Christmas Concert!

I went to a Brian Stokes Mitchell holiday concert with the National Symphony Orchestra last week and I loved it! It was awesome!!! It was a good mixture of funny and serious songs and it got me into the Christmas spirit. That is all.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra!

I love Trans-Siberian Orchestra! I finally made it to one of their concerts and it was amazing!!!!

The first half of the concert was Christmas themed, the second half not as much, but it was still awesome! 

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra really know how to put on a show. 

I will totally be there again next year! :) Thank you for coming to D.C. to entertain us! 

The Shows!

I finally am posting about the three shows I saw on Broadway in October. I actually have added two more to the list that I saw this past weekend. :)

First Date-(musical) Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez
If you've ever been on a first date or a blind date, then I am pretty sure you will find this show pretty dang funny! We were pretty much laughing the whole way through. But as a warning, though, they swore quite a bit, especially the f word and it is definitely a play for adults. 

Once- (musical) Arthur Darville and Joanna Christie
This show was a unique Broadway experience as they did not have an orchestra and there were not many set changes. The actors on stage played the instruments as well as sang and there were not that many cast members. With that said, the music was beautiful and the actors excellent. They swore quite a bit in this show too. It is definitely a more serious show, but it was lovely with an interesting but sad storyline.

Newsies-(musical) Corey Cott, Ben Fankhauser, Kara Lindsay, Andy Richardson, Joshua Colley
I have now seen this show twice and I loved it both times!  If you know the movie Newsies, just know that it is quite a bit different from that. The basic songs are the same, but different at the same time.  But the dancing was phenomenal and the singing awesome! I cannot say enough how much I loved this show! It is definitely a family friendly show.

Annie-(musical) Taylor Richardson, Faith Prince, Brynn O'Malley, Anthony Warlow
This show was really cute!  It also is different from the movie, but still so good! The kids in it are adorable and the singing lovely! The set changes were pretty magical. 

Phantom of the Opera- (muscial) Greg Mills, Mary Michael Patterson, Jeremy Hays, Michele McConnell
What can I say? It's Phantom of the Opera. I feel like it's kind of a classic. The singing was pretty much awesome!

You dyed your hair!?

Yes, yes I did.

Before...

After...

I really like it! What do you think?

FAO Schwartz (Mostly in Pictures)!

We had some time before one of our shows started and decided to hop on over to FAO Schwartz. It was well worth it.  It was fun!

 We may or may not have all had our fortunes told by this machine. It was pretty funny :)

 Angry Birds!

 A very large minion! Isn't it cute?! :)

 Awesomeness!

 The Statue of Liberty made out of legos.

Star Wars man made out of legos too. I wonder how long that took to put together. FAO Schwartz = fun time.

Prince of Egypt Soundtrack

Stephen Schwartz was inspired when he wrote the music for Prince of Egypt.  If you haven't listened to the full soundtrack recently, you should! It is awesome!

NYC Birthday Trip Day 3

There were two things that I really wanted to do on this trip... see a show on Broadway and walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and we did both and many, many other things also. :)  On our last day in NYC, we rode the subway to Brooklyn to start our journey across the Brooklyn Bridge. 

  

But before we made it to the bridge, we ran into this French bakery that we couldn't pass up. I got a chocolate eclair and it was delicious! Stephanie, Kara and Melinda loved their items too. So basically what I am trying to say is if you're ever in Brooklyn you should try this place. :)

Brooklyn! 

The Delorean! I don't think it's the actual car from "Back to the Future" but it was still pretty awesome!

The Manhattan Bridge!

The Ship of Tolerance and the Brooklyn Bridge.

We finally made it to the bridge!

The Brooklyn Bridge is about a mile long and it was beautiful!

Love locks on the bridge.  A couple will sign their names and the date on a lock, lock it onto a post, then throw the key into the water to seal their love forever or something like that :)

The fog enveloping the city. It was a cool way to see the city!

Once we got to the Manhattan side, we walked from the bridge to Chinatown and then onto Little Italy. This was a cool building on the way.

Look how skinny that building is.

We ate in Little Italy and this was a canoli I got at the restaurant we ate at.

Little Italy! If you look on the right there is a Christmas in Little Italy store, which was fun to look around!

I liked the contrast of the white building with red fire escapes.

It was a little foggy our last day.  The Empire State building.

This is the end of our lovely trip to the Big Apple. I loved the trip and I am grateful for the friends willing to go with me!