb creativity in the very place where it is supposed to be celebrated and discussed.

Fail, De Young. Fail hard.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR.

And download this live recording of The Tallest Man on Earth performing in D.C. and listen to the entire thing.

The whole thing.


All of it.

It is so good, so perfect for wintery days, and so something I wish I could have seen live.

A little guy and his guitar keeping people captivated for over an hour. Not an easy thing to do, but man does he do it...I'm in love.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

GET YOURSELF TO THE MARKET.

Narrated by Bill Cunningham of the New York Times, this video just makes me smile. I LOVE his voice, both literally and figuratively.


And the fact that I just got back from the Farmer's Market makes it that much sweeter.

Friday, December 10, 2010

FORECAST: FROZEN MUSIC.

The temperature right now is 31 degrees with a chance of flurries.

I'm about to go play a gig outside.

I am praying that the singing will prevent my mouth from freezing shut.




Thursday, December 9, 2010

I LIVE UNTIL THE CALL.






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Monday, December 6, 2010

WHO WANTS A ONE WAY TICKET TO A HOT FIERY DEATH.

The Final Frontier: A Mars Mission With No Return

IT'S SNOWING OUT.

I don't want to go to the gym or work.


I'd rather stay home and drink some champers by my holiday yule log.*






*By Yule Log I mean the one Sanchez put on my computer. It is incredible. You can practically feel the heat.

Friday, December 3, 2010

GREY'S EPISODE DESCRIPTION.

"Mark, Teddy, Callie and Arizona help Sloan deliver her baby; the doctors treat a crab boat captain who was stabbed with a giant shark hook."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Oh the absurdity.

I MISS MCDREAMY.

I loved him back when he was Ronald Miller.

Can't Buy Me Love is just an all time classic, and I have always wanted him to come and pick me up with his lawn mower.



That would just make my life.

*Note to self: get a lawn so I can be picked up by said lawn mower.

And then I went to college in Maine, where he grew up, and saw an advertisement for the pilot of a little show called Grey's Anatomy that was just getting started. The very first episode was going to air and he did a little interview with the local Lewiston, ME news and I watched it. Obviously.

LOOK AT THAT HOT MAN HOTNESS.

I distinctly remember watching the pilot and falling madly in love with Mister Dempsey all over again. The first few seasons of that show were SO GOOD. I never missed an episode and when I was living in San Francisco I would to go over to my aunt's house every week so we could watch it together.

And then, the show got kinda...not so dreamy. Even though I was a die hard fan, I stopped watching it.

I don't know what triggered it, but today I had a longing for McDreamy and his hospital antics. I want to watch him bein' all in charge of lives, messin' with hearts, yearning for a baby with Meredith (did they end up getting married?!), and I want to see him walk out of that trailer door by the lake all scruffy with bed head wearing a flannel, holding a cup of coffee.

Sweet holidayz I'm almost as hot as I was yesterday at the gym.

I think I'm going to Netflix Grey's and get back in the game. I'm really hoping it doesn't disappoint.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

WINTER WORKOUTS.

Yesterday the weather here in NYC blew. It was rainy, windy, and I had a major case of "don't wanna leave my apartment" in the morning. I did not make it to the gym. Go figure.

Which brings me to today's topic: Exercise facilities during the frigid months of the year. Today I finally realized that winter had arrived when I got to the gym and it was so hot in there that I wanted to barf. I know that many buildings suffer from this disorder during the winter, but a gym is the worst possible place to have heat issues.

1. You're working out and already generating enough heat as it is.

2. Extra heat makes the already "Sweatiest Man Alive on the Treadmill Next to You" sweat even MORE (which I previously did not think humanly possible).

3. When you get out of the shower post workout and get dressed, you start sweating all over again because the heat is, literally, on. There is no "cool down" after your work out. The only thing going "down" is the sweat travelling from my back towards my ass and there is nothing "cool" about it.

4. When you walk out the door after said experience, you are greeted with a blast of whapass chill that feels a million times worse than it really is because you've been stuck in a glass box of tropical torture.

So, I beg of you gym, turn the heat DOWN. Save some energy, save some lives, keep me hydrated, and for the love of Liza, do it for the Sweaty Guy. I don't think he will survive much longer.