Tuesday, September 22, 2009

It's TO-DAY!

The title of this post is the title of a wonderful song by Jerry Herman from the fantastic musical Mame. I'm in a Jerry Herman type of mood today.

Why you ask? Well, things are starting to gear up for JERRY'S GIRLS, a musical review of Jerry Herman's wonderfully optimistic music, that I am directing and choreographing for McLean Community Players this spring.


We have our first production meeting with all involved on Oct. 15 in Mclean. I am very excited to get started on this project, my first theatre project in 1 and 1/2 years! The last show I worked on was Evita for Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre and that was June 2008!

So I am chomping at the bit to get in there. It's a cast of 9 women (can expand it to 12 if needed) and it's a musical review of Jerry Herman's music (Hello Dolly, Mame, La Cage Aux Folles, Mack & Mabel, and more...) It's fantastic music, full of hope and optimism, just what the public needs in times like these, I think!

Also, unlike Red,Hot & Cole, (my last directing/choreographing project at MCP back in 2008) it has a minimal amount of dialogue/script. It's basically just a review of the wonderful JH music! There is some dancing, 1 tap number, and 3 larger musical numbers and 1 big solo dance number for 1 woman (a la Chita Rivera)..so I am excited to get started.

I have a wonderful Music/Vocal Director named Rosemary Dyer. She is a mature woman and yet so full of energy and experience and I love working with her. She vocal directed Aida, Showboat and many other shows I choreographed for Hans Bachmann and she has exactly the point of view I need for this Jerry Herman music--that as you know--was mostly written for mature women to sing--Carol Channing, Angela Lansbury, Pearl Bailey, Ethel Merman, Mary Martin etc..

Jerry wrote for women of a "certain age" and songs like "I Put My Hand In", "It Takes A Woman", "So Long, Dearie", "It's Today", "Open a New Window", "Bosom Buddies", "Before the Parade Passes By", "The Best of Times", "If He Walked Into My Life" are all written for mature women who have been around the block a few times and have come out survivors. It's very exciting!

So I will definitely need Rosie's input, as a man in my late 30s, I really don't have that perspective nailed down quite yet!

I hope to have a minimal set and mostly focus on the staging and the costumes for the "spectacle" part. That keeps the budget in check and also allows the performers to shine their brightest. Am hoping to get some top-notch ladies to come out and audition!

So on with the show! More info as I have it!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

No More A West Coast Virgin...

Ok, now it's really bad. It's a serious offense at this point. Really. It is. It's been almost TWO YEARS since I blogged! OH MY GOD! What is WRONG with me? Why can't I keep a daily or at least weekly journal of what I am up to? Am I that ADD that I can't even put my thoughts/adventures (yawn) down in a blog for all to see on a semi-regular basis?

Well, maybe I haven't had that much to share--but now--aha--my dear Dustyphiles, I do!

Here's the news: Just 2 weeks ago, for the first time in my young (ahem) life I visited the land of TALES OF THE CITY! I visited that mecca of all things gay--San Francisco!

Yes, the City by the Bay, the City that We Built on Rock and Roll (as Grace Slick would have us believe), finally, opened it's Golden Gate and let me pass through.

And pass through I did my friends--with much elan! It was so much better than I ever thought it would be! I wasn't even very interested in going at first, weary as I am of the horrors of modern day air travel, but once I had landed safely and actually set foot on the West Coast, I was changed forever!

I can't think of another U.S. city that carries with it so many expectations for tourists visiting for the first time. I mean, despite having never been there, I knew so much about it--all the lore--all the legends, from the Transamerica Pyramid to the Haight-Ashbury to Ghirardelli chocolates...I've never felt like I knew a city I really didn't know more than this one.

And the amazing thing--despite all the heightened, virtually impossible to match expectations that I had---I actually found San Francisco to be MUCH BETTER than even my wildest dreams had imagined!

I don't have enough space (or maybe I do, heck, after all I haven't Blogged in almost 2 years), to enumerate all the wonderful places I saw and all the great food I ate and the drink I embibed, but I'll try.

Upon arrival, I was picked up at the airport by my wonderfully serene Uruguayan cousin Leticia, currently a graduate student pursuing her PhD in BioChemistry at Stanford. Excuuuuse me! Anyway, she and her life partner (LOL-it's SF, we have to be PC!), Roy, live in Marina, a beautifully cozy neighborhood just close to water, which actually reminded me a lot of Carrasco, a similar cozy neighborhood in my Mother's hometown of Montevideo, Uruguay.

