Reader, Linda, gently reminded me that I never did tell you guys about my Oprah experience. So sorry about that! I've seriously been swamped! I've got a little extra time now, so I'm gonna tell you ALL about it! :)
Tuesday night, my sister and I slept at our friend Katie's house, cause we had to be AT the Oprah show @ 7:00 ~ earlier if we wanted better seating. So we got up around 4am and left around 5:30 or so. It felt a bit like Black Friday to me, cause the three of us always go shopping together, except it was much more exciting! ;)
It took us no time at all to get to the city, and we had NO problem finding on-street parking, so that was AWESOME too! ;)
The line was already forming - it was quite long actually. The closer we got to the front, the more nervous I got. Not really nervous, I guess, just really excited! ;) You wouldn't believe the security check. They seriously looked at EVERYTHING in your purse. I have a little Bible in there, and they confiscated it {I got it back later though}. And would you believe this one? They took Katie's coupons!!!!! Crazy, just crazy. I have no idea what that was all about, but we did get it all back at the end.
They instructed us to this room that had nothing but chairs, and we sat there for what felt like forever, but it was probably only about an hour or so. We made nice with the girls sitting across from us, so it made the time go by quicker.
One thing I forgot to mention is that my sister-in-law knows one of the executive producers. Would you believe that she called him and he was producing the show that day and we got priority seating?!? WE DID!! We were in the 5th row! So cool!!
Alright, so Oprah comes out and she totally looks different in real life. She must've had SOOO much make-up on , cause it looked REALLY caked on. Anyway, she couldn't walk in the shoes that they had her wearing, and she was really cute about it.
The story was about this many from Arkansas, Tony Alamo. He was the leader of this church/cult and his followers believed that if their children lived with him/married him that they would be the chosen ones to get to heaven. He had MANY brides, including one at age 8!!!!!! 4 of his brides testified against him in court and he is now serving 175 years behind bars.
I won't tell you many more details, cause I don't want to ruin it if you want to watch the show, but it was a pretty good show. I was really hoping for the "Wishes do come true" or "favorite things" show, but oh well! :)
We aren't sure of an air-date yet. They told us to keep watching Oprah's website to find out, so I'll let you know.
After Oprah, we got in the car and headed towards State St. and Michigan Avenue to see where we wanted to have lunch. We were driving past the Chicago Theatre and the sign said "America's got Talent - FREE ADMISSION 1pm" So we kept going back and forth - should we go - shouldn't we. In the end, we decided we'd just go. We got a sandwich quick and headed over to stand in another line. Are we gluttons for punishment or what?!? We were quickly informed that we needed internet tickets - even though it was free. Boo. We went into Halsted St. Deli so we could get a FAMOUS Rainbow Ice Cream Cone. Can I just say YUM!! I totally didn't think that I would like it, but it was really good! As we were sitting eating our cones, Katie noticed some cameras outside and they were setting up a microphone. Well, we had to go out and see what the commotion was all about. Apparently, Nick Cannon {Mariah Carey's husband} is the host of "America's got Talent." Side note: I never watch the show and had no idea who Nick Cannon was. Oops! Anyway, he was doing an introduction to the show outside! That was pretty cool to watch too!
We were just standing outside eating our cones when a guy who was clearly from "America's got Talent," with headphone on and all, came walking past us. I told Katie to ask him to let us in, and HE DID! :) He actually told us we didn't need a ticket - someone else was misinformed. We made it in! ;)
So, to be completely honest with you - now I know why I don't watch the show. There were just a couple of good acts, but seriously the audience is what drove me nuts!! They were so obnoxious! Everyone had to get their voice heard, and it took so much more time than it should've. We left at intermission. :)
We had such an AWESOME day! I was with two of my best friends, and enjoyed a great day in Chicago!!
