Hello all! As promised, here I am with a late blog entry! I leave NYC tomorrow, so I'm busy trying to see as many friends as possible before I leave. Alas, I won't be able to see everyone I want to, but that's how it goes! Hopefully I'll someday have a gig that keeps me in NYC longer than a week or two!
I started out last week with voice lessons and getting new headshots taken. Both were successful! I really enjoyed working with the photographer, and we bonded over both being from Wisconsin! Check out her website if you'd like: http://www.kristinhoebermann.com
We braved the cold outside, and managed to get some
really cool photos!
Chad showed up late Thursday night (unfortunately without luggage, but at least it arrived the next day!) and we celebrated his return to NYC after 5 years with New York style pizza from a place that stays open until 5 in the morning. We're not in Germany anymore! During the two free days before my Carnegie concert, we visited old favorite spots like Alice's Tea Cup. I used to go to this restaurant every year for my birthday, so it was like a belated celebration! It's a tea house with an Alice in Wonderland theme that caters to both adults and children. It's quite fanciful and lovely!
Happy!
On Sunday it was time for my big Carnegie Hall debut! I felt so loved and supported by all the friends and family that came! The concert went really well, and the audience seemed to love it, which is always a good feeling. The hall is gorgeous, and it was an honor to sing on that stage.
A friend took this photo during the curtain call, and in my head, it looks
like I'm doing an Irish jig. Now that's all you'll think of too!!
My old friend Patrick came!
Patrick was actually my date this Valentine's Day, since Chad and I were apart.
Patrick even got me these gifts! What a sweetheart.
With Chad's brother and sister-in-law and their two eldest. I hear the kids
did great during the concert! Tyler apparently really liked being
"on the list" to go backstage! It was amazing having them there!
We had a wonderful casual dinner after the concert that another old friend of mine generously organized, and it was great to catch up with some people I hadn't seen in a long time! It felt a little like a wedding -- never enough time to talk to everyone you want to!
Chad left on Monday to go back to law school, and I've been spending my last few days in NYC having more voice lessons, and seeing more friends. Which reminds me, I have to go! I go back to Iowa tomorrow, and I'm looking forward to a very relaxing time, just being a wife for awhile! Until then, have a great week!
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