Do you find yourself wondering if it’s the right time to take a break from your acting career? It could be that you are tired, burnt out, and feeling generally unfulfilled. Your survival job is starting to feel like a relief compared to your passion. You start to...
This is a LATE post, but it’s still relevant, especially if you are planning to throw a birthday party for your kids and need an idea for DIY birthday party favors. When planning my daughter’s 4th birthday party last year, I was thinking of what kinds of...
This Kid Friendly Recipe for 3 Ingredient Chicken Parmesan is TOO easy. It’s just 3 ingredients and perfect for kids who want to eat fancy but you know they’re lying. All they want is chicken nuggets, so that’s what we’re gonna give them. I am not gonna waste your...
SPOILER ALERT If you have not seen Miss Saigon, Medea, An Infinite Ache or Next to Normal (and possibly care to in the future), perhaps skip this post. Back when I used to teach acting, I used to tell my students “All the really good actors are either really old or...
Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror, shocked at what you see? You pass by the mirror and take one glance and something catches your eye and makes you stop. Maybe it’s your thinning postpartum hair, or the bags under your eyes, but it hits you like a brick....
When lockdown began, this dumbass meme started circulating. I mean, good for him. He changed science. He probably changed the consciousness of a nation and got into The Good Place. He just mosey’d on back to the family farm and just science’d and chilled...
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and in anticipation of that, I thought I’d spend a little time exploring more of my current type and research musical theatre mom roles that I could someday play. The last time I was onstage, I was morphing out of the ingenue...
This post contains affiliate links. Are you struggling to entertain your kids in quarantine? Thank goodness for YouTube tutorials. I just wanted to show some love to Wennie from DrawSoCute.com. She is an art teacher that specializes in kawaii style drawings. My friend...
Stop hate watching. We’ve all done it. We all do it. And the worst part is…we air that shit out on social media. There are articles in defense of it, but this blog post isn’t one of them. Musicals are going live, or “live,” whatever you want to call it. But all...
Photo by Jeff Hendricks on Unsplash This is starting to get old real quick. I look out the window and see the effin squirrels chasing each other around and I’ve never been so jealous of a rodent in my entire life. Those sunflower munching sons of...
Photo by Nsey Benajah on Unsplash Tonight I sang “Part of Your World” to my infant daughter and for the first time, I didn’t feel like I was singing a song I wasn’t supposed to. And I told her that if they remake the movie in 25 years, maybe she will...
Photo by Fallon Michael on Unsplash I am an official art school drop out. And I can’t go back and get my degree because the school I went to went out of business, but not before I managed to complete one out of two required years. Oh but that year was grueling....
Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash I’ve made progress on a lot of things. Reminding myself of that fact keeps the guilt away. I got a PO Box and set up my mailing lists and e-mails for both my sites (blog, pro). Not really sure what went wrong. Did...
Are you looking for fun and educational toddler activities? I’m so excited to work with the non-profit Science Tots for this post! The kid and I love art and she’s starting to identify parts of her body (eye, nose, ears, etc.) so I thought this project...
What if you could make your child into a superhero? Check this out. Isn’t this the coolest thing you’ve ever seen?! If you’re looking for a gift for a great kid in your life, look no further! What about a customized superhero kids portrait of your...
Looking for a dog birthday cake recipe? I got one for you! But better than a cake, make them into cupcakes! This way you can share with friends! Today is my dog Donut’s 10th birthday. This little fella and I have been through so much together. Moving from Los...
My daughter and I took advantage of this weekend’s FREE event at Dia:Beacon. This weekend was part of Dia’s Community Free Days which includes free admission for Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester County...
Photo by Freddy G on Unsplash I didn’t grow up eating the iconic American PBJ sandwich. My mom never made them for me! I have a faint memory of eating one on a school field trip to a farm, but only because I had forgotten my lunch and one of my classmates had two...
I remember when I found out I was pregnant. I took four tests JUST to make sure! The minute after peeing on the stick was literally the longest minute of my life! The second I saw those four positives, everything literally went blank. The second after that, a...
I’m always on the lookout for articles that offer helpful advice. While this article by Alan Norton mainly talks about careers in the technological field, ALL of these points can be applied to a career in the performing arts. I’ve adapted his advice...
This post is inspired by a actress friend of mine. She is beautiful, talented and one of the sweetest people I know. Like all actors, all she wants is to perform good, provocative and artistically satisfying work in the industry she’s chosen. Over lunch one day,...
This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something I may earn a small commission. Thank you! Here it is! My first DIY! For this adjustable leather cord bracelet DIY, I was inspired by the sack full of “orphan beads” I have in my...
