Life in our little cottage in the country
at by Claudia
This is all I can give you today. We had no internet-wifi until just about 10 minutes ago and I have to leave for the theater.
Crazy busy. Tired. First preview performance tonight.
Happy Thursday.
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Claudia, this is as small as my hotel room in Tokyo! I see there will probably be way fewer home decor touches. Oh well…if you’re so busy, you won’t spend much more time than sleeping and showering in the pod anyway. At least there is a nice view. Enjoy the excitement of preparing Anastasia for opening night.
I don’t do any decorating when I’m going to be in a hotel a week or less. Not worth it! Thanks, Wendy.
Oh, my! I can see why it would make you feel claustrophobic! Small indeed. Probably a good thing you are so busy and out and about!
Yes. I walked a lot today and, despite its size, I was happy to get back here today.
Oh, that would never do for an extended stay for you, Claudia!! No room for flowers or quilts or lamps. I love the idea of simplifying. But minimalism such as that I could never do for any length of time. You don’t need to show us, but if that is the size of the room, are the bathroom accommodations enough to allow one to even turn around? Wow!! Glad you only have one more night there. When do you go back, and will the stay be longer??
Good luck with the performance tonight. How exciting!!!! (Do people really stay up til the “wee hours” to look for the reviews, or is this not the point at which reviews come in??)
I’ll post a photo of the bathroom tomorrow. I can turn around in the bathroom. It’s actually a part of the whole room and that’s where the big window is. I have three more nights here, Chris. I don’t go home until Sunday.
Reviews aren’t published the day after opening night anymore. Press comes throughout the Preview process, so they can come at any time.
Best of luck with the performance, but golly is that room small… I doubt I could even change my mind in there.
It’s very small. Luckily, I’m at the theater a lot of the day. The bed is very, very comfortable. I should add that to tomorrow’s post.
there is no place to sit, is there? Like someone wrote—you have a nice view and you are out and about.
There’s a chair at the desk – I’ll show that tomorrow. And the bed closes up, so it’s sort of like a sofa.
Sending positive vibes and good thoughts your way for tonight. Speaking of thoughts…that’s about the only thing you can even bring into that room! Very European looking. Gosh that’s small…glad this isn’t a lengthy stay! But…the view is killer! ;)
The view is great and the bed is incredibly comfortable.
Claustrophobic!!! :(
A bit. But I can handle it for a few days.
Well I guess I am the odd one who thinks the room would be soothing to stay in. I like the white linens vs. average crazy overdesigned hotel patterns. As long as the view is good, the sun shines in the window and the internet is working — I’d be good.
Though Missing your Mary Tyler Moore additions. :)
The white is fine, I have no problem with that. The view is lovely, but I have to walk in the bathroom to see it (the bathroom is part of the whole room) so the room isn’t filled with sunlight.
It all seems very intriguing and serviceable, especially if one did not have a lot of luggage.
But, wow, see, I figured that big window was on the other side of the bed. I can see, then, that where the bed is, WOULD seem like a small cabin on a cruise ship (the cheap seats, where there’s no porthole-style window or balcony (I’ve been in those windowless cabins and they’re like a sardine can, totally too dark inside and indeed claustrophobic, at least to me).
This is neither here nor there but, speaking from experience of once living on a 46′ sailboat for a month, as well as excursions on catamarans, steamers, canoes, rowboats, dinghys, a mail boat, water taxi, hydrofoil, gondola, ferry boats, kayaks, and also a fairly-big cruise ship as mentioned (but, as yet, no paddlewheeler [I was a somewhat-adventurous traveler/tourist in my youth]), and being no fan of on-the-water transport AT ALL, I swore if anybody ever got me on a big cruise ship/ocean liner again, the only way I’d do it is if I could see the outdoor world from the room.
At least in your cozy-little pod, you can see the sky from the bathroom!
It’s serviceable. And I only have one bag and a tote, so it’s fine. Two people in this room? Especially two tall people like Don and me? No.
Cute. Slightly smaller than a cruise ship cabin. I’d love to see the bathroom.
Fabulous view!
Have a wonderful rehearsal.
Kay
They call it a ‘cabin’ and I think that’s an apt description. Bathroom tomorrow.
You surround yourself with such beauty at home, I can understand the stark difference might be an issue but thankfully it is not for long. Your creative brain would tell you. “we need more!”
