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Mary Bridget Davies: Women Who Rock You

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Will you be in NYC Monday June 30th and are looking for something to do? Look no further than this special, one-night-only show at Joe’s Pub – Women Who Rock You: Songs from Janis to Alanis and More — featuring Tony Award nominee Mary Bridget Davies.

On Monday, June 30, 2025 at 9:30 pm, Mary — renowned for her powerhouse vocals and soulful delivery — will celebrate the women who didn’t just write songs, but survival guides. This passionate blend of classic rock, raw storytelling, and a few originals from her album Don’t Compromise Yourself. You can check out her discussing Janis Joplin on the BBC here, highlights and performance video of her role as Janis here, and stream her album here.

Mary’s setlist crosses generations, honoring Janis Joplin, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks, and more, alongside her own powerful compositions. Among them is the previously unrecorded title track by Jerry Ragovoy — a song meant for Janis that’s now been brought to life by someone who truly carries that fire forward.

EVENT DETAILS
– Women Who Rock You: Songs from Janis to Alanis and More
– Monday, June 30, 2025
– 9:30 PM
– Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater – 425 Lafayette St, NYC
– $30 advance / $36 door. Ticket link

Concert

Skylar Astin – One Night Only

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Friday Night The Shubert Theater had their gala for their 110th year and the performer for the night was Skylar Astin. I tried to get tickets as close as I could without them being the really expensive gala tickets and ended up with 3rd row aisle – but with no one in front of or next to me, it might as well have been front row!   Before the event started we were instructed to turn our phones off and that photos and videos were prohibited so not only do I have no photos (well, I attempted to take some at the very end but failed miserably) I also wasn’t able to keep track of the setlist either.  I’ve been trying to piece it together from memory.  His set was a mix of songs that he has had the honor of performing as well as songs that he loves and wishes he could perform, many of them coming with stories about them.   He was accompanied by Doug Peck on piano.

The show was absolutely phenomenal, and while I mainly know Skylar from his television shows (So Help Me Todd, My Crazy Ex Girlfriend, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) the next time he is on Broadway I am absolutely going to have to make an effort to see him! His rendition of New York State of Mind nearly brought me to tears and there were multiple times that he finished a song and I just said “wooow” before giving him a round of applause.

After the show I decided I’d give waiting at the stage door a go.  There was a mother/daughter also waiting and then a group of 4 or 5 others joined us, but when someone from the theater came out and told us he was doing photos with VIPs and might stay for the dessert reception and it might be a while and he just wanted to warn us, the other group left, but the 3 of us left decided we’d stick it out and see what happened.  We started getting antsy and excited as more and more fancy people were leaving the theater and the caterer was bringing out more and more things.  After waiting nearly 2 hours, the door opened and there Skylar was.  He was surprised that we waited so long! Skylar was incredibly sweet and despite being with his family stopped with us all for a moment for a brief chat signing our programs and taking photos with us.

Here’s my attempt at the setlist. Definitely some missing and not in order but I’m surprised I remembered so many!

Luck be a lady
Pitch perfect medley – 500 miles /
New York state of mind (on piano)
Grow For Me
Somewhere That’s Green
I hate everything But You
I’d rather be sailing
And They’re Off
Touch Me (On Piano)
Bring Him Home
The God Why Don’t You Love Me Blues
Finishing the hat
Easy (original for wife on piano)

Make You Feel My Love (on piano)
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New York Music Month

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The Annual NY Music Month Conference | NYU BOX OFFICE

Tuesday I got the opportunity to attend the NYMM conference and the morning’s panels and speed talks. Doors opened at 9am, I checked in and got my credentials and then went downstairs for light breakfast and refreshments.  I then entered the theater for Welcome and Introductions to find out more about New York Music Month from Pay Swinney Kaufman, Shira Gans, Jack Knott and Judy Tint.

