Lessons Learned on Vacation (yes, even on a break, one can learn Life Lessons! Your brain, unless completely filled with sand and/or buffeted by balmy breezes can osmose important "stuff"):
1.) Attempt to sleep late. This is harder than you think. Your cat/dog/ferret may have you trained to get up at 5:02 am, even when you aren't home or the "one with the food". So there you are, in your cozy B&B, and you don't even need an alarm for this. You pop up, vertical, ready to go, anticipating Kitty's affectionate "bat", and ...you have to wait 3 hours for the rest of the world to rise and shine. At least you may have time later for a nap on the "veranda".
2.) Don't get hit by a car. This proved difficult for me. In Pittsford. Old guy in his black SUV. Stopped at an insection, I was wearing a neon, almost-glow-in-the-dark, lime green jacket, flashing helmet lights, and a boa (well, no, I actually wasn't wearing a boa, but it is now a consideration). Didn't help. Wham. I'm fine, folks, but that high-priced carbon bike frame fared less well. I would avoid this experience at all cost. And maybe just forget Pittsford altogether.
3.) Maybe don't order the onion rings every night. If you're not used to that kind of Fried Everything, you'll pay a price. In fact, you should never take a vacation from salad! Salad is your friend.
I've had these before...onion rings masquerading as donuts.
You only need 1, but you'll inhale 3.
4.) Don't over pack. Don't under pack. You don't need 17 pairs of earrings, but you WILL need shoes. And mascara. And PJs. (No embarrassing B&B "moments"!)
5.) Watch the dates. Dates have pits, okay? Tooth and pit collisions are almost as bad as SUV and bike smashups in Pittsford. What's that line from Man of La Mancha? When the vase meets the head, things aren't going to go well for the head? Something like that. Anyway, implant scheduled for September!
That's it. Maybe it's easier to stay home this week. And play SAFE Broadway. West Side stuff, Music(al) Men(Man), themes with Doris and Howard and Jerry, and definitely George (what a butler HE made!). My last LIVE show of August, hopefully back A-LIVE in September (yes, I'll be spinning the platters on Labor Day Weekend). Listen in if you can, with a plate of onion rings and pitless dates at the ready. I'll safely/vicariously enjoy them with you, over the airwaves!
Put On Your Sunday Clothes (Charles Nelson Reilly, Carol Channing, Company, Hello, Dolly!)
The Jet Song (Michael Callan, Ensemble, West Side Story)
Something's Coming (Larry Kert, West Side Story)
Cool (Michael Callan, West Side Story)
Put 'Em In A Box (Doris Day, Romance On The High Seas)
Put 'Em Back (Ensemble, L'il Abner)
Put The Blame On Mame (Anita Kert Ellis, Gilda)
Let's Put Out The Lights (And Go To Sleep)(Rudy Vallee)
Don't Put Your Daughter On The Stage, Mrs. Worthington (Noel Coward)
Puttin' On The Ritz (The Phil Spitalny Orchestra)
They Go Wild, Simply Wild (George S. Irving, Irene)
We're Getting Away With It (George S. Irving, Irene)
The Butler's Song (George S. Irving, So Long 174th Street)
Heart (Russ Brown, Nathaniel Frey, Jimmy Komack, Damn Yankees
Hey There (John Raitt, The Pajama Game)
Two Lost Souls (Gwen Verdon, Stephen Douglass, Damn Yankees)
Hernando's Hideaway (Ensemble, The Pajama Game)
That Old Black Magic (Jerry Lewis, The Nutty Professor)
That Old Black Magic (Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Bus Stop)
That Old Black Magic (Spike Jones)
Put Your Arms Around Me (Judy Garland, Van Johnson, In The Good Old Summertime)
Put Him Away (Danny Kaye, Ensemble, Two By Two)
Chromolume #7/Putting It Together (Mandy Patinkin, Ensemble, Sunday In The Park With George)
Rita's Confession (Mary Testa, Jason Graae, Lucky Stiff)
I'm Unlucky At Gambling (Kim Criswell, Fifty Million Frenchmen)
Politics And Poker (Howard DaSilva, Fiorello!)
Rock Island (Ensemble, The Music Man)
Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little (Helen Raymond, Ensemble, The Music Man)
Marion The Librarian (Robert Preston, The Music Man)
Shipoopi (Iggy Wolfington, The Music Man)
Puttin' On The Ritz (Fred Astaire)
Puttin' On The Ritz (Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Young Frankenstein)
Puttin' On The Ritz (Roger Bart, Shuler Hensley, Young Frankenstein, The Musical)
