The Roster- Nashville Edition

My time in Nashville over break was definitely too short. Here's some highlights!

1) My pup:

 According to Evan, my instagram is obnoxious when I go home because I flood it with pictures of the best dog ever. Sorry I'm not sorry.

2) A Weekend at the Lake:

Got to chill out and relax for a day at the lake. Just what I needed.

3) Realllllly good food:

My dad's signature steak. I also ate all of this by the way. All of it.

I went to Fido and got fruit tea before I even when home to my dog. That's commitment. 

 4) Childhood relics:

 My old swingset has gone so hippie naturalist on me.

5) Whoever this genius with a projector was:

Apparently, this was up for the majority of last night. Not in Nashville obviously, but I had to post it.

I WANT SPRING.

hugs.

Spring Break Highlights- Charlotte Edition

Sorry for the long absence! I tried to unplug as much as possible over Spring Break and I needed it. So bad.

I spent the latter half of break in Charlotte with my man and we did a variety of fun things:

We went on a walk/hike through a really pretty nature preserve. For such a simple trail I was embarrassingly out of breath by the end. 

We thought this road name was REALLY funny. But then we instagrammed it and nobody else seemed to agree so I don't know what that says about us. 

We made the best Jack Daniels chocolate milkshakes ever. I wish I had a precise recipe for you, but we just kind of threw in stuff until it looked and tasted right. And boyyy did it ever.

 We also made a side trip to see my grandmother about an hour away in Albemarle. She's a music teacher and I thoroughly ravaged her librettos, several of which were first editions. Evan was not entertained by my musical theater nerdiness.

On the way out we stopped at one of the huge cotton fields that surround her house and messed around. Hadn't done that since I was about nine years old.

SPRING BREAK I WANT YOU BACK.

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Two more days until I'm back in my big beautiful Tennessee!!
Until then...

1) Broadway Panhandler:

This place is across the street from where I have two of my lectures and I always go to kill time before class. Everything in there makes the "I don't have a kitchen anymore" part of me sob and moan. 

2) The churros at Toloache:

I will rave about this restaurant for the rest of my life... See Sunday's post for more!

3) Crescent Roll S'mores:

Sam and I made these and they were definitely on par with the churros. Just saying

4) My boyfriend kicking ass:

See that hunk of man? Just accepted to NYU Poly! I've kept pretty quiet about Evan trying to transfer on my blog until we had answers, but if all goes according to plan, we'll be a real New York couple by August!

5) This picture of Anna Wintour before Jason Wu:

Is just kind of the best thing ever.

Hugs!

A Global Get Together

Nidhi's mom (excuse me, "mum") is in town for a bit and treated a few of us girls to an AMAZING dinner at Toloache. We gorged ourselves on guacamole, ceviche, queso fundido, mini churros, and lots of other yummy things. It was such a treat. Thanks so much to Mrs. Gopalan for the amazing food and company!!

Photo/Picstitch inception credit to Mina

Sam and I went shopping earlier in the day and I was very into my new dress. My hair's finally long enough to get some texture in it! Wahoo!

{Forever 21 dress, H&M Tights, UO booties (not shown)}

What a great way to kick the sickness outta me.

I Can Die Happy

So, small perks of being bed ridden: catching up on tv, ample line learning time, and I can catch up on blogging!

Last weekend, Evan, his mom, and I went to see Phantom of the Opera. It's always been a special show to me: my mom found out she was pregnant with me when she and my dad were in New York just a few hours before they saw the show, it was the first musical I ever saw, and I saw in New York for the first time on my 13th birthday with my mom.

This time was no exception on the special meter. Phantom has been celebrating it's 25th anniversary on Broadway with Sierra Boggess as Christine. I didn't even realize it, but that Saturday night was her last show and we were fifth row. She was absolutely incredible. I'm generally reallllllly picky about Christines and I loved everything about her. Sobbed through "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again". Sobbed.

This is a sampling of Sierra at the Brit Awards. Even better in person.

But even better, my voice teacher, Patricia Phillips, played Carlotta in Phantom for about five years collectively and sang in the big anniversary show a couple months ago. So being the diva mentor that she is, she got me backstage to meet Hugh Panaro, who played Phantom. He was the sweetest man ever and gave me career advice and I was a total fan girl.

After that, his dresser, Andrew, who had been showing us around, walked me out on the stage which is now hands down one of the most surreal moments of my life. I'm generally a composed person, but I started crying and shaking and absolutely freaking out. So now, I can add Phantom as the FIRST Broadway stage I've ever stepped on. Hopefully next time I'll be in the show!!

I was so overwhelmed the whole time I didn't even take pictures! Sorry!!!

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The funk that's going around is catching up with me! I'm fighting it off so hard!

Here's some things that aren't making me sick:

1) Gemma at the Bowery Hotel:

Ate here with Evan and his mom Sunday night. It was incredible. We're prosciutto fanatics, so we were in heaven.

2) Standard Hotel Penthouse:

The perfect compliment to my coffee and croissant.

3) An over the top boyfriend:

Even though he saw me this past weekend, I still got a care package. Which included but was not limited to: juice boxes, mace, luna bars, mini advil, and all my favorite candy. I picked a winner.

 4) Wildlife the the Met:

Finally, a piece of taxidermy I can get behind.

5) The best anti-bullying piece in years:

Amen.

Stay well everybody!

hugs.

I Get Carried Away

So I'm not the happiest camper. Evan just left NYC after a way too short weekend and the week in front of me is already looking very long. Reflecting on some highlights from this weekend to cheer myself up.

Making a scene in Tisch. Thanks to Hannah for the stalker picture.

Celebrating diversity with friends of different sizes.

Out for drinks at Vapiano

Central Park Waffle and Dinges induced euphoria. 

Evan's mom came this time as well and she treated us to great food and Phantom of the Opera tickets (more on what became of that incredible experience tomorrow). I was so happy to see them both.

Ugh come back now please.