My Fair Lady - Salt Lake City Part 2
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taz_39Monday was a day off, which was good since we'd all partied hard after opening night :p
I only had two glasses of wine, but being social and shouting to be heard in a bar with music playing for two hours had drained my figurative battery. I woke up slightly late and had a slow breakfast, and wrote answers to some interview questions for Jameson for one of his classes (he had to interview some random musician, and I'm pretty random, so there)
Here is another look at the My Fair Lady hoodie that we were all given, in better light so you can see it's blue.
I like it a lot! Cozy sweaters and hoodies are always a fave.
It was a nice day out so despite being tired I took myself for a walk.
I walked to the Sprouts, enjoying looking at the city and the plants and the people along the way.
While walking someone shared photos from the opening night party, here is the one of the orchestra + audio crew (two orchestra ladies not pictured as they chose not to attend)
A picture that someone took from the Eccles Theatre upper balcony, very cool shot.
I probably mentioned it in the last post, our opening night was sold out.
And here is me:
Anyway, back to walking. I didn't actually "need" anything at Sprouts, but y'all know how I love to discover new food items! I found apples and blackberries, some biltong on sale, an herb-seasoned nut blend, and a dessert Walking Tamale (I knew that they came in savory flavors but didn't know they had dessert tamales too, AND it's dairy free!)
I was about to leave the store when I saw the sample associate had Waterloo sparkling water to try, in seasonal Cranberry and Spiced Apple flavors. I asked if he had individual cans to sell and he said no...but then gave me one of each flavor to try, for free!! I was very grateful and promised to leave a good review, which I did as soon as I got home, naming him specifically and tagging both Sprouts and Waterloo. When the universe gives, ya gotta give back.
Back at the hotel I just chilled because that was three miles round trip and I've got the whole week ahead to enjoy more of SLC :)
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Tuesday I was up a bit early to have breakfast and then walk to the nearest laundromat, where I read a book and did laundry for 2 hours or so. On the way back from laundry I saw this tiny restaurant. The tentacles and neon skrimps at the roof corners made me happy.
After putting my laundry away I decided, ya know what, I'm going to go check that place out. It seemed fairly new (few reviews or photos, and it hadn't come up in my foodie research) but who doesn't love a good ceviche? And to my delight there was a lit-up neon skrimp inside :D
After placing an order I was given tostada strips seasoned with something amazing (tajin probably) and definitely made fresh either on-site or somewhere local because they were damn crisp. I wanted to save room for ceviche though, and was glad I did.
Ahi tuna ceviche with cucumber, mango, strawberry, red onion, and cilantro, served in an absolutely delightful citrus-lime-soy sauce, with tostadas for scooping. Very fresh and very delicious! I took my time eating and savoring the crunchy veggies and sweet tangy sauce and the fresh fish chunks. I wish I could have drank that sauce tbh.
Immediately recommended it in the Foodie Finds group, hopefully others from the show will pay a visit before we leave! They serve so much more than ceviche too, I was tempted by the fried red snapper and the grilled octopus options. There were a decent amount of people in there for lunch so I think the word is spreading, and hopefully they'll get lots of business. They certainly deserve it!
Back to the hotel for chillax until the show.
Today was Jameson's birthday! I hope he finds some time to relax and enjoy himself today.
Wish I could have treated him to ceviche <3
Instead I sent him some books, and a gift card to use at the LEGO store.
The evening show was good, our Eliza understudy was in because unfortunately our lead had to attend the funeral of her partner who passed away during rehearsal. The understudy did a great job, and the audience seemed to have a good time.
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Wednesday I woke up kinda early, but that was fine because I wanted to walk around town like a tourist again :)
First I went toward Temple Square to see the big church and other facilities (which I had seen before with the circus but apparently hadn't cared to take pictures.) I had no idea that the entire square is currently zoned off for construction, and the church was covered in scaffolding. Rats!
No big deal; I just kept walking up a big ol' hill to see the Utah State Capitol.
The big giant hill that I walked up to get here. Not sure if you can tell how steep it is but my calves can tell you :p
I had only really come up here to see the building, not to do anything involved like take a tour or whatever, so as soon as I had my photos I started back down. On the way I was startled when a LARGE spider came swinging out of a tree in front of my face! It was just a spiny orb weaver but it was a big girl (forgive me for repeating myself on these videos, I made the first video then tried for a better take which is why I say the same sh*t in both clips)
(CLICK HERE to watch)
Some still shots which are not good because I couldn't get close:
Kept walking until I was on level ground again, then took myself to Gourmandise, one of the top-rated restaurant/bakeries in SLC. Since I had planned to walk a lot today I was OK with having a "treat yo'self" with a bunch of extra calories! There were so many amazing treats to choose from!
