I wasn’t sure what to expect from Chicago. I had been here a couple of times before en route from California to New York, or vice versa, but never longer than a couple of hours. My limited experience with the city was pretty much confined to the blocks surrounding the train station, and the restaurant, [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 25, 2009
To all of Richard Chamberlain’s fans:
I am extremely honored to be working with Mr. Chamberlain. However, this blog is a travel log for myself, my family and my friends. It is my story about my journey. I will not be posting photos of Mr. Chamberlain, nor will I be giving you daily updates about him. If you have any press [...]
January 18, 2009
COLD Peoria
It has been unbelievably cold this week. So, so cold. The temperatures this week have been the coldest I have ever experienced. On Thursday when I walked to rehearsal it was -15 outside with a wind chill of -29. Wow. Because of the cold, and because of rehearsals this week, I really didn’t venture much [...]
January 12, 2009
Snow, snow and more snow in South Bend
It snowed from the day we arrived until the day we left South Bend. Snow, snow, snow and more snow. We took a bus from Cincinnati on Monday and arrived at the Residence Inn in South Bend in the mid-afternoon. The Residence Inn was the perfect home for the week – Ryan and I shared [...]
January 5, 2009
New Year’s in Cinci
I left Des Moines EARLY on Monday morning (I was up at 3:30am – yuck!) and flew to Cincinnati where we were playing the Aronoff Center for the week. After lunch at First Watch, I made multiple attempts to leave the hotel and get out and explore on Monday afternoon, but I was so tired [...]
January 4, 2009
Goodbye to 2008! Part Three – Photography.
2008 Favorite Captures, originally uploaded by francescarussell.
2008 was definitely a year of big time learning for me when it came to photography, thanks primarily to the 365 Project on Flickr, which I began in March. The goal of the project is to take one self-portrait a day for a whole year. Well, I’ve missed days [...]
January 3, 2009
Goodbye to 2008! Part Two -Travel.
2008 Travel Highlights, originally uploaded by francescarussell.
In 2008 my adventures continued with the “Spamalot” tour. I visited 41 cities with the tour and 7 additional cities on vacations – Playa del Carmen, New York City, Sunnyvale, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Green Bay and Great Barrington. I visited 21 U.S. states with the tour, plus [...]
January 2, 2009
Goodbye to 2008! Part One – Knitting.
2008 Knits, originally uploaded by francescarussell.
My 2008 retrospective is going to be a three-parter. I’ll begin with my 2008 knitting projects. This was a year of firsts for me – the first time I felt comfortable knitting for others (my Time Capsule cozies were in demand!) and my first time knitting for babies (the Marcouiller [...]
