shut the front door.

So.. in case you live in a bubble or something.. or just don't know me, I went to NYC yesterday.. around 7ish am. Then came back today around 6am.

And it. was. amazing.

As the plane landed over the beautiful city, we could see Manhattan 'from the sky' on SUCH a beautiful day.. and it was JUST like what you see in pictures. I love it. The feeling I get whenever I see that amazing sight is like no other.. its this build up of joy, excitement, anticipation, and belonging.. bliss.

We arrived at the hotel close to 10am and checked in. Very cute little place, and very fancy! :) Then I changed into my classy Stacy London worthy outfit and we were off.

We walked like.. way too many blocks for me to be wearing those platform ankle boots. lol. But we went to the Times Square area, and got lunch and coffee (YES!) and then hit up awesome touristy places like Toys R Us, the M&M store, and many cute little shops that sell my favorite, BROADWAY MEMORABILIA! squee. And in the meanwhile, I spotted not one but two of those crazy 'naked cowboy' people and a couple getting wedding photos taken IN TIMES SQUARE. Jealous much!?!?! BUH. lol.
Anyway, then it was time to head over to SHUBERT ALLEY. One of my favorite places in Manhattan. We got a quick Starbucks to keep the energy up.. lol. Then we entered the Booth Theatre to see "Next to Normal"!!! And holy poo. IT WAS SOOOOOO GOOD. Alice Ripley, though she is totes cray, is a phenomenon onstage. For real. I was in awe the entire time. Also, the guy who played her son... HOT. And probably my favorite male actor I have ever seen live on Broadway. I've gotta say.
Guh it was so good. Afterwards I hung out at the stage door HOPING Alice would come out but OFCOURSESHEDIDNT. Oh well. I did get to meet 3 hot guys and the girl from Spring Awakening!! squee. :)
So, then we caught a cab back to the hotel to freshen up, ran down the block to get a pizza, ate half of it, and then caught yet another cab to 92Y where my fav ever STACY LONDON was to be speaking!!!!!

Now, the best part. =]]

We were sitting in the house right side section of seats,.. about 5th or 6th row from the front. Very good view. And I was pretty much freaking out... for no reason. I was just SO nervous because I was about to be in the same room with Stacy London..and approx. 500 other people. haha..
So, after what seemed like far too long, it began. However, before Stacy came out, two boring people had to talk and introduce things or whatever and I was bursting with BUHness. haha. (If you know me, I think you can imagine me in this situation.) Anyway, the talk was going swimmingly, Stacy was being so funny and so brilliant and of course it was great. Then the lady who was asking the questions (it was interview style) asked something that made Stacy mention twitter... I did a small "woo!" to myself, and the next thing I know, Stacy goes, "..which, speaking of, Kelley are you here?" and is looking out into the audience. I immediately raised my arm and yelled, "I'm here!!" and Stacy says, "Oh my God, I got you a beer for your 21st birthday!!" I was like.. shrieking with thankfulness and WHOAness at this point, and she motioned for me to come and get it from her.. At this point the entire audience is like laughing out of amusement and applauding... And I joggged down to the side of the stage where she was kneeling. She handed me the Coors light, skillfully packaged in the classic sketchy brown paper bag, remarked "Oh I love the outfit!" and squeezed my right hand with a smile. I returned to my seat, and several random people looked at me and said sweet things like "That was great!" or "Happy Birthday!"... :D
I turned to my mother and whispered excitedly, "I can't believe that just happened."
Probably one of the best moments ever, I'd say.
AFTER the talk, I was standing in the lobby with a new twitter friend, and Zooey, Stacy's assisstant came out from where a private reception was going on, noticed my mother holding the beer, and asked "Did your daughter...?" At that moment, I walked over, and Zooey said, "You're Kelley?" "Yes," I said. She introduced herself (but oh of course I knew who she was before) and said that Stacy wanted me to come back to the reception. I said something along the lines of "Ooh yay!!!" and followed her back there. Stacy was surrounded by people, so I told my mom we could just chill and wait a while. No need to be impatient. :) So we creeped around and watched Stacy critique, SO wonderfully, some woman's VERY LIGHT WASH mom jeans. It was hilar. We moseyed closer to her eventually, as the crowd began to die down, and then she looks over at us, noticed it was me, and said, "Hi..Oh good she got you back here! And you must be mom?? How are you?" My mother replied of course.. and blah blah. SO then Stacy had to tend to other people, and eventually, it was my turn. We took a smiley photo, and then spoke for a few moments, she was like "How are you? You okay?" Me: I'm great! Stacy: So, you're the kellster!! Me: haha YES I am! I don't remember what Stacy said next exactly.. BUT anyway then I was like "We need to take a funny picture!" Her: What kind of funny face should I make? Me: Oh uh..how bout.. just gimme a ghetto face. So then we posed for our FABULOUS ghetto photo, and she goes "Oh I know that's going on twitter!" I'm not sure where the segue came in, but the next thing I remember chronologically is holding Stacy's hand and being like "Thank you so much. You are amazing and wonderful and you have changed my life, you really have. You have no idea." Stacy replied, in her sweet Stacy-ish way, "You know, YOU can change your life" and then went on sweetly like that.. She gave me like.. the longest hug ever. She is SO SO AMAZING. Everyone should have someone in their life like her. There are really not enough people like that, especially in the fashion industry.
She is even better in real life. :)