Wherever We're Together...That's My Home

February 29, 2012

February 27, 2012

Dallas, TX to Des Moines, IA

691 miles / 12 hours

We left Dallas at 7:30 on the dot, knowing full well we wouldn't arrive in Des Moine until 7:30 p.m. It was a long day in the car, thankfully it went smoothly. Grace was very content reading her books for a huge portion of the morning and we were back driving through Oklahoma in no time.

This is the third time we have driven up and down the same highways, so we're pretty familiar with the sites. This is our favorite...

Who knew? All this time we've been living in New York and on the road...when what we should have been doing was attending the Big Gig School of music in Calera, Oklahoma (population 1900). Maybe we would have landed a big gig by now!

Around the time that we were checking out the Big Gig, Grace was starting her own photo shoot in the backseat with my phone. The pictures she took (and there were plenty) basically look like this one.

Then I turned the camera on her.

(This one looks like we just told her we have 6 more hours in the car!)

Missouri welcomed us just in time for lunch!

After lunch, Grace napped and then watched Dumbo, while David and I played name that Broadway show tune. I wonder if they teach that at the Big Gig?

We arrived in Des Moines around 7:30 p.m., just like we hoped we would, ordered pizza, unpacked, and had the best night of sleep I have had in weeks. We're back to hotel living and this bed is wonderful!

Good Night!

February 23, 2012

Skyline Park

Dallas, Texas

February 20, 2012

Nick and Sam's

Dallas, Texas

The definition of adult dinner is a group of twenty somethings or older enjoying a wonderful meal and then splitting the bill equally no matter what you order. You see, actors are know for being cheap. So when you are dining in a large group, which always happens when you're on tour, paying the bill can be dreadful. Inevitably, someone ends up over paying to cover for someone else whose math was off when tallying up their tab. Anyway, I digress, the point is...adult dinner is always a blast.
About ten years ago when we were touring with RENT, David, myself, and a few of our friends went out to dinner at a restaurant called "Nick and Sams" in Dallas. David and I hadn't been dating very long prior to the dinner and I was nervous. It was my first "adult dinner." I had no idea what to expect. It is a night we still talk about and remember vividly. It was the greatest meal we have ever had, absolutely delicious.
In 2005, David was touring with Wicked and the show had a sit down in Dallas. We were so excited to get to go back to Nick and Sams and it ended up being just as awesome as it was the first time.
When David booked the Bring It On tour and we saw that Dallas was on the itinerary, we were elated to have another chance to dine at Nick and Sams. We asked Michael and his fiance Liz to join us and they too were looking forward to the dinner. And once again Nick and Sam's didn't disappoint.

David's gotta have steak on their menu is the Long Bone...named the long bone for obvious reasons.

Gracie was having a pizza party with Danielle, a cast member from Bring It On, while we were out to dinner. When we dropped her off she barley had time to say good bye to us. She walked into the hotel room, asked Danielle where she should hang her coat, and was immediately ready to play.
When we arrived to pick Grace up, she was very excited to tell us about her evening. She said, "Thank you for baby sitting me Danielle. I hope you can do it again reeeeaaaaallll soon!" In the car on the way home we asked her if anyone else had stopped by to see her. She said, "Yes! The pizza guy!"

Steak or pizza, it doesn't matter, we all had a fabulous evening!

February 21, 2012

February 18, 2012

My Yogi Gracie

Dallas, TX

I have been doing Yoga for a couple months and Grace has recently joined the Yogi club. She asked the other day if she could do Yoga with me. Loving this idea, I went online and googled yoga for kids and found a few really cute videos on You Tube. I think her interest in yoga is wonderful for so many reasons, but I especially love that she's able to listen to the instructor online and follow the commands and even more so I love that she's releasing some of that 2 year old energy that can be very difficult to keep up with!

Namaste

February 17, 2012

Texas Discovery Gardens

Dallas, Texas

If you ask Grace what is her favorite thing we have done on the tour so far, she will say the butterfly pavilion in Denver. So, when I found out that Dallas also has a butterfly garden, I knew she would be excited to go!

The Discovery Gardens is on the Fair Park grounds and right behind the garden is the State Fair Ferris Wheel.

Grace once again loved seeing all the butterflies and she wanted to ride the ferris wheel so badly. We told her maybe someday we'd bring her back so we could all go to the state fair. I mean who doesn't want to try fried bubblegum, deep fried butter, and fried beer (I'm not even sure how that's possible, but they've made it). We've gotta come back to Dallas!