Hello all. So we've now done two load ins, two load outs, and 4 shows on the road. What have you missed. A lot has happened since my last blogging. Who knew that it took such dedication to have a blog?
If you recognize the hotel in the above pic that's because you have been to Vegas baby! Yes, our lovely team decided since we were driving through and most of the crew had never been to Vegas that we must stop for a little while. We found a very cheap lunch buffet at Circus Circus ($12.99 one of the cheapest in town)(Were actors... we are on a budget). A few of us had never gambled in Vegas, so to the slot machines we went. Full as shit and feeling the gambling fever we ambled to the blinking lights. I put in $15 and left with nothing. Everyone except Jenny lost everything they had put into the machines. Having doubled her money Jenny eagerly cashed her ticket. The rest held their heads in shame as we walked the strip. I cheered every one up with a funny story where an eager Anthony on his first night in Vegas got drunk and dropped $600 his first night in the city last year. Tears were shed that night as I dropped half of my bank account with a Marriah Carey look alike that was my dealer at the casino. After walking the strip for an hour we sadly left the illuminecent city and headed to Cali.
Oh warm weather... where have you been. We are very happy at this point since we were getting -20 % temps in Omaha for the previous few weeks. After arriving we loaded in our set at the Lancaster CA venue. This ended up being a 5 hour load since it was our first and some of the set was not wanting to travel. Thanks to our wonderful tech director (Johnathan Fries) we now have a very nice and easy set. The shows went very well considering we had not performed for many days. It was a long day and we felt like we had earned our sleep. The venue treated us very well and we found that load out went a lot faster than load in (thank the heavens).
Leaving Lancaster we were all very excited at the prospect of seeing LA and for most of us it was another first. Having a whole day free we booked it to LA the next morning. On a down note half of the day was spent in traffic (BOOO!!!!!). But some of the sights... Grauman's Oriental Theater with all of the starts hands and feet was much more awe inspiring than I imagined. Shirley Temple, Merrill Streep, Johnny Depp, HUGH JACKMAN (drool... his feet were HUGH I mean huge), and even the Marx Brothers. There were myriad costume characters that were hustling tourist for money. Don't take a picture or you will have to pay. At one point I was frightened by a little person dressed as Chucky. Weird. From there we found Rodeo Drive via Beverly Hills. Wow!!! The houses!!!! Then Rodeo... OMG... Yes I said it... OMG... I though all of this shit was going to be passe and boring for me, but alas I was a sucker. The day turned into a fabulous night. Onto Bar Brix a surprise of a find, thank you Lonley Planet online. An unpretentious wine bar with no bottle over $50 and none shy of delicious. Even for me this was a FIND. Small plates filled our tables with arrancini, burrata, and blue nosed bass. We ate and laughed the night away. The evening was truly wonderful. On a side note... for those of you who know my Atlantic life. It just so happened that one of my closest friends from high school, Jared Hall was in town for the night as well. Catching up with him in LA at a wine bar couldn't have been a better moment for me.
Today we had a loooooonnnnnnnggggg day that we had been dreading for a while. Load in at 8 am two shows then load out. If you don't know, this set it a monster and there are only six on our side to load it in. We have a 4 hour load in scheduled. We were at Citrus Community collage in Glendora CA. 1000 seat house was a thrilling prospect. Upon arriving we were warmly greeted by a 6'3" stage manager named Karen. Love her!!!!! Along with her smile was an eager crew that made our load in time shrink to a little over an hour. Although our day was long it was very enjoyable.
We are now going to eat at Dockside Grill. Seafood abounding. Yes!!!!! This will be worth the work we have done today. I guess I'm really fucking hungry. All this typing has distracted my belly. Until tomorrow. I am now off to eat and drink my day away. Peace!
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