Vacation Madness: The Bonnie Hunt Show!

Wow, it is about time I posted something!  It has been too long!  About three months ago, on a whim, I clicked on a link that said "get tickets to the Bonnie Hunt Show" not ever imagining that I would actually get them.  Well, as you can see, I did, I went, and it was AWESOME!  

I called my mom to tell her about the tickets and she said "What are you going to do?  Fly to Utah and then drive to LA?"  And I said "Yep!"  I think she thought I was crazy, but she went along with it.  She invited two of her friends to come a long for the ride.  I was a bit worried about 4 women with totally different personalities getting along for 4 days most of which were spent crammed into my moms little toyota (which by the way has a freakishly HUGE trunk), but my worries were for naught.  Even when we met up with my good friend who recently moved to LA, adding a 5th woman to the mix, we didn't have any problems.

We all got along and had a blast talking and laughing together.  I truly believe that the women on this trip are some of the worlds best.  I was enveloped by their friendship and surrounded by their wisdom.  As much fun as all the stuff we did was, it was their company that I enjoyed the most. (ps I love you mom, and yes those statements include you... thanks for going along with my crazy idea)

This is the Culver Hotel. 

It is literally right next to the Culver Studios, where the show is filmed.  The rooms were not great, but the location couldn't have been more convenient.

We ended up going to the show twice!

The night before we had tickets to the show we wanted to make sure we knew where we were supposed to be for the next day.  When we walked over there some people on the crew invited us in to see the show.  So we went!  We sat on the very back row right next to the sound guy.  It was so fun!  Even on the back row, the experience was one of a kind!  Bonnie is so funny and quick witted!  I almost fell of my chair laughing.  Not only is she funny, but she is also sincere and kind.  She spent as much time as she could talking to the audience afterwards and shaking hands.  It is too bad her show is being cancelled. She is a ray of sunshine in the crap-fest that is on tv these days. (click here for a list of ways to help save the show)

The line!

After first show we saw on the back row, one of the crew members invited us to be VIP guests for the next days taping.  So even though we did have to wait at the end of that HUGE line, we got to sit on the front row.  You can see us in these two videos.  Video1 and Video2.  Video one is the one where you can see us the most.  Right behind the producer she talks to.  The guests we got to see were: Maria Bello, Ru Paul, Matt Lucas, Ruby Gettinger, Lauren Conrad, and Jillian Michaels.

The Ladies.

In front of the Culver Studios building, after all the tapings were over.

Meet the Cupcake Thief!

The audience got free cupcakes from Crumbs bakery.  Free!  I was very attached to my cupcake and was reluctant to let anyone else hold it... someone offered to hold it for me while I situated my luggage, but I couldn't let go... 

Ah, sweet sweet victory!

As you can see, no one ran off with my cupcake....