Thursday, February 11, 2010

boloco and snowmageddon

the first half of this post is dedicated squarely to all the harvard folk out there.  remember how, once upon a time, there was a place down on mt. auburn and holyoke called the wrap?  gee, i wonder what you can order there?  maybe...umm...a wrap?  i think it was our junior year when they changed the frickin' name to boloco.  what the hell does that mean?  some variation of spanish for crazy?  boston local company.  of what?  i was incensed when they changed the name while i was still a student here.  and after seeing that the name had stuck after walking through harvard square, i became re-incensed.  ok, i'm done now.

secondly, anyone who has one ounce of humor in his/her bones will appreciate the following link:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-february-10-2010/unusually-large-snowstorm

couldn't help but to share that one.  boston's been great - two more friends came to see the show tonight (yay, betsy and angie!), and i'm planning to hang out with them and many more friends over the weekend in harvard square before leaving town on monday.  i'm super excited to go to LA for 6 weeks - not only to sit in one city for more than a week or two but also to explore a megalopolis that i've really never been to before.  so needless to say, next week in columbus will be painful.  because it's the bridge between boston and LA.  now, if someone knows of some hotspots to pass the time in central ohio then, by all means, please share.  i know that some of the gay ensemble guys are going to a gay strip club tomorrow night here in boston.  i might really have to go to dreamgirls in columbus (and i don't mean our show) in order to count the hours until we hit the tarmac at LAX.

our director is in town and saw the show tonight.  i'm super excited to have done two shows today (thurs), followed by a 4-hour rehearsal and show tomorrow, then 2 each on sat and sun, then travel on mon (via newark) and open in columbus on tues.  i can see bobby now - whipping people into shape tomorrow.  telling them to refocus and to cut out all the bullshit.  promises to be an exhilarating day and the beginning of one fascinating weekend.

2 comments:

  1. Alvin,

    You're not alone... the Improper Bostonian awarded us with a Boston's Best Award for "Stupidest Name Change Ever" in 2006. We plastered it everywhere... at least its a name that gets people to react ;)

    Thanks for including The Wrap, er Boloco, in your blog!

    Cheers,

    John
    CEO & Co-Founder
    Boloco

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  2. Alvin, keep up the great posts. We miss you, buddy.

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