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Happy Monday, LilyOnTheLam.Com Readers!

So last night, Ms. Wisconsin and I ate homemade lasagna and then went on a five mile walk.  I would have preferred to have eaten lasagna and then sat on the couch - HA HA HA!  (Sad, but true!)

I wore my "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" Broadway t-shirt as we walked in the muggy Florida air and I sweat so profusely that I looked like a drowned rat - in a Broadway t-shirt.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is my favorite movie musical, so when it went on Broadway I had to see it - from the third row! And I loved every minute of it.  I still love John Cameron Mitchell's rendition more, but Neil Patrick Harris was still pretty darn amazing.  In fact, I loved it so much that I have front row tickets later this month.  I have to see it one more time before it leaves Broadway at the end of this summer.

When I arrived home late last night, I saw that "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" won four Tony Awards!!!  I'm pretty sure my sweating up a storm along Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa, Florida in a "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" at the Belasco Theatre T-shirt is why the show won.  I mean, what else could it be?  I am also pretty sure Neil Patrick Harris will be sending me a mini muffin basket as a "thank you."

Neil Patrick Harris via Skype at the Paley Center's How I Met Your Mother
PaleyFest Event - March 2014

I might as well sit on my front steps and wait for those delicious muffins!  Until then I have only two things to say to the cast and crew of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" on Broadway:

1)  See you soon!

2)  You're welcome!

Thank you Beekman 1802!

Look what arrived in today's mail - nothing like speedy service!

It's my Beekman 1802 Goats' Milk Caramel Cajeta and Goats' Milk Caramel Cajeta with Habaneros.  If you don't know what these are, check out my post:  Why I Love Josh Kilmer-Purcell.  My friend BW is staying with me for a few months after moving from Texas to Florida.  We brainstormed how we should taste test the cajeta.  I suggested on vanilla ice cream.  BW suggested pretzels.  I then suggested a vanilla ice cream pie with a pretzel crust and a warm apple topping.  Since it was late and I was very tan (and tired) from a day of sailing and then a very emotional evening of seeing the movie "The Help," we decided to put the cajeta discussion on hold.  Stay tuned to hear about our taste test!

I saw Viola Davis (star of the movie "The Help") on Broadway with Denzel Washington in August Wilson's "Fences."  For which both actors won the Tony award.  I adore Denzel Washington.  He is a magnificent actor.  But Viola Davis was the shining star above all.  She broke my heart and won me over with her subtle grace and dignity.  All my life I have received flack for being "a strong woman" - as if that is some sort of bad thing - a character defect.  I think Viola Davis emulates "a strong woman" in every single role she does.  I hope that I have even a fraction of the strength she displays.  Hollywood, please cast her in more roles.  We need inspiration beyond "Jersey Shore."  (Which yeah, I watch from time to time as well.  Full disclosure, people.)

I can't remember when I cried so much in a movie as I did during "The Help."  (Again, full disclosure people!)