She quickly whisked me away to the heart of downtown San Francisco and started giving me the best car tour of the city.

That evening, we met up with Roy for an amazing pre-dinner cocktail at the Carnelian Room with a nighttime view of the city that was simply breathtaking!

From there we proceeded to Market Street to a wonderful dinner at 2223 Market Street one of SF's newest hot spots. Actually, it's not that new, as it was known for years as the "No Name" restaurant, until finally a few years ago they caved and decided to just name it after its official address. We had a deliciously inventive pizza and then headed out for a night time stroll to aid digestion.

Since we were on Market St., of course we had to walk thru The Castro at night. I have to say it was not what I thought it would be. Of course it's wonderful to be in "ground zero" of gay life in this country, but I have to say I was rather underwhelmed by the neighborhood at first. I found it sort of quiet and sad. But then again, it was a mid-February evening, and very cold, even by SF standards, and perhaps folks just decided to stay home that evening rather than brave the elements.

But more on The Castro later. And no, while there, I did not run into Michael "Mouse" Tolliver or Mary Ann Singleton. Not yet at least, that would come later.

The next morning, Leticia and Roy, took me to a little place in their neighborhood that they believed had the best breakfast and atmosphere,and boy were they right! The Grove Cafe was so much fun, and so yummy! I particularly enjoyed how artful the barista ladies were with the foamy milk designs on my cappucino! And the ommelette was to die for!


Then, after a late brunch and lots of conversation, we said goodbye to Roy (for after all, it was a weekday, and he has a job!) and Leticia and I went on alone to enjoy our Friday in San Francisco.

Leticia, disheartened that I had not been sufficiently blown over by The Castro, decided to give me another amazing whirl in her car through various part of the city, Haight-Ashbury being one of the highlights, and landing once again in "my people's" neighborhood, this time during the lunch hour, to see if things had picked up a bit, and indeed they had.

Not satisfied with just walking me around, Leticia was determined to get us inside Harvey's, a corner bistro right smack in the center of the neighborhood, named after, of course, the Mayor of Castro Street himself, Mr. Harvey Milk.


Being the nice young (ahem) gay man that I am, I know to respect my ancestors, particularly those who have fought hard for my rights. I know that if I am able to be openly gay today, I have Harvey to thank, and so I said a little prayer right before entering this fun establishment! The lunch was great and Leticia and I had a ball gossiping about all the old time Bears that entered and exited this center of social life.

I guess more than anything, that's what surprised me about The Castro. I expected an LA like procession of good looking, young and healthy gay boys cruising each other to their hearts content--and instead what I discovered was something a lot more encouraging actually..a lot less superficial and vacuous...I discovered a true gay neighborhood that was not about looks or pedigree or social standing. It was perhaps the most democratic and diverse gay ghetto I'd ever been in. Men of all ages, walks of life, social classes and physical attributes mingling together in a very friendly, non-cruisey atmosphere. Clearly I had lived in DC for too long!



So my friends, at this point of my trip, I had to say goodbye to my dear cousin, Leticia and meet up with my dear friend, Luciana, who would be my chaperone for the 2nd half of my San Francisco trip. So more of that in Part 2 of my San Francisco stories, which I PROMISE I will write very soon and no, it won't take me 2 more years! :)

Monday, December 10, 2007

The Bitch Is Back!

A friend of mine has a black tee-shirt with white letters and it reads: THE BITCH IS BACK! Of course, I begged her to give it to me, and now I own it.

So, I thought that would be a great way to kick off this new post of mine...after what--like 1 year of not posting? LOL! Actually, I think it was April when I last posted..wow..I'm averaging like 2-3 posts a year now!

In any case, all is well...I guess one of the reasons I haven't posted in so long (and probably the same reason why I am so bad at keeping up this on-line journal) is that I have a really really hard time believing that anyone actually bothers to read this darn thing! I mean..I wouldn't read it, and it's about me...so I feel it's a collosal time-eater really, more than anything.

So, how can I recap the last 8 months quickly? Hmmm, let me see...

In the summer I choreographed The Secret Garden for McLean Community Players and Winnie The Pooh for Adventure Theatre.

