Olivia and Rich's Wedding

This weekend, I attended one of the most AMAZING weddings I've ever been to!  My friend, Olivia, who I know from back home in Massachusetts, followed me to Point Park University in Pittsburgh where she met her fiance, Rich, and they finally got married last Friday, July 3rd.  This has been a year and a half in the making, but they have been dating for about 4 years now.  Here's what I loved about the wedding:

1.   My friends from Andover were there

2.  My friends from Point Park were there

3.  It rained right before the ceremony, but then stopped, and Olivia's brother, Luke, and Rich's best man, Kevin, played "Here Comes the Sun" as

 an intro hymn....and the sun came out... :)

4.  Olivia smiled at me during the ceremony

5.  There was an open bar for most of the night, lol

6.  The wedding party did a medley of horrible MT numbers, but it was priceless!  ;)

7.  Their wedding cake was made of cupcakes

8.  The photographer was orgasmic!!!  www.hinkleyphotoblog.com

9.  I got to dance for most of the evening

10.  They had a photo booth and I got to play dress up

11.  The food was buffet style

12.  The colors were GORGEOUS!!!  (purples, white, and hot pink!)

13.  Rich and Olivia were happy... :)

A video montage of all the pictures I took is soon to follow.... :)

In the meantime, my BEST to Rich and Olivia, and I KNOW they love each other as much as I love them!  CONGRATS, you guys!  :)

KT Sullivan

So tonight, my accompanist for "Nerds Among Us," Jeff Cubeta and I were lucky enough to be guests at KT Sullivan's cabaret in the exquisite Oak Room of the famous Algonquin Hotel. WHAT A SHOW!!! Of course, we were the youngest people in the audience, but MAN! Can that woman sing! Her theme tonight was the music of Dietz and Schwartz, who were Golden Age composer/lyricists, but whether I was around during that generation or not, KT TRULY lets you appreciate them both. I am so glad to have met KT during my days with Cabaret Pittsburgh, along with many others (Elaine Stritch, Tom Wopat, Stephen Schwartz, etc.), but I couldn't be more happier with a better cabaret mentor. KT is at the TOP of the cabaret scene, and she clearly deserves it. And to simply dine in the Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel....well....I felt like I was rich! Thank you, KT, for a marvolous evening. :)

Adventureland

Last night, I went to go see the new movie, Adventureland, with a bunch of fellow Pittsburghers. If you don't already know, I went to college in Pittsburgh, and Adventureland was filmed at Kennywood, which is Pittsburgh's next-best-thing to a theme park, lol. You haven't experienced Pittsburgh if you haven't been to Kennywood.... :)
But anyway, we LOVED it! I thought the story of Adventureland was extremely well written, and the acting was very sincere and natural. I may be gay, but I LOVE Kristen Stewart! And the entire movie was non-stop hilarious!
Needless to say, I had a great night in celebration of Pittsburgh. It almost made me miss it a little bit....almost..... ;)