In the Heights, marathon, and Boston...oh my

Here's a quick catch up...I know...no such thing. But this should give all of you (including you, Jamie Cornett) enough to savor until our next posting, which I'm sure will be too far away.

I recently got a call to do some swing wardrobe work at "In the Heights," the Tony Award winning musical this year. I knew about the show back when it opened in March because I made some of the costumes at Tricorne and I've been wanting to work on it ever since. It's amazing and I love all the people I get to work with. I don't work all the time, just when one of the other dressers is out for something (vacation, sick, personal time, etc.). So I'm kind of a substitute.

Jason was recently cast in a reading of a new musical called "Joshua". It's a christian based musical trying to get its feet off the ground. Here are a few pictures of him with the full company during one of the big group numbers.

A couple of weekends ago, we both had a little extra free time and we decided we should get out of the city and see a little nature. Who knew we could find any of that around New York City. We found a state park called Bear Mountain. There are a number of different trails and we started out with a moderate one. It was a lovely day to be out of the city.

I saw these crazy mushrooms sticking out of a tree and had to take a few pictures. Crazy! Made me think of "Fern Gully."
Next: I don't know how many of you out there know this...but I decided before the summer that I wanted to run a marathon. My goal is the New York City marathon in 2010. My small goal is to run a 5K in December. I've started training with my friend/personal trainer Neal and its actually going really well. I started out on my first day of running back in early September only being able to go 300 meters without stopping. I can now go 700 meters without stopping (800 meters is half a mile). I'm having a great time figuring out my new hobby and all of its new pains. Neal says that I have had the two most common beginning runner overuse pains: shin splints, and pain in my sciatic nerve. I know it's weird to feel good about overuse injuries but it makes me feel like I'm doing something good for me. So that's the marathon update. I'll see if I can take some artistic pictures of me running.

We saw Equus 2 weeks ago. The show stars "Harry Potter's" Daniel Radcliffe and Richard Griffiths. It was really fun to see Harry Potter on stage 50 feet in front of us. And.....he gets naked for about 10 minutes. Very exciting. We didn't stick around to get a picture or autograph after. There was a HUGE crowd!! Sorry to all you fans back home.

Last weekend we went to Boston to see Jason's brother and sister and their spouses. It was really fun. It was an interesting step for all of us. Jim and Emily have a baby boy, Benjamin. Josh and Juli have recently moved to Boston so Josh can work at Harvard. Jason and I live and work fairly successfully in New York City. We all have big grown up lives and it was nice to experience all of that for the first time. It just feels like the next logical thing I guess. I took HUNDREDS of pictures, mostly of our new nephew.

The foliage was magnificent as we drove to pick apples just outside of Boston. I love the fall in New England.

Here's Jason eating kettle corn. They popped it fresh at the kitchen at the orchard.

Emily and Benjamin. This is the newest member of the Burrow clan. He and Emily let me snap a few shots while we waited for everyone else to bring us some lunch.

Here he is with aunt Juli.

Oh that's right...we also picked a bushel of apples. I just ate the last one of ours 2 days ago. More baby!! As my friend Jenni says, "Nothing cuter than a baby in a pumpkin patch." She was right.
Except for maybe two goofy brothers in a pumpkin patch.

Goodbye Ben!! See you at Christmas! We had a great time with everyone and can't wait to be together again!!

This one's for you, mom and dad. I don't know if you can read the writing on that 2nd window from the bottom but it has the name of a very familiar law firm on it. These are the offices of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe. Car Talk!! While we were in Boston, we went to Harvard Square for Octoberfest and saw where they record the show.
And a bicycle made for 6!

Our friend, Caroline, was in a production of "Cabaret" at NYU. We went with a few friends to see her performance. It was quite racy but fun! We love you Caroline!

Caroline is the one on the bottom right with all the eye make up on!! Not an everyday look for her...don't worry.

And as always, the cat...whom we lovingly refer to as "The Devil." She's wonderful. She's always been obsessed with the bathroom-the sink, the tub, anything with running water. Here are a few boudoir shots of her in our tiny blue bathroom.

That's all for now. More to come soon? Love to all of our friends and family who are keeping us with us via the blog.

Family in New England!! Yay!!!

Jason's sister Juli and her husband Josh recently moved to Boston. That means we have family less than 24 hours away. Actually it's only about 4 hours. We couldn't be happier.

They came to visit us this weekend because Josh has never been to New York City. It was really rainy their first day here but we made the best of it. I had to work overtime on Saturday morning so they did the Staten Island Ferry and then met up with me after lunch. We stood in line for theater tickets and got a little wet in the rain. We got 50% off tickets to "The Little Mermaid". Juli has been dying to see it since she was here last fall and I worked on the costumes and still hadn't been able to see it. Then we walked down the block to meet Jason at a Starbucks to dry off and refresh a bit.

