the yankees won the world series. and i was there!

as i mentioned in a previous post, i'm a HUGE yankees fan. and when i was invited to sit in box seats for the alcs game 6 that we ended up winning, i couldn't believe my luck. i never in a million years thought that i would ever be invited back for a world series game, let alone the game that my team would end up winning to end the series. but that's exactly what happened. it was magical and amazing and incredible and everything that you imagine when you watch old world series game wins on the highlight reels. it was a DREAM COME TRUE and i will never, ever forget it.

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hi faithful blog readers!

i apologize for the recent lack of updates...i've had a crazy couple of weeks and the crazy just keeps coming. i wrote a little while back about how awesome it was to be at game six of the alcs when the yankees won.  little did i know at the time that i would be at the world series game 6 when the yankees WON. it was crazy and amazing and i will have a huge post about it soon.

i also finally saw the world premiere of the dessner brothers' the long count at bam last week and it was incredible. gorgeous music and imagery, an amazing orchestra, and guest appearances by shara worden, the deal sisters, and matt berninger..,you can't go wrong. i saw sufjan stevens in the lobby before the performance (swoon) and then as i was walking out, i realized i was walking right next to lou reed and laurie anderson. by the time i realized that it was lou's leather jacket that was rubbing against my hand, i got so excited that i fell down the stairs in front of them. awesome.

i went back to my old stomping grounds in d.c. last weekend for the wedding of two very dear friends. it was such a blast to see so many old friends in one place at one time and it was a wonderful wedding. that's me with the beautiful bride shannon above. i wish you guys all the best!!!

it's also been a very busy time at work...next weekend i'll be back in d.c. for a whirlwind trip for the nea opera honors event and the opera america board meeting. last year at the nea opera honors, the amazing and legendary leontyne price was honored. i was too nervous to even speak to her, so i had a colleague take a photo of me standing near her. here it is :)

thanks again to those of you who have bought my artwork. if you're thinking about ordering prints for holiday gifts, please order earlier rather than later. it takes two weeks for me to order the prints and then send them to you, so if you would like one in time for the holidays, please order by december 10.

stay tuned for posts about the yankees game and the rest of the awesome bands i saw at nyctaper's cmj showcase. as always, thanks for reading!

k

the yankees won the alcs. and i was there.

i know i said i was going to blog about cmj, but that's just going to have to wait for a couple of days. because i had one of the most exciting moments ever and i just have to share that first.

on friday night, my roommate received a call from her friend whose dad works for the yankees. and she invited us to sit in their box for game 6 of the american league champhionship series. and of course, we freaked out...words can't describe our excitement (we're both diehard yankee fans). we couldn't believe our luck.

when we got to the stadium on sunday night, it was so cool. the mood was electric and everyone who was there was so caught up in it. we got some great food, sat in our seats, and looked to our right...YOGI BERRA WAS SITTING ABOUT 5 SEATS AWAY IN OUR ROW!!!!  he may have been sitting in the box next door, but HE WAS RIGHT THERE!!!!!!  here's a couple of sneaky photos i took with my iphone...that's yogi drinking out of the cup!!!

YOGI!!!!!!!!!!!! also sitting right next to us was my favorite yankee of all time, former first-baseman tino martinez.  TINO WAS RIGHT NEXT TO ME FOR THE WHOLE GAME!!!!!  it was all i could do not to jump over the barrier and hug him. (a little known fact about me: most people think that jeter is my favorite player. but he's not. he's just my favorite player to look at:) TINO!!!!!

anyway, the game was incredibly exciting. and from our vantage point, we didn't miss a thing. here are a few pictures from the game.

and now the celebration. words can't describe what it was like to be there in person to see it. the running. the cheering. the screaming. the crying. the jumping. the high-fiving. and the hugging. lots and lots of hugging. :)

i will never, EVER forget that day and how incredibly lucky i was to be there. i'm still pinching myself.

k