12/3/2013-12/8/2013: Thousand Oaks, CA

Our last long sit-down of the year.  But lots happened here so - it was good we had all this time.

Thousand Oaks itself seems very nice - but you really need a car to get around - also there really isn't a lot to do if you're not into hiking - but the landscape is BEAUTIFUL!  Its very near to Simi Valley which was the backdrop to all of the old Western movies shot back in the day.  Lots of Mountains and desert areas - but sooooo picturesque.  Definitely worth a drive if you're nearby.

The one brilliant find I made was this Indian restaurant called Karma that was in this little outdoor mall area near the hotel.  They had some of the best Indian food I've had in a long long while - and the selections they had for the lunch buffet were awesome!  And all for like $10.  Couldn't be beat - I went 2 days in a row.  But we also made a Trader Joe's stop when we got into town - so I was able to get some great nibble options for the hotel.  Some beets and cheese for a beet salad - and some great chicken and lentils for a chicken salad plus some heat up Indian food (love my Indian food) and other goodies too…love some Trader Joes!

Most bittersweetly exciting though - Stephen (our new Caveman), Jillian (our new Flapper) and Ryan (our new Lurch) arrived this week and started a heavy rehearsal schedule to get them mostly into the show by Sunday. Which they did!  Its fun to have some new excited blood in the show. But that meant we had to say goodbye to Aaron, Liz and Dan - which was awful.  Their last day was very hard - mostly because they weren't in the show - but just kinda had to watch it from off stage - which made the 2 show day very tearful and exhausting.

But their farewell blowout aka Dragapalooza USA was equally as wonderful. LOL.  Aaron and Dan went full drag out - and was joined by Amanda and Jake.  It was so much fun - a night not to be forgotten.


Thousand Oaks was also the hometown of Blair Anderson (Alice) - so we got to perform for HER family and friends this time around.  Her parents made this wonderful Brunch spread for us on Saturday .  It was to die for - so many good things.  AND in a surprise turn of events, my friend Jonathan Kim (from my Curious George tour) got to come and see the show - we haven't seen each other for almost 5 years now so that was AWESOME!  We also got a visit from our original Pugsley - Sam Primack and his mom. So nice to see them!  Thousand Oaks was really a city of reunions and torch passing for us.  Very emotional.

But our time is has come to end - just  a short nighttime drive to Santa Barbara tonight and then a FULL GOLDEN DAY tomorrow!