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sorry to interrupt my plot gripes with my violinist gripes. she/her. nyc.

mostly baseball, books, and broadway with some other ny sports thrown in.

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Did I wait to early vote on Halloween just so I could get the Halloween sticker? Sure did!
Photo of a “vote here” sign and two early voting stickers. One reads “Manhattan votes early.” The other reads “Halloween Voter 2025.”
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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I feel a little like I’m posting into the void here, but I’m going to try to be better about it! Anyway, ~24 hours later, some post-Tonys thoughts + also here is everything I saw this season that was eligible. Yes, I saw Once Upon a Mattress at City Center but I’m counting it.
26 playbills from the 2024-2025 Broadway season. Shows are arranged in chronological order based on the first time I saw it. I saw Death Becomes Her three times, and Operation Mincemeat and Maybe Happy Ending both twice.
June 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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For plays, it’s The Hills of California for me, but John Proctor is the Villain was incredible and I’ll be thinking about what Sarah Snook did in Dorian Gray for a long time. And I don’t think I laughed as hard in the theater all season as I did during Eureka Day, which is my pick for best revival.
June 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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For musicals, Operation Mincemeat snuck in at the end and took my top spot, with Death Becomes Her and Maybe Happy Ending as my other favorites. And for revivals, it was always Gypsy for me.
The marquee for Operation Mincemeat at the Golden Theater A playbill for Maybe Happy Ending The marquee for Death Becomes Her at the Lunt-Fontanne theater A playbill for Gypsy
June 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Little weekend roundup. Important to embrace joy and the good things in life amidst everything going on right now.
Playbill from Goodnight and Good Luck at the Winter Garden Theater Carousel designed by Keith Haring, featuring abstract figures, on display at the Luna Luna exhibit Marquee displaying the entrance to part of the Luna Luna exhibit. The name Luna Luna is displayed in bright lights. Image of the Brooklyn Bridge featuring several runners taken during the United NYC Half
March 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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I’ve gone on a few runs in DC recently, and while I love running along the mall and feel inspired by it despite (or because of) what’s going on in government, the thing that’s caught my eye is this building across the street from SCOTUS.
United Methodist Building in Washington DC with sign reading “Justice takes courage” (as pictured approximately two weeks ago) United Methodist Building in Washington DC with sign reading “Restore USAID / Call Congress switchboard” (as pictured yesterday)
March 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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❄️: Sapphic
📚: The Hellion’s Waltz - Olivia Waite
🧣: 25/25
Cover of The Hellion’s Waltz by Olivia Waite
February 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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In addition to *gestures broadly* everything, I should be in Florida for my favorite race weekend. Instead, I got to run in feels like 7 degree temps this morning. Insult to injury, etc.
View of the Central Park Reservoir covered in sheets of ice
February 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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❄️: Reread
📚: Slightly Dangerous - Mary Balogh
🧣: 24/25
Cover of Slightly Dangerous by Mary Balogh
February 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Shows 7&8 for me on the year. Art is more important than ever these days.
Screencap of the Mezzanine app, showing playbills for Our Town, The Outsiders, Left on Tenth, Eureka Day, Gypsy, A Wonderful World, Urinetown, and Cabaret
February 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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This week in extremely timely theatrical productions
Playbill from NY City Center’s Encores! production of Urinetown Sign/display from outside the production of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club at the August Wilson Theater
February 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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❄️: Romance Classic
📚: Indigo - Beverly Jenkins
🧣: 23/25
Cover of Indigo by Beverly Jenkins
February 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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❄️: Couple with Multiple Books
📚: Only Cold Depths - Jennifer Estep
🧣: 22/25
Cover of Only Cold Depths by Jennifer Estep
February 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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The vibes are very bad but running along Riverside and the WSH remains unparalleled
View of buildings in Midtown from one of the piers along the Hudson River Buildings in Midtown, including the Empire State Building, from one of the piers along the Hudson River Hudson River Park and some buildings on the UWS The Hudson River and the George Washington Bridge as seen from the Hudson River Greenway
February 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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I’m not doing a really good job of Posting Things here, but things feel bleak right now so I figured I’d start sharing some good things about life lately. For me, that’s been kicking off London marathon training at Walt Disney World a few weeks ago, and getting to enjoy some theater
Image of the WDW Half Marathon medal taken at the hub at Magic Kingdom in front of statues of Donald and Daisy West Drive in Central Park at night, with snow on the ground, looking up at the San Remo. Photo was taken during a training run as part of my London marathon plan. Image of the Left on Tenth Playbill, featuring Peter Gallagher and Julianna Margulies Image of the Eureka Day Playbill, featuring five small colored chairs
January 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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❄️: Roman Empire
📚: It Happened One Wedding - Julie James
🧣: 21/25
Cover of It Happened One Wedding by Julie James
January 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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❄️: Happy Holidays
📚: Blonde Date - Sarina Bowen
🧣: 20/25
Cover of Blonde Date by Sarina Bowen
January 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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❄️: Snow
📚: Boyfriend - Sarina Bowen
🧣: 19/25
Cover of Boyfriend by Sarina Bowen
January 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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❄️: No Guilt, All Pleasure
📚: My Inconvenient Duke - Loretta Chase
🧣: 18/25
Cover of My Inconvenient Duke by Loretta Chase
January 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Anyway nothing matters and I’m sitting here working on a day off, but here are some pictures of Central Park (reservoir/bridle path) in the snow
The Central Park reservoir running track covered in light snow Some birds hanging out on and around a small strip of ice on the Central Park reservoir The Central Park reservoir running path with the El Dorado pictured in the background Views of the bridle path covered in light snow with a bridge and the El Dorado in the background
January 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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❄️: Battle of Wills
📚: False Evidence - Rachel Grant
🧣: 17/25
Cover of False Evidence by Rachel Grant
January 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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2024 reading recap! I read 100 books this year, and honestly struggled to put together my top ten list because very few things stood out to me. By my standards, I barely read anything between July and November, but I managed to pick it up in December and finish on a more positive note.
Screencap of my Goodreads 2024 in Books recap graphic noting that I read 28,773 pages and 100 books in 2024
January 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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❄️: Healing
📚: Check & Mate - Ali Hazelwood
🧣: 16/25
Cover of Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
December 31, 2024 at 1:44 PM
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It’s 2024 recap time! Here are my favorite things I saw at the theater in 2024. Pictured are my top four, with the complete list:

-Titanic
-Ragtime
-Bye Bye Birdie
-Maybe Happy Ending
- Purlie Victorious
-Suffs
-Illinoise
-A Little Night Music
-The Hills of California
-Death Becomes Her
Traditional playbill shot of Titanic at NYCC Encores! Traditional playbill shot of Ragtime at NYCC Traditional playbill shot of Bye Bye Birdie at The Kennedy Center presents Broadway Center Stage Traditional playbill shot of Maybe Happy Ending
December 30, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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❄️: After Midnight
📚: Much Ado About Margaret - Madeleine Roux
🧣: 15/25
Cover of Much Ado About Margaret by Madeleine Roux
December 30, 2024 at 3:16 PM