Then in September I choreographed The Wiz (my 6th show with Hans Bachmann) at Atlas Performing Arts Center, and then later in the fall I choreographed South Pacific for the Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre (my 4th show with them).

So I guess in a span of 8 months, I choreographed 4 shows. Wow..it didn't seem like that much? Or did it? It's all a dancing blur at this pt.

And currently I am co-directing and choreographing Red, Hot & Cole for McLean Community Players. I have no idea how I ended up co-directing this show, except for the fact that 10 years ago, I was in the cast of the 20th Anniversary production of the show at The Barksdale Theatre, when I lived in Richmond. It was such a successful show in Richmond's history and we ended up getting extended 2 times and running the show for almost 6 months.

I have such fond memories of performing in that show..it was 1998 and I was still living in Richmond, I was 20something year's old and naive and silly and immature and irresponsible and it was fabulous! Well, not really, I'm glad I've grown up, but you know, like Sondheim wrote in Merrily We Roll Along, we always "blame the way it is, on the way it was, which it never ever was.." Exactly.

Anyway, I am co-directing this show with the fabulous Joanna Henry. She is such an amazing person and so organized, structured and disciplined with her directing craft. I am learning tons working with her and just watching her, but at the same time I am getting to do my own thing too and I'm getting to put my stamp on the show.

I don't want to create an exact replica of the Richmond production...how could we? That was such a special thing, but instead, Joanna and I are working in tandem to create our own special thing. And I think we are on our way.

It helps that we have an absolutely TOP NOTCH cast! I kid you not, this has got to be one of the strongest casts I've worked with in community theatre in this area. Not a weak singer among them and many are total triple threats, which is rare to find.

I think the show will be amazing, once we get into more runs and once we fix a lot of the kinks. The show is completely blocked and almost completely choreographed, so it should be well on its way.

Other than that, Robert and I have now been officially living together for 1 year in the new house and we love it! We still have a hard time believing we actually LIVE in Old Town, Alexandria! It's kinda surreal! The Girls, (our Jack Russell Terriers, Sukie and Sally) are doing well, growing, learning and just giving all their love to their two Daddys every single day! :) They really do know how to brighten up even the crappiest day..they are little Doggie Angels..my little Princess (what I call Sukie) and her big Sis (Sally, the protector).

After our big scare in the Summer (when we lost both Girls in Old Town--don't ask, a bad Dog Walking company that you should def. stay clear of), we decided we didn't want to take any further risks and we enrolled the Girls at Old Towne School for Dogs.

I love that extra E at the end of TownE. Does it make it a better school? Or just more expensive? Seriously, it's really pricey! BUT, it's worth every penny, cause their trainer Shannon, (or Miss Shannon as I call her) is really amazing and has taught both the Girls and their slightly remiss Daddys, the art of Doggie Obedience. They are doing very well, and while Robert seems to be able to get them to do cooler stuff than I can, I am working on it and it won't be long until the Girls are making the bed, washing the dishes and doing their Algebra homework..and...YEAH RIGHT! :)

Not much else to report right now, I'm exhausted after an 8 hour RHC rehearsal yesterday and I teach tonight (Acting I at UMUC) so it's my "long day", so I have to go and actually get some rest before I Kaputz on the floor.

In any case, I'm very excited about my THE BITCH IS BACK tee..thanks to my friend, I too can be a Bitch. Elton John's song (w/backing vocals by Dusty Springfield, by the way people!), truly is a good theme song for today...I'm here, I'm a bitch (woof! woof!) so get used to it!

More on politics, our Presidential Election (argh!) and other topics to come, I promise...oh, you aren't going to believe me anyway, it's been like 8 months!

See you in August 09! LOL!

Monday, April 23, 2007

Updating and A Weekend Getaway in Ol' Virginny!

Ok..it's been a long time since I've posted here...yikes! Sorry! But it's hard for me to keep up! Journaling is not my thing-apparently, not even electronically!

Quick update: Robert and I finally moved in together in December! We bought a lovely home in Old Town, Alexandria and we love it! We are just minutes from excellent dining in Old Town, and a short walk to the King St. Metro. It's convenient, pretty, comfortable and cozy. We've finished decorating and had a great housewarming in March.

Currently, my parents are visiting and staying with us in their upstairs studio-apartment. Ok, it's just a bedroom and a bathroom, but they've made it their own and spend most of their time either in there or walking around Old Town.

