![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Fare for All and St. Patrick's Day
Mar. 18th, 2008 03:42 pmWe had our second dress rehearsal yesterday and today we opened. The kids have been very sweet so far--today they were pretty young (2nd graders) but extremely enthusiastic. They were wiggling with excitement as I came down the stairs and waving and saying hi--so cute! One of them even hugged me after the Work Song interactive and said "'Bye, Sarah." I never got that as George, because George is like another kid, whereas Sarah is like a big sister. I've been having major costume and hair issues though. Apparently I am smaller than our previous Sarahs and since the hooks are so loose, they're unhooking spontaneously. I did my entire first number, the ballad "What Was here Before," with the hooks coming undone, and when Zoe came out for her entrance, we had a whole conversation as she's casually standing behind me and refastening the hooks. Then my hair has been slipping out of the pins, so we've been spraying the crap out of it, and today Katie did it in a French braid and tucked it under. It looks a little severe to me, but everyone said they liked it.
Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day and of course Tim had his annual party overlooking the parade. I took Katie to it--finally this year, Tim had an actual guest list. Friends of friends have been crashing it for years now, people he doesn't even know who take advantage of his generosity. So rude, and finally he put his foot down and the result was a much nicer party where it wasn't ridiculously crowded. She and I got there and had some cool drinks called Dublin Apples--Irish Whiskey (Tim has sponsors, including Michael Collins Whiskey--we got some swag), Sour Apple Schnapps and cranberry juice. There was some yummy food and we fixed some plates and watched the parade and talked. I introduced her to Chuck Sullivan, part owner (or former part-owner?) of the NE Patriots and some other sports team) with whom Tim and I used to date. We also met an agent who works under Tim with whom Tim and I played trivia a couple of time. He seemed to be flirting a little with Katie--good-looking guy, he actually looks a little like Jon, Mike and Doug's Rutgers friend. I told her today maybe we could set up another trivia team with 4-5 people (so it doesn't look as though we're trying to set them up) so they could talk more.
Katie loved the music--at one point we were in the room with the musician and she was singing along with all the songs. There was another very old guy who was also really into the music--we asked who he was and it turned out the guy was Italian! He looked it too, he could've been at the wedding that kicks off The Godfather.
Afterward we went to Marie's and hung out there for a little while. Jim Allen was playing and he and I sang through some of Little Mary Sunshine, including "Mata Hari," but then I grew sleepy and decided to go home. I slept a little on the train but when I got off in Astoria I felt refreshened so I convinced the Mickster to get a St. Paddy's Day beer. We went to a DIVE, a real crusty beerhole right around the corner. A woman with a toothless, beery grin got us our beers and lots of drunken denizens greeted us. Good times. It was like an Astoria Cheers!
Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day and of course Tim had his annual party overlooking the parade. I took Katie to it--finally this year, Tim had an actual guest list. Friends of friends have been crashing it for years now, people he doesn't even know who take advantage of his generosity. So rude, and finally he put his foot down and the result was a much nicer party where it wasn't ridiculously crowded. She and I got there and had some cool drinks called Dublin Apples--Irish Whiskey (Tim has sponsors, including Michael Collins Whiskey--we got some swag), Sour Apple Schnapps and cranberry juice. There was some yummy food and we fixed some plates and watched the parade and talked. I introduced her to Chuck Sullivan, part owner (or former part-owner?) of the NE Patriots and some other sports team) with whom Tim and I used to date. We also met an agent who works under Tim with whom Tim and I played trivia a couple of time. He seemed to be flirting a little with Katie--good-looking guy, he actually looks a little like Jon, Mike and Doug's Rutgers friend. I told her today maybe we could set up another trivia team with 4-5 people (so it doesn't look as though we're trying to set them up) so they could talk more.
Katie loved the music--at one point we were in the room with the musician and she was singing along with all the songs. There was another very old guy who was also really into the music--we asked who he was and it turned out the guy was Italian! He looked it too, he could've been at the wedding that kicks off The Godfather.
Afterward we went to Marie's and hung out there for a little while. Jim Allen was playing and he and I sang through some of Little Mary Sunshine, including "Mata Hari," but then I grew sleepy and decided to go home. I slept a little on the train but when I got off in Astoria I felt refreshened so I convinced the Mickster to get a St. Paddy's Day beer. We went to a DIVE, a real crusty beerhole right around the corner. A woman with a toothless, beery grin got us our beers and lots of drunken denizens greeted us. Good times. It was like an Astoria Cheers!
