The Book of Mormon

Look where we were today!

It's God's favorite musical, so you know it's good!

We have been wanting to see The Book of Mormon since we saw Jon Stewart rave about it on his show a few months ago. It was particularly awesome because we got to see it with my (formerly Mormon) mom and aunt, who were able to fill us in on all the juicy Mormon background, from having to wear Temple garments during sex ("there's a really long crotch zipper!") to when the Church decided black people are actually people in 1978 (despite them not being "white and delightsome"). Also, apparently at BYU (their alma mater) they send someone to proposition anyone who is 25 and unmarried in the theater department, to make sure they're not... you know.

The show itself was great, but sort of hard to describe. Highlights included dancing cups of coffee in Mormon Hell, God telling Joseph Smith not to show anyone the golden plates he found "even though that would really, really help people believe you and make you seem less crazy," and Jesus in a light-up robe calling someone a dick.

Also, since we were in NYC for the afternoon we got to stop at Baked by Melissa, a mini-cupcake place I used to go to when we lived there. It's great because they are delicious and have a lot of flavors, but you don't have to choose just one because the cupcakes are bite-sized and you get them by the half-dozen. Also, they are really, really cute:

I can't decide whether the caption should be "yum!" or "awww."

Now we are back in Philly and have no more fancy shows or cupcakes coming up, but the Book of Mormon soundtrack comes out on Tuesday!