Destination: Rome, Italy - Part 3

There are so many sites in in Rome to see.  How do you even know where to start?  We use a few travel resources when planning our trips.  We are diligent in ensuring we see as much as we are physically able while getting as little sleep as possible -- we can sleep when we're dead.  Our Roman excursion was not exception to our methodology.  Enjoy a sampling of the fruits of our trourista labors!

How do you plan your trips abroad?  Do you make your own plans or use a travel agent?

Destination: Rome, Italy - Part 2

This may come as a surprise to you, but our trips don't completely revolve around food! Har-har!  Aside from volumes of photos, souvenirs are a great way to capture your experience and relive your journey every day.  When in Rome, we bought a mess of trinkets, pictures and clothes that remind us of our getaway day to day.  Here are a few of our treasured finds!

Clockwise from top left:

• Post cards I plan on framing
• "B" with mat, my first initial and Eric's last...awe!
• Book of Bernini sculptures, I love buying books!
• Il Boom house wine
• Italy is known for their wool, so I grabbed this cute vest. Eric bought me the pashmina on our way back to the hotel on a cold night.
• Botanical prints I plan on framing (do you see a trend!....)
• Morano glass earrings

Do you have a favorite souvenir?  What do like to bring home?

On Board: Rock of Ages

Date night last Friday included a show!  My honey is such a sport for making our night fantastic.  He thought of everything including box seats at the new Winspear Opera House to see "Rock of Ages".  I am completely on board with this fantastic show!

For those of you not in the know, Rock of Ages is a musical, but not your typical "musical".  All of the songs are 80's hair band songs set to a love story between a new to LA "actress" and a "rocker" both of whom are only qualified so much in either field that they must precede the title with "aspiring".  All of the cast members are decked out in fishnets, thigh high stockings, rocker duds, and even a few mullets.  The show provides plenty of laughs and the feeling as if you are actually at a rock concert.  I have been recommending this show to everyone I talk to.

The bonus to the evening was that we had the opportunity to see a show in the new opera house.  Neither of us had been the new venue and we were glad to have the chance to check it out in such a casual setting.

Outside the Winspear Opera House

Rock of Ages set.  So much fun!!

View of the seating tiers

A few bubbles before the show began!

Do you see musicals?  Any recommendations on shows??