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Cagney is right down the road for me. Hi I am at LBi as I type this!!! Crap, I did fast reply, no hand waving emoticon from me. Claygazm. this is pretty big news in Clayland, I think it does deserve a little time for discussion. look at it this way, most people aren't talking about Jaymes, heh. I think she likes that nice quiet anonymity. Babies do change your life. Sometmes even if they are not yours. Heck, having a dog changed my life andgave me the confidence when I needed a boost. They also keep me out and around, you have to walk them no matter how much you want to lie in bed and not move. mine keeps me from becoming a sleep addict. she wakes me at 2 Am to play ball, but I still have to get up at 8 AM to let her out, or at the beach, take her for a walk, because she won't pee on her little property, o at home, it is OK, but here,,,,noooooooo.. Didn't your Waldo change yours a bit?

Thanks JMH, got to get back to writing it. If we ever do it. I need to try a bit a day. Now to log on there and figure out how to include Clay's myspace music player.

Let's hope they diagnosed the stroke right away an gave her the pill that minimizes the effects. I kno with my Mom, I tried so hard and I just could not get them to give it to her because I could not account for her whole day..

Hmm, we will need a Spamalot merchanise thread for buying for people whocant make it to the show. I have extra playbills, no one seemed to want them though. Maybe new fans in a few years, they will want them.

Heh, I spent a day reading a blog that "had all the answers". As usual, I found I knew more than the person writingthe blog. maybe I shuld write a blog Oh, wait, I am supposed to do it. Which is the easiest blog to to maintain and control comments and add music to? Wandacleo, you are a better person than me. First I read a pronouncment an the watch it spread trough the fandom. it is like a disease or something - what? Me with the disease or the way fake info spreads though the fandom? I am not sure which.

FYI - I just updated the Spamalot summarythread with Amtrak info - there are somany different specials! Worth a look if you live along the train route.

I heard a rumor that because Clay was committed to Spamalot through January, that Christmas would be morve to February 2nd, so we could still have our annual Christmas tour. Did any of you hear that? J/K KF. I love how rumor start in the fandom and just wanted to tweak pretty much everyone. Great top of the page, totally away from all the other posts.....that will make this the stupidest post ever. ETA Will look arund for more hotel info this evening, Cindilu, I will pm you if I come across any information elsewhere

Watch out you can get threatened with banning from some sites if you do that! Just a warning. I find that in this fandom, even after the baby mama dust up, there are still people above reproach, possibly because they will take their insider information and go home. I say - damn inside information, my opinion is probablymore valuable than those who heard something through the telephone line - "Clay is going back on broadway to play cock robin - the sky is falling eeeee! " type of information, I use critical thinking criticism an open mind common sense and wait for facts. Any supposition is preceded by a large number of disclaimers. Toot toot. Off to the lake Atlantic (i.e. the waveleess ocean). later.

Don't take it too hard, they may be returning packages just because there was a threat. There are lots of crazies out there andI can see this news setting them off. If you are going to Spamalot, you can give it to Jerome, he takes stuff for Clay or leave it at the box office.. I came here to let people lookiing for a new hard drive that the is a refurb, but they claim an excellent one for a 750 gig Seagate at Woot. I bought refurbs from them before, only one came damaged, I still love my scoomba, that I got for 1/3 the going price. Keeps me washing my floors regularly.

my main problem is that fans post rumors as fact. But then again, I have been accused of that. An old work habit, if you speak with a certain tone, people will not question you.

Time travelerPax Hummingbirds? - Fear gave me a hummingbird feeder - the squirrels really liked it. The swung it back and forth until it spilled out and ate the flowers underneath. Beautiful fullmoon and starry night. I was walking at 11PM and there is no one to be seen.I think they are all asleep, there are cars around, but I don't see many lights or people. During the day the beach was pretty empty as well and the water was calm, warm, clean, jellyfish free and relatively fly free.

Happy Birthday Fromcalgary Storm is over and peace rains again, heh.

Ooooh, better get last show tickets,. They are going to be hard to get. Some of us think the show is closing because no other tickets are available and good tickets are going fast.

Hey, Peyton, or should I call you neighbor? Going to Spmalot?