A while back, Robert and I decided to go on a weekend getaway to relax and unplug from the last 6 months, which have been rather hectic. So, I wanted to just update everyone on a great weekend getaway trip Robert and I took to Charlottesville this weekend.

We stayed in a cute little B&B in Orange, Virginia. Yes, Orange..birthplace of James Madison, people! :) Anyway, it's a teeny tiny town just about 30 min from downtown Charlottesville. I tried to get a B&B in Cville itself, but they were all booked. There were several events going on that weekend, including a Wine Festival and Dogwood Festival, which made it impossible to get a spot in town. That said, we loved where we ended up staying. It's called the Inn on Poplar Hill and it is owned and run by Marty and Victoria Tourville. We had a great time, it was very relaxing! Robert and I recommend it to anyone who just wants to get away for a few days and unplug! The owners are great and very very friendly and the service and food were excellent. The rooms are quaint as you would expect in this sort of establishment, but everything worked and was impeccably clean. Some great trails as well to walk around and the weather, well, the weather was gorgeous, so who could complain? :)


On Friday night we stayed in Orange. Soon we realized that there isn't very much to do or see in Orange, and everything seems to shut down at 9pm. (except for the McDonald's which was packed..but that's another story for another time). Anyway we had a delicious dinner at a lovely bistro called Elmwood at Sparks, which apparently changes from its daytime "deli" atmosphere into a more posh restaurant for dinner on the weekends only. I had a delicious Portobello Ravioli and Robert had the Pork Chops w/Pesto which was also yummy (from the bite I tasted).


Then came Saturday, we woke up to a delicious brunch at the B&B and then we headed off to Monticello (the home of Thomas Jefferson) for a lovely tour and then right over to Ashlawn-Highland (the home of James Monroe), for a shorter tour and then a lovely picnic on the grounds of the plantation. One thing is for sure, those tour guides are really protective of their particular subjects. The Monticello tour guide seemed to think Jefferson was Jesus and the Ashlawn tour guide had the biggest chip on her shoulder about Jefferson getting all the credit while Monroe did all the work! "If Monroe had followed Jefferson's orders, we'd just have New Orleans!!" ok Lady, calm down! Don't scare the kids on the tour!


After our picnic, we headed over to the grounds of my alma matter, the University of Virginia and we had a great time just walkin' around the Lawn and the older part of the university. We walked into the Rotunda and caught up with a tour that took us through the major history of the founding of the University and the older part of the school. Robert didn't know much about UVa so he really enjoyed the tour.


Then we did our own walking, and sight-seeing, and we saw most of the rest of the grounds until dinner time when we headed to the Downtown Mall to have dinner.
I hadn't walked through the Downtown Mall area in Cville in 8 years and what a revitalization! It looks greats and all the restaurants with shopping/etc...very nice. We ended up eating at a rather pricey place (cause we couldn't find a seat anywhere else!) called Hamilton's on 1st and Main, the service was not great, a bit snooty, but the food was delicious..I had the Vegetarian Blue Plate Special which was quite diverse and really very yummy.


For dessert we strolled over to Splendora's Gelato Cafe. All I know is that there was a line out the door, so we assumed it would be yummy..and it WAS! I had Zambaione, which is one of my favorite flavors, but rarely found in the U.S. (it's all over Uruguay) w/ Dulce de Leche. Yum-Yum-Yum!


On Sunday, we woke up to another delicious "country breakfast" at the B&B, and then we headed over to Gordonsville to meet my old friend Wendy for an early lunch at Toliver House...what a quaint and cozy restaurant! If you are looking for ol' Southern charm and hospitality, look no further...the restaurant was so sleepy, it didn't even seem open when we arrived at 11:30am for lunch. The maitre d' seemed surprised we were there! While we waited for my friend to arrive, we had some Ice Tea and water on the front porch and enjoyed the sunny April morning. I felt like such a Southerner! Y'all!


Once Wendy arrived we moved inside and it really is a great little spot. The food was good. I had a nice Spinach Salad with walnuts, goat cheese and a very interesting vinagrette that I still can't figure out exactly what it was..but very tasty!


