I Left My Heart in San Francisco (Nov.19)

Well friends...after a very uncomfortable flight on Northwest (no pillows, no movie, $5 box of wheat thins, baby oreo cookies, and some sort of gross cheddar cheese spread), I am in the City by the Bay.

Sarah and I will be staying in the "panhandle" district with one of her best friends, Liz, and her dog, Tambu. It's a very interesting little apartment with a really nice kitchen (new counter tops, cupboards, fridge and stove), a HUGE bathroom, and two bedrooms. No real "living area" to speak of and for some reason, a window from the big bathroom goes directly into a vacant grocery store...time to speak to someone about locks.

Either way, it's going to be a snug, but fantastic place to live - just a few blocks from the lower Haight district, and surrounded by some great parks, bars, and only about 2 miles from the theatre.

Spent the mid-afternoon walking around the area with Liz. Finding the grocery store, drug store, hardware store...um, Popeye's Chicken is one block away, thank you!

Tomorrow the hell starts. 7 out of 8 1/2 hours the next 3 days, then we do get Thanksgiving off (happy birthday to me), and then from Nov.25 until previews start, we do our 10 out of 12 hour rehearsals. Suffice to say, the next 10 days are not going to be fun...for us, for the orchestra, for the crew, everyone...100% sucking at all time.

But come December 1...well...that's what I have been waiting 29 years for.

More to come - please keep the emails and comments coming - I love hearing from everyone!