Annie Giveaway!
20 Jan 2012 12 Comments
in Hot Topics, livermore, Meghan's World, Theater Tags: Annie, Annie the Musical, Bankhead Theater, Downtown Livermore, Film, Livermore, san francisco, Theatre, Tickets, Tri, Tri-Valley, Tri-Valley Rep Theater, TVRT
In 1982 I was 6 years old. The same age my daughter is now and when the movie Annie came onto the big screen it was the most wonderful and amazing thing I had ever seen in my whole young life.
The music, the attitude, the sweetness and those fabulous orange locks! Annie was my kind of girl and I learned every song word for word after listening to the soundtrack album on my record player. I knew she’d always hold a special place in my heart.
That’s why I couldn’t be more excited to be giving away FOUR TICKETS to see the live production of Annie being put on by Tri-Valley Reparatory Theater at the beautiful Bankhead in Downtown Livermore!
That’s right, my friends at TVRT are back and better than ever with their production of Annie! The show will be opening tomorrow night and running through February 5th! Performance dates are, January / February 2012 Jan. 21, 22, 27, 28, 29; Feb. 3, 4, 5. You can buy tickets here via the Bankhead Box Office. More
The End of An Era
16 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Meghan's World Tags: All My Children, American Broadcasting Company, Daytime television, Llanview, One Life, One Life to Live, Shopping, Soap, Soap opera, Television
Today was a bittersweet day in the history of daytime television; it was the end of an era. It was the end of One Life to Live a soap opera that had been running weekdays for the last 44 years. It debuted 10 years before I was born.
Like most modern soap opera fans my earliest memories include One Life to Live in the background. Summer vacations, sick days from school all included spending an hour with the folks on One Life to Live. My mom was always a soap fan, and because soap fandom, is genetic and always passed down from generation to generation eventually I was too
As I got older I paid closer attention to the characters and storylines until one day I was not just watching because my mom was watching, but because I wanted to know what would happen next. Soon summer vacation meant catching up on the soaps. And as I became an adult it meant catching the soaps during my lunch hour when I could, having my mom fill me when needed, and of course going on maternity leave for the first time meant a healthy sudsy daily dose of soaps.
Even now, as a work at home mom, I try to schedule my “lunch hour” around One Life to Live. Well, I did. Not anymore because as of January 13th One life to Live is officially off the air.
It’s hard to explain the draw to certain soap operas. But for me the biggest draw, was the comfort the soaps provided.
Whether it was rough days school, hard times when I moved out on to my own, or the stress of planning my wedding, the soaps were always there. As a grown woman I suffered a number of miscarriages before finally having my children. And on those horrific days when I was home from work curled up in my bed, guess who was there? Those same melodramatic characters that had been on the small screen my whole life. Ready with my temporary escape. When I was exhausted and in labor with my kids, guess what was on TV to try and take my mind off things? The soaps.
And so on and so forth.
It’s the comfort that there was something constant in this world I could count on to never change. That no matter what was going on in the world outside, or in my life the folk of Llanview would still be there, going about their soap opera lives like nothing had ever changed.
There are not a lot of constants in this world. Not a lot of things that we can rely on to never change and to always be there when we need an escape or a break from life. And one of the few constants in my life disappeared with the cancelation of One Life to Live.
So to a wonderful cast and crew who have worked so hard each weekday since before I was even born, I say adios and thanks for always being in the background when I needed you.
Visiting Santa
12 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
in California, Christmas, livermore, Meghan's World, writing Tags: CHristmas, Christmas music, Christmastime, Ho ho ho, Santa, Santa Claus, Stoneridge Shopping Center, Tri-Valley
My memories of going to see Santa when I was a kid pretty much all revolve around one place, the mall. Growing up here in the Tri-Valley there was pretty much one place to see Santa (and pretty much the only place to do your shopping as well) and that was Stoneridge Mall. My memories of Santa’s Village right there in the middle of the mall are of the beautiful Santa’s Village full of mechanical reindeer, elves and Santa’s cottage. And so much fluffy white fake snow it could make you go blind of your stared too long. And of course very long lines that stretched out as far as the eye could see.
Everything a trip to see Santa is supposed to be. More
Hairspray Giveaway!
15 Oct 2011 12 Comments
in Meghan's World Tags: Arts, Baltimore, Bankhead Theater, Broadway theatre, Christmas Ham, Downtown Livermore, Hairspray, John Waters, Livermore, Theatre, Tri-Valley, Tri-Valley Rep Theater
I dearly love Broadway shows and the only thing better than going into the city to see a great show, is to stay in town and see one! I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am to be giving away tickets to see one of my all time favorite shows, Hairspray right here in Livermore at the beautiful Bankhead Theater in our award winning downtown Livermore.
So I can’t help but be giddy with more excitement than Edna Turnblaud in front of a Christmas Ham to be giving away two tickets to what is sure to be a fabulous show! But there’s more to this contest than just getting to give away two tickets to Hairspray, it’s a chance for me to help an incredible local theater company who has found themselves on hard times. More
Words for Wednesday
05 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in Meghan's World Tags: Steve Jobs
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” Summer 1993.
Steve Jobs – Wall Street Journal
Back to School With Crocs
08 Sep 2011 1 Comment
in Meghan's World Tags: back to school, california, Clever Girls, Crocs
Thank you to Crocs for sponsoring this blog post. Please click here to learn more about Crocs’ new Back to School line. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective. All opinions expressed here are my own.
Now that Labor Day has come and gone, it’s safe to say that most kids are officially back at school. And that means that most people have completed their back to school shopping. Though if you’re anything like me here in California, most of those autumn and fall clothes have made their way to the back of the closets as the current heat wave has made summer feel like the guest that wouldn’t leave. Shorts and sandals are still all the rage where I am, not that I’m complaining. More
Never Forget
08 Sep 2011 2 Comments
in Meghan's World Tags: 9/11, Manhattan, New York, New York City Fire Department, September 11 2001, United States, World Trade Center
Every year, I tell myself that I’m not going to do it. I am not going to watch the annual 9/11 documentaries. I’m not going to listen to the CD “A Tribute to Heroes” and I’m not going to look through the two books I have commemorating 9/11 full of pictures. And I tell myself that this year I won’t cry. This year, I won’t give into grief. This year I won’t let go and allow myself to remember what that day felt like. But every year, I do. More
Wordless Wednesday
07 Sep 2011 Leave a Comment
in fall, wordless wednesday Tags: Pumpkin Spice Latte, Starbucks, Wordless wednesday
It’s the little things.
Dannon’s Oikos Greek Yogurt, John Stamos and Me
31 Aug 2011 Leave a Comment
in Clever Girls, Meghan's World, Stamos Tags: Blog With Integrity, Clever Girls Collective, Dannon, Groupe Danone, John Stamos, Safeway, Weight Watchers, Yoghurt
I wrote this post while participating in a blog tour conducted by Clever Girls on behalf of Dannon. I have been compensated for my time commitment to the program but my opinions are my own.
For more information and recipe ideas, visit www.oikosyogurt.com or www.Facebook.com/oikos. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do.
Generally I am not a huge fan of celebrity-endorsed products. I don’t mind the occasional funny well-written commercial starring a celebrity I like, but I usually roll my eyes at the thought of a witty celebrity actually getting me to purchase a product. Any product.
With one exception. More
