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Philly Improv Festival with Cleveland

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Cleveland celebrates road trips with a bounce.
Cleveland celebrates central air with a bounce.
My friend Cleveland and I hit the turnpike on Saturday to support our DC friends  lined up to perform in the Philadelphia Improv Festival.  It’s only a 2.5 hour drive from DC so we arrived with plenty of time to take in the city before the show began in the evening.  We had schemed to take pics reenacting our favorite scenes from Trading Places, which by the way is the best movie ever filmed in Philadelphia.  Sorry, Philadelphia, you should have been funnier.  However, our touristy priorities  changed when we were greeted with 80 degree heat, 100% humidity and realized we were packed for the Iditarod.   Items on our to do list became pretty basic: stay cool, get the frizz out, see our friends make the jokey jokes and eat some cheesesteaks. 
Trip highlights include:
  • on the dancefloor with Beardy beardy and Cleveland after the shows and realizing we all have sick moves
  • going carnivore for the day at Pat’s Cheesesteakcheesesteaks
  • finding a yummy cup of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee (DC disappoints)
  • watching some great and some not so great improv from Chicago, NYC, Philly and DC teams
  • realizing I could have fun in a paper bag with Cleveland

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November 17, 2008 at 3:56 pm

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Montana Day 3

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I would say this is a fair enough representation in dress and size of your average Montana man. This guy we found welcoming us to a Casino/Saddest Place on Earth in Joliet. This is a fair enough representation of your average Montana man…perhaps a beard too.  We found him on the side of the road welcoming passers by into a Casino/Family Fun Park.  ”Mommy, when daddy stops crying can I go on the ferris wheel?”

 

 

 

Taking Rte. 212 to Yellowstone. I packed clean socks.

Taking Rte. 212 to Yellowstone. I packed clean socks.

 

Beartooth pass. "Oh look, a sheer death drop into the gorge 1 foot from the passenger door."

Beartooth pass. "Oh look, a sheer death drop into the gorge 1 foot from the passenger door! I love Yellowstone!"

 

 

The town of Red Lodge, located at the foot of the mountain. We found safety and microbrews there (that's for another post). Red Lodge, we will never forget you.

The town of Red Lodge, located at the foot of the mountain. We found safety and microbrews there.

 

Montana was an adventure and the wedding was beautiful.  I have some stories to share but I am in the airport now and I have going to spend the last few hours of my vacation eating champagne truffles I picked up from the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport chocolatier.

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September 22, 2008 at 3:37 pm

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Montana Day 2

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It’s hard to type with all of this new bearclaw jewlelry I’m wearing, so I’ll keep it brief. We’re driving our rental car, “Famous Potatoes” out to Yellowstone today.  We’re taking some road called “Beartooth Highway” that is so twisty it’s closed in the winter.  I am psyched.  

 

Rehearsal dinner at Yellowstone Art Museum. I enjoyed a microbrew from Alaska while mingling.

Rehearsal dinner at Yellowstone Art Museum. I enjoyed a microbrew from Alaska while mingling.

 

As you might imagine about a Western museum, there was a running equine theme.

As you might imagine about a Western museum, there was a running equine theme.

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September 21, 2008 at 11:23 am

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Montana Day 1

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Arriving in Billings...

Arriving in Billings...

 

Meant to be. "Famous Potatoes"

Rental car destiny and accidental self-portrait.

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September 19, 2008 at 5:56 pm

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