The first panel was a 20 minute chat about the Sony Audio Institute at NYU aka “Jordy and Larry’s Excellent Adventure” with Jordy Freed the head of Brand Development at Sony and Larry Milly an NYU Music Professor and Executive Director of the new Sony Audio Institute of Music.  It sounds like they are going to be attempting to do some new and groundbreaking things with sound and I am looking forward to hearing more about that in the future as things start to progress.

Next up Lee Bynum gave us a speed talk about “Why you should care about gender equity in musical theater” where they went into how unbalanced the male to female and non-binary ratio is in musical orchestras and what is being done to try and shift that.  Gender equity is always a topic I am interested in hearing about, being a woman in a male dominated field.

Then it seemed like the agenda got switched up a bit and we got another speed talk this time from Danny Ross about Creating the Largest Songwriting Camp in the World – through Anti Social Camp. This seemed like a really cool event and I’m bummed that it seems like the playlist they make of the top songs written at the camp are exclusively on Tidal.  But it sounds like a really fun time and includes a lot of fun events.

We then found out why the last minute switch – Taylor Hanson was racing to get to the theater on time and there were worries he would be stuck in DC and not make it to NY.  He was joined by Rich Pagano, Syreeta Thompson and NYU Professor Judy Tint to talk about Where the Action Is: Music for Social Change where they talked about different ways music could be used for change – Syreeta helps students who don’t have access to instruments, Rich’s son died of an accidental overdose when he was trying to become a social worker to help others with addiction and now he hosts concerts to help raise money for a foundation started in his son’s honor and all those who have gone through the program have gotten clean, Taylor spoke of his work in Africa with Tom’s Shoes as well as Food on the Move.   The panel was a lot more moving than I thought it would be.

The final speed talk before the lunch break was How Artists Data can Make an Impact where Emily White talked about how you can use data to figure out where artists have the most underserved fans or the most fans who aren’t registered to vote so you can gear certain events to certain areas.  While this isn’t the sort of band data that’s my thing, it was definitely really interesting and something I intend to look more into.

Then it was time for the lunch break and my time to head home.  I ended up bumping into Taylor, Judy and Rich on my way to the elevator and said a quick hello.

 

Concert

Simple Plan at College Street Music Hall

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College Street Music Hall » Simple Plan – Tickets – College Street Music Hall – New Haven, CT – June 3rd, 2025

 

Tuesday, after a busy morning, I made my way to New Haven to see Simple Plan in a headlining show.  This was my first time seeing them headlining so even though I would have much rathered have been home still napping, I had to make it there.  I had been to College Street Music Hall once before and had opted to sit in the balcony, but since stairs aren’t really my thing these days, I decided I’d utilize their ADA section for this show.  Unfortunately, even though the venue is tiered, the ADA section is the back tier so if anyone tall is in the front of the tier and you’re sitting, you really can’t see much.  I sat for both openers – Losers Club and Winona Fighter – and depending on how the crowd swayed I was able to see Chuck for most of the show since he was higher up and I could see Pierre when he stepped up on the monitors every now and then and Seb and Jeff would pop into view every now and then as well.  I don’t know that I’d do ADA for another show here, but I love Simple Plan enough that it was worth it.  I did end up standing up for “Welcome to My Life” and taking some photos and could see pretty well so the tiering does work, but it’s the whole needing to sit that was causing the issue.

The crowd was… awful around me.  It was a big group of friends who I think were trying to figure out who could be the most obnoxious one all night and one kept climbing on the rail in front of us and doing… I don’t know what… throughout the night. I kind of thought he was just going to do WWE and jump onto a friend or two. Then when Pierre mentioned Scooby Doo one of them got SO excited that they flung their (I hope) water cup behind them and it went all over me, my walker, the guy next to me, the girl behind me… I was so soaked I actually had to use my shirt to wipe my face off because it wasn’t even a “oh it’s just a couple drops” it was the entire contents of their cup.

