I may have fallen in love....

Easter Weekend in photos

12 eggs
5 cups of dye
2 wine glasses
1 ipod playing The Very Best of Dolly Parton
A great beginning

(that's Dolly on an Easter Egg!!!)


finish off the evening with mama horton's world famous candy covered pretzels!

wake up in the morning to see that spring has sprung on 8th street


HAPPY EASTER! HE HAS RISEN!

still alive....sad, but alive...

hello again!
after so long of not posting, I don't know if anyone even sees this blog anymore. I would feel bad except I know that I warned you! I was a costume monster the last few weeks! The show went really well and I have some great photos that I will post soon.

After that, I have spent every possible moment with Bini and Domi before they went back to Germany on Tuesday. Dave and I took them to the airport and it was a terrible but still fun goodbye. One of the worst things in my life is the constant saying goodbye. It seems like, due to my leaving or theirs, I am always separated from the people I love the most. The thing I wish for most is a way to lose that without losing who I am....

Flowin like a river!

oooh the creative juices are just flowing all around!!! After a couple weeks of utter frustration about my work situation, things are all falling into place! God's favor was on me huge time yesterday during a meeting I had about a job and instead of (or along with) all these administrative type jobs I'm shuffling around trying to pay my bills, I'm also now a real live Costume Designer! I'm gonna be working on a production of The Amen Corner by James Baldwin at City College in Harlem. I rode the train part home way with the woman who I was meeting with and it was all I could do to keep it together and not dance around on the subway! The show opens in March and I'll do my best to keep everyone updated but if you don't hear from me for a while, you'll know why!

Also, my Etsy shop Roses Are Blue had its first sale! AND Bini's shop Herzrasen is up and running! Go see her awesome ipod pouches, journals, macbook covers, and more. She is such an amazing and inspiring friend! Look out for a tear-filled post when she and Domi move back to Germany....

creativity and inspiration!!!!

no no no....I'm not reverting to my 2008 style blog updates where they come every 2 months.... I've just been spending all my internet time the past couple weeks looking for jobs AND-cue herald trumpets-setting up my etsy shop!!!!! Go check out Roses Are Blue!!! My friends Bini (her shop will be open soon too!) and Domi have been so awesome in helping me set it up. From inspiration to photography we have been together all the way (and every day!) and I'm so grateful! It's so cool to have such creative and talented friends. I got so lucky somehow to have the people around me that I do. They are all so inspiring in their own ways.

Here's one who is currently blowing my mind with her talent. I've known Shannon for most of my New York life and when she left to go on tour this year I knew I'd miss her but I didn't know how much! She was in town for a gig last night and I got to see her play and she was amazing as per usual. This video isn't from last night but it is my favorite new song of hers. Enjoy!

"In today's sharp sparkle, this winter air, anything can be made, any sentence begun."

What a day! Regardless of how you feel about the man, the magnitude of what this country has accomplished today is breathtaking. I watched the inauguration of President Obama (Ahhhhhh!!!!! just to say it!!!!) from my new job at NYU today. I was working in the theatre where they simulcast the whole thing. (Watch history made AND get paid...nothing wrong with that!) There were about six hundred people on their feet as our new president was sworn in. For a generation so often criticized by our elders for our alleged apathy, I think we did alright.

I am not so ignorant as to think that he has all the answers or to put undue hope in what is ultimately just a man, but with our support, prayers, respect, and love, I do believe that he can lead us to a better America.

And for some musical theatre political humour (oh yes, it's out there) please check out this video of my friend Kelly, with whom who I spent this magical day, as Sarah Palin singing "Popular". Absolutely brilliant. My friends are so talented!

oh sam
grampadog
samikins
old man
buddy

pops,
i'll miss you....