Sunday, October 4, 2009
Florida Countdown
Florida is coming up fast! We are leaving in 9 days! I am so excited! We have a full schedule the four days we are down there! We arrive on October 13 around 10 am. We are picking up our rental car and heading to Universal Studios. We are going to stay at Universal til about 5, and then we are heading to check in at the hotel, and changing for Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom. On October 14 we are going to Epcot Center, and at night we are going to Capone's Dinner Show. October 15 we are going to Seaworld until about 2, then we are going to Disney's Hollywood Studios(Formerly MGM) and catching the Fantasmic show, and after that we are heading to Downtown Disney and Disney Quest. Finally, on October 16(My Birthday!!) we are heading back to Seaworld before we have to return the car by 4 pm and get on our plane to come back! It should be a fun week!
Decade of Smackdown 09.29.09
Tonight Dan and I went to Boston to see Decade of Smackdown at TD Banknorth Garden. We got up to Boston around 4:30, and we ate at a nearby bar and grill. We had really good seats in the Garden, far better than our seats in Mohegan! We were in Loge seats, and we were almost on the floor! We were the second rows, seats 1 and 2. We saw matches with current WWE Superstars, and there was a nice tribute to Eddie Guerrero, and The Rock delivered a taped message to the fans, which made my night, I have always been a Rock fan! The best match was the last match, with Undertaker, John Cena, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels vs Randy Orton, Ted Dibiase, Cody Rhodes, and CM Punk. Taker got the pin on Punk, and that made me very happy! They filled the arena with confetti after it ended. It was a very fun night, but it was a late night! I was happy to be there though!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Dan and I went to see the Spirit of America concert at the Dunkin Donut's Center. It was an AMAZING concert! I recommend this show to anyone! It is a free show, but you do have to order tickets in advance. Dan and I were both impressed, we said it was so amazing we would have definitely been willing to pay for the show!
Before the show, they had a t-shirt brigade shooting t-shirts into the crowd to get them psyched up!
The Army concert band began by playing a medley of songs, including the "Green Berets" and "Proud To Be An American." They played wonderfully! After they were finished, the show continued with A Welcome, a March-On that depicted different uniforms throughout the years, and "The National Anthem."
After that, they gave us a history of the Army, which was "The Backbone of the Army,"(The Noncommissioned Officer's Story), the "Birth of the Army and the Nation," f/The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, "The Corps of Discovery," "Crisis and Conflict," "The Army of the West," "D-Day," and "Today's Army." It was all incredibly interesting, and I learned things I never knew. They also simulated wars, and shot off rifles and cannons! There was also a fife and drum show, and they did an awesome floor show! The percussionists did some fancy moves with their drums!
That was the first half of the show. It sped by, and I was surprised when we arrived at intermission so quickly!
The second half of the show was even more amazing! It started off with the US Army Drill Team. They showed off their skills with 1903 bayoneted rifles. They twirled them, threw them, marched with them. Even had their Commander stand in the center of a circle and they twirled and caught the rifles so the bayonets pointed right at his throat! He didn't even flinch! What stamina, what trust! Four specialists did special maneuvers with their rifles, so intense I was unable to take pictures for fear of distracting them. They concluded their show with their signature move.
The remainder of the show was the US Army Band "Pershing's Own," and they performed a floor show, which lead into the finale. The finale was spectacular, they had kind of a rock feel to it, and played popular songs such as "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "Dance To The Music," "Wind Beneath My Wings," and "You Raise Me Up," and they put in a couple songs about the Army that were tearjerkers. A lot of the songs made me cry, it was very touching and moving.
They ended the show on a light note, had a comedy bit with a "drill team" who used pushbrooms squaring off against a member of the actuall Army Drill Team and it was amusing. A good way to end such an emotional show! I also liked the fact they played the songs of the different military branches and honored friends, family, and veterans.
I have so much respect for our troops and the scarifices they make for us everyday. God Bless and Watch Over Our Troops, especially Staff SGT Bethany Bedard!
