Hi Gang

Hi Gang
It's me Barry Manilow wishing all of you my dear ones a Merry Christmas. Plus a New Year filled with love. As Frank Sinatra said "The best is yet to come and won't it be fine." Next we'll be having such a blast. There's the Barry Manilow Putting It Together The Songs Of Stephen Sondheim album coming out on March twenty-two. The debut on March twenty-third. That's at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The album signing at Rough Trade records Tuesday March twenty-two between one pm and four pm. Tony Awards two thousand sixteen which I'm hosting on Sunday June fifth. Manilow Live at the London Palladium. June tenth thru August thirty-first. My Cruising with Barry Manilow and friends Asian cruise. November  the eighteenth thru November the twenty-ninth. Also whatever else I decided I want to do for all of you dear ones. Hopefully Bud Harner will be feeling much better so we can finish 2:00AM Paradise Café II. I know you're dying to hear some original material music. You can congratulate my friends Bruce and Rob on buying their first house together in Brooklyn. Actually they're up the road and down the street from me and Carly in Brooklyn Heights. Now both Bruce and Rob will have their own at home studios to create their stuff in. Plus the dogs will have a backyard to run around in. No more going to the dog park for outings. Now if you have some ideas for stuff you'd like to see me do. Just put it on my Facebook page where I can see it. If I like your idea and it's for an album when it comes out I'll autograph the vinyl for you. If it's a city you want me to come to and I do it. You'll get a free front row ticket and a backstage pass to meet me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being with me for all these years. Also for being the best fans a musician like me could ever have. So until next year have a safe Christmas and a Happy New Year. Your favorite Sexy God.
Barry

Benefit Shows And Such.

Barry was doing some benefit shows next week. The shows were being called Because It's Christmas. Since Christmas was the week after the shows.. Barry was doing a total of five shows Wednesday December sixteen thru Sunday December twentieth. These shows would benefit ten local charities in New York City. The charities are Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids, Bronx Zoo, Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition,  Brooklyn Botanic Gardens,  Central Park Conservancy,  Guiding Eyes For The Blind,  Harmony Program, Manilow Music Project, New York Restoration Project and The One Voice Foundation. Barry is passionate about eradicating Aids, getting musical instruments into the hands of school kids, animals of all kinds and the environment. The New York Restoration Project is his friend Bette Midler's charity. The Manilow Music Project is his music charity. The One Voice Foundation is a new charity. That Barry started it to give a voice to homeless cats and dogs in animals in shelters.  The One Voice Foundation does out reach to spread the word about these homeless animals.  Plus the shelters they live in. Then three times a year  The One Voice Foundation does their adopt-a- thon at a dog park in Brooklyn. That is where local animal shelters can  bring cats and dogs for people to see and take home the same day. All the animals have had their shoots and have been spayed or neutered. Barry's a huge animal lover thanks to  his friend Linda Allen. If it wasn't for her taking Barry to a pet  store. He would have never got his Beagle Bagel. Thus began Barry's love for dogs. In fact right now he has four dogs. Three are rescues and one isn't. Two Labrador Retrievers Maggie is a rescue dog and Max who has a health issue that prevents him from being a seeing eye dog.  Carly's two Beagles Charlie and Linus. Barry went downstairs to get some lunch.  He ran into Carly and asked her if she would go with him to pick up his new SUV. I'll even treat you to lunch said Barry. Sure thing said Carly. Barry had already gotten a new SUV after his two thousand nine Range Rover caught on fire on his way home from a ride. Barry only drove the new Range Rover once and couldn't drive it again. He told Carly being that close to getting stuck in a burning Range Rover turned him against buying such an expensive SUV. Actually Carly didn't know which car manufacturers SUV model Barry went with. I'm ready to go said Barry. They got into Carly's SUV and Barry drove. We're headed to Island Hyundai one five nine zero Hylan Blvd in Staten Island. When I Google searched New York City Hyundai dealers Island Hyundai had a four point five star rating out of five stars. So off they went to Staten Island to get Barry's new SUV. Once there Barry got out and asked for Joe Andretti. Joe came out and Barry told him he was here to pick up his SUV. So Joe called Tom to bring Barry's new SUV out front. Here came Tom driving out a two thousand sixteen Hyundai Santa Fe Sport 2.0 Serrano red with black interior. All Carly could say when she saw the SUV was oh wow! Fans say I need color so here's some color said Barry. Barry got in his new SUV and Carly got in hers. They went to the place where Barry wanted to eat. After lunch Barry said on the way home we're going past 32 Livingston St. in Brooklyn Heights.  I got a call from Bruce earlier this morning to tell me he and Rob bought a house  in  Brooklyn Heights. The house on 32 Livingston St is just a few blocks away from our house
said Barry. Bruce said he wanted his own songwriting studio so he can work from home. Then he mentioned that the house has a room that Rob can use for his home office. That's great said Carly now the dogs will have a backyard to run around in. Soon after they got home Barry got a phone call. 
Barry answered the saying hello Garry what's up? ET is reporting that you and Carly are getting a divorce. Excuse me said Barry. I'm a very happily married man. Carly and I are still a couple.  So far we're not sure what happening for Christmas.  Now I'm guessing Scott Nevins gave ET the info on me and Carly getting a divorce said Barry. Actually no it wasn't Scott who told ET. It was Suzanne  who told ET that you were getting a divorce from your wife. Suzanne said you told her it was all over between you  and Carly. That you couldn't hid your sexual business any more. My sexual business any more. What sexual business the fact that I'm straight and I always have been. Also that I'm happily married to my wife.  I just think Suzanne wants me to moved back to Palm Springs. She never liked the fact that I moved back east. As you know  I was doing way to much back and forth flying between Palm Springs and New York City said Barry.  Before the move to Palm Springs it was Los Angeles to New York City. That's why I moved back east for good and I've never looked back. Lorna was ok with me moving back east. So were my other celebrity friends. Even Dave Koz says "La La Land" stinks. That's why he's bought a house in Napa Valley. Also Dave never really liked
 Palm Springs too celebrity for his taste. I think Dave might be thinking about starting his own vineyard. Suzanne is just going to have to deal with the fact I don't ever want to move back to Palm
Springs. So how's everyone else out your way? asked Garry. Their all fine. Bruce and Rob bought a brownstone in Brooklyn Heights. Marc got another dog to go with the one he already has. So now along with Nash his Golden Retriever he has Crosby his Bassett Hound. Nash is named for Graham Nash and Crosby is named for David Crosby. You remember the rock group Crosby Stills, Nash and Young? Yes I do said Garry.

