Cripple of Inishmaan at Phoenix Theater

What a fun twin night!

 

We had such a great night getting into the Irish spirit for March!

We had a hearty Irish dinner and Nine Irish and saw an amazing production at the Phoenix Theater.

This was our first adventure to Phoenix, and we will definitely be back!

The theater is so nicely renovated, but retains its historic charm.

 

 

The cast of this show was nothing short of amazing!  Every character was so full of life!

Tragic although the story may be, the production was nothing short of triumphant!

 

  We are so ready for March to arrive, the cold to go away, and the shamrocks to grow!

Although the temps are in the single digits, our excitement is off the charts!!!!

Bring on a wee bit o'sunshine please!

Mardi Massage Night!

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez!
It is Fat Tuesday so we are going to Treat ourselves!!!

 First we stopped by Granite City for some special cajun dishes to get in the Mardi Mood!

Next, we took went for a couples massage at Massage iNDY!
We found them on Groupon and were able to get a great package for a great deal on there!

Our $80 treatment included:

60-minute deep-tissue massage

30-minute Swedish massage

30-minute foot massage

Aromatherapy

 What an AMAZING DEAL!
 

The atmosphere was inviting and soothing albeit the building is in a strip mall!
Emily got the better of our two masseurs, but we both enjoyed the pampering!

This place was reasonable, and a great find. 
So long as we pick the right masseur, it should become a favorite spot!

AAAAAAAAAh, time for a nap!

Witches of East End Marathon!

Season Two:  We Will Conquer You!

Devistated by the loss of a great show, we decided to watch the second and
final season all in one sitting to dull the pain!
 

Literally, it is absolutely unconscionable that this show has been cancelled!
Joanna, Wendy, Freya, Ingrid.... you will be greatly missed!
These ladies are amazing witches with amazing heart!!!

Wish we could have taken even ONE potion lesson alongside you!

 

     

It took us a full day of mocktails, pumpkin soup, and witches brew candle burning -
but we watched EVERY episode! 

WE WANT MORE, BUT ACKNOWLEDGE THE SEASON WAS FANTASTIC!

M A G I C !

This week we are going to explore the world of mystery and intrigue.....

an illusionist show at TOTS!

Famous illusionists are perfoming all over town this month!
We have decided to check out the action at TOTS since they are also offering a taste of Sun King!
The brew known as "ALAKAZAM" was created for Indy's special month of magic!

The beer was a Stout with dark beer roots magically transformed into a blonde colored ale.

Sun King says: Marvel at its light golden color! Behold its rich malt character!
Be amazed by its taste-tasticness! Alakazam!

Hahahaha!  Honestly it was a bit intense and had coffee notes... not our thing but very festive!

The illusions were super fun!  Amateur ring tricks, but also some CRAZY walking on glass stuff!
There were definitely some unexplainable surprises!
We loved every minute!

Stopped into Pizzology for a bite afterwards... this place is so great!
SO many cool pizza combinations, and a great renovated space on Mass Ave.
This is a new pizza hotspot for sure.  Loved it



Another magically wonderful twin night!

Christmas at Natalie's 2014!

This year we celebrated a little after Christmas, on December 28th!

Natalie had her house decorated beautifully (as usual) with an enormous tree!

The table was set with all her Christmas Tree Spode, and the live tree gave off a smell of tradition and home.

This was baby Jack's first Christmas!  He really loved opening presents!

His tiny fists were ripping at the paper as mom helped!

This child is so happy!  He smiled the entire day!

The feast was perfect and the presents were opened.  Dad stopped by to bring gifts and chat as well.

Mom called before dinner and we all got to talk to her.

Natalie had of course baked 20 different types of cookies!  No one was going home hungry!

We also took the time to celebrate Greg's birthday with a cake handmade by Natalie!  So sweet!

After a long day of family fun, it was time to go home!

What a great day watching Jack enjoy his first Christmas traditions!

Great twin night!

Winterland Light Show in Danville!

This week we wanted to do something in the Christmas spirit, so we decided to take a drive through Danville's beautiful Winterland Light Show!

Taking in the festive sights is always better with pizza!
So, we picked up a pie to go and enjoyed the wonderful sights
and dinner all from the comforts of our own vehicle!!!

Danville's lights reminded us SO much of how the Newton County Fairgrounds used to look!
We got quite nostalgic thinking back on how slowly mom would drive the car and play special carols for us all the way through... so of course we had to do the same!
 

 

 They really had some great and creative displays which were fun too!
 

 

We both agreed the light tunnels were the MOST fun part of all to drive through!

The magic of these lights is difficult to capture on camera, but we tried!

 

This super fun 30 foot tree changed colors and pulsed varying synchronized beats to the music too! 

Although it was raining, we didn't care!  White Christmas or no these lights are amazing!

 

 

We must have circled through at least 3 times!   

The lights were just so captivating from all angles, we had to be sure we were getting them all!

 

Then we drove around the town square which was equally as magical!

This was a wonderful night for reminiscing and treasuring a fun Christmas pastime.

 

Yuletide Celebration at the Symphony 2014

 The City is SO BEAUTIFUL this time of year!

The Circle of Lights is absolutely stunning!

 

It was so cold tonight walking to the theater from dinner at Buca, but the scenery was all worth it!

 

 

We had read there would be a LIVE reindeer outside the theater, and could not wait to check it out!

Reindeer are so much smaller than you think!  We were shocked to learn this female was full grown!

We were able to pet the little one, who seemed great with people...

unless you touch her ears...

which feel like a cow ear by the way! (shouldn't have done it, but couldn't resist!)

 

MET A REAL REINDEER!!!

 

 

The tree they had on display was enormous!  And completely decked out in red and gold...

so of course we LOVED it!

 

 

We sat up in the balcony seats in a completely PACKED house!

This show was so incredibly popular!  And once it started we could see exactly why!

The music and singing was so great, costumes were sparkly and festive,

lighting was fantastic, characters were spot on!

This show was SO good!

 

  

 

The Santa seen here was probably a favorite moment, although the men's version of

Frozen was the ultimate crowd favorite!

A new and captivating twist on an overly popular song caught everyone off guard!

I was incredibly pleased by their creativity!

 

We enjoyed mulled cider too, which was a great option at the drink station!

They also had Christmas sugar cookies which caught our eye!

 

 

We realized we never got a birthday wish this year!!!!

Our 30th birthday wishes went out over these sugar cookies into the universe!

Hopefully they will be answered, but regardless the cookies were delicious!