Before the show, they had a t-shirt brigade shooting t-shirts into the crowd to get them psyched up!
The Army concert band began by playing a medley of songs, including the "Green Berets" and "Proud To Be An American." They played wonderfully! After they were finished, the show continued with A Welcome, a March-On that depicted different uniforms throughout the years, and "The National Anthem."
After that, they gave us a history of the Army, which was "The Backbone of the Army,"(The Noncommissioned Officer's Story), the "Birth of the Army and the Nation," f/The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, "The Corps of Discovery," "Crisis and Conflict," "The Army of the West," "D-Day," and "Today's Army." It was all incredibly interesting, and I learned things I never knew. They also simulated wars, and shot off rifles and cannons! There was also a fife and drum show, and they did an awesome floor show! The percussionists did some fancy moves with their drums!
That was the first half of the show. It sped by, and I was surprised when we arrived at intermission so quickly!
The second half of the show was even more amazing! It started off with the US Army Drill Team. They showed off their skills with 1903 bayoneted rifles. They twirled them, threw them, marched with them. Even had their Commander stand in the center of a circle and they twirled and caught the rifles so the bayonets pointed right at his throat! He didn't even flinch! What stamina, what trust! Four specialists did special maneuvers with their rifles, so intense I was unable to take pictures for fear of distracting them. They concluded their show with their signature move.
The remainder of the show was the US Army Band "Pershing's Own," and they performed a floor show, which lead into the finale. The finale was spectacular, they had kind of a rock feel to it, and played popular songs such as "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," "Dance To The Music," "Wind Beneath My Wings," and "You Raise Me Up," and they put in a couple songs about the Army that were tearjerkers. A lot of the songs made me cry, it was very touching and moving.
They ended the show on a light note, had a comedy bit with a "drill team" who used pushbrooms squaring off against a member of the actuall Army Drill Team and it was amusing. A good way to end such an emotional show! I also liked the fact they played the songs of the different military branches and honored friends, family, and veterans.
I have so much respect for our troops and the scarifices they make for us everyday. God Bless and Watch Over Our Troops, especially Staff SGT Bethany Bedard!
Roger Williams Zoo, September 7, 2009
Today was Labor Day, and Dan and I were off from work. We decided to go to the zoo. It was a nice day, too nice as everyone was there! But we had fun anyway! The elephants had a new habitat, and there was a baby giraffe too! The seals were being fed, so they were doing habits for fish! They were fun to watch, I could have watched them all day but the zoo was closing in a few hours! The gibbons were fun to watch too! One was in his fish car just hanging out! One of the moon bears was sitting between two rocks. It was so cute! They will be making a new polar bear exhibit, but it wont be started til after the completion of the children's zoo in 2011. So it is going to be awhile, unfortunately! I also loved the eagles and the red panda. They have always been favorites of mine! All in all it was a great day! There are pictures on my photobucket!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Museum of Science
On Saturday, August 15 Dan, his sister Natalie, and I went to the Museum of Science in Boston. We left at 6:30 am, to take a 6:53 train in. We were scheduled for a members-only scavenger hunt at 9, and this was the only train we could take to get in on time! So we got to the Museum around 8:15, and waited til 9. The scavenger hunt was pretty fun and challenging enough, even though we were all adults! They gave you an hour to basically run around the Museum and find random things! We didn't win, but we got a good portion of the 20 items! After the scavenger hunt we were free to roam around! Natalie and I went to the Butterfly Garden, which was awesome! I had three butterflies land on me, which was amazing! I got some great shots of pretty butterflies! Natalie liked it too. After, her and I went to one of my favorite rooms, the room that has the magnetic boards and the colored ball chains you can use to make pictures. We spent a lot of time there! Luckily, she liked that as much as I did! We must have spent an hour in that room! Dan went to the lightning show, he was happy because we had had to leave when we had gone previously! We also went to see 3-D Planet You, about microorganisms that live on your body. It was pretty interesting! I think we went just about everywhere. We spent a lot of time in the Science In The Park exhibit, and I had a lot of fun, I hadn't been in that exhibit and played in awhile! We went to the Black Hole Exhibit, and the Critter Cam(they are temporary exhibits) and we saw the Tamarin Monkeys, and next door there was a baby chick just about hatching, so we watched the chick until it hatched. That was really awesome!
