recent wisdom

for those who don't know, i am currently touring the east coast of the US with ArtsPower's 'The Rainbow Fish'. It's a fun mini-musical based on the book by Marcus Pfeister aimed at Kindergarten - 2nd graders. I'm just starting my 3rd week on tour, and it's been pretty good so far, but i thought i'd share some pearls of wisdom i have picked up on the road:

* children under 7 years of age cannot clap in time with music. ever.
* long drives in a van can be passed pleasantly with a charged laptop and all 6 seasons of The West Wing
* Kentucky has several 'dry' counties - you should be aware of these before you plan your saturday night.
* if you're ever in Evansville, Indiana, you should go to Lic's Deli. It's like walking right into 1952.
* walmart is awesome
* parts of wisconsin are amazing. one day i want a house on lake michigan, and a street lined with trees. i'll only live there in the fall when the trees are glorious shades of orange and yellow.
* sometimes there's nothing better than curling up in a hotel bed with pencils and a Disney Princess coloring book
* 'touchdown jesus'/'drowning jesus' will haunt your dreams (google it - it's in ohio)
* you don't realize how awesome home cooking is until you've been eating nothing but cheap restaurant and fast food for 2 weeks - thank you Barry's parents!
* after 2 weeks on the road you do get much better and faster at building and deconstructing a set. however, the faster it goes, the more bruises and broken nails you're likely to get.
* haunted houses rock.

for those keeping track, in the last 2 weeks i've been in Manasquan, NJ; Winston-Salem, NC; Ashland, KY; Ashville, OH; Evansville, IN; Dayton, OH and Milwaukee, WI. tomorrow we go back to Ohio (Mansfield) for the third time. first, we couldn't seem to escape Kentucky (seeing as to get from ohio to indiana and back to ohio again we had to pass through kentucky twice), now we seem to be constantly returning to Ohio... why-o why-o why-o... why can't i ever leave ohio...

more to come on another day, from another state, and another timezone.
xx