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Family dinner at home in Albuquerque

October 18, 2012

This is sort of a typical family dinner in our Albuquerque household. Usually post-show, around 10:30-11 pm, Nick, Conwell, Tony and I arrive home and fix a snack on our own to wind down. On this particular evening, Ang Top Chef’ed her way through our freezer and fridge and made a simple, delicious dinner of […]

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Another Pumbaa sighting

October 15, 2012

The life of a standby in The Lion King is feast or famine. Sometimes if an actor I’m covering gets injured or sick, I could be on for up to a few days while he recovers. But that hasn’t really happened in the past few months. I usually know about their vacations in advance and […]

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Yoga on the road

October 10, 2012

In a life where we bounce from city to city without a stable home base, yoga may just be my saving grace. I was first introduced to yoga as a freshman at Carnegie Mellon.  We had a half hour warmup class every day at 8am, and it included a simple sun salute.  It made me […]

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The Insta-Home Challenge: Wichita

September 13, 2012

If you were to splurge on a penthouse suite somewhere on tour, would you pick Wichita, Kansas? Ang has been “toiling away” (her words) at finding us affordable yet appropriate and comfortable housing as we travel from city to city. Wichita was evidently very difficult because of the lack of vacation rental listings in general. […]

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Backstage ghosts at The Fabulous Fox Theater

September 2, 2012

One of the coolest things about touring is working in different theaters all over the country. All have their own identity, and The Fabulous Fox in St. Louis is worthy of its name. But as beautiful and ornate as the front of the house is, the real magic is backstage. Many theaters preserve a simple […]

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We ride, again!

August 14, 2012

Houston > Memphis > St. Louis: it’s like going from BBQ to BBQ to well, more BBQ. Are you surprised that we put our travel in terms we’re familiar with? After a hot five weeks, it was time to bid adieu to Houston and make our way to St. Louis, with an overnight pit stop […]

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Pumbaa in the hizzouse

August 6, 2012

This past week Ben Lipitz was on vacation, so I got to play Pumbaa and goof off with my good buddy Nick Cordileone (Timon) onstage and off. Nick took some cool shots of our day yesterday! Here are our costumes, ready for wear: During our down time and between shows on a two-show day, we […]

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Photo session of an almost 2-year-old family

July 13, 2012

Danielle Bryson PhotographyWith as many amateur photos as we’ve been taking of our travels so far, I realize that Ang doesn’t show up in most of them since she’s the one usually cognizant enough to grab our Canon G12 and capture these moments. Also, she took a beginner DSLR photography workshop back in January while […]

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Miami’s Greatest Hits

July 4, 2012

The Hollicks’ Top Ten in Miami, FLAdios, Miami. With an ant infestation, terrible customer service, dreary weather, and oh yeah, a cannibalism attack a few blocks away, Miami may very well have been a total bust if it weren’t for our good friends A.J. and Molly showing us around and helping us out with Max. […]

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The Insta-home Challenge: Greenville, SC

June 17, 2012

Great ExpectationsOne of the biggest lessons that I’ve learned recently on the road is to keep your expectations in check. For instance, I had never been to Miami before but heard how fun and glamorous it was, and I had never even heard of Greenville. So which do you think I was psyched to visit […]

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