i'm in a new york state of mind.

Day 33 of the wild goose chase and we are in buffalo, ny.
this is bo, an old friend from matt’s americorps days.
bo lives in rochester, where wgc theater performed the final show of the summer tour today. we arrived in rochester yesterday afternoon after a show in dunkirk and a quick look at lake erie.this is bo’s favorite meal: the trash plate.
the trash plate features all of your favorite american foods piled on top of one another like garbage in a compost heap. start with a base of home fries and mac salad. now top it with two cheeseburgers. smother it in ketchup and ground beef hot sauce, and then stuff it in your face with a fork. yum.



this is bo’s favorite past time: drinking at the dubland bar.

thanks, bo!36 shows down, one wedding to go. we drive now to new castle, pennsylvania to make merry at jen and alex’s wedding.

on the way out of new york, we decided to stop in buffalo to see niagara falls. a few folks mentioned to us that Canada has the better view of the falls. apparently the word got to our gps, because it directed us straight out of the country. as we crossed the bridge and saw the canadian flag, we realized our blunder. passportless, we skirted some orange cones, and turned around, only to plea with the jerk at border control to let us back into our own country without the proper documentation.
we ended up finding our way to the american falls and loving it! all of my witty blog banter cannot capture the wonder that is several million gallons of water rushing over a cliff. you know what that means. time for a video!

wedding tomorrow, and more photos, live from puppet tour 2oo9.

i come from a nation of heat.

day 29 of wild goose chase theater’s world take-over and we are in lexington, ky.it was hard to leave again after two days at home. there was rest and relaxation, but even at home, there was work to be done.
first, matt had to mow the filthy mess that was the backyard. those bushes at the back fence? yeah, those are weeds.
then, it was time to start up the deep fryer (shout out to mary ellen sandbank!) and cook some freedom fried chillies! all of the hours of food network that i inhaled last month have gotten the better of me. with the help of bobby flay, i planned a full menu of southwestern cuisine and then I served it to my friends!now we're in lexington, at the 5th of 6 libraries that will have us this week. matt's performing in a meeting room on the other side of the building, and the laughter is floating all the way to my little corner.








if i can tell you anything about lexington, it's that they love their fountains. nothing gets kentuckians going like creatively hosed water! want to run through some glorified sprinklers? boy have i got the place for you!







what else can i tell you about lexington? not much. the jif factory is here, but it doesn't offer tours. downtown looks interesting, but we couldn't find much there besides fancy fountains and statues of horses. let's head on to pennsylvania, shall we?

one more cup of coffee before i go

day 26 of puppet the expletives out of the universe 2009 and we have just left rogers, arkansas.
the western leg of the tour is officially over and we just finished the 8 hour drive home for two days of nashvegas splendor. i am ridiculously excited about spending the night in my own bed.

for the most part, we've spent our time in rogers teaching taylor and carlos' children that it is necessary to perform specific dances when beginning specific tasks. the coffee dance, the going to walmart dance, the door-knocking dance. it's fairly easy to create a dance for all of your daily routines. it's also easy to indoctrinate small children!

team gmaz has accomplished many a task in rogers. there was the obligatory daily takeover of the local coffee house. followed by many a nap.

there were baby activities. many games of peekaboo, the water park, the roller rink. one year of walking, and now the babies are on skates!

Of course, there was no shortage of cooking. barbecued pork, stuffed jalapenos, stuffed salmon. we spent a day in eureka springs. saw the thorncrown chapel and explored all of the hippyness that Arkansas has to offer.speaking of hippies, we tested some ear candles. ear candling is a natural method of earwax removal that supposedly feels awesome. the reports are in and we're here to tell you that the candles did not deliver. we felt a whole lot of nothing.


and then we came home. tomorrow, we’ll celebrate independence day with all the residents of ca$hville, and on the 6th, wgc theater will go east for the tour. matt picked up this monster key chain back in Albuquerque and we’ve spent the last week perfecting our impersonations of it.