I drove to Des Moines from Tulsa last Monday. Most of the company took a flight to Iowa but as the only planes that land in Des Moines are tiny fifty-seaters that don’t allow pets in cabin, I rented a car and drove the 460 miles. The drive was actually really easy and uneventful. I [...]
Entries from July 2007
July 16, 2007
Oh Tulsa, I Hardly Knew Thee.
If it weren’t for a new Spamapuppy and getting to blow up some leftover pyro yesterday, I would have nothing to say about Tulsa. It was the first city on this tour that I literally saw nothing of, aside from the theater, the hotel, and a couple of restaurants.
We were soooo busy last week with [...]
July 12, 2007
Finally Finished!
Well, I’ve been working on this wrap since Philadelphia – and it is finally done! It is from the book “Wrapstyle” and is called “Twisty Turns”. The pattern is pretty repetitive (which is why it took so long!) – basically it is a long, long scarf in rib pattern. The construction and sewing together is [...]
July 10, 2007
SCARY!
Here’s a picture of my boss, Ken, blowing something up on the loading dock today. Yes, it is show pyrotechnics, but STILL – Ken and fire should not mix!
July 6, 2007
This Week in Dallas
On Monday a large portion of the company drove two hours east to a BBQ at Suzanne Storey’s (one of our hair supervisors) brand-new house in East Texas. Suzanne’s first house tragically burned down in an electrical fire in December, shortly before I joined the tour in Detroit. She has been working ever since on [...]
July 5, 2007
Dallas Catch-up, Week 2
I’ve been lazy about my blogging in Dallas! I think it’s because there has been so much to do. Dallas is far superior (in my opinion) to Houston, even though the weather hasn’t been much better. At least here there are a lot of cute neighborhoods and things to do and good restaurants. And although [...]
July 4, 2007
A Couple of Random Photos
Here are a couple of photos of me in the Foy rig in Houston (super fun, by the way):
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Here’s the group shot of all of us from Philly when Mike Nichols and Eric Idle came to see the show:
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Finally, here’s a snap taken of me calling the show by Fran (wardrobe) – can’t remember what [...]






