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What Vegans Eat – Day 1097, Travel Edition

Breakfast: Conducting two shows a day is a test of endurance! After yesterday’s two shows I woke up weary. We have two more shows today. Gary made me a thermos of Maté.   Lunch: In between shows we went to Khahn’s. On the weekends they open up at 4:30pm. We got there at 4:20pm and…

What Vegans Eat – Day 1096, Travel Edition

Breakfast: Now at the pool house we have a stove and can cook. That means Oatmeal. We made a big pot with all the fixin’s: Apples, Bananas, Raisins, Apricots and Almonds. I topped mine with sprinkles: Cacao Nibs.   Lunch: We had a matinee performance at 1pm. The next show is at 7pm. In between…

What Vegans Eat – Day 1095, Travel Edition

Breakfast: We were leaving his sister’s house today and moving back to Gary’s brother’s pool house in Monte Sereno. We had a lot of bags and boxes to bring up the stairs and out to the car. How did we collect so much stuff in the last 2 months? When we were almost done I…

What Vegans Eat – Day 1094, Travel Edition

Breakfast: We have what’s called a “soft” opening or preview tonight. One cast had their dress rehearsal last night and tonight the other cast will have theirs, but there will be an audience who purchased tickets at a reduced price. Gary didn’t get much sleep – he was still working things out in his head…

What Vegans Eat – Day 1093, Travel Edition

Breakfast: We survived the tech rehearsal for The Music Man last night. We had an ambitious plan for what we wanted to accomplished and barely got through about half! Gary got up early and went to the theater.   Lunch: I still had plenty of computer work to do and I found a moment to…

What Vegans Eat – Day 1092, Travel Edition

Breakfast: Tonight we have our Tech Rehearsal for The Music Man. Gary set out early to get back to the theater. There is still much to do to make tonight’s rehearsal more efficient. I was on my own to work on other projects. Maté was my tea for the day. As I worked I ate…

What Vegans Eat – Day 1091, Travel Edition

Breakfast: Gary is in the theater all day and night today, loading in the set, programming the light board and anything else that needs taking care of before we have our tech rehearsal and final dress rehearsal. My plan is to work at lightning speed to finish some other projects while he is away. I…

What Vegans Eat – Day 1090, Travel Edition

Lunch: Sunday, our day off. Ah, do we need this day! We didn’t have any specific plans and we didn’t want to rush. We slept in and skipped breakfast. Neither of us thought about packing what we might want to wear during the performances when we had left New York. I needed some black clothes…

What Vegans Eat – Day 1089, Travel Edition

Breakfast: Today’s rehearsal for The Music Man was the Sitzprobe. This is where the cast sits and sings with the orchestra, integrating the two before the run throughs with the musicians. Gary and I had our morning Teeccino and took off early for the theater to set up.   Lunch: We did not bring any…