After the Museum, we hopped the subway to McGreevy's Bar. Dan went in and ate the Beckett Burger, a 1.9 lb burger with lettuce, tomato, cheese, and pickle. It was the size of a large pizza! Natalie couldn't go in because she wasn't 21, so I stayed with her, we ended up at the Prudential Center, and we had food court.(I love their Bourbon chicken!) We went and got Dan after he was done, and we walked around Pru and Copley (everything was closed, but it was still nice to window shop!) We hopped the 11:15 train back home. It was a long day, but a fun day! (Pictures are posted on my Photobucket)
After the Museum, we hopped the subway to McGreevy's Bar. Dan went in and ate the Beckett Burger, a 1.9 lb burger with lettuce, tomato, cheese, and pickle. It was the size of a large pizza! Natalie couldn't go in because she wasn't 21, so I stayed with her, we ended up at the Prudential Center, and we had food court.(I love their Bourbon chicken!) We went and got Dan after he was done, and we walked around Pru and Copley (everything was closed, but it was still nice to window shop!) We hopped the 11:15 train back home. It was a long day, but a fun day! (Pictures are posted on my Photobucket)
Monday, August 10, 2009
Cooperstown-Baseball Hall Of Fame
Dan and I left early-like 6 am-Sunday morning and got on the Conway bus that was bringing us on the almost 5 hour drive to Cooperstown, NY, where we were going to check out the National Baseball Hall Of Fame! We arrived at 11am, cutting an hour off our travel time. The driver went and got our tickets, and we were free to roam the quaint town of Cooperstown, as long as we were back on the bus by 5pm.
It was amazing! Everything I had expected and more! And the best part is they let us take pictures of everything! (Unlike when they had the exhibit in Boston! We weren't allowed to take pictures when it was here!)
They chronicled everything from the 1800's-present day. They had: Women's Baseball, Black Baseball, Latino Baseball, Baseball History, Artifacts and Items used in Baseball, World Series Trophies, Hall Of Fame Inductees, and much more. My favorites items were of course anything relating to the Red Sox(Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkillis, Jon Lester, Jason Varitek, Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Curt Schilling were amongst the featured) and the case of World Series Rings and Pins. I also liked the souvenir room, and the Baseball Theatre, which was modeled after old Comiskey Park. Of course there was an awful lot of Yankee stuff, which was to be expected, but I bypassed all that! :)
After we were done with the museum, (around 330 pm) we went looking in search of food. We found the Cooperstown Diner, which I had heard of online, and it had had great reviews. We stopped in the (tiny--I think it had 5 tables and counter service) Diner. We were not disappointed! I had their burger--HUGE--with lettuce and tomatoes and cheese just melting off it with a side of tater tots. Dan had their "Mohican" which was grilled cheese and bacon with 2 sides--tater tots and macaroni salad. He also liked his meal. We drank water, and our bill came to $21, including tip. That's not bad! After dinner we went browsing in the store across the street, which was set up like a theatre with a marquee! (It may have been an actual theatre at one point, I am guessing!) We had fun browsing in there. They had an equal amount of Red Sox and Yankee stuff in there, so I was pleased! One thing they had was a GIANT Curt Schilling Bobble head with a World Series Trophy! That was going for $795.00! That is crazy! After that we were hanging out on a bench(it was almost time for the bus) and we saw a guy walk by fully dressed like a baseball player! I was like wow, some people take Cooperstown very seriously! I couldn't resist, I took a picture of him! :) On our way back to the bus we passed the Doubleday ball field, and the Baseball Wax Museum. (I wish we had seen it earlier! We definately had time to check it out!) Dan posed with a Wax George Costanza(yes, that George Costanza from Seinfeld!) and our day in Cooperstown was over. We arrived back at 1030(after getting stuck in traffic and stopping at McDonald's.) Very fun day! I recommend this place for anyone who is a baseball fan! :)
It was amazing! Everything I had expected and more! And the best part is they let us take pictures of everything! (Unlike when they had the exhibit in Boston! We weren't allowed to take pictures when it was here!)