I'm A Fictional Person So *I'm Not Real

I'm a fictional person named Barry and this is my fictional story.  Now I'm not real. I was created by a person who wanted to write a story about a guy who became a Broadway Songwriter. Later on I became a jazz recording artist. I am that man Barry the main male caricature in her fictional story.   Yes I do share the same name with some she loves. She wanted to create a what if scenario. What if I didn't get the recording contract. What I gave my four songs to the label for someone else to record. Then what if I got to  write musical for Broadway like I always wanted to do. Since I'm a fictional caricature I can be whatever my story writer wants me to be. I can be tall or short, thin or beefy, grey haired or not, blue, brown, hazel or green eyed and bisexual, gay or straight. Now some of my friends who are in this story have real names. That's because  they're the friends she wanted me to have. Yes I did write four songs that I showed to a friend named Ron. We did produce a demo record that I sang on. The last record label that we showed the songs to gave them to their new recording artist Brian Murphy.  Brian doesn't play musical instrument. Nor does Brian write songs for himself.  That is  where I came in I wrote some of Brian's early songs. Ron and I also produced some of Brain's early albums. My songwriting partners helped me write those song for Brian. Like I said "If the check cleared I was there." Back then I could use all the money I made since I was a struggling Broadway Songwriter. This is where my story changes. I became a well known  as a Broadway Songwriter.  Yes I did the first musical that me, and my partners Bruce and Jack put on Broadway was a huge success.  The following year our musical swept the Tony Awards wining all the ones it was nominated for. I then became a well know jazz artist. I'm the first Broadway Songwriter to ever have four musicals on Broadway at one time. Copacabana a story about two people who meet at the famed night club and fall in love. Harmony the story about a famous six man singing group who had to disband because of Hitler. 15 Minutes the story of a singer and guitarists who got fame, lost the fame and then got it back again. Here At The Mayflower. which started out as an album I recorded in two thousand one. That then became a musical about the people who lived in this building called the Mayflower. So as you can see I got to do what I always wanted to do write Broadway Musicals. Not what the real person ended up doing by being a pop recording artist for the last forty years. My first apartment was on the lower eastside. Then I move to a bigger apartment on the upper west side right across from Central Park. Then for some reason I'm not sure why I moved to La La Land aka Los Angeles. I hated Los Angeles so I moved to the desert. I did move there. I already had bought a get away home down there. When I decided to move to Palm Springs permanently I sold the small house and bought a bigger one. The Palm Springs home was in the Mesa  neighborhood. When I moved to Los Angeles that's when the back and forth started. The flying back and forth between Los Angeles and New York City. Then it became Palm Spring and New York. In two thousand nine that's when the cross country trekking stopped. I moved lock stock and barrel back to New York City. I found a townhouse across the east river in Brooklyn Heights. This is where I've been living ever since. Brian Murphy who I helped at the beginning of his career bought my house in The Mesa. I keep all my statues on a shelving unit in my at home studio. On that shelving unit I have all the Tony Awards that I've won. On that same shelving unit I have the Grammy Awards that I've won for my surprise jazz recording career. Back in nineteen eight three my partners and I wrote some jazz songs. However we couldn't come with an idea for a musical to put these songs in. Then in nineteen eighty four I decided to put the songs on an album. All of the people I worked with on Broadway thought I had a great singing voice. They were the ones who encourage me to record the songs for a jazz album. However my close personal friends thought I was crazy to start a recording career. Putting out my album 2:00AM Paradise Café is when  my jazz recording artist career started. Once I got into recording jazz albums I began to enjoy making them. To promote my first jazz album I did go on the road for a mini concert tour.  I was surprised when that tour sold out so quickly. On and off since then I've been putting out jazz albums, Christmas albums and Broadway musicals. My newest project are my latest musical
Here At The Mayflower. A musical about an apartment building in Brooklyn with all sorts of tenants living there. My new album Barry Manilow Putting it Together The Songs Of Stephen Sondheim.  Stephen Sondheim is one of the many Broadway Songwriters that I like. That album comes out on March twenty two of next year. I'm playing Carnegie Hall to debut the album. Now that happens on Wednesday March twenty three. Then I'm off till the beginning of June. June thirteen to be exact when I open my Manilow Live show at the London Palladium. I'll be there from June thirteen to August thirty first. With every Monday and Tuesday off during the three month run.  I was going to start my run on Wednesday June first. However I've been asked to host the two thousand sixteen Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday June fifth. Which is a thrill in it's self.  I've been working on my opening number which is going to be Putting It Together. Putting It Together is from Sunday In The Park With George which was written by Stephen Sondheim. In November I'm following one of my other friends Dave Koz. By doing a Royal Caribbean cruise to the orient. From China to Singapore and assorted cities in between. I'm bring  along some of my jazz artists friends to do their own shows. Dave Koz (of course), Brian Culbertson. Michael Lington, Lorna Luft, Melissa Manchester and Diane Schurr. The cruise is open to all my fans.  This is in place of a BMIFC two thousand sixteen convention. so my fans will get to hang out with me and my recording artist friends. Talk about pets I've got them. Four to be exact. There's two black Labrador Retriever Maggie and Max and two Beagles Charlie and Linus. Plus the dynamo in the small package that I am madly in love with named Carly. So if you don't think I'm happy guess again. I'm one of the happiest and luckiest guys out there.  A successful Broadway and jazz career, four dogs and someone I love being married too.