I admire that work ethic of yours and we are the same age ..maybe I am older ; I started Medicare in Oct. and I tell you; you are a tough cookie. How you manage it without looking tough is a gift.
Rest when you can. Gosh, you have had a busy winter.
Love and Peaceful feelings,
Katheryn
Don tells me I’m tough, as well. I want to work as long as I can. Easier for me because my work is freelance, so I go long periods between jobs.
Oh, thanks for taking a pix; what’s the funky closet-thing next to where your clothes are hanging?
That’s something to do with the heat/air. It’s locked.
Like Jay, I think it’s a nice change from over-done US hotel rooms. Small? Yes. But it’s only a few days/nights. I would think it could be somewhat peaceful. Reminds me of my son’s apartment in South Korea.
Not necessarily peaceful. This is NYC after all. The desk is small and I feel wedged in when I sit there, as I have to when I’m writing a post of answering comments.
Bless your heart Claudia. I certainly hope you have your own bathroom. I have heard some have to share. Take good care. Please know others are sending positive thoughts to you and Don. Love, Becky where someone in town is testing the tornado sirens (this Oklahoma wind may be blowing in a storm)!
I do. It’s a nice bathroom, small, but nice. I wouldn’t share a bathroom! No and no. Don says it’s very windy in New Mexico – which is where he is at the moment – on the old Route 66.
Ah, I know that route; was on it SO MUCH in my younger days with my parents; road trips from SoCalif to North Texas, back and forth to see relatives, late 50s to early 70s for my time; traveling through Arizona and New Mexico (Kingman & Winslow, AZ; Albuquerque & Gallup & Tucumcari in New Mexico; Amarillo, TX and so on…).
My aunt had a roadside diner and gas station right on Route 66 and next to an old motor court/tourist cabins (and the post office) which of course all got bypassed when the government built the interstate, essentially killing the town’s livelihood (and Auntie’s diner/fuel stop). It’s all gone now; disintegrating framework from a couple of old, long-abandoned buildings are still there, but not for long (I’ve come across a stray photo or two on Flickr); my dad went back for the last time in the mid-80s and it really upset him to see only the foundation left of the house he was born in; his once-nice, well-built but very-long-vacant schoolhouse in ruins (winters are harsh).
Along old Texas Route 66, a few wee “settlements” (bends in the road; population at maybe 100 people in peak years, like 1920 to 1940) no longer exist at all. So much changed over time. Many were railroad towns; railway stations (tracks long since pulled up as commerce & transportation advanced and freight was trucked [faster, I guess, than rail]). Hard to imagine now…how, in that earlier part of the 20th century, these hamlets actually thrived, where people lived full and productive lives…when all that remains today is prairie grass and some wheat fields; ghost towns.
Anyway, Don is having an adventure! You both are having adventures; can’t wait to hear more…
He’s loving his exploration of Route 66 – having the time of his life!
It looks to me just a little larger than a train compartment, tho I havent seen one of those in years, except on TV. They must be really inexpensive for the Company.
No they’re not inexpensive! This is NYC! No hotel room is inexpensive. In fact this costs more than the hotel I stayed in during the snowstorm a couple of months ago. It’s very trendy, it’s right in Midtown, which is convenient for tourists.
I do like the monochromatic look, but that is really small! It makes me wonder what your bathroom is like?
The bathroom is fine. It’s open to the rest of the room, but it has everything I need, except a bathtub. A shower instead. But I probably wouldn’t have taken a bath this trip because I get in so late from the theater.
Crazy tiny! I hope the preview goes well. Can’t wait to hear more about the production and the music! Try for a little rest in your mini-pod! Hugs!
Thanks, Linda. I went to rehearsal, gave my notes, then took off to get some lunch and explore a bookstore. So I feel a little more centered.
At least you don’t have to sleep standing up! Although, that may be next.
No, and the bed is really, really comfy!
Sure doesn’t look like your style!
Well, no hotel room is my style! Are they ever?
Wishing you a wonderful preview night and much satisfaction knowing your contribution is a part of this special night . My, that is a small room but thankfully it is a short stay! But on a travel show, I’ve seen smaller in Japan; you had to crawl into a sleeping pod and couldn’t even stand up!
Enjoy every exciting moment of the preview! Dianne
I’ve heard about those rooms. No sleeping pods for me. I kid about this being claustrophobic, but it’s really not. But I am truly claustrophobic, so I could never do one of those pods.