Simple Plan however was great.  They said they hadn’t played New Haven before (which I believe is true) and that they weren’t sure if they played Connecticut before (which is definitely not true) and kept saying they loved the crowd’s energy (maybe up front was a more fun obnoxious?) and that they’d have to come back.  Hopefully that’s true.  They played about a 90 minute set with more than enough throwback songs to satisfy me.  I’m hoping I can see them, preferably headlining, again soon!

Losers Club Setlist College Street Music Hall, New Haven, CT, USA 2025

Winona Fighter Setlist College Street Music Hall, New Haven, CT, USA 2025, Yes, Chef

Simple Plan Setlist College Street Music Hall, New Haven, CT, USA 2025

Concert Hanson

Hanson Day 2025

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After the scaled back Hanson Day activities, the “doom and gloom” newsletter and no Back to the Island for 2026, I wasn’t exactly sure what we were going to get heading to Tulsa this year.  I have to say that being there I feel a bit better about things, but it does sound like next year will be a bit quiet on the Hanson front.

Travel – Wednesday

I had a pretty early flight to Chicago and at 4am found my walker setting off every TSA alarm and then my hands setting off and then all my belongings needing to be inspected and then needing to get a pat down and being handed a cane that had no stopper on the bottom.  “Just what you need at 4am, right?” the woman in the pre-check line behind me said.  Fortunately, after everything I was cleared and everything was fine, but I have no idea what happened that set things off.

Arrival – Wednesday

After arriving I made a stop at Ida Red to get some stickers, magnets and shirts and then went around Hanson’s studios to get some photos of the windows and doors that they had done up to match this years rainbow theme for the year and check out a new mural as well.  Then for the evening we went to see the Drillers play the Cardinals.  We didn’t end up lasting the whole game because in the 6th the Drillers were down 11-3 and they ended up losing it 13-3.

Thursday

Thursday night we first went to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for the Pop2000 tour. Before the show I did a VIP M&G with Chris Kirkpatrick where there was talk of Savannah Bananas (guess who got him talking about that?), Hanson, NSYNC, and a bunch of other topics before we did a “shot” together and then did photos.  Then it was time for the show – Ryan Cabrera had opened up and we had hoped that Taylor may join him since he sings a verse on his anniversary release of On the Way Down, but while he played the track, Taylor did not join him. Then it was time for O-Town who seemed to go on stage a bit earlier than usual which was much appreciated as after their set (that ended 30 minutes earlier than anticipated) we headed back downtown to see Isaac’s side project Mother Road Sons.  I didn’t keep track of O-Town’s setlist, but they did add in Space Cowboy to the *NSYNC set!  We ended up making it to MRS and walking in on their 3rd song which could not have been better timing since I was thinking we would miss a bit more than that!  Isaac really shines as a front man, but he really needs more rocky leads!  He ended up doing the “original” version of Minute Without You which the setlist had as “Till the Sun Falls” which, of course, was more like a ballad than what we are used to hearing now.

Friday

Friday afternoon we went to a Food on the Move Lunch and Learn with Taylor. The lunch event had grown too large for their facility it was held at last year, so lunch was held in the gym at the nearby YMCA and then we walked over to the facility to take a tour. Taylor told me that the gravel was gone and they now had “beautiful concrete”.  It was neat to see how far everything has come in the last year and eat some of the lettuce that had been grown there with our lunch!   Then it was time to work in the gallery from 3-5, Taylor ended up showing up for a bit which caused the line to get the longest it had been, but otherwise it was pretty slow going.  After our shift ended it as time for the show – which went from about 7-8:30, we had a late dinner and then it was time for an early bed time, even though we thought we all had big plans for the evening!  The show seemed to have some subliminal messages in a lot of the songs that we hadn’t noticed before. It was a mixture of members only songs and some rarer album tracks.  For Your Love was its debut at Hanson Day.  They also went into a impromptu version of Billy Joel’s “Why Should I Worry” from Oliver and Company before finishing out the set!

