Rain and a Haircut - Half Price!
After my Sal-liscious weekend, I was ready for a sleepy day off. On Monday I rested and cleaned, and then met up with Triana to hang out.
First we found our new favorite place in Ottawa. We had passed by several times over the past few weeks, but had never been inside. It was tempting, but the time just didn't seem right. This time though, we were ready. We headed straight down the street, only a few blocks from our hotel, and landed at paradise... Sugar Mountain. That's the real name! It's basically an amazing candy store filled with goodies. Not only do they have the largest pic-a-mix selection I've ever seen (except that it's called something like 'choose your snackies'), they also specialize in candy from around the world. There are candy bars there that I haven't seen in years! Since it's dangerous to head into someplace like this with no reason, we were only going in with a mission. We were heading to a movie later, so we knew we'd need some snacks. We chose wisely, and a few minutes later I left with two bags, one chocolate and one gummy. Yummy!
Before we could snack, we had to eat dinner, so we headed to our local Mayflower Pub to grab some comfort food. We made friends with some funny locals, and I fulfilled my daily craving for meat before we headed to the movies. We snuck in our snacks with no problem, and totally enjoyed 'Superbad' - highly recommended and really fun. My week continued until Wednesday, when I decided to use my Phantom 50% discount at an Aveda salon to get some work done! I headed to the Saab Salon & Spa downtown for a haircut and a pedicure, and stepped into luxury. It only took 2 1/2 hours to transform me into a much cleaner person, with softer feet and sparkly coral toenails. My bangs are back, and my blow-dry took half an hour. As I emerged from underground I was ready to greet the world looking fabulous. Instead, I found a thunderous rainstorm!
In the morning it had been hot as balls, but by 5pm it was horrendous!! Torrential downpour as far as the eye can see, and me with a new haircut. Not to mention my wet toenails, flip flops, and NO UMBRELLA. I sat and drank tea for a few minutes in hopes that it would stop, and eventually, miraculously, it did. I headed out for the 15 minute walk home but had only gone two blocks when the skies opened up. I ran for an awning and got my bearings while I hoped for it to clear again. Unfortunately this time I was going to have no luck. It rained and rained and was only getting worse. I knew that I had to have dry hair to put up in pin curls, and that if the rain didn't stop soon I wouldn't have time to go home and dry it before I had to get to the theatre, so I got a little nervous. I made some friends under the awning, and we chatted, but eventually I knew I had to go. I took off running and was on my way!
Unfortunately people in Canada get severely pissed off when you jaywalk, so I would run, and then have to stop and wait for a lovely blinking white hand to go. But after about five minutes I stopped running, since I was soaked to the bone. Luckily it was warm, so I started to enjoy the beautiful rain and lovely city. Canadians are so sweet, and I actually had two offers from fellow pedestrians to walk me home. Cute! I eventually arrived, dripping wet, with no idea what my new haircut looked like. I had time to dry before I headed to work though, so my week continued uneventfully.
I couldn't stay out late after the show on Wednesday because I had to get up early Thursday to take a class at the gym! 'Body Jam' had been popular with some of our ballerinas a week earlier, so I was convinced to join them for a "fun and fabulous" work out. Of course I planned to get there early and stretch, but since I ended up jogging to the gym while eating yogurt, I arrived pretty warm anyway. The class also ended up being a lot of fun! Polly, Janice, Triana, and I got to salsa, merengue, club, and jazzercize to our heart's delight! We also ran into some of our fellow cast members, who unfortunately watched us through the windows part of the time. No fair! After I worked out I hit the gym for some more cardio and a little lifting. I'm hardcore! Unfortunately I was probably a little too hardcore, because all that crazy activity re-awoke my bad knee, and it's been in a little brace since then. What a pain! Literally!
On Friday I had to take it easy, so in between knee icings, Janice and I headed out to see 'The Nanny Diaries'. Although I hate Scarlett Johanssen, the movie was pretty good. Not nearly as good as the book, but Chris Evans looks hot. Janice and I went for salads for dinner afterwards, because we knew there was a big treat waiting for us at the theatre. It was Friday's bake-a-thon!! Who knew that so many people who spend their lives on the road, living in hotels... love to BAKE! Since we have so many avid bakers onboard, we decided to celebrate their talents with a whole lot of food. After I bought my contribution (milk and silverware - Katherine's the baking talent in my family, and Sloan baked for my in NY!) I headed to the theatre, where a feast awaited.
We're talking three kinds of brownies, five types of cookies, lemon cheesecake, fig bars, blueberry cornbread, jalapeno cornbread, confetti cake, apple pie, chocolate pie, sausage and dill biscuits, caramel bread pudding, almond bread, mexican wedding cookies, banana bread, coconut cupcakes, pecan tartlets, granola cake, and many many more. I was shocked at the choices, amount of food, and how good it all was!! Of course I ate until I could eat no more, and then more desserts showed up, so I was doomed. All it means is that I have to get back to the gym, WITH my knee brace. Sign me up for more Body Jamming!
