So let me tell you one of the benefits of having a brother in this business.  You get to steal inherit his friends.  It’s great.

Robby was in a production of Sweeney Todd at the Fulton Theatre 3 (!) years ago.  Let me tell you that show was amazing.  Not only was the talent outstanding, especially that guy playing Toby ;-), but the people were awesome.  Almost every day I would be getting texts from the bro saying how incredible everybody was.  Not just talent-wise, but just great people.

Can I tell you how rare that is in this business?

Needless to say it was one of those show experiences that just stick with you.  I wasn’t even in the show and I can’t imagine not having met any of his friends.

Naturally, I stole them for my own.  Cause well, duh.  They’re awesome.

So one of his awesome friends, Shane, was Kenickie in Grease at Papermill Playhouse.  For you non-theatre folks, that’s a pretty big deal.  A bunch of the “Sweeney” crowd headed out to see him.

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So the little bro graduated.

He graduated Magna Cum Laude with his M.F.A. in Children’s Literature.

Obviously, he’s not very smart. Or talented.  He only had to write a BOOK for his dissertation.  Ya know, nothing impressive.

We had a small get together with the fam to celebrate and I decided to make a cake for the occasion.  Since his degree was in Children’s Literature, I thought I’d decorate the cake with children’s book covers.

Here is the finished product:

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I went to see my friend Amy’s Cabaret show, Once In Love, at 54 Below.

People, she was amazing.  Not that I was surprised.

Amy and I went to college together and she was my Big Sister in the theatre fraternity we had on Campus.  People always thought we were twins and we’ve both been dying to be in a production of Side Show for years.

Having your cabaret at 54 Below is a pretty big deal.  I mean, right before Amy’s show was Jane Lynch’s show.  Obviously, Jane Lynch was Amy’s opening act.  That’s how awesome my Big is.

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Sometimes you just need a girls day.

A day to just relax, eat, shop and do nothing but talk.  I’m so lucky I have two girlfriends who I can do that with.  I know I can call them anytime–day or night–and tell them anything.

Julie (aka Jules), Michele (aka Meesh) and I all went to college together.  (Oh the fun times!) One fact I learned after you graduate is it’s hard to stay in touch with a lot of your friends.  You move away, lose touch, join the circus…

Luckily with these two those things are not an issue. We try to get to get together every month or so to catch up on our lives.

We decided to meet up in Montclair for some good food, shopping, and chit chat.

apparently there was a street fair that day

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My Dad’s a pretty cool cat, if I say so myself.

He’s Italian so he likes to cook, he can pretty much fix anything, he’s great at Math, and when I was growing up his job was to dress up like this:

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“We are such stuff / As dreams are made on; and our little life / Is rounded with a sleep.”

– The Tempest, I.IV.

This past year has been thrilling and I have a feeling this upcoming year will be even more exciting.  I’ll be sharing book reviews, recipes, the craziness that is my life, and of course the journey that my brother, Robby, and I are taking in the development of our musical, On the Air.

You’re welcome to come along, if you’d like.  Who knows what might happen?