SABBATICAL ADVENTURES

  Wear heels they said! You will look good in heels they said! It's easy they said! And yes, it is fun to wear heels, but if you are a person who isn't used to wearing heels and suddenly you have to wear heels, there has to be practice because "practice makes perfect..." and also brings injuries.  Going into details is not necessary but things have happened and well, see for yourself: I have a colleague that usually wears high heels, very high heels, and she doesn't walk on those high heels, she glides on them. How does she do it? I have no idea, but it is clear that it won't be me any time soon.  Let's hope for a quick recovery because we have a show in one month!

Measurements We had a costume fitting just a couple of weeks ago. The the fitting also included shoes, of course. It has taken me a while to post about this matter because the fitting, although exciting, was also a little bit of a disappointment. Don't take me wrong! The costume fitting fulfilled its purpose but the results were less than desirable.  I was excited about trying the different costumes and also nervous because what had been imagine the director's head and my head could and would look very different in reality.  After some laughs about undergarments and how to wear them I finally was able to get on my first costume. It look good, and I felt good about it too.  Colorful right? Well, this costume was costumed made for me and I got it while I was traveling in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Colorful, a little heavy, and expensive. But it simply worked like a charm! One down, two to go! The next costume is what we area calling the "main costume." The character ...