"It's A War Zone In Here.."

"It's A War Zone In Here" Figuratively speaking. Barry and Carly's kitchen was a total mess. It was being remodeled. All new kitchen cabinets, appliances, backsplash, paint color and etc. I'll be glad when this is finished said Barry. Luckily they had a smaller kitchen downstairs on their garden floor.  Barry had a refrigerator, range and a microwave in the garden floor kitchen. He did that was  so he wouldn't have to bring hot dishes down a flight of stairs. The main kitchen on the parlor floor was  being remodeled. The appliances that were in there when Barry moved in were eleven years old. So Barry figured it was time to remodel the kitchen. He and Carly chose to get Whirlpool appliances.  They looked at the different colors and settled on the white ice color. Which was white appliances with stainless steel handles. The new cabinets were Canyon Creek solid rustic alder. The over all theme of the kitchen was rustic farmhouse with the colors being peachy rust. Behr sunshine delight paint color was used on the walls. The backsplash had medium squares with smaller squares of peach and slate on them. The floor tile was a medium peachy color. Above the sink there was a recess light. There were three hanging lights down the center of the ceiling. The appliances were by Whirlpool.
The appliances were the white appliances with stainless steel handles caked white ice. At least they had a garden floor kitchen so they could still eat at home. Barry had professionals do the entire job. When it was done he took a whole bunch of photos to post on his remodeling Hicks Street Pinterest board. Every room that got remodeled Barry took photos and pinned to his Hicks Street Pinterest board. That way all his friends from the east cost to the west cost could see each room after it got remodeled. The kitchen was the last room to be remodeled. His at home recording studio and office floor was remodeled by professionals. It was his birthday/wedding present from Carly. Carly talked to Barry's tour sound guy Ken Newman. she asked Ken what type of recording equipment to have installed in his at home studio. Ken as able to get the recording equipment at a lower price for Carly. He told Carly not to worry about how much the stuff cost. Ken said he always got his boss Barry something for his birthday. He also said Seth Jackson gave a little towards the birthday present. Seth Jackson was Barry's tour lighting guy. Now that the kitchen was finished it was on to other things. Carly found out that Brian Murphy was doing some benefit shows at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Springs this week. The shows were Tuesday December eighth thru Saturday December twelfth. Her Facebook friend Shelly from San Diego told her all of Brian Murphy's shows were sold out. Shelly went to the Tuesday night show and said Brian was fantastic. Shelly also told her she saw Suzanne Somers and her hubby Alan Hamel there. Carly mentioned to Barry that Shelly a friend on Facebook saw Suzanne Somers and Alan Hamel at Tuesdays Brian Murphy show. Shelly said she over heard Suzanne in the lobby telling Scott Nevins she wished Barry still lived here in Palm Springs.  When I  lived in Palm Springs I spent more time flying back and forth. So I figured it would be a lot easier just to live here instead of out there. I realized I was missing my home borough of Brooklyn. That's why I moved back east. Actually I should have never moved to Los Angeles in the first place said Barry. Then to Palm Springs which I think is "Too Gay." Also I was  getting sick and tired of Scott Nevins bugging me all the time.  Every time I turned around there was Scott. He was everywhere I went. I was getting sick and tired of see him. Besides if I hadn't moved back here I would have never met you Carly said Barry.  Shelly also mentioned  she could see Suzanne, Alan and Scott from where she was sitting.  Shelly did mention that Scott Nevins is a real jerk. She said he came up to her and asked her to sign his online petition.  He said he started the petition to get you Barry to move back to