Saturday

Saturday afternoon was our street team leaders lunch where we had some time to chat with Taylor and Isaac which helped ease some of my worries about the future of the band. We did find out there would be no Hday 2026.  Then it was time for Concert #2! This show was more of the singles and songs that might as well be singles show. They did throw in a few member’s songs and then had their brother Mac join them for the encore of Thin Lizzy’s “The Boys Are Back In Town” and “Lost Without Each Other”.   They also said that MMMBop almost wasn’t on the setlist (it a lot of times isn’t for members only events) but they had to apologize for us having to explain it for so many years.

After was the dance party – I went as a 60s GoGo dancer.

Travel – Monday

Somehow I ended up being one of the only ones without travel issues, the worst that happened is I was delayed 5 minutes on my 2nd flight home.  That wasn’t enough to have it even not be considered “on time” according to most of the flight tracking apps, so I’ll take it! It was nice to get back to valet to see my brand new car that I had for about a day and a half before leaving it at the airport Wednesday morning – and then needing to figure out how to pop the trunk.

I did come back with a bit of a cold which is why this and hansonstage updates have been rolling out rather slowly… I am feeling a bit better now and hopefully some extra sleep over the weekend will allow me to catch up on everything!  I’m looking forward on more 2025 Hanson dates to be announced and we’ll see what happens in 2026… at least I have bananaball to keep me busy and a few more items left on the hansonstage suggestions list to work through.

Sports

Cosmic Baseball – Lehigh Valley, PA

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I wasn’t entirely sure what I was getting into when I got my friend’s kids Cosmic Baseball tickets for their birthdays, but it seemed like it would be a fun time.  The Tri City Chili Peppers played the newly put together Glowmojis at Coca Cola Park in Leigh Valley, PA.  For the beginning of the game, it’s just a regular game, but once the sun goes down the black lights come on and everything glows.  We were ready with glow sticks and glow in the dark face paint (head-to-toe paint?).  A few of the Savannah Bananas and Party Animals that are no longer in Bananaland are on the teams so they were nice to see (DJ the Invader pitched!)  For the most part, cosmic baseball follows standard baseball rules but they do have some tweaks: there is no bunting, the fans can overturn any umpire calls they disagree with (and Santa was one of the umps), if a batter draws a walk, they can toss the ball to themselves to hit it, after each inning in cosmic play there is a homerun derby where 1 player from each team gets 45 seconds to hit as many home runs as they can and each one counts as a run in the game. Home plate, the pitchers mound and the bases are all replaced during the intermission after the sun goes down to be UV reactive so they will glow.  During the regular part of play, a fan pull a “ONE” (uno) card that had for an inning the running of the bases “reverse”, however it seemed like not many of the players remembered this so it caused a lot of confusion and chaos (and outs).

It was really cool to watch, but ended up hurting my eyes after a while.  I am not sure this is something I’d go to see more than once, though if it came to say, Hartford nearby, I’d probably go to another game.  I don’t think I’d travel to see it as much as I travel to see the bananas, but it was cool to see it at least once. We ended up leaving early as it was about an hour and a half from my friend’s place and was ending up being a late night, but I believe the final score was something like 14-12? Maybe? Chili Peppers won.

I definitely recommend getting in on the fun with UV face paint and/or clothing.  They do sell hats and shirts that are UV reactive at the game as well, it was really cool to see how many people in the crowd were glowing during the game.

Concert

A Boyband Symphony

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When this concert was first announced for a Monday night in Pittsburgh, it wasn’t really on my radar.  But when my company offered some hotel perks if we stayed at a Hilton for 5 nights in 90 days and I had already logged 3 nights in Savannah, I figured if I *needed* to add a trip to my life, and add an April concert to my list, then a Boyband Symphony would be the winner. Plus, it didn’t look like anything was going to be added closer to me than this one (though I wouldn’t be surprised if it is added now – but I’ll for sure go again!) I did end up taking a peak at the setlist before going and while it gave me an idea of what they were going to sing, it in no way prepared me for how awesome the show was going to be.

