Our last one nighter!
Also I hid the actors in a hamper and taught two 11-year-olds how to knit.
Longview, TX
Fort Worth, TX
Brisa is here and we went to In-N-Out!
All in all a great stop. And I got to stay in an actual hotel!
The local watering hole is this place called Malone’s. All the guys on the tour ended up getting their shirt.
We also checked out the much famed Flying Saucer. Great bleu cheese burger.
Sioux Falls, SD. Manhattan, KS. Ames, IA. Cedar Falls, IA
A string of one-nighters ending in a two show day one nighter and culminating in a full day of travel.
WOOF.
Sioux Falls was actually really sweet. There was a little downtown area with a bunch of sweet little statues of women dancing or holding candles or whatever.
It was really cold. This was the frozen-over river that ran behind our hotel. Pretty.
And, bonus, Gigi was on TCM in the hotel!
This was the theater in Ames. One-nighters are rough, there is nothing else to say. I saw nothing in any of those other cities, I napped through breaks instead of doing.
Lincoln, NE
Hello Lincoln! A lovely theater for a lovely opening. The stage space was huge, what a treat!
And Katie ordered a flight of teeny tiny beer glasses that were really cute.
The bar we had the opening night party in used to be the backstage of a theater so it still had it’s olde fashoney controls.
And here is team sound at opening. If you look closely you can even see the old linesets behind us at the Barrymore.
Leaving North Dakota
My first truck pack before and after. We finished at 5:30am. For the first time I don’t think I’ll mind watching the sun come up.
Let’s do this Nebraska.
Grand Forks, ND
Alright everyone, the time has finally come.
Here are some pictures from our first city and tech.
Me in my harness. We’re supposed to share but the head carp says I’m gonna be climbing more than anyone else so I get my own. Fancy right?
My halloween costume.
And the rest of team sound buying theirs. I was the inspiration of course.
Our bartender that night.
And the theater.
There were of course some additional shenanigans.
The show has a lot of glitter in it.
And I joined a union.
Those were the highlights.
Next up: Lincoln, NE.
End of Japan trip
The last two days have been pretty un-photo worthy. I had a very nice 2 days walking around, seeing Japanese stuff and being too relaxed to care about carrying my camera the whole time. I did get a very funny picture of a box of Japanese condoms though. They look just like cigarette boxes and they all say “For sex to which it can relieve it” on them. Which is possibly the most euphemistic euphemism that ever euphemed.
Homeward bound (with a quick stop over in LA to see Lillian and Kelli for dinner)!
Tokyo Day 3 – Worlds collide!
When I woke up at 6am today (after staying up til 1am in an attempt at overcoming my jetlag) I decided to spare dear Cori and take a walk to the local shopping center. I saw lots of odd beverages and I’m a little concerned about how similar Japanese and Hebrew are starting to look to me.
Does this bother anyone else? Is this Hebrew? Is it Japanese? I honestly can’t tell anymore!
I also ran into dear friend, TSwifty.
Saw a lot of cooking chopsticks (not to be confused with knitting needles).
And some MORE tiny hats. So many tiny hats!
Then I came back to the apartment to meet up with Katharine for our venture into Asakusa to shop the bazaar and see the Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple which is covered in swastikas.
I know the meaning of the symbol predates Nazi-ism but it’s just slightly off putting in person. 
Then Katharine and I caught the coolest boat ever to Odiba for dinner and ice cream.
I felt like I was in an episode of Doctor Who.
To be honest I’ve felt like that a lot this week.
But seriously, the floor and ceiling lit up different colors and the whole outside was glass! So cool!
Then we ate at the most colorful bazaar/fair/indoor mish mash of things. I don’t even know words to describe this establishment/collection of establishments all on top of one another.
And we got Italian gelato in a french restaurant that looked like this
While in Tokyo. What is this life?!
Baby Elize Moves! 