Turkey Day, First Snow, and White Trash, y’all!

The strike is over! Yesterday, finally, the League and Local One came to an agreement and so Broadway is back in business. It is such a relief to us, and also obviously to all our friends back in New York who have been out of work for the past couple of weeks, to be able [...]

O-H-I-O

We arrived in Columbus, Ohio last Monday and loaded the show in without incident. Our possible involvement in the strike had been hanging over our heads, but luckily no news came through from New York, so we all kept on working.
At first glance, Columbus seemed like a very dead town – downtown everything shuts down [...]

Back in the Heartland

Omaha
Somewhere in middle america
Get right to the heart of matters

Its the heart that matters more

I think you’d better turn your ticket in

And leave your money right at the door
                         – Counting Crows
So, Omaha, Nebraska. Sounds like one of those awful stops – but actually, it was quite a nice little town – sort of an [...]

Juliet

Here she is – Juliet in all her glory.
I loved making this sweater – it went really quickly – big needles plus bulky yarn equals a sweater in a week. Yes!
The pattern is super popular right now on the internet – I found it on Ravelry, my fave website of the moment. I’ve admired many [...]

In the Land of the Potato

The only potato that I actually saw in Idaho was the one in the photo, skinned and loaded at a bar called The Ram, where we went for a crew drink night. After some inquiries of the bartender, it turns out the skins were not even made from Idaho potatoes, but rather from Oregon potatoes. [...]