I thought I had left the spring allergies back in NC, but it seems they've followed me to NY. It's a small price to pay for the lovely weather we've been having though! I have never been in the city for spring, and I really like it! School pickups are so much better when the weather is lovely! NY has been fun recently! I've gotten some really awesome audition appointments (my lips are sealed for now), and am oh so hopeful, and keeping my fingers crossed for one of these awesome opportunities to work out!
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| Ash and me at South Street Seaport |
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| same side dinner at Dos Caminos |
I thoroughly enjoyed having Ashley in town for a night last week! She was here for less than 24 hours, but OF COURSE we had a weekend's worth of fun! :)
I've had a blast going on walks downtown with Melissa and Henry these past few weeks! Henry is her six week old baby, and he is just the cutest! When I don't have an audition and the weather is nice, it is SO fun to walk along the water with the stroller. I'm so glad Melissa is in the city!
I was bummed last weekend, because I had to cancel my plan to go to DC for Jennifer's birthday. I had been so excited, but an awesome audition opportunity came up, and I had to go to Connecticut for the day on Saturday to audition for this stellar theatre company. It went really well, thankfully, and I had a fun weekend in NY, so that helped. I really missed getting to see my DC friends though, and I hated missing Jenn's bday.
Over the weekend, some of my girlfriends and I celebrated Amanda's upcoming wedding! We had a Bachelorette party with lingerie, sangria, and all things girly!
On Sunday, I went to see Matty and Sherrie sing in a Stevie Wonder cover band. I had no idea how much I liked Stevie Wonder! They were fantastic!
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| love the shades |
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| unc friends after sherry and matty's concert! |
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I made crepes and Anna said,
"Wow I feel like I'm living in France!" |
I've been working a lot as usual, and the kids have had good days and bad days...nothing too new there. One day Marguerite hates me, the next I'm the best ever. It's hard to tell what's going on in that little head of hers.
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Candid shot of Marguerite looking especially
cute one morning on the way to ballet. She stopped
to look at the flowers on Park Ave. |
The past few days, I've been reminded of how fortunate I am to have such excellent coaches/teachers/mentors in the city. I frantically texted Melissa about one audition, and ended up working on music with her for three hours on Saturday afternoon. How many people care enough to pound out notes with me on a SATURDAY?! On Monday, I got a bunch of material in my email for another audition, and within two hours, set up a coaching with my accompanist Dan, and my acting teacher Erin. Erin stayed in the city late to work with me on a script, and Dan changed his plans to meet with me for half an hour and record accompaniment. I feel so lucky to have such generous people in my life.
I must admit I was a little sad about having to spend Easter in New York instead of in North Carolina. Ever since I can remember, Easter means hearing Pastor Rick Clayton and enjoying the grand tympani at Hayes Barton United Methodist Church, taking the annual picture in front of the flowered cross outside, enjoying a big Easter meal with my family, and doing fun stuff with the neighborhood kids (or just hanging out with Jennifer post Easter Egg Hunt Age). New York surprised me though!
On another note, I got the best nanny ever award on Monday when I picked Anna up from school and surprised her by rushing her to Times Square so we could watch the Glee Cast film. It was pretty exciting for her, and for me too!