First we found our new favorite place in Ottawa. We had passed by several times over the past few weeks, but had never been inside. It was tempting, but the time just didn't seem right. This time though, we were ready. We headed straight down the street, only a few blocks from our hotel, and landed at paradise... Sugar Mountain. That's the real name! It's basically an amazing candy store filled with goodies. Not only do they have the largest pic-a-mix selection I've ever seen (except that it's called something like 'choose your snackies'), they also specialize in candy from around the world. There are candy bars there that I haven't seen in years! Since it's dangerous to head into someplace like this with no reason, we were only going in with a mission. We were heading to a movie later, so we knew we'd need some snacks. We chose wisely, and a few minutes later I left with two bags, one chocolate and one gummy. Yummy!
Before we could snack, we had to eat dinner, so we headed to our local Mayflower Pub to grab some comfort food. We made friends with some funny locals, and I fulfilled my daily craving for meat before we headed to the movies. We snuck in our snacks with no problem, and totally enjoyed 'Superbad' - highly recommended and really fun. My week continued until Wednesday, when I decided to use my Phantom 50% discount at an Aveda salon to get some work done! I headed to the Saab Salon & Spa downtown for a haircut and a pedicure, and stepped into luxury. It only took 2 1/2 hours to transform me into a much cleaner person, with softer feet and sparkly coral toenails. My bangs are back, and my blow-dry took half an hour. As I emerged from underground I was ready to greet the world looking fabulous. Instead, I found a thunderous rainstorm!
In the morning it had been hot as balls, but by 5pm it was horrendous!! Torrential downpour as far as the eye can see, and me with a new haircut. Not to mention my wet toenails, flip flops, and NO UMBRELLA. I sat and drank tea for a few minutes in hopes that it would stop, and eventually, miraculously, it did. I headed out for the 15 minute walk home but had only gone two blocks when the skies opened up. I ran for an awning and got my bearings while I hoped for it to clear again. Unfortunately this time I was going to have no luck. It rained and rained and was only getting worse. I knew that I had to have dry hair to put up in pin curls, and that if the rain didn't stop soon I wouldn't have time to go home and dry it before I had to get to the theatre, so I got a little nervous. I made some friends under the awning, and we chatted, but eventually I knew I had to go. I took off running and was on my way!
Unfortunately people in Canada get severely pissed off when you jaywalk, so I would run, and then have to stop and wait for a lovely blinking white hand to go. But after about five minutes I stopped running, since I was soaked to the bone. Luckily it was warm, so I started to enjoy the beautiful rain and lovely city. Canadians are so sweet, and I actually had two offers from fellow pedestrians to walk me home. Cute! I eventually arrived, dripping wet, with no idea what my new haircut looked like. I had time to dry before I headed to work though, so my week continued uneventfully.
I couldn't stay out late after the show on Wednesday because I had to get up early Thursday to take a class at the gym! 'Body Jam' had been popular with some of our ballerinas a week earlier, so I was convinced to join them for a "fun and fabulous" work out. Of course I planned to get there early and stretch, but since I ended up jogging to the gym while eating yogurt, I arrived pretty warm anyway. The class also ended up being a lot of fun! Polly, Janice, Triana, and I got to salsa, merengue, club, and jazzercize to our heart's delight! We also ran into some of our fellow cast members, who unfortunately watched us through the windows part of the time. No fair! After I worked out I hit the gym for some more cardio and a little lifting. I'm hardcore! Unfortunately I was probably a little too hardcore, because all that crazy activity re-awoke my bad knee, and it's been in a little brace since then. What a pain! Literally!
On Friday I had to take it easy, so in between knee icings, Janice and I headed out to see 'The Nanny Diaries'. Although I hate Scarlett Johanssen, the movie was pretty good. Not nearly as good as the book, but Chris Evans looks hot. Janice and I went for salads for dinner afterwards, because we knew there was a big treat waiting for us at the theatre. It was Friday's bake-a-thon!! Who knew that so many people who spend their lives on the road, living in hotels... love to BAKE! Since we have so many avid bakers onboard, we decided to celebrate their talents with a whole lot of food. After I bought my contribution (milk and silverware - Katherine's the baking talent in my family, and Sloan baked for my in NY!) I headed to the theatre, where a feast awaited.
We're talking three kinds of brownies, five types of cookies, lemon cheesecake, fig bars, blueberry cornbread, jalapeno cornbread, confetti cake, apple pie, chocolate pie, sausage and dill biscuits, caramel bread pudding, almond bread, mexican wedding cookies, banana bread, coconut cupcakes, pecan tartlets, granola cake, and many many more. I was shocked at the choices, amount of food, and how good it all was!! Of course I ate until I could eat no more, and then more desserts showed up, so I was doomed. All it means is that I have to get back to the gym, WITH my knee brace. Sign me up for more Body Jamming!
posted by Beth at 10:37 PM
2 Comments:
I'm in Montana and Mrs. Stubbins says Hi and her favorite part of your blog was the picture of you in your bra!!! xxxoooguess who
a lot of your blog is about food. Maybe you should be a food writer rather than an actress!
Post a Comment
<< Home