Artichoke

So the last couple of days have been filled with activity starting with Sunday afternoon.  Thanks to Eric, I got free tickets to the wonderfully funny and dragalicious musical, Jack of Tarts.   Starring Lance Cruce,  it was an adult fairy tale set in the kingdom of Tartannia where all the residents were  hooked on tarts. The  music was great, the costumes were campy and Julie Atlas Muz danced like an angel. I even spotted Murray Hill checking out the show as well. Unfortunately, the show's run ended on Sunday, but I am sure will be back again soon.

Sunday night, I scored a free ticket to Bridget Everett's Sexercise Live at Joe's Pub. She and Kenny Mellman sang Millie Jackson's tunes, and there was a video starring Neal Medlyn which was ridiculous and sublime.

Yesterday, I went to a taping of the Martha Stewart show with Allison and her mom.    (You may spot me in the audience on this Friday's show.)   It was an all cooking show with the Italian chefs, Chris Bianco, Anthony Carmellini and Efisio Farris.  I enjoyed it, but I really wished we got to sample the food.  The best is that we all got a copy of Chef Efisio Farris' cookbook, Sweet Myrtle and Bitter Honey and a package of Fregula, which is kinda like a cross between couscous and risotto. The funniest thing was after the show when Martha apologized for not having time to do Q and A.   She said, "We bought Emeril today".   She had to rush over to Neil Cavuto on Fox Business to talk about it. Martha rules!