Then we said goodbye to Wendy and headed back to Orange to visit Montpelier, the home of James Madison. We had been forwarned that the home was under renovation, since it was only recently handed over to the public patrimony after years of ownership by the famed Duponts of Delaware. The foundation is now making over 70 million dollars worth of upgrades, repairs, re-constructions of the building and they are only about 1/2 way through.
It's still an interesting place to visit and the house is gorgeous from the outside (where restoration has been completed) and the grounds surrounding the house area breaktakingly beautiful, lush and relaxing. But inside the house...it's basically one big construction site and they really shouldn't be bringing people in on tours until they are done, which is planned to be in 2010 or so. I'd recommend waiting until then to see the finished product.


We had a wonderful weekend, and we learned a lot about U.S. History. After all, we discovered why Virginia is often called "The Mother of Presidents". Oh, and we also gained like 10 lbs each! :)

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Everything Was Possible and Nothing Made Sense

The title of this post is from the show Follies. It's part of the lyric to the song "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs", when the 4 main characters, Ben, Buddy, Phyllis and Sally, reminisce about their youth and the time when life's choices seemed so complicated and yet the reality was that they had it easy and didn't know it. Ha!

I choreographed Follies recently for Dogwood Dell Festival of the Arts in Richmond, Virginia. I lived in Richmond from 1994-1998 and I guess Joe Pabst (the wonderful director and human being) needed a choreographer and he decided to hire ME. : ) When I got the email I was shocked! It's as if Joe read my mind. For years I had been wanting to choreograph Follies, but never thought I would get the opportunity, mostly because it's a show that is rarely produced.

But I did get the chance, thanks to Joe and his email and the wonderful people at Dogwood Dell Festival of the Arts. The show opened last weekend and apparently did very well in its opening dates, so now, I am thrilled at the anticipation, because I am going to see it (and my work, my sweat and tears) this Saturday, August 12. Please pray that it doesn't rain! : )

Dogwood Dell is an outdoor amphitheatre that seats over 2000 people. Another fantastic opportunity to show my choreography in a large space. Since I've moved to DC in 98, I've had many many wonderful opportunities as a performer and choreographer, I've worked for most of the major theatres in the DC area and I got to be a small part (swing-ensemble) of a fantastic production of Follies at Signature Theatre back in 2003. What a thrill that was!

But in the last 4-5 years, I have been focusing solely on choreography, on creating dances (and occasionally fights) for the stage. It has been a wonderful journey that I wouldn't trade for anything. Sure, occasionally I get the twinge to be back ON the stage instead of behind the scenes, but it goes away when I get to choreograph a fantastic number like "Who's That Woman" or "The Story of Lucy & Jessie".

The experience of going back to Richmond (after a 6 year absence) to choreograph Follies was in a way a total mirror ("Mirror! Mirror!" that immortal line from "Who's That Woman" has so much resonance) of the story of the 4 main characters in Follies. I was back, 6 years later (instead of the 30 years of the Weisman Follies girls), to the place I had been, and of course, as it happens with these things, I was flooded with memories of the past. The "ghosts" of Richmond past so to speak, my own personal "roads I didn't take" came back to haunt me. Well, not sure if "haunt" is the appropriate word....more like, they stopped by to say "hello"..they greeted me and went on their merry way.

Of the entire cast (and it's a big one) of Follies, there were only 4 cast members that I knew back in my Richmond days, and of course, the director, but just those 5 people was enough to bring up so many memories of the 4 years I spent in that city and it was quite a reminder of how much has changed since then and yet, how much has stayed the same.

Anyway, I suspect that when I go to see Follies on Saturday, those same themes will come at me again, as they did before. Memories, the past coming back to visit, the mystery of "the roads we didn't take", the "what if"s and the "woulda, coulda, shoulda"s of life. I guess that is what Sondheim/Goldman/Bennett and Prince had in mind when they originally put Follies together for Broadway in 1971. They wanted not just their characters to take a trip down "memory lane", but they also wanted their audiences to think about their own lives, the path they have taken and what they have done with them and would they have changed anything and really, does it even matter?

And after I see Follies on Saturday (also the closing night), it too will fade into memory, it will become something that I "did" rather than something I am currently working on. And then, once again, all that will be left will be the memories of the rehearsals, chatting with the various cast members, the sweaty dance studio, the designers and the production team and my 2 weeks in Richmond in all its glory.

