Wow. We had a blast! SHREK THE MUSICAL (normally I would italicize or quotation mark-ify, but come on! it’s about an ogre! it needs all caps) is great fun. To recap, I did a little contest thingey on ye olde blog, giving away four tickets to opening night courtesy of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, who [...]
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I am super excited about this. The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust wants to send one of you – well actually, you and three friends or family members – to see SHREK THE MUSICAL on March 15! I’ve heard great things about the show – and you know my stance on kids seeing live theater (a clue: [...]
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We tried to go to Burgatory Bar a couple weeks ago. The wait (on a Friday night) was close to two hours, so we passed. The hostess that evening suggested we try a weekend afternoon before 5pm, so on Saturday we stopped by after Avi’s soccer game. She was right: we walked right in (mostly) [...]
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In the next month, I’m seeing more live theater than when I worked full time for a theater company. And though I know a number of people who worked on the shows of course, I am also pleased (really?!) to say that I had no hand in any of them myself. I’m totally stoked to [...]
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Have you ever watched someone have a magical theater experience? It doesn’t happen very often. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve had one myself, and tonight wasn’t one of them. In fact, I was honestly disappointed in the show itself, but that’s okay. Really. Tonight wasn’t for me, it was [...]
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Avi loves school. And I love that Avi loves school. But I do not always love Avi’s school. More specifically, I do not love the lack of communication from Avi’s school about things that I feel are pretty obviously important and worth sharing with, oh I don’t know, his parents. So far this year, we [...]
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Subtitle: Andrea adores alliteration. Anyway. I made challah again for Thanksgiving. All by my big girl self. Yes, I borrowed my mom’s Kitchenaid mixer. Yes, I used CSA eggs. At this point, the recipe is familiar enough that I’m comfortable experimenting a little the next time I make it, but the Thanksgiving loaves were by [...]
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The only thing better than your best friend having a baby is watching your son hold that baby for the first time. Happy first #mountainhousethanksgiving, Jonah.
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Things that are over: 1. Halloween 2. Homecoming 3. Soccer season Things I survived: 1. Halloween 2. Homecoming 3. Soccer season Now I can devote all my attention to preparing for the zombie apocalypse. Just kidding! Still scared to death of that. Looking forward to more hockey, though. And increased gym access. And Thanksgiving! Yes, [...]
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So on the same day that my best friend’s baby* was born, I had an epic battle with my own baby over a haircut and had to physically remove myself from the situation before I (totally) completely lost it. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. (And you’re right.) But the hair was indeed cut, in [...]
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