They chronicled everything from the 1800's-present day. They had: Women's Baseball, Black Baseball, Latino Baseball, Baseball History, Artifacts and Items used in Baseball, World Series Trophies, Hall Of Fame Inductees, and much more. My favorites items were of course anything relating to the Red Sox(Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkillis, Jon Lester, Jason Varitek, Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Curt Schilling were amongst the featured) and the case of World Series Rings and Pins. I also liked the souvenir room, and the Baseball Theatre, which was modeled after old Comiskey Park. Of course there was an awful lot of Yankee stuff, which was to be expected, but I bypassed all that! :)
After we were done with the museum, (around 330 pm) we went looking in search of food. We found the Cooperstown Diner, which I had heard of online, and it had had great reviews. We stopped in the (tiny--I think it had 5 tables and counter service) Diner. We were not disappointed! I had their burger--HUGE--with lettuce and tomatoes and cheese just melting off it with a side of tater tots. Dan had their "Mohican" which was grilled cheese and bacon with 2 sides--tater tots and macaroni salad. He also liked his meal. We drank water, and our bill came to $21, including tip. That's not bad! After dinner we went browsing in the store across the street, which was set up like a theatre with a marquee! (It may have been an actual theatre at one point, I am guessing!) We had fun browsing in there. They had an equal amount of Red Sox and Yankee stuff in there, so I was pleased! One thing they had was a GIANT Curt Schilling Bobble head with a World Series Trophy! That was going for $795.00! That is crazy! After that we were hanging out on a bench(it was almost time for the bus) and we saw a guy walk by fully dressed like a baseball player! I was like wow, some people take Cooperstown very seriously! I couldn't resist, I took a picture of him! :) On our way back to the bus we passed the Doubleday ball field, and the Baseball Wax Museum. (I wish we had seen it earlier! We definately had time to check it out!) Dan posed with a Wax George Costanza(yes, that George Costanza from Seinfeld!) and our day in Cooperstown was over. We arrived back at 1030(after getting stuck in traffic and stopping at McDonald's.) Very fun day! I recommend this place for anyone who is a baseball fan! :)
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Boston Pops/WWE Aug 2 and 3, 2009
Last weekend was busy! I was down the Cape with Ma Saturday-Sunday so we could see the Boston Pops' Annual Pops by The Sea concert in Hyannis Green. It was excellent as always! Keith Lockhart was conducting, with Angie Dickinson as a Guest Conductor. (Anyone have any idea who Angie Dickinson is?! I know I had no idea! Apparently she was some chick cop on a tv show that was on before I was born! So she wasn't really a guest conductor I was excited to see!) They did some songs off their Red Sox Album("Star Spangled Banner", "National Baseball Theme", "Sweet Caroline", "Casey At The Bat", and "The Theme From The Natural"...all excellent, but I wish they had done "Shipping Up To Boston"!!!) Angie conducted "Strike Up The Band". Keith decided they would play straight through, because the weather was looking ominous. They played a Richard Rodgers Tribute, and played songs from I Married An Angel, King and I, and Carousel. At the end, they did a sing-a-long medley of song favorites from movies with songs like "Singing In The Rain", "Memories", "As Time Goes By", and "Somewhere Over The Rainbow." They closed with "Stars and Stripes Forever." It was a great concert, and the rain managed to hold out! (Miraculously!)
