Radio City Christmas Spectacular ~ The Rockettes' Magical Journey

Beautiful swirling living candy canes with legs a mile long.....

 as enchanting dressed like a solder....

as they are as stylish New York shopper.

Magical fireworks...

hundreds of dancing Santa's

proving the ole' fella can be everywhere at once.

Children's visions alive on the stage....

as well as every one elses.

And the highlight of the show is the acknowledgement of the true reason for Christmas ~
the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ...

All within the four walls where movies stars of every generation have graced the stage and walked through this lobby.

Radio City Music Hall and the Rockettes ~ good deals are available on tickets if you act quick.
Go to radiocitychristmas.com/mcdc or Ticketmaster call 1-866-858-0007 and use code MCDC
for Two for One Tickets. This is only good for certain shows.

Part of the money benefits the Ronald McDonald House.

I have been to the show about 10 times in the last 15 years and would say this years is one of the Best!
I recommend getting seats no more than 15 rows back, center row but any seat is really okay.

Go to this link for some fun and fascinating reading on a former Rockette from the 1940's.

Mystery Reveled! Those Pic's I Posted And What It Was Like To Be On The Nate Berkus Show

Mystery Reveled!

Last week I started posting random pictures here and here of nooks and crannies in my home and pics of myself.

I wanted to explain but couldn't until now!

I was contacted by The Nate Berkus Show to participate in one of those swaps he does.

They needed lots of pics and as luck would have it ~ my email would not let me send more than one at a time so I had to post the pics as a blog post so the producers could see them!

I wanted to tell you soooo bad ....... I'm sorry!

So let me show you a tiny bit of the behind the scenes.

Someone met me at the door of NBC and brought me to the green room.

Am I dreaming???

I shared it with a fun classy gal named Ruth and her sweetheart of a daughter Alex.

The producers kept coming in to rehearse with us. Between rehearsing, these gals kept me laughing!

This was me trying to be "super excited" as they kept telling us to do.

They had sandwiches, hot and cold drinks and baked goods for us but we were far too nervous to eat!

Then it was time for hair and make up.

 Could this really be me??? Two stylist doing my hair?

 This was the make up artist ~  fun and upbeat like the rest of the crew.

Call me shallow but after I took this pic ~ I realized what I was wearing made me look fat!

I have lost weight since the holidays and weighed 115 that morning.

Then I realized I am going to look 125 on camera ~ a lot for my 5'1 frame.

Come on guys ~ you know you would be worrying about that too.

This is Jenny Pulos from Flipping Out  who I did the swap with ~

my card shuffler for her heart.

Let me tell you she is a sweetheart! Very down to earth and the girl can rap!

Really! She is a rapper and won an award at The Apollo Theater  several years ago.

Here's Jenny's heart in my window ~ I love it!

The producer kept telling me since I was the first swap ~ my energy would set the pace for the entire segment.
Normally my energy is always ramped at high rate of speed, but I was SOOOOO nervous.
Somehow, I got through my minute of fame ~ lol.
I mentioned what is always at the top of my brain ~ my kids.
I didn't say anything that was in the script they gave me and even though I had to slump down displaying horrible posture to show Jenny the card shuffler (she was a few steps down from my seat) ~ Nate was standing 1 foot away .
I got to look in his dreamy eyes and get a sweet Nate hug!
That made it all worth it!

If I ever had the chance to do it again ~ I would never be so nervous.
The producers and entire staff, Nate and Jenny were sweet as can be!

After the show was over ~ they asked us to stay so they could tape a few more segments for a different show.

They passed a basket around and we all picked one of these cards.

It was for  NEW CAR!!!!

The winning number was 71 ~ the girl next to me had 70!
Her name is Sharon Terry, a writer, editor and all-around nice person to chat with.
 I have great interest in writing and editing and she has since sent me wonderful info on the subject. 

After the taping was over ~ Ruth and Alex invited me to join them for dinner.

We ate at a great place across the street from the studio where I had the best seared tuna I have ever had in my life!

After dinner we shared a cab to Times Square where we said goodbye.

I decided to go to one of my fave spots in NYC ~ the red stairs in the center of Times Square.

This was the spot I said goodbye to my friend Lori from LA a year or so ago.

 Now her Mom is in the last days of her life and this seemed like the perfect place to call her and see how she was doing.

It was a highlight of the day to be talking to her here of all places.

As we talked, I soaked in the wonder of all the lights and excitement in the City  ~

even on a freezing cold Tuesday in February.

Thankfully Magnolia Bakery was still opened in Grand Central.
I have been happily sticking to a vegan diet since January 9th but had to have one of these baby's on the train ride home... it was the chocolate one that is missing ; O)

I came home at 12:30 am to dark house ~ happy to be Home Sweet Home.

As I cuddled in bed to my snoring husband, Teddi with bad breath in dogs and my IPAD for my nightly Solitaire addiction ~

I was so grateful for such an amazing day.

Grateful still more for my little home and seemingly little life in Conn.

which just for today...... didn't seem so little after all.

Show will be airing Feb. 23, 2011