Wicked was…WICKED!!
First thing’s first – my Mom and I started her birthday celebration by heading downtown to check out the opening of a new sculpture garden in our area.
One of the anchors is this sculpture called “Nomade.” I just love how it sits with a grassy, green hill peeking through the bottom of the sculpture, and the sky as the blue background up top.
My Mom took this picture – quite the little photographer, no?
As you can see, it was a GORGEOUS day!
The sculptures that make up the garden are worth $27 million dollars and were donated by John & Mary Pappajohn – local Iowans who are ranked among the worlds top private collectors of art.
After winding our way through the sculptures, it was time…time to get Wickified!!
Wicked is the untold story of the “good” and “wicked“ witches of Oz. It was such an imaginative story and we were mesmerized from start to finish. Oh, and the VOICES on this cast! I am just in awe of people that have the gift of entertainment. It’s a talent that can be honed and refined – but a voice and ability to act are God given gifts. I’m so glad I got a chance to see this – it’s been on my must see list for years. Next I’d like to get my hands on the book!
After the musical we had some dinner at a local Thai restaurant – Cool Basil. Cool Basil understands that Iowan’s like it hot – they gave us our own heat level!
I got the Chef recommended Kua Kai, which is pan-fried flat rice noodles sautéed with sliced chicken, egg, bean sprouts, onion, garlic and a house special sauce.
It was…to die for. I had about half and brought my leftovers home to Ben 
Today has been an awesome day – start to finish. Hope yours was the same! See you on the flip side!
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Gorgeous sculpture; and I’m so glad that you liked ‘Wicked’!
That Thai food looks amazing!
Oh, I’m so excited to see Wicked next Sunday!! Thanks for the sneak peek!
Looks like a fun time, glad you all enjoyed yourselves
What a fabulous time with you mama! That sculpture is seriously awesome!
Hope you are having a relaxing Sunday evening
What a great way to spend the day! I really want to see Wicked:)
I can’t wait to see this show. I have the book if you want me to send it to you. I read it once and it was good. I also “read” (CD) while driving to Maine and back. It was interesting and good at the same time.
BTW Those sculptures are magnificent. I love art and art in nature is great. I remember going to the sculpture garden in DC and was mesmerized.
What a fun mommy-daughter day! I need one with my own mom asap!
I’ve always admired how close you are to your family; it’s so refreshing to see now-a-days.
Neat sculptures!! Glad you had a fantastic day!!
Looks like a great day! Thai food sounds yummy
WOW, that sculpture is amazing. I love things like that!
How lucky! And I am soooo happy you liked Wicked. Were you ever a book reader?
I adore Thai food!
And that sculpture is pretty rad, too!
wow!!! i love the sculpture!!!!
It looks like you spent a lovely day with your mom! Ahh, i love the musical Wicked!!! I, also, went to go see it with my mom in nyc. And i have to admit I am pretty much in love with kristen chenoweth (the original good witch)
I saw the musical Wicked before it got super popular and LOVED it. Probably one of my all time faves.
I think I have just about all the songs memorized, heehee.
Your pumpkin pancakes look gorgeous. I also made some this week, and they perfectly complement the start of fall!
http://healthnut-em.blogspot.com/2009/09/as-if-you-need-more-pumpkin.html
I’m so glad that the play was amazing! It’s on my to-do list as well. If you want to borrow the book, let me know & I’ll ship my copy to you. It took me a little bit to get through the first few chapters, but then I breezed through it
I LOVED Wicked!! I just saw it with my mom and sis this spring….so, so cute!
This was a very cool sculpture park! If I ever am in Iowa I will have to check it out.
Mike
I’m taking my mom to see Wicked, too. We have to wait a couple weeks yet. Ugh! I’ve been so anxious to see this play ever since I first heard about it several years ago. FINALLY it’s come to DM!
Hi Kristin,
I also checked out the Pappajohn sculpture garden this weekend! I went on Saturday morning, early to avoid the crowds and took tons of pictures. I posted a few of them on my blog, so you should check them out. Glad you had a good weekend!
Hope
The first sculpture is amazing and I’m totally craving Thai food right now, yumm!
Oh, I’m glad you liked Wicked! I’d love to see it sometime.
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