Crap,. a "wicked cell" of a thonderstorm is passing north of me and they have put a tornado warning on us. Now I can't leave my house wondering if it will be here when I get back. ZI don't remember tornados being much of a problem when I was younger, just hurricanes. I don't like it much. My dog is kind of agitated, must be the weather. On topic. I need to add all the discount ticket places I found for Spamalot. If you are bored and don't feel like looking for the tour of Clay's house from WRAL, here is a link to and

I created a summary thread for Spamalot stuff here I thought a place without chatter would be a good thing - so the first post is just theater information, including the information for added and deleted performances off the normal schedule, such as the comment above. I need to add more stuff. If you post your hotel information or travel information in the regular threads, I will bring it over to the summary and put it with like inforamtion so you don't have to go reading through a lot of posts to find information. If you want eme to add something, PM me or put it in the regular threads - not in the summary thread. If we keep it free of comments, I can update and add posts as they are needed and it will be simpler to find the inforamtion needed. So far no post is complete and I have not added all the posts I want because it mashes things together, I need to work on it some more. But most of the basic theater infromation is there, including dates and prices and most of the hotel inforamtion is there, I need to get more and organize it better.

I think, like many sites, they start by focusing on people who get them hits. If you read it now, Clay is only a small part of it. Years ago, I read that beanie baby sales made E-bay huge, not so much anymore, but a start is a start. I was hoping for an exclusive interview, but what ever.

Who is mary Stuart? Akim, would Lalate count forthe countdown? The date is close. ETA O/T Someone claims to have a body of Big foot andthey are releasing this information later today. Area was the Georgia mountains. I thought Bigfoot was in Wyoming. Tey also claim they know were a group of live big feet are.

Transportation help ON airfares, I have found different prices using expeida, cheapoair and orbitz. So I open a few windows and compare what I get back to find the best deal. If you are coming by car, don't forget to look for the best prices in parkng at bestparking.com The bridges/tunnels are $8 one way now. TRAIN Amtrak discounts! Courtesy of EDLLWS on the CB - http://www.railserve.com/amtrak_coupons.html Worth a look, many different kinds of discounts and specials.

I have tickets to the first and last shows so far.

