Saturday was show-tastic. We went down to try our luck at the Hair lottery again and our friends kindly ran down to meet us to increase our chances of winning. Stephanie won for us and then James won! So, we turned down the second win only to find out later that the woman screwed up and kept his name in on accident. So, really, we won three times! Haha! James of course was kind enough to purchase the tickets for some girls who really, really wanted seats with their friends. They were very happy. We headed out to the Apple store in search of a voice recorder for my iPod touch to no avail. That's what the internet is for, I suppose. The show was a blast - we were in the box seats which meant that I got my hair played with by Will Swenson and Caissie Levy, I was handed a daisy and later had another actor (John Wilkes Booth) try to eat it! Haha! One of the best things, though, was how excited James was when he realized that one of his drum idols, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, was playing drums for the show. Our worlds collided! He was so stoked to get to hear him play live that he probably didn't actually see the show at all - just stared at him the entire time! It's always nice to see how excited he gets about that kind of stuff because he's a pretty mellow dude the majority of the time. =) At the end of the show, Will Swenson auctioned off his pants for $1000 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Awesome!
After the show we went to Vynl where we had some tasty mac'n cheese. That night we had tickets to West Side Story because our friend Lauralyn is the vacation swing. It was soooooo awesome to see her on the Broadway stage - she is such a beautiful dancer and so fun to watch. That show just has amazing choreography and music - it's always a treat. I was also stoked because West Side Story has the best schwag - they have hard clear plastic cups with lids that you can take back to your seat for only $5! They have the logo on the side and are super cute. At the end of the night, I grabbed ones that other people left behind so now I have four of them - love it! James had to check out the drums set-up since they have three of them! Lauralyn's mom and sister were there that night so we were able to all go backstage after the show and we took some pictures on stage. Then we went to the Broadway Lounge in the Marriott Hotel and had food (yummy pizza) and drinks. Her family is great - it was so nice to see them again!
LESSON OF THE DAY: Having good schwag is important.
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