my big gay italian wedding

what a fun night we had in new york city!! not only did we enjoy a fun-tastic limo ride (thanks to uncle jim for the limo in celebration of aunt cathy's birthday) to/from the city, show and dinner at rue 57, but we saw a fun show that had us laughing and got to see live and in (rather) close person, the real housewives of new jersey!


the girls were guest starring for 4 nights in the show being co-produced by housewife, dina manzo, herself. nice production in a small, personal venue. so much fun. caroline manzo and her daughter lauren stole the show and i was actually quite impressed with their acting skills. jacqueline lauretis, caroline's sister-in-law was just funny and i didn't realize she had as much of a sense of humor as she did. theresa was, well, theresa and her part actually allowed her to read her lines, word.for.word out of a book...which was obviously very much needed! jacqueline's daughter ashley...she was a wet noodle and the show could have done entirely without her.

dirty rotten scoundrels

not these guys...

definitely not these people...

certainly not these two...

at the end of october...we were able to attend walnut street theatre's production of dirty rotten scoundrels. i had never seen the steve martin movie so i didn't know what to expect. the show was awesome!! probably one of the favorites we've now seen there.

we enjoyed a yummy dinner at a cute irish pub in the city before heading to the show. we all made sure to eat light so we were able to hit our other favorite places after the show...lorenzo's and geno'...before heading home.

here's dave enjoying his last few bites of lorenzo's while we walk to geno's

summer (fun) - in - review (july)

the beginning of july brought about more camping for the d's. we spent 4th of july weekend camping with the brumbaugh's and enjoying a reading phillies game. not too many camping pictures, but a few cute shots from the game can be seen here.

also in july was anthony's first year of vacation bible school (not the same bible school my friend luci refers to here). he spent the week with betty nana and attended at her church, st. benedict's in mohnton. he had a great time and although he spent much of the program not singing the songs...he definitely enjoyed it as he sings them for us all the time. here is one video that actually shows him singing and dancing...

tony - bible school from Christy D'Angelo on Vimeo.

the middle of july allowed for a night out for john and i with corinne and dave (thanks to mimi and poppop for watching both boys). we headed to philly for a little sushi and drinks mass quantities of sushi and wine at raw and then headed to walnut street theatre to see mel brooks' producer's. it was a great night and i can't wait until our next show with them the end of this month! here are a few pictures of our night.

one of the best pictures of john and i in years!

dave & corinne

the last bit of sushi and edamame left on the table

all 4 of us...stuffed and feeling good...ready for the show!

the end of july brought my sister and my "girl's get-away" weekend. we loaded up the convertible (thanks mom & dad) and cruised our way to delaware for a long weekend in dewey/rehoboth! this trip was a first for my sister and i as the two of us never went away together just us...it was a lot of fun. no husband, and no kids allowed us a lot of sleeping in, followed by a ton of time on the beach. yummy late dinners and boardwalk fun too. it was great and something we may need to turn into an annual trip!! there weren't many picture taken, but here were just a few.

on the beach @ dewey

following a delish dinner at la la land

headed to rehoboth on the jolly trolley

it was a lot of fun and the weekend (albeit a long one) was too short! thanks for a fun time corinne! can't wait to do it again!

catch it if you can...

we just returned home from the alpha omega players production of sweeny todd: the demon barber of fleet street and it was very, very good. our close friend brian played the character of anthony hope in it and did a fantastic job!!

his voice is amazing (this was my first time seeing him perform) and is worth the cost of the ticket itself!! the entire company did a wonderful job!!


click here to view the a/o website for ticket information and show dates.