Human memory is a funny thing, it always makes us long for what was instead of what might be. It keeps us looking back instead of forward. It gives us a yearning for nostalgia, for the "what if"s.

But maybe we need those memories, those mental post-it notes, reminding us of what was, they give us comfort, a sense of security, so that we can move on to what will be, the unexpected of what is yet to come.

Who knows? I certainly don't have the answers. But I know one thing, I thoroughly enjoyed choreographing Follies, it will remain a special experience for me, always, and that is something that no future event can take away. At least I know, even if I never get another opportunity to choreograph this show, I will at least have the memories of the fun I had working on this special production.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

We Are Closed for Renovations....

HA! That could have more than one meaning, couldn't it? And it does. The "Closed for Renovations" title is a very appropriate one, because not only have I been away from this blog for months now, but also because I am almost done with my 2nd renovation project. In October/November it was the kitchen (see pics in previous posts from November) and now in February/March it's THE BATHROOM.

Unfortunately, I realize that I don't have any pictures of my original bathroom. But suffice to say that it was hideous. A salmon and black late 1950s style tile with an ugly sink attached to the wall with all the pipes showing underneath.

The new and improved bathroom has changed color. That's right, it is now White. And I did not have to re-tile. How did I do it? Easy..."Permaglaze". I know, it sounds nasty, like something off of an industrial donut. But really it's just a glossy sort of paint that gets sprayed onto the old tile to create a brand new look, feel and color. So I went with the white and I am pretty happy with the results. It also cost just a fraction of what re-tiling or bath-fitting or any other bathroom improvement procedure might have cost. It was a good call and now I feel like I have a new bathroom!

I also ripped out the old sink and have a new vanity and sink that goes much better with the bathroom and adds more storage space. I still need to paint and also need to think about changing the medicine cabinet and light fixtures and maybe add a switch/plug near the door.

That's about it for now...I will most definitely post pics of the newly renovated bathroom once I get it all done. I am shooting for April to have it all ready...so I will definitely keep the updates coming.

In terms of the rest of my life, well, some things have changed a lot and others are still pretty much the same.

On the theatre front, I am working on choreography for AIDA at American Music Stage. Part of me is very excited to be working again with my favorite director, Hans Bachmann (who directed SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS and THE PAJAMA GAME that I choreographed in 2004 and 2005 respectively) and the cast is very hard-working and dedicated. But another part of me is exhausted with the difficulty we have with keeping males in the chorus. There simply are not enough men in musical theatre in DC (at least not at this level) so it's virtually impossible to find a decent male chorus. The women are wonderful and will be great in the show, and the 4 guys I do have are working really hard...but we really need at least 1 or 2 more guys to complete the ensemble. It's a problem with almost every show I do now, so I've gotten used to it, but it does affect my choreography, especially for this show, which has at least 3 dance numbers for men.

I am excited about my next project, BEEHIVE at Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre, again directed by Hans. I am particularly excited about this one, because it was my recommendation and Hans went with the idea and Lazy Susan agreed! So I feel sort of responsible for the success of it as well. Hans has decided to make me Assistant Director as well as Choreographer, so I will had double duty. The other plus is that BEEHIVE is a musical review with ALL WOMEN. That's right...NO MEN. Which means no desperate scramble to find guys to be in the show. We are guaranteed to have a fantastic turn-out and a wonderful cast! Rehearsals for that don't start until May, but I can't wait!

In terms of my personal life, a lot has changed. Robert and I are still together (going on 9 months now..wow, that's some sort of record) and we went nuts and bought 2 Jack Russell Terriers back in November. They are both Girls and they are sisters. Their names are Sukie and Sally. Sukie is the runt and Sally is her older sister. They are the cutest things ever and they really brighten up our day. Whenever Robert and I feel down, we just take a look at these gorgeous girls and they make us smile. It was a crazy idea to get them, and its been difficult at times, but it was also a wonderful idea and they have changed our lives...

I hope to post pics of them when I get a chance...there's a reason to stay posted!

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Everything Old is New Again!

Well, the kitchen renovation is finally complete. Here are the BEFORE and AFTER pictures.

View with caution!

Any comments/praise is appreciated..it took lots of time, money and effort..so enjoy!

KitchenOld


KitchenOld
Originally uploaded by LuvDusty.
BEFORE

KitchenNew


KitchenNew
Originally uploaded by LuvDusty.
AFTER