The “boyband” was made up of Erik from O-Town, Jeff from 98 Degrees and Chris from *NSYNC and the idea came about when they were doing the Boyband Christmas shows that I unfortunately didn’t get to attend because the show I had tickets to ended up getting canceled. The setlist consists of songs from the 3 band member’s boybands as well as Backstreet Boys as well as Boyz II Men to more fully round out the ’90s boyband representation.

Jeff did encourage everyone to stand and dance and sing a long after the first song and they did talk and joke around a bit more during the songs than I was expecting to thinking that everything would have been a bit more “scripted” with the orchestra behind them. Erik ended up busting out some of his *NSYNC moves from the Pop2000 tour and Chris kept making comments about less dancing from them on stage, but Erik wouldn’t let up and eventually got Chris to join in during the encore.

After the show we had a chance to go to the VIP M&G and say hi to Chris, Jeff and Erik and get a professional photo taken!  I got to chat with Erik a bit about how fun the show was and how weird it was to be screaming for the orchestra, but he said that he thought the orchestra really liked that part of it since it isn’t the usual for them.  And then when we walked out of the hall… it was.. snowing?

Larger Than Life (Backstreet Boys)

Invisible Man (98 Degrees)

I Want You Back (*NSYNC)

Liquid Dreams (O-Town)

As Long As You Love Me (Backstreet Boys)

Because of You (98 Degrees)

Tearin’ Up My Heart (*NSYNC)

These Are The Days (O-Town)

I’ll Make Love To You (Boyz II Men)

Intermission

Pop (*NSYNC)

I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys)

I Do (98 Degrees)

It’s Gonna Be Me (*NSYNC)

The Hardest Thing (98 Degrees)

All Or Nothing (O-Town)

This I Promise You (*NSYNC)

Una Noche (98 Degrees)

Encore

Bye Bye Bye (*NSYNC)

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90s Con 2025

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Over the weekend I once again went back to the 90s in Hartford for 90s Con.

Friday I ended up wandering around the vendor floor for a bit, hitting up the official merch booth for a sticker, magnet and pin (my usual purchase), I couldn’t tell if the bear was new this year or not so I didn’t get another one and then head up to the panel stage for 90s trivia.  For a bit I was the only one there, but more people ended up showing up.  I ended up not opting in to play as you had to go on stage, but playing along I knew a good majority of the answers so I probably would have done pretty well if I had gone up there and would have done great if I was the only one in there as well.  I ended up staying in the panel room for the rest of the day for Kel Mitchell as Ed and The Lawrence Brothers panels as well.  Look for articles (if they’re not out already) about there being a Good Burger 3 sooner rather than later, Kel wanting to do a Bad Boys type film with Kenan, A Good Burger pop up restaurant coming back to LA and probably NY as well, a new Lawrence Bros TV show coming, and maybe a behind the scenes fight because Andy was about to break Matt’s tooth with moving the mic up for him to talk into it better.  Also there was an in-depth discussion on their given last name and how Lawrence is Joey’s middle name but they all took it on as their last name.

Saturday I got off to a bit of a late start and went to the floor first and met Rider Strong and Will Friedle.  I was hoping to use my VIP voucher for Soleil or Mark Paul but Soleil’s line was already capped until 4pm before 11am. I ended up using it to meet Matt Lawrence instead and then wandered around until my photo op at 1:50.  I did the TGIF photo with Jaleel, Rider, Will, Matt, Soleil and Jenna.  I initially was going to do to the Boy Meets World trio and Soleil solo and mathematically it just made more sense to add Jaleel and Jenna and when else are you going to get that combo together? Then I made my way up to the panels and snuck in the back for the magnificent seven with Shannon and Dominique and then moved up closer for the TGIF panel and then decided to stay for 90210 – which ended up being quite packed.    Then I ordered some dinner and ate and relaxed for a bit before heading back over for the after party.

