Housing

The Insta-Home Challenge: Annville, PA

September 13, 2013

Sorry folks, this title is waaaay misleading. Our summer home was neither instant nor a challenge for us. Instead, it was a beautifully restored, rustic Revolutionary War-era dwelling with actual 250-year-old log construction details, nestled in the lush, bucolic countryside outside of Hershey, PA. It was a home that was sweetly prepared to welcome our […]

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The Insta-Home Challenge: Tulsa, OK

June 9, 2013

Life seems to be moving at light speed now.  I guess that’s what happens when you have kids — every day becomes so chock full of responsibilities, activities and moments to savor, that you have no time to be bored, and scarce time for introspection.  I can honestly say I don’t remember the last time […]

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The Insta-Home Challenge: Nashville

May 18, 2013

We’ve arrived in Music City, perhaps a few moments too soon. We had to say goodbye to sweet Appleton, Wisconsin where we lived along the Fox River in luxe accommodations with some of our best friends.  Max left a warm, wonderful daycare called Stepping Stones, where he worked on art projects, grew attached to his […]

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The Insta-Home Challenge: Appleton, WI

April 11, 2013

Strap on your cheese bibs, my friends — we are in chilly Wisconsin for four weeks! More specifically, The Lion King is slated to perform at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton, Wisconsin.  Apple-who, you ask?  And where are we living? A little hamlet city called Menasha, which is about 7.5 square miles […]

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The Insta-Home Challenge: Omaha, NE

March 18, 2013

We’ve bid adieu to the crippling, freezing temps of Detroit, and rolled into the equally bracing Omaha, Nebraska. But despite the cold, the Old Market neighborhood that we’re staying in is charming and hospitable, encouraging us to brave the elements and get out to explore. Icicles begin to melt along an Old Market awning. You […]

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The Insta-Home Challenge: Detroit

February 19, 2013

The awesome-weather gravy train had to end sometime. Last stop, the 313! Our neighborhood of Brush Park in Detroit. Photo by Nick Cordileone. Our first year of the Lion King tour took us to many warm cities, from east to west. Last winter, Mike started solo in frigid Minneapolis, but as a family we then […]

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The Insta-Home Challenge: Austin

January 24, 2013

Shoot… I’m as happy as a gopher in soft dirt to be in Austin. It’s been in the 70’s and 80’s in central Texas, and with the fresh air, congenial people, weird and artsy vibe and wide open spaces, we feel like we’ve hit a slice o’ heaven. After a tough, sick, chilly 3 months […]

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The Insta-Home Challenge: San Francisco

November 13, 2012

We’re in San Francisco, glorious San Francisco. We oughta put some flowers in our hair. We have been looking forward to this leg of the Lion King tour for months! Not only are we in one of the greenest, most vibrant and most diverse metropolitan areas of the country, we’re close to my sister Eileen […]

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Spinning heads and time zone changes

November 11, 2012

Oh, friends. It’s been a long-ish time since we last posted — two whole weeks! Gah! Why does it seem like forever in Internet Standard Time? We’ve gotten a few worried emails asking pretty much the same thing: Why the silence? Are the Hollicks okay? Who won the Facebook giveaway? Was it me? Are we […]

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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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