And to Carmine's for dinner after that. I forgot to take off my close-up lens before the day began so all of my pictures are a little weird. I can't zoom in or out and the focus can be a little weird. Sorry!

After the show (which was great!!) we went for a bite of cheesecake at Junior's. We sat outside and the wind was blowing like crazy (we had gotten the Hurricane Hanna leftovers that afternoon). Juli and I could barely eat our dessert because our hair was all over the place!

Jason was loving it of course.

And what trip to New York City is complete without a late night stroll through Times Square to see all the bright lights?! Jason and I call it the happiest place on earth...except when we're in a hurry and all there seem to be are tourists who are trying to get in our way.

I've started taking headshots (kind of a new side business) and this is the lens I use. That's why it takes great shots of people up close.

The next day we went down to one of our favorite brunch places in the village.

On the subway ride, we encountered one of our favorite subway personalities: "guy who looks at subway map behind you for uncomfortably long time".

After brunch, we walked through the "oh so chic" west village and got cupcakes at Magnolia Bakery. We enjoyed them in a delightful little park across the street...with lots of pigeons.

Its great to have family so close. We're going to spend Thanksgiving with them in Boston and we're going to see them lots before then!!

We're Back!!

New York City, we have returned!!

I never thought that I would actually reach the point when I would think of New York City as home...but I have. It feels so good to be back here, even though I actually watched the color of the sky change as we got closer to the city. It went from the brightest blue color to a smoggy, greyish blue. GROSS!! But I love it! Here are a few pictures of us returning and playing a little.

We had a few friends come back from New Hampshire with us. On the left is Curtis, our new roommate for a while. He just moved to the city and will be with us until he finds another place or gets tired of us-whichever comes first. The other two are our friends Brittany and Sean. They are both visiting with us until they go back to their "real" lives. Brittany works with a traveling childrens' theater company and Sean runs a wine bar in the British Virgin Islands. They are really great friends that we have known for years and we are so thankful for them.
This is Curtis next to a poster advertising the revival of Godspell coming up, or not-we shall see. The lighting was horrible. Sorry you can't see him...oops.

Now, don't anybody get jealous...but we have other guitar hero friends. This is Scott Guthrie. He worked with us this summer and lives down the street. He and his wife Lindsie had us over for dinner and some board games...and a little guitar hero.

And more Curtis in Times Square. It is the happiest place on earth.

I thought I'd just throw in a few more pictures of what were doing all summer. These are a few pictures of "Anything Goes." It was the next to last show of the season.

That's it for now. Everyone take care and be thankful-for everything!!!

Summer Theater

Alright....so we've been a little busy. Jason and I spent 2 months in New Hampshire working at a summer stock theater called The Summer Theatre in Meredith Village. It was the first season for the theater and it was never dull!!! Sorry we've been so bad about the updating but I'm sure it'll get better now that we're back. What else is there to do in NYC?!


Before we left for the summer, we took a short trip to Arkansas to visit the new babies in our lives. This is Audrie Cornett, daughter of Jamie and Rachel. She was about 3 months old when we met her in May.

This was an artistic shot that Jason got of her when the sun was pouring through a window.


And this is Ben Burrow. He was born about 2 days before we got there. He is Jim and Emily's first child and our first nephew!!! We are already proud and planning the spoiling.

And now the summer. We were in Meredith, New Hampshire. It was situated on the west side of Lake Winnipesaukee. Such a beautiful backdrop for the summer. If it ever got hectic, and it often did, we could just look up and take in all that was before us. A great testimony.



This is one of the bed and breakfasts that overlooks the lake. Beautiful...gorgeous....wish you were here...


We had every other monday off and on our first one, we went to Boston for the day. These are our friends: Scott, Brittany, and Curtis. Brittany lived in Boston while she was at Emerson College and she introduced us to many of Boston's treasures including Indian Pudding. Delicious.


And of course, we had to have clam chowder (chowduh) in Boston....duh!

Here we are at one of the many sing alongs we would do late at night after shows were over. Jason plays the piano and everyone takes turns singing solos and duets. Some good, some very ridiculous. A great outlet!

The cast parties for all the shows were at a bar called "The Mug". Every time we were there it was Karaoke night and of course, we were all over it! Someone even put Jason's name in once and he had to sing. Jason doesn't do the Karaoke-haha!

Here's the cast for "Always...Patsy Cline", the first show of the season. It is a two person show but the band is onstage so they get to be in costume. Jason played the piano and sang onstage and Sam worked backstage.

And...the best part of the season. We did "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story". Jason played the Big Bopper and sang "Chantilly Lace". I snapped hundreds of pictures of course. Here are a couple of my favorites.

Stay tuned! More to follow!