Links to help find hotels applecore.com Hotels In and around NYC West Side YMCA. - Rhody I seriously think you all should take over the West Side YMCA. My eldest stayed there last summer/fall, $75 a night, private room with a bath and a view of Central Park out her window. She said the cafeteria downstairs was good enough and resonable. The Y was clean and safe. It is several blocks from the Shubert. West Side Y West Side Y- a few reviews <- will fix links Courtyard by Marriot/Elizabeth - Nicki503 I flew into Newark and took the bus into NYC. I stayed at the Courtyard by Marriot/Elizabeth which is right near the airport. They have shuttle buses to & from the airport. The folks I went with opted to take a bus into NY but there is a train from the airport into the city too. I know there is a Hilton at the airport but I don't know its cost. I also opted for a room by myself and it was $204 (if I remember correctly). It was a very nice room. East Village Bed and Coffee. - Luckiest1 LOCATION: 110 Avenue C (between 7th and 8th streets) New York, NY 10009 (Manhattan, not Brooklyn!) Here is the website: http://www.bedandcoffee.com http://www.panamhotelnewyork.com/ = Luckiest1 I grabbed the last room on my dates. This place seems to book up FAR in advance. Although I guess anywhere in NYC in December is going to be busy. On their reservation graph, be aware that the green rooms are available, the grey rooms are booked. I got it mixed up at first! The Paramount saltwaterdog We stayed at The Paramount last time, which was close and fairly nice. It's only a couple blocks from the theatre and I had gotten a great internet deal. The prices aren't so good this time From CV Michelangelo Hotel. - cindydoe http://www.michelangelohotel.com/ I stayed here shortly after 9/11, so the rates were greatly reduced, it's ridiculously expensive now, but a beautiful Italian Hotel . If you can afford it, it's great! The rooms are huge, as are the bathrooms. We had two very comfy king sized beds. They have winter rates through March 31st. Marriott Marquis - janscaped I sincerely recommend that you do not write off the Marriott Marquis as a hotel choice! We had a great experience and the price was NOT out of line with the value that we felt we received. The room we had was large by NYC standards, with 2 double beds and a decent-sized bathroom. It was in great shape, clean, nicely appointed, and had wonderfully comfortable beds and lovely linens. Our rate was $239/night and included the breakfast brunch for two (@$27+/per person). We ended up with a third person in the room and, although she was right at the check-in counter with us and we asked for 3 keys, we were only charged for double occupancy. They let us check-in 3 hours early and extended our departure by an hour. We had an amazing view of Times Square and were literally steps away from the Shubert Theater. I could have/should have counted them. The staff there are incrediblly helpful, friendly, efficient, and made us feel right at home in this behemoth of a hotel. Even if you don't stay, take the elevators to the lobby on the eighth floor (restaurants/a Starbucks/public restrooms are there, too); they are pretty cool. To be able to have Times Square pulsing right outside the window is just awesome with that 24 hour show going on! (I'll never forget watching cab after cab "parked" in the middle of the street trying to catch the last few minutes of the Superbowl on the jumbotron. The next morning it was neat to watch the huge (15 story?) new billboard for America's Next Top Model being put up. Tyra is literally looking up Shubert Alley from her perch up there. I was so pleased with our stay that I inquired about the rates in late March when cesperry comes up from NC to see the show for the first time. Yikes! $449! The hotel is almost fully booked raising the rates considerably. As much as I loved it, that price made me reconsider. BUT, if you can get a room there for $250 or less and share the cost with a couple of buddies, I don't think that there is a more convenient, exciting, comfortable, friendly place to stay on a Spamalot trip! Milford Plaza brensmemaw It is right around the corner from the Shubert. This is where we stayed this past week. We got excellant rates of $139.00 a night, but those rates aren't still in effect. The rooms aren't very large, but were just fine. They were clean and the staff was very helpful and like I said, it's right around the corner from the Shubert. I highly recommend it and they have special winter rates through March 31. If you go to their website, check show all promotional rates and several will show up when you scroll down. The only down side is that you have to pay $11 a day for internet service and they only have a coffee shop right now but Junior's, Sardi's, ect. are very close by. I highly recommend it! Econo Lodge in Fort Lee, New Jersey - cameocat When my mother and I went to see Clay in Spamalot at the end of January, we stayed at the Econo Lodge in Fort Lee, New Jersey, which is near the end of the George Washington Bridge. It cost about $62 total with tax and a AAA rate. That was for a room with a king size bed. The room was small and the bathroom was very small, but it was clean and the bed was comfortable enough. The room came with a fairly large TV (no remote), a refrigerator, and a microwave. Towels were thin, though, and there were no hand towels or a bath mat. No hair dryer, complimentary toiletries (except for soap), and no clock radio, either. They did have a free continental breakfast (not much of one, though) and wireless internet (free, I think). They also had a computer in their lobby that you could purchase internet time on. Parking was free. We walked from the hotel to the bus stop (a couple of blocks), and then we took the bus across the bridge into the city to the bus station at 175th Street for $1. We then took the subway from there to 42nd Street for $2. It was a short walk from there to the theatre. We had plenty of time to go to the stage door and get autographs (we got Chris Seiber's and Clay's) and make the return trip in reverse back to our hotel. The bus station closes at 1:00 am, so we had to make sure we got there in time to catch a bus back across the bridge. La Quinta Hotel - dksfriend n W. 32nd Street (between 5th Avenue and B'way, in "Little Korea") in April and was pleasantly surprised with it. It's an older property but it's in a very convenient location, the rooms are bigger than other hotels I've stayed at in NYC, breakfast is included, and they have a fabulous rooftop bar with great views of the Empire State Building. For Sat 1/19/08, a room with one Q bed is $139 - not bad! Updated 8/18/08 - Desertrose - hoel not hold reservations even with plane delay, rooms had an odor and staff was rude. also difficult to get cab. <-I used to work there and did not have a problem getting cabs, you just have to walk east a little. Of course, that was years ago. Usually, if you can't get a cab on a street you alk over to an avenue, that is the best place to catch them.

