Evil Dead the Musical!

Saturday October 19^th was a great day!

After working getting out of work this morning I attended Canaan’s final football game of the season.  He had a great time playing flag football this year and is looking forward to playing tackle football next year. 

They combined the 4 teams into two teams to play 40 minutes of game time, and then they had 4 stations of competition where they broke the teams into 4 again.  Canaan won in his group for the throwing and kicking, and did very well in the running punting.

My mom took the kids immediately after the game and I headed home for some sleep.  Getting 3.5 hours of rest Kate and I headed over and picked up John and Ju to head south to Lynn, MA for Evil Dead the Musical!

We’ve wanted to see this, John, Ju & I, ever since we first heard about it back in 2003 when it debuted in Canada.  Last year the Arts After Hours Theatre in Lynn, Ma staged the show and for various reasons weren’t able to go.  When they announced it this year though, I bought tickets immediately!  Joining us on our trip were Emma, Caleb, Johnny, & Magen, in their own vehicle. 

Evil Dead the Musical is based on the original Evil Dead Trilogy combining elements of the 3 films to make an awesome musical horror comedy that features a splatter zone, which we gleefully were sitting in! 

The original plan was to eat first at Hilltop Steakhouse in Saugus.  I have driven by that 68 foot tall Cactus on Route 1 more times that I can count in my lifetime and have always wanted to go.  This seemed like the perfect opportunity to finally do so.  Then I found out that they were closing up shop for good on October 20^th. 

We got down there and discovered that there was a 3 hour wait just to get a number, then the wait was an hour plus after that to get seated.  Don’t want to eat there that bad!  We ended up eating at Polcari’s Italian Restaurant just up the road.  The food was excellent!  Kate had calamari, Ju chicken parmesan, John and I both had the 4 cheese penne with Italian sausage sliced and folded in.  It was so good, the sausage nice and spicy, but not hot. 

The other group was about a half hour behind us and they went to Hooters.

We found the theatre after getting turned around a couple times and made our way in.  This is not a theatre in the traditional sense.  This is a room that I believe was an old bank vault, with risers and stacking padded seat chairs that seat about 100 people.  The show was sold out. 

Our front row splatter zone tickets also netted us free ponchos.  Only Ju and Kate put theirs on over their heads, the rest of us just covered out laps.  Everyone was wearing either white or Evil Dead the Musical white shirts except Kate and me, I had my blue Evil Dead shirt on and Kate had normal clothes. 

The rest of us were looking for some to get coated in stage prop blood, however, they used watered down washable tempura paint so it looked cool for the moment, but will wash out. 

I cannot say enough just how awesome this production was!  The cast was fantastic, the music, supplied by a live band off to the left was amazing, the dance numbers were excellent, and everyone had a stupendous time! 

The actors performed both on the stage and on the floor directly in front of us and each of us has some sort of physical interaction with the cast, mine being an unfortunate ass grinding on my lap by the character Scotty.  Everyone played their roles wonderfully especially the girl that played both Shelly & Annie and played them convincingly as two different people. 

We all got covered, some more than others, with the stage blood.  Near the end during the big Ash vs. the Candarian Demons battle they literally made it rain blood from a sprinkler located in ceiling, John got soaked!  It appears the barrier line was right at between us as I barely got any on me.

From start to finish the show ran close to 2.5 hours with the intermission.  Such a great show!  I only wish this was being performed closer to home so I can go again!

On the way home we all stopped at Sonic Drive in.  Kate wanted a cream-slush and a burger, no cheese.  As I was ordering her burger she screamed out ketchup & mayonnaise, and then got aggravated as to why I found that confusing.  Did she just want ketchup & mayonnaise, no ketchup & mayonnaise, extra ketchup & mayonnaise?  She wasn’t very clear, and then yelled at us that she was out numbered because John, Ju, & I all have the same brains.  I never heard it said that way, but it is a spot on description of how we think alike.

We made excellent time and rolled in the door yard at 1:35 am.

Such a great day!

Later Readers!   

