Anyway - here you go...this is what happened LAST year. Stay tuned for a 2013 version in a little over a month from now.
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A couple years ago I started writing annual recaps on New Year's Day. (I did start writing this on the first but didn't have a chance to finish it until a week later.) 2012 was another year of travel and musicals!
The year started with an epic (and you know it really was, because I can't stand that word and wouldn't use it unless it were true) trip to New York with Lindsay to see shows. I haven't been to New York since my mom and I went to see Lion King on Broadway in 2004. Lindsay and I saw 9 shows in 7 days! Did we eat? Barely. Did we sleep? Not really. :-) I could go on and on about the shows but in an attempt to summarize I'll saw that the highlights were seeing the original cast of Book of Morman, meeting Alan Rickman, seeing a preview performance of the breathtaking cast of Once, seeing our friend George in Godspell, his Broadway debut (!!), and having him take us back stage and ON stage after the show. There were so many amazing performances, and words simply can't do them justice.
I do need to share that the SECOND Once ended, the entire house was up on their feet. It was pure Broadway magic, and stage dooring that show was a blast. It was only the third night of previews and only about 6 of us were at the door. Some of the cast seemed surprised we even wanted to talk to them - let alone their autograph or their picture. We had a lovely chat with Steve Kazee, where he told us his [now ex] girlfriend was from Bellevue (and then we felt incredibly stupid a couple months later when we realized we didn't IMMEDIATELY make the connection that he was referring to Megan Hilty #BroadwayFanFAIL).
We even managed to fit in all of the major sites, taste the best cupcakes (Georgetown), visited Mood, and saw some old friends. I was able to see my Semester At Sea RA, who I haven't seen in 11 years, and had breakfast with his family on our last day in the city. It was a crazy, wonderful trip
Over the summer I flew up to Sitka over the 4th of July weekend to visit with family. This trip was extra special because I got to see (and hold and play with) my Goddaughter's beautiful newborn son, Tucker.
The next big trip was in the fall. My mom and I met up with my Aunt Laurie and cousin Rachel in Florida for a week at the Disney World resort - a place I haven't been since performing there during my senior year of high school. I learned that I could never live in Florida - the weather would eventually kill me, but it didn't kill the trip! Highlights of the trip included the best meal of my life at Kouzzina (so great that we re-arranged our dinner reservations for the week and ate there again), visiting the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios and seeing Disney World with an intent to actually *remember* it. The Epcot Food & Wine festival started toward the end of our trip - we highly recommend it!
We ended the year with a family vacation to Disneyland in early December for "Christmas." It rained EVERY DAY. Highlights included seeing the new Cars Land, going to the newly opened LA Georgetown Cupcake, visiting Universal Studios and seeing Beth & Connor's new apartment. Plus it was the first family vacation with all four of us since 2002.
I'm not feeling inspired to do a full stats list like I did last year, but as you can see, I took four trips this past year. I saw 35 performances of musicals in 2012 and 8 other performances that were not musicals. (43 total vs 28 last year.) 3 of those 8 were plays, which I think I will continue to see each year, but I still haven't found one that I've actually liked. :-/
I was in approximately 15ish flash mobs. (Flash mob math is tricky.) This is actually right on par with last year - interesting. Our Glee mob was outstanding and included a surprise proposal which has since been featured by today.msnbc and Huffington Post! http://youtu.be/nZqsVk4XYKk What on earth are we going to do to top that this year?? There were lots of mobs that introduced something new, different, or personally challenging, which I really enjoyed.
Other random things about 2012:
- Blueberry picking in Bellevue + ice cream maker = Blueberry Ice Cream! (so delicious)
- Met The Pioneer Woman (.com)
- Went to PAX for the first time
- Did the Puyallup [fair] for the first time
- In search of loukoumades (and other Greek fare) Jared and I drove to Greek Festivals in both Bellingham and Tacoma (since we were out of town for the one in Seattle)
- Video I shot with my phone on election night is on its way to becoming my most viewed video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/lpDk6NUrtGg
- I tried a handful of new recipes this past year...excited for more in 2013!
- There was a short time frame in 2012 where I belonged to 3 different gyms. If you know me you'll know that this is hilarious.
- Instagram for Android :-)
As always, each year has its share of sadness but I'm grateful that as I look back over 2012, I see a year full of friendship and lots of laughter.
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| One of my favorite pics of the year! This was a big deal because I rarely do costumes - let alone coordinate them with others. It ended up being really fun :-) |
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| Love More, Hate Less |
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| A collage of Once - starring Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti. You get an upgraded version of this pic because I didn't make the collage until mid 2013. |
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| Another favorite pic from the year - taken at a flash mob rehearsal in Cal Anderson Park |
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| Another Fave - Glee with the Quiet Zebra Girls. We have no idea who they are, but this picture is framed in my apartment. |
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| One of my best phone pics of the year - Seattle Center at Christmas |
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| December 7, 2012 ~ Photo by Steven Kahn |
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