What this is - You know how good information gets buried in the thread as people start having converstaions - you want to know what hotel recommendations there are, but can't find them amoung the chatter, or it may be on a different board buried some where there? Well, I hope to dig all this out and present it in on post per topic. Hope it does not get too long. So this is a thread not for chatter, but for a quick reference, so please don't post here, I will catch your remarks for mthe normal threads and bring them here. Ticket prices, show schedule and box office number Discount tickets currently available through 8/21/08 thru Broadwaybox.com http://www.seasonofsavings.com/shows/on_broadway has discounts through November. (credit Mammat53 at CB) You can print and take to box office, or go to http://www.broadwayoffers.com/ Join playbill.com for free and get access to their discounts (Not at hom computer and can't remember password, so I can't see what is available right now) Detailed Pricing Information Orchestra: $111.50 Orchestra Partial View (Rows A-L): $111.50 Mezzanine: $111.50 Mezzanine Partial View (Rows A-C): $111.50 Mezzanine Partial View (Rows J-K): $66.50 Balcony (Rows A-F): $76.50 Balcony (Rows G-J): $36.50 Balcony Partial View (Rows A- : $76.50 Friday, Saturday (matinee & evening), Sunday matinees: Orchestra: $116.50 Orchestra Partial View (Rows A-L): $116.50 Mezzanine: $116.50 Mezzanine Partial View (Rows A-C): $116.50 Mezzanine Partial View (Rows J-K): $66.50 Balcony (Rows A-F): $76.50 Balcony (Rows G-J): $36.50 Balcony Partial View (Rows A- : $76.50 For performances beginning November 25: Orchestra: $116.50 Orchestra Partial View (Rows A-L): $116.50 Mezzanine: $116.50 Mezzanine Partial View (Rows A-C): $116.50 Mezzanine Partial View (Rows J-K): $66.50 Balcony (Rows A-F): $76.50 Balcony (Rows G-J): $36.50 Balcony Partial View (Rows A- : $76.50 Friday, Saturday (matinee & evening), Sunday matinees: Orchestra: $121.50 Orchestra Partial View (Rows A-L): $121.50 Mezzanine: $121.50 Mezzanine Partial View (Rows A-C): $121.50 Mezzanine Partial View (Rows J-K): $66.50 Balcony (Rows A-F): $76.50 Balcony (Rows G-J): $36.50 Balcony Partial View (Rows A- : $76.50 For all performances 11/28 - 11/30; 12/26 - 1/4: Orchestra: $131.50 Orchestra Partial View (Rows A-L): $131.50 Mezzanine: $131.50 Mezzanine Partial View (Rows A-C): $131.50 Mezzanine Partial View (Rows J-K): $71.50 Balcony (Rows A-F): $81.50 Balcony (Rows G-J): $41.50 Balcony Partial View (Rows A- : $81.50 Premium Seat Prices: $251.50 May 6 - November 23: $176.50 Friday, Saturday (matinee and eveing), Sunday matinee: $251.50 For performances beginning December 2: $176.50 Saturday & Sunday matinees: $201.50 Friday & Saturday evenings: $251.50 For all performances 11/28 - 30; and 12/26 - 1/4: $251.50 All prices include a $1.50 facility fee. Special Ticket Offers Standing Room: $21.50 at the box office only on the day of the performance. Only available when the performance is sold out. Limit 2 per person. Box Seats: Available at the Box Office only. Tickets purchased online and by phone are subject to a per ticket service charge of $7.00 and a per order handling fee. Handling fees vary by how your tickets are delivered. Dates & Times Tuesday - Friday @ 8pm, Saturday @ 2pm & 8pm, Sunday @ 2pm & 7pm On sale thru January 4 Dates & Times Exceptions Added Performance: Wednesday - November 26 @ 2pm, Friday - November 28 @ 2pm, Monday - December 22 @ 8pm, Monday - December 29 @ 8pm, Friday - January 2 @ 2pm No Performance: Thursday - November 27 @ 8pm, Sunday - November 30 @ 7pm, Wednesday - December 24 @ 8pm, Wednesday - December 31 @ 8pm, Sunday - January 4 @ 7pm

I had a friend who put off babies until she was older and more settled, then she went into menopause at 35, eep. And I had another that did not hit it until she was 60+, middle 50's sounds about right to me. A lot of it is genetics, look to your family. I heard if you get your period earlier, you will have your menopause later. Don't know if it is true,so much accepted medical information is later proved wrong - like are eggs good or bad for you this wek. I swear that flip flops more than anything else, eggs good, eggs bad, eggs good, eggs bad....... Are you a good egg or a bad one? Heh,

Looking at the Gala being Saturday night, I would guess he would miss Saturday night and Sunday moring and still be home on Monday.

Definitiely call the box office, Wanda. They have let people change dates before. I doubt if Clay will miss more than one or two days for the Gala. He has the weight of the box office on his shoulders and remember how he went on stage when he was injured after all the people started to return their tickets.