Presents for Me

So I finished most of my Christmas shopping today, including a particularly good haul on Amazon whereby a savvy combination of gift card credits ( thank you Key Bank Rewards, and Amazon Credit Card!) I ended up scoring more than a hundred dollars in gifts for a mere $11.38.

Which led to me looking for one last gift for my man on eBay, where I stumbled (aka I was searching for Meryl Streep posters, totally for my man, I swear) upon two posters from 70s stage productions starring Ms. Streep —Measure for Measure, with John Cazale, and The Taming of the Shrew with Raul Julia. So I made "best offer" offers on them, thinking, oh they won't be accepted.

But then they were.

So, I am now the proud (and broke) owner of these two amazing (and huge — 30" x 45") posters, and now all I have to do is find frames and a place to display them. There's something I love about them being illustrations, and I would imagine they didn't produce many of either.

One of my very favorite experiences in life was seeing Meryl at the Delacorte in Mother Courage, and I can only imagine how wonderful she was in her other performances. I actually know how amazing she was in The Taming of the Shrew, however, and so can you thanks to this video.

Now I just have to save my money for this one to complete the set.