Things seemed to be running a bit behind for the after party, finally we were let in and after we sat were told that they made an “ADA pen” (which it would have been nice if we had been given a heads up about that beforehand) and if we had our own devices we were able to go up a bit closer to the front and then later they pulled up some chairs so we could actually see and not be blocked by the people standing on the dance floor. (They are certainly trying, but there’s still been a few misses as far as ADA is concerned, but I did notice that they were taking our suggestions and changing things on the fly as best as they could which is always appreciated!)  DJ Tre came out for a bit and threw out glo sticks (I got one), cards, slap bracelets, etc and then introduced Wilson Phillips who came out and sang 2 songs and then told us we needed to ‘Hold on for Hold On’ and left the stage for a brief break and then came back to sing their biggest hit.  Then it went back into dance party mode so I opted to head to bed.

Wilson Phillips Setlist Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, CT, USA 2025

Sunday I checked out of the hotel and loaded my car up and then made my way to the panels to line up for Music of the 90s which was AJ from the Backstreet Boys and Wilson Phillips which was pretty interesting – AJ is hilarious and I just love how he gives props to Hanson for opening the door in the US for the boybands.  The next panel was T4E high School with Mark Paul, Elizabeth and Mario from Saved by the Bell and Brittany from Sweet Valley High – the Q&A portion got a bit awkward because despite SBTB saying they don’t really remember specific episodes, people kept asking them about specific episodes.  I then wasn’t sure if I wanted to stay for one more or not – but ended up staying for Halloweentown and Eliza Thornberry which ended up being pretty sweet and a nice tribute to Debbie Reynolds. I am not sure if I actually have seen Halloweentown – or if I have it’s been quite a few years so I might have to put my Disney+ to good use and watch them all soon.

After that panel I head down to the vendor floor again and made a few purchases, I did end up forgetting to find one booth I had wanted to, but oh well. I was far too exhausted to remember what the heck I was doing and decided it was best at that point to just head home!  It was another fun weekend and I am looking forward to next year and hoping that Devon Sawa will be able to make it!

 

Banana Ball

Savannah Bananas vs Party Animals in Savannah

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Last year after my birthday game got rained out, I opted to get a credit for a game for the next season.  I thought I would be able to use it for any game, but was told I could only use it for another game in Savannah so I ended up choosing March and then went wild and got myself tickets to all of the games that weekend.  I was hoping I’d be able to make it a weekend with friends, but unfortunately that didn’t end up working out so I rented a car and went solo, but I still think I made the most of it.  There was only 1 item on my list that I  wanted to do and didn’t get to make happen this time.

I left Thursday bright and early and was absolutely shocked to see how packed the airport was compared to my last time there. The valet parking was beyond packed and there was by far the longest pre-check line I had ever seen since they moved it to its new location!  I made it to Baltimore and on to Savannah without any issues and was not really surprised to see they were getting ready for St Patrick’s day.  I went to pick up my rental car and then waited in the lot for it to hit 11am because I needed to grab tickets for Hanson Day weekend.  Once those tickets were secured, I made my way to Grayson Stadium to take some photos and hit up the banana stand.  I got a bananas and party animals foam finger and some others bananas merch, then I went to the green truck pub to get something to eat as it came highly recommended.   Then I made it to the Savannah History Museum to see the bench from Forest Gump as well as some Girl Scouts and other items from Savannah’s history and then it was time to head back to the hotel to try and stay up as late as I could, despite being exhausted.  I made it to about 9pm.

Friday I had scheduled an electric car tour with Savannah Cruzers, whom I highly recommend.  I did a combo tour of historic Savannah as well as Bonaventure Cemetery. They were happy to pick me up right at the hotel door and I ended up being the only one on the tour along with Miss Nancy, a ride along.  The tour was about two and a half hours and I got to see so much more than I would have if I tried to go around by myself.  The car is interesting looking, I kept saying it was the Pope mobile, and we got a lot of laughs and weird looks and waves as we were touring around.  It was also recommended that I read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, so I have just started that, as there were several locations pointed out to me during the tour.