They even make those viral filled croissants here!
I saw salted caramel root beer on the menu and asked the server about it, and she said she'd check to see if they had it. I thought she'd come back with a "yes" or "no", but she came back with one, lol. So I guess I was also having a dessert drink! It was extremely good, with big Maldon salt crystals on top that were an amazing contrast to the sweet root beer. I only drank half of it.
For my treat I chose a "baba au rhum": brioche cake soaked in white rum and syrup with Chantilly cream and a little chocolate-strawberry garnish.
It was about the size of a tennis ball, and was so, so good. I ate it slowly and with four Lactaids!
After that I did a loop that took my by Whole Paycheck where I got nothing but oatmeal (how did I run out already!) and walked back to the hotel. It was about 6 miles total, some of which was up that steep hill, so I think that burned enough calories for half the rum baba, haha.
Speaking of walking, this is now my third year of touring in a row, and I've noticed how my phone's step counter reveals when I went back on the road. Each bar on this graph represents a month. You can see my steps drop off significantly from July through October, when I'm at home doing data entry. And then that last bar is November (and we're only halfway through the month too!)
The evening show went well I think. We received notes on our stands from the MD, stylistic things that maybe we're not doing totally up to par, dynamics to pay attention to, stuff like that. I was gratified to not receive any direct notes specifically for trombone, but imo that means I do a good job of indicating when I know I've made a mistake, so he knows he doesn't have to tell me!!
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Thursday is supposed to be rainy all day, which is why I walked so much on Wednesday.
I expect to sort of chill indoors, read, watch movies, have a relaxing day.
This is when it would be good to have a remote job, but the nursing home data entry requires a minimum 30 hours and I can never guarantee that on tour. And soon we'll be doing a lot of one-nighters and there may not be time for extra work.
We have the weekend shows to do, and on Sunday I fly back to Orlando for the overnight Disney Candlelight rehearsal!
It's going to be a LONG day: flight takes off at 6am, lands at 12:30pm, I'll have the afternoon to do laundry and eat and swap things in and out of my luggage (or nap if I'm extremely lucky), then rehearsal from 8pm-3am, then I fly to Madison WI to rejoin the tour the next morning at 9am!
I only had two glasses of wine, but being social and shouting to be heard in a bar with music playing for two hours had drained my figurative battery. I woke up slightly late and had a slow breakfast, and wrote answers to some interview questions for Jameson for one of his classes (he had to interview some random musician, and I'm pretty random, so there)
Here is another look at the My Fair Lady hoodie that we were all given, in better light so you can see it's blue.
I like it a lot! Cozy sweaters and hoodies are always a fave.
It was a nice day out so despite being tired I took myself for a walk.
I walked to the Sprouts, enjoying looking at the city and the plants and the people along the way.
While walking someone shared photos from the opening night party, here is the one of the orchestra + audio crew (two orchestra ladies not pictured as they chose not to attend)
A picture that someone took from the Eccles Theatre upper balcony, very cool shot.
I probably mentioned it in the last post, our opening night was sold out.
And here is me:
Anyway, back to walking. I didn't actually "need" anything at Sprouts, but y'all know how I love to discover new food items! I found apples and blackberries, some biltong on sale, an herb-seasoned nut blend, and a dessert Walking Tamale (I knew that they came in savory flavors but didn't know they had dessert tamales too, AND it's dairy free!)
I was about to leave the store when I saw the sample associate had Waterloo sparkling water to try, in seasonal Cranberry and Spiced Apple flavors. I asked if he had individual cans to sell and he said no...but then gave me one of each flavor to try, for free!! I was very grateful and promised to leave a good review, which I did as soon as I got home, naming him specifically and tagging both Sprouts and Waterloo. When the universe gives, ya gotta give back.
Back at the hotel I just chilled because that was three miles round trip and I've got the whole week ahead to enjoy more of SLC :)
--------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday I was up a bit early to have breakfast and then walk to the nearest laundromat, where I read a book and did laundry for 2 hours or so. On the way back from laundry I saw this tiny restaurant. The tentacles and neon skrimps at the roof corners made me happy.
After putting my laundry away I decided, ya know what, I'm going to go check that place out. It seemed fairly new (few reviews or photos, and it hadn't come up in my foodie research) but who doesn't love a good ceviche? And to my delight there was a lit-up neon skrimp inside :D
After placing an order I was given tostada strips seasoned with something amazing (tajin probably) and definitely made fresh either on-site or somewhere local because they were damn crisp. I wanted to save room for ceviche though, and was glad I did.