After the Pops, I met Dan at the Melody Tent in Hyannis, to see WWE's Smackdown/ECW Summerslam Tour. We had great seats! (The Melody Tent is not huge, we were row 14 and we could see perfectly! I didn't know as many of the wrestlers because I don't watch Smackdown or ECW, just RAW. But the ones I did know were: Jimmy Wang Yang, John Morrison, Christian, William Regal, CM Punk, Kane, Great Khali, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. Decent Superstars! Dan knew everyone, of course. I was just excited to see it live! Afterwards we stood by as the Superstars left, and we got a few pics of them in their cars. It made for a long but exciting day!
Monday after work we drove straight to Mohegan Sun to see RAW live. That was more exciting for me, as I knew most, if not all, of the wrestlers! We ate quickly at Big Bubba's BBQ before the event. The BBQ chicken was great, but we both didn't care for the ribs. They had good mac n cheese, decent fries, and AMAZING cheese grits! I was disappointed I didn't order the cheese grits!(But I was glad he did! I was able to sample!) I didn't like the cornbread, I don't like my cornbread mixed with herbs. He ate my piece too. The fresh squeezed lemonade was excellent.
We headed into Raw, and wouldn't you know we ended up in the LAST ROW directly facing the RAW entrance! I had no idea we were so high! We got there early enough to see the Superstars matches. I got to see Santino, so I was happy! Jeremy Piven and Dr Ken were the Guest Hosts, and they were funny. I won't list the results, anyone can find that online. But I got to see Triple H, John Cena, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, Big Show, Hornswoggle, Mark Henry, Jericho, Randy Orton and Legacy, Chavo Guerrero, Carlito, Primo, Jack Swagger, Mickie James, Gail Kim, Beth Phoenix, Jillian. I got decent pictures from where I was sitting! After, there was a dark tag team match with HHH and Cena vs Orton and Big Show. That was awesome! HHH and Cena won :) We were walking around the casino after, and we saw Alicia Fox and Evan Bourne! Dan got their autographs and pictures with them, which was cool! It was another long, but fun night!
You can check out pictures from all the events on photobucket.com/butterfly1016217!
After the Pops, I met Dan at the Melody Tent in Hyannis, to see WWE's Smackdown/ECW Summerslam Tour. We had great seats! (The Melody Tent is not huge, we were row 14 and we could see perfectly! I didn't know as many of the wrestlers because I don't watch Smackdown or ECW, just RAW. But the ones I did know were: Jimmy Wang Yang, John Morrison, Christian, William Regal, CM Punk, Kane, Great Khali, Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. Decent Superstars! Dan knew everyone, of course. I was just excited to see it live! Afterwards we stood by as the Superstars left, and we got a few pics of them in their cars. It made for a long but exciting day!
Monday after work we drove straight to Mohegan Sun to see RAW live. That was more exciting for me, as I knew most, if not all, of the wrestlers! We ate quickly at Big Bubba's BBQ before the event. The BBQ chicken was great, but we both didn't care for the ribs. They had good mac n cheese, decent fries, and AMAZING cheese grits! I was disappointed I didn't order the cheese grits!(But I was glad he did! I was able to sample!) I didn't like the cornbread, I don't like my cornbread mixed with herbs. He ate my piece too. The fresh squeezed lemonade was excellent.
We headed into Raw, and wouldn't you know we ended up in the LAST ROW directly facing the RAW entrance! I had no idea we were so high! We got there early enough to see the Superstars matches. I got to see Santino, so I was happy! Jeremy Piven and Dr Ken were the Guest Hosts, and they were funny. I won't list the results, anyone can find that online. But I got to see Triple H, John Cena, Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourne, Big Show, Hornswoggle, Mark Henry, Jericho, Randy Orton and Legacy, Chavo Guerrero, Carlito, Primo, Jack Swagger, Mickie James, Gail Kim, Beth Phoenix, Jillian. I got decent pictures from where I was sitting! After, there was a dark tag team match with HHH and Cena vs Orton and Big Show. That was awesome! HHH and Cena won :) We were walking around the casino after, and we saw Alicia Fox and Evan Bourne! Dan got their autographs and pictures with them, which was cool! It was another long, but fun night!
You can check out pictures from all the events on photobucket.com/butterfly1016217!
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