Goodbye until tomorrow...

This weekend was filled with a lot of passion, sadness, and joy.

Friday night was my wonderful friend, Abby, and her fiance's goodbye party. They are moving to the Midwest and I am so excited for them and the adventure and life that they're starting up! BUT, at the same time it is also heartbreaking to see a dear friend of mine leave New York. In New York City we are always saying hello and goodbye. There's no constant here. That's part of the reason I like it, but when you've known someone for over 5 years who you admire so much it's hard to see them go. I've been bugging Abby for weeks now about "leaving me" with, what I hope she is finding, amusing text messages and facebook wall posts.
I've known Abby since I first got to Pace University in 2005. She was one of the cool kids and definitely someone I looked up to. We only became close friends in the latter part of college when she kind of joined my class year- 'cause she booked a tour and left for a while (she's talented like that). Long storyshort, it's been wildly wonderful to have a friend who I feel like I can share so much without abandon. I have always felt like I can speak honestly and openly to Abby because she is so welcoming and forthright. You rarely meet such a genuine person- perhaps one of the reasons why she's going back to where she's from (the people there sound lovely!)

The goodbye party we had for the two of them was an absolute blast. There were only wonderful people there. Seriously. No bullshitting people or fakes... it was just a group of people who deeply care and are generally kind. After a few hours it dwindled down to a few of us who pulled out some musical instruments and ended up having a jam session into the wee hours of the night. It was a really lovely way to say "see you later" and it all ended on a super happy note. Can't wait to see my friend again in the future and so excited for the happy couple!!


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The following morning I was supposed to see my super talented friend, Kate, in a Wicked workshop... but couldn't make it. Let's just say, I hate winter.
I'm sure she was incredible, as usual... but I was sad 'cause I haven't seen her in a while and I adore her, her husband, and friends! It was a bummer.

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Last night, however, I went out with a few friends in the West Village. I forgot how wild it gets out there. It was incredible fun! Met a bunch of my friend's friends and all that... even acted as a little Yenta and made a match happen between two strangers I didn't even know at the beginning of the night.

Made it home after waiting for the subway for an absurd amount of time, and now guess where I am?
Yup... work. The uje.

I'm seeing two wonderful friends for dinner tonight and can't wait. At least that's something for me to look forward to for the rest of the day.


peace, love, and harmony.
~T

Happy 2011

Quite a bit has happened since mid-December and my last post.

The first major blizzard of this winter happened. It's gotten painfully frigid here. And I'm tired of the commute from Astoria 'cause it's sooo cold. I adore my sweet roommate and the apartment itself. But the cooold! Oy.

I had a wild and fun new years- attended about 5 parties. My friend, James, and his two buddies came into Manhattan and we were all over the place. I got hit in the eye with a snowball by accident, which left me with an eye inflammation for about a week :/

But everything turned wonderful when I reached California for a two-week vacation... and boy, oh boy was it a wonderful vacation! It was wondrous weather, wondrous company, wondrous everything. I spent so many morning and afternoons with my mom wandering around, shopping, going to the beach, strolling around... then cafes and bars with some friends, seeing my friend's new baby (precious!), adventuring in LA, and then to end it all a girls-weekend out in Vegas, followed by pool/jacuzzi/smoothie fun when we got back, the Golden Globes, and Disneyland with my younger brother the next day.
Yes, I realize that was all one wildly outrageous run-on sentence. I just couldn't contain myself! It was sooo much fun!

And since the trip I've been struggling with whether to return to the joys of Los Angeles and California... to make a very long story short, though, I have decided that if I leave now all that I have worked on the past few months since September will sort of have been a waste. Or so I feel. I didn't do anything, really. I kind of just supported myself. Which is great! BUT, I didn't accomplish any great feat or book a great show or a job that I actually want to be doing all the time. So, I made money and then I spent it on living. The end? Not good enough for me... I am developing a stronger network here, and really LOVE the theater world here and am just dying to be a greater part of it. I'm continuing to get to know people in the industry and hopeful that together our talents will conjoin.

I'm planning a trip abroad this Spring if I'm not working where I want to be come April... and I will reassess when I'm off in Ireland in the sunlit green fields. :)

In the meanwhile, I am here working in the hotel business (Shout out to Jamie- one of my hotel front desk followers)... and there are perks. Last night I had free dinner at an unbelievably delicious Italian home-style restaurant right by our hotel. I'm definitely suggesting you all go- Trattoria Del Casa Isaaco. You will be glad you did! I guarantee. Not only is the food soo flavorful and rich (addictive, might I add), but the host of the evening, the owner, runs the whole place like it's house and personally comes up to each of the 10 tables to tell you the specials, get your orders, and even sing to you. You leave with a kiss or hug... I know I'll be back.

Signing off for now. I'm going to read some of my new book, The Kind Diet- thank you and shout out to Michelle, another fab front-desk-y, for the book!

peace, love, kisses, and kindness,
Tal