Ahi tuna ceviche with cucumber, mango, strawberry, red onion, and cilantro, served in an absolutely delightful citrus-lime-soy sauce, with tostadas for scooping. Very fresh and very delicious! I took my time eating and savoring the crunchy veggies and sweet tangy sauce and the fresh fish chunks. I wish I could have drank that sauce tbh.
Immediately recommended it in the Foodie Finds group, hopefully others from the show will pay a visit before we leave! They serve so much more than ceviche too, I was tempted by the fried red snapper and the grilled octopus options. There were a decent amount of people in there for lunch so I think the word is spreading, and hopefully they'll get lots of business. They certainly deserve it!
Back to the hotel for chillax until the show.
Today was Jameson's birthday! I hope he finds some time to relax and enjoy himself today.
Wish I could have treated him to ceviche <3
Instead I sent him some books, and a gift card to use at the LEGO store.
The evening show was good, our Eliza understudy was in because unfortunately our lead had to attend the funeral of her partner who passed away during rehearsal. The understudy did a great job, and the audience seemed to have a good time.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday I woke up kinda early, but that was fine because I wanted to walk around town like a tourist again :)
First I went toward Temple Square to see the big church and other facilities (which I had seen before with the circus but apparently hadn't cared to take pictures.) I had no idea that the entire square is currently zoned off for construction, and the church was covered in scaffolding. Rats!
No big deal; I just kept walking up a big ol' hill to see the Utah State Capitol.
The big giant hill that I walked up to get here. Not sure if you can tell how steep it is but my calves can tell you :p
I had only really come up here to see the building, not to do anything involved like take a tour or whatever, so as soon as I had my photos I started back down. On the way I was startled when a LARGE spider came swinging out of a tree in front of my face! It was just a spiny orb weaver but it was a big girl (forgive me for repeating myself on these videos, I made the first video then tried for a better take which is why I say the same sh*t in both clips)
(CLICK HERE to watch)
Some still shots which are not good because I couldn't get close:
Kept walking until I was on level ground again, then took myself to Gourmandise, one of the top-rated restaurant/bakeries in SLC. Since I had planned to walk a lot today I was OK with having a "treat yo'self" with a bunch of extra calories! There were so many amazing treats to choose from!
They even make those viral filled croissants here!
I saw salted caramel root beer on the menu and asked the server about it, and she said she'd check to see if they had it. I thought she'd come back with a "yes" or "no", but she came back with one, lol. So I guess I was also having a dessert drink! It was extremely good, with big Maldon salt crystals on top that were an amazing contrast to the sweet root beer. I only drank half of it.
For my treat I chose a "baba au rhum": brioche cake soaked in white rum and syrup with Chantilly cream and a little chocolate-strawberry garnish.
It was about the size of a tennis ball, and was so, so good. I ate it slowly and with four Lactaids!
After that I did a loop that took my by Whole Paycheck where I got nothing but oatmeal (how did I run out already!) and walked back to the hotel. It was about 6 miles total, some of which was up that steep hill, so I think that burned enough calories for half the rum baba, haha.
Speaking of walking, this is now my third year of touring in a row, and I've noticed how my phone's step counter reveals when I went back on the road. Each bar on this graph represents a month. You can see my steps drop off significantly from July through October, when I'm at home doing data entry. And then that last bar is November (and we're only halfway through the month too!)
The evening show went well I think. We received notes on our stands from the MD, stylistic things that maybe we're not doing totally up to par, dynamics to pay attention to, stuff like that. I was gratified to not receive any direct notes specifically for trombone, but imo that means I do a good job of indicating when I know I've made a mistake, so he knows he doesn't have to tell me!!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thursday is supposed to be rainy all day, which is why I walked so much on Wednesday.
I expect to sort of chill indoors, read, watch movies, have a relaxing day.
This is when it would be good to have a remote job, but the nursing home data entry requires a minimum 30 hours and I can never guarantee that on tour. And soon we'll be doing a lot of one-nighters and there may not be time for extra work.
We have the weekend shows to do, and on Sunday I fly back to Orlando for the overnight Disney Candlelight rehearsal!
It's going to be a LONG day: flight takes off at 6am, lands at 12:30pm, I'll have the afternoon to do laundry and eat and swap things in and out of my luggage (or nap if I'm extremely lucky), then rehearsal from 8pm-3am, then I fly to Madison WI to rejoin the tour the next morning at 9am!
