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Mia's in town!
Jun. 14th, 2007 01:15 amAs many of you know, in '98-'99 I chaperoned/nannied/sistered a little girl named Mia in the Bernadette Peters revival of Annie Get Your Gun. It was an amazing experience, truly life-changing--without it, I wouldn't have gotten my cruise contract or moved to New York or met Peter. Well, my Little Munch is back in town on an internship. We've been trying to hook up for a couple of weeks now, and she called me tonight when I was down at Union Square, just having come from Trader Joe's. (OMG, that place is amazing. You really have to bust your ass to spend more than $20 on groceries there. It is the awesome.) As I left the Mickster called me, and then when I was on the phone with him, Mia called me. (I'm sorry for not calling you back, Mickey but I had to speak to my Little Munch!)
She came up to my place and it ended up being a New Orleans kind of evening--I made red beans and rice and hurricanes and served them in authentic Pat O'Brien's hurricane glasses. I said these drinks are very sweet and rum is sweet, so you won't be able to taste the rum very well, so you have to really monitor how you feel so you don't get hammered. She loved the drink and sipped away, and about a third into the drink she said I think this is my limit. I said that's good--you know your limit, I'm proud of you because it's very easy to go past that. She's going to New Orleans for 4th of July weekend for Habitat for Humanity (how AWESOME is that?) and I told her all about the city and CdM and Pat O's and the Quarter. I went into a loooooong explanation about Mardi Gras (krewes, parades, etc.) and New Orleans politics. After awhile she started talking about her internships and ambition vs. doing the work you really love--we had such a wonderful conversation, a real honest exchange of views. She is so idealistic like me--she has these amazing connections and advantages but is constitutionally unpolitical.
Duncan has met her briefly but most of the rest of y'all haven't. She is leaving town right before Twelfth Night goes up but she wants to come to a TN runthrough. I want everyone to meet her--she is such an amazing, charming young woman, so accomplished and sweet and genuine. I told her about Susan and Jason and Mickey and Paula and everyone else--she wants to meet everyone. I told her about Marie's and she totally wants to go there. We have to do that soon!
I just *adore* this girl. (And can I say how kind of wonderful it is that I knew her as a girl and yet she's like--almost an adult now?) She is the little sister I never had. My friend Joni once called me the patron saint of little girls--I really do bond with them, because I never had a sister and always wanted one. I'm so glad my Little Munch is here!
She came up to my place and it ended up being a New Orleans kind of evening--I made red beans and rice and hurricanes and served them in authentic Pat O'Brien's hurricane glasses. I said these drinks are very sweet and rum is sweet, so you won't be able to taste the rum very well, so you have to really monitor how you feel so you don't get hammered. She loved the drink and sipped away, and about a third into the drink she said I think this is my limit. I said that's good--you know your limit, I'm proud of you because it's very easy to go past that. She's going to New Orleans for 4th of July weekend for Habitat for Humanity (how AWESOME is that?) and I told her all about the city and CdM and Pat O's and the Quarter. I went into a loooooong explanation about Mardi Gras (krewes, parades, etc.) and New Orleans politics. After awhile she started talking about her internships and ambition vs. doing the work you really love--we had such a wonderful conversation, a real honest exchange of views. She is so idealistic like me--she has these amazing connections and advantages but is constitutionally unpolitical.
Duncan has met her briefly but most of the rest of y'all haven't. She is leaving town right before Twelfth Night goes up but she wants to come to a TN runthrough. I want everyone to meet her--she is such an amazing, charming young woman, so accomplished and sweet and genuine. I told her about Susan and Jason and Mickey and Paula and everyone else--she wants to meet everyone. I told her about Marie's and she totally wants to go there. We have to do that soon!
I just *adore* this girl. (And can I say how kind of wonderful it is that I knew her as a girl and yet she's like--almost an adult now?) She is the little sister I never had. My friend Joni once called me the patron saint of little girls--I really do bond with them, because I never had a sister and always wanted one. I'm so glad my Little Munch is here!