Then it was time for my first game of the weekend! This would be my only time seeing the bananas play the party animals all season and my first time seeing the party animals at Grayson.  I had VIB so I checked in around 4:15 and at 4:45ish they let us in.  I ended up getting photos with Andy Cosgrove, Tanner and his whole table which included Fisher, Baber, Swan and Andy, and then with RAC, and KJ.  They didn’t have any Party Animals posters yet, so I had everyone just sign the bananas poster – which led to party animals drawing faces on KJ 🙁    Although it was pretty cold, the game was a lot of fun, Andy Cosgrove hit a home run and so did Dan Oberst and the Party Animals won.  After the game I hit up the merch tent and got myself a Pharty plush – AND he farts.  Then I ordered a delivery potato from spudnik to the hotel.

Saturday I had wanted to hit up the Juliette Gordon Lowe house, but the cost of an uber there and back was so high, I decided it wasn’t worth it and took it easy. I went to Walmart and got some Party Animals merch and then took a drive out to Tybee Island.  I had regular grandstand tickets for this game and after claiming my seat went to check out the (free) food options.  It was a beautiful night for baseball and I didn’t need to be wearing my hoodie so I was able to use it to save my spot.   My Birthday Buddy Reece led off the game with a Home Run, Bloomer also had a home run in the same inning, Baber had one in the following inning and the Party Animals won again!

Sunday when I woke up it was raining and the weather seemed to look like it was going to rain all day.  I got to the field early, put a poncho on and got ready for VIB Round 2. This time I brought my Party Animals pennant to solve the problem of them not having a poster.  Due to the rain, the meeting was on the concourse, so I had to go back and forth to get up the ramp, but it kind of forced you to meet all the players who were up there, so I got tonnnns of signatures.  I ended up getting photos with Bronny, Tanner, Reese and KJ.  (Funny enough, the 3 bananas I got photos with all hit HRs the following weekend at Raymond James Stadium – the NFL stadium – coincidence?)  Andy Archer didn’t like that I had my Party Animals hat on but I let him know that I switched my jersey from the past 2 games so that should hopefully help the bananas win – and sure enough – I was right.  No Home Runs for the Party Animals but there was one for RAC!  After the game I loaded up my luggage with my last minute merch purchases (All-Star baseball cards) and made my way to the airport.  Somehow the weather cooperated for the game.

I returned the car and made it to the gate with plenty of time to spare – 2 planes took off before mine – got some dinner and was beyond ready for my own bed.  When we landed in Baltimore we landed in some weird area of the airport and they weren’t sure how to work the jetbridge.  Finally it worked, but they had no wheelchair pusher.  I was stranded but was assured someone had been called.  Finally someone came and got me to the gate for Hartford and all was well.

Despite being alone I had a lot of fun at the games and am looking forward to going to many more this summer! Even if August is my next bananas game and as KJ said, is “sooo far away!” (But I’m sure will be here before I know it!)

Other Event

&Juliet with Joey Fatone

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After getting snowed out our first attempt to see Joey Fatone in &Juliet, our second attempt ended up being one of the coldest days of the year – but we made it! After brunch at Serendipity in Times Square we made it to the theater and settled into our seats, happy to see that Lance would indeed be played by Joey Fatone for the matinee.  For just a few months since we had seen the sing a long wit JC, it seemed like a lot of the cast had changed – In addition to a new Lance, we also got a different Juliet, Anne, Shakespeare (although I thought he was the same *shrugs*) and Lady Capulet. Some of my favorites – May, Angelique, Romeo and Francois were the same actors.  As we had decided during the first viewing – Joey was indeed perfect for the role of Lance and did a fantastic job and since we still have tickets and he recently extended his run through spring/summer, we just may have to see him again when it gets warmer.

After the show we waited at the stage door and got a whole bunch of signatures from the cast, but unfortunately, Joey never came out. If you follow him on socials – this was the chicken gate day!  Better luck next time!

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