Good morning!  I have to make this quick since Capt. UberHusband has to take his laptop with him today which will render me…well, laptopless. A significantly more descriptive post of all the glory that is Stephen Colbert will follow in the next couple of days. We watched the show online this morning and sure enough, you can see us as Colbert is running to the other side of the studio for his interview with special guest Paul Simon. I’m in the white sweater, jumping up and down like a dork and CU is next to me, somewhat more controlled.

In a nutshell…The Colbert Show taping was AWESOME. I hate the word “awesome” because it is so woefully overused for people, places, and events which frankly aren’t really all that awesome. But the word is 100% appropriate for our experience last night. Now, after standing outside for two hours in sub-freezing temperatures I wasn’t yelling “AWESOME!” but once we made it into the studio and my toes started to thaw…yeah, “awesome” does the trick.

Stephen Colbert fielded a question from me during the pre-show meet ‘n greet. He is as perfect and dreamy in real life as he is on the show. At one point, Paul Simon walked about a foot in front of me. A foot. Speaking of feet, he’s shorter in real life. Once the taping completed, the studio audience was treated to a duet between the two of “Sounds of Silence.” Very cool. I told CU about a dozen times how fortunate we were that we had an amazing guest on the show and not some unknown yahoo who just released a book but has no sense of humor. Those guests are the worst.

Anyhoo, CU is commandeering the laptop so I will sign off for now. On today’s agenda…hopefully…Bloomingdale’s, Bendel’s, Serendipity, and…if I can swing it, perhaps a discounted matinee to Speed the Plow. I’m always so ambitious first thing in the morning. We’ll see what I can actually swing.