Beale Street

Some random bar on Beale Street, the Home of Blues and the birthplace of Rock N' Roll:)

The Famous Ribs Place RENDEZVOUS

Andy-rew, Christine and Stuart

cancellations yield a few days off

A couple days ago we found out that Wednesday's (tomorrow) performance was cancelled, so we got an extra day in Memphis. We stayed in Graceland across the street from the Elvis Presley estate. This photo is of me in front. Today we found out that a bunch of our Louisiana performances got cancelled and so we now have 6 days off in New Orleans and the following week we have 5 days off in Houston, Texas! Tonight we are planning to go to a restaurant that I saw featured on the Food Network. Very excited! It has Bon Appetit Magazine's top BBQ Ribs in America! Driving to Mobile, Alabama tomorrow. I hope it's a little warmer down there. I haven't been able to wear shorts for the past couple days because it's been in the 40's to 50's! I am ready for another sunburn:)

backseat driving... or sleeping

The past two days, driving from Huntsville, AL to Asheville, NC to Knoxville, TN I caved and let some others do the driving. I told everyone that I would agree under one condition. That condition was that I wanted the very backseat of the van to myself! So while riding through the Great Smokey Mountains I chilled, made some phone calls, read a little and listened to my ipod and slept. Tomorrow after our show here in Knoxville, we are heading to Nashville for the weekend. Oh yeah... happy oscars weekend!!!!

ORLANDO! (Well, actually Kissimmee)

So after Friday, which was the most grueling day so far, we got word from the home office that our performance on Tuesday is cancelled and that we have an extra day off!!! Friday sucked because we had to load in and perform as usual, load out and then drive to another venue, load in again, perform and then load out again. It was tough and the Florida heat was not on our side. It's okay though. I think I sweat of a few pounds! Yesterday while some of my cast mates went to Disneyworld, I and a few others went to Cocoa Beach. (I have never felt so fortunate to be catching some rays and waves in the dead of February!) Tomorrow we are heading back to Atlanta, GA and then Tuesday we will be driving for a show on Wednesday in Huntsville(?), Alabama. This time next week I will have experienced Nashville, TN and be on my way to Memphis!!

Macon

MACON, GA

jilly bean

Hey ya'll! We were just in savannah, GA. I spent the entire weekend with a dear old friend of mine from Kearney who lives there now. Here we are getting ready to take an old savannah tour. (Thanks Jillian for letting me do my laundry at your house!)

SWEET BETTY ANN

BETTY ANN WAS A WAITRESS AT A CRACKER BARREL WE ATE AT SOMEWHERE IN NORTH CAROLINA LAST WEEK AND WE ALL FELL IN LOVE WITH HER AND HER HOSPITALITY A LA SOUTHERN STYLE. WE ALL WANTED TO TAKE HER ALONG WITH US ON TOUR!

HAIL TO THE CHIEF (BUT NOT BUSH)

me on pennsylvania avenue LAST weekend in DC. far off in the distance you can see the capital.

"There they are, and there they'll stay."

Yesterday we were in Washington DC for the day. I went to the international spy museum and went on a "mission". It was fun! We later went to one of the Smithsonion Museums and as you can see I got my photo with the real ruby slippers from THE WIZARD of OZ (Okay, so they are just sequins). As Glinda, the good witch from the north says to Dorothy and the Wicked Witch of the West "There they are, and there they'll stay." I also saw things like the real PUFFY SHIRT from Seinfeld, the pole with all the town names from M*A*S*H, Abraham Lincoln's top hat and other really neat stuff. Last night, after a delicious Shrimp Tempura at Bar Louie in downtown DC (and $3 BLUE MOON's !!!!) we took a night tour of all the monuments! Off to Greensboro, NC today!

P.S. DC's metro is so fringin clean! The New Yorker in me was so jealous!