The Honeymooners: The Final Chapter!

Welcome to The Honeymooners: The Final Chapter!

Oddly enough I awoke this morning with some minor back discomfort from sleeping on the cottage bed.  The last two nights I slept on an air mattress on the ground with no issues.  Go figure?

Today was not a busy day for us compared to the last few, we took a big chunk and just relaxed!  We headed downtown for Kate to get a coffee and get an Acadia National Park pass.  We stopped at the Sand Beach which oddly enough had no shells!  It was a beautiful beach; don’t get me wrong, but there were absolutely no sea shells to be found!  It was quite surprising. 

Thunder Hole was next and was not that impressive.  It was cool, but didn’t live up to the hype.  Kate remembered it from her childhood as the water shooting very high and soaking people.  But that was during a storm and the ocean had been very calm for the last several days prior. 

We drove up Cadillac Mountain and took in the stunning panoramic views.  We eventually found the summit marker, there is no sign as it has been stolen too many times, and I bought a smaller magnet version of the marker that is very cool! 

Returning to Bar Harbor Kate picked up her Sea Bag that she absolutely loves!  She had her star done in blue on the way in we saw one in red as well.  The shop owner said that she was inspired!

We ate lunch at Mainely Meats which is on the Atlantic Brewing Company grounds but is not owned by them, they lease the space we heard the waiter telling another diner.  It’s BBQ, but I got a burger that was fantastic while Kate had the pulled pork.  They make their own BBQ Sauce that was so good we bought a jar!

We stopped at the Atlantic Brewing company owned Bar Harbor Cellars Winery.  It is a very nice place! They do not offer tours of the distillery, as they are two years away from producing enough grapes of their own to make their wine.  However, they do offer a free sampling that we partook in tasting 7 different wines.  I’m not much of a wine guy, but the fruit ones were very good! 

They also sell cheese there and I found 7 year old cheddar that was so fracking good!!! So good! Just outstanding!  They wouldn’t tell me who made it other than it’s from Quebec.

We kicked back at the cottage, sitting on the porch playing cards while drinking our coffee stout.  I made us hotdog hash for dinner on the old fancy all in one sink, fridge, and two burner stop top appliance.  On a share plate we put the BBQ Sauce and Raye’s Mustard that we bought to garnish our dinner while we watched the Walton’s.  I’m not gonna lie, it was some good! 

Heading back up Cadillac Mountain we wanted to watch the sunset.  It was very beautiful, but I have seen prettier sunsets in my life.  Apparently the sunrises up there can’t be beat.  It was the day after the full moon though and the moon rise was breathtaking!  The moon was huge and pink before turning to a bright orange!  Simply stunning! 

We called it a night at the cottage both dreading and excited about the drive home the next day. 

We slept in the latest that last morning of honeymoon but still found ourselves ready and out the door quite quickly well ahead of our 11am check out time. 

There was no rush to get home and we took our time stopping at Bucks Grave in Bucksport and Fort Point Lighthouse in Stockton Springs. We also took in a flea market in Searsport scoring an excellent deal on classic Christmas special DVD’s!

I can’t express enough how awesome this honeymoon/vacation was!  We had a great time together exploring places we’d never been and really enjoying nature.   We lucked out with some glorious weather along the way too. 

If I had to pick a favorite place that we visited I would have to lean towards East Quoddy Head Light on Campobello Island.  Not only was it visually stunning, but the adventure one had to partake just to get out to the lighthouse was amazing.

I have always wanted to travel to Aroostook County and travel down like we did exploring a portion of Maine that I had never been to before.  Best of all Kate was excited to do it as well.  Having our passport cards so we could pop into Canada made the trip that much more exciting.  I would plan on getting a passport or passport card if anyone plans on going up there themselves.   

I’ve been planning what will be several day and overnight trips for us to take in the future so we can explore other parts of the State that we can explore together.  And with our passport cards, I see trip to Quebec City in our future! 

Thanks for reading, I hope you’ve enjoyed to The Honeymooner Blogs!

Later Readers!

Mike