Palm Springs. Just for the heck of it she went to his Facebook page. That's where she saw the link to the petition. There weren't very many signatures. Why would your fans want to sign a petition that starts with a message. "Everyone please help me get the love of my life Barry Manilow to move back to Palm Springs. I'm sure he doesn't really want to live in New York City anymore.  So if you help me get him to move back here then maybe he will." All your fans know you spent way to much time flying back an forth from New York City to Palm Springs because of your Broadway musicals. Plus you had to rent a place to live while in New York City. Also we fans have known all along that you were straight and not gay. You were always open about your love life and girlfriends.Whenever you were out somewhere with one of your girlfriends and a photographer caught the both of you. You would pose for pictures. I also took a look at Scott's Facebook page. I saw the link to the petition.  I also saw the link to the house he wanted  fans to beg you to buy. I thought the was ugly. It was a Spanish styled home with a stucco finish with a clay roof. There was a separate guest quarters that Scott said you could turn into your at home recording studio. Plus office space, kitchen and half bath. Scott said the price was ten million three hundred thousand forty seven five hundred and thirteen dollars. Scott said the house was perfect for you. Then he mentioned something about how hot you would look lounging by the pool naked. I thinking what a delusional person Scott is said Carly. I know he has the hot's for you.  I sold the Mesa house at the beginning of two thousand ten to Brian Murphy. Brain had been in that house a few times and loved it. So when he found out I was selling it he asked me to take off the market. He said he would buy it after the holidays. Brian bought the house in January two thousand ten for  seven million two hundred and twenty four thousand six hundred and seventeen.  Brian gave me the full asking price for my home in the Mesa. Brain Murphy and his partner Gregory Knopfler moved into the house after they bought it. I was very glad to rid of it. I will totally agree with you that Scott Nevins is delusional. Oh and when I did go into the petition page I saw a reply from some fan who called Scott an idiot. The fans said "If you think Barry's going to move back to Palm Springs your an idiot. Being a Broadway songwriter that's where Barry needed to be in New York City. That's why he lives in Brooklyn to be close to the theatre district. Close to all the theatres where his musicals would be. P.S. Broadway is in Barry Manilow's blood."  Wow! That's what I love about you fans you'll stick up for me. What we fans love about you is how fan friendly you are. I remember back in nineteen seventy eight when Vicki Smith and I went to see your musical Copacabana the night it opened on Broadway at the Uris Theatre. We saw you after it was over. You stopped to talk to us for a few minutes. Then you invited me and Vicki to go with you to the cast party. I still have the playbill with yours, Bruce and Jack's signatures on it. It's in a display box on my shelving unit with all my other autographed stuff you and others signed. The signed vinyl is in LP frames on one wall. 2:00AM Paradise Café,  Showstoppers, Night Songs, New York State Of Mind and Barry Manilow Putting It Together The Songs of Stephen Sondheim all signed by you.

No Such Luck

Barry got a phone call from Garry. Suzanne was asking about you he said. Yes I know said Barry. She called the house and talked to Carly. Carly told her I wasn't home. Even though I was here at the time. She also said to Suzanne "You have Barry's cell phone number. So why don't you call him." Well she doesn't have my cell phone number since I changed my number when I changed carriers. I dropped AT&T for Verizon. I got a better deal with Verizon. I told Carly I changed my number when I got my new iPhone 6s Plus. No wonder Suzanne was so upset when I talked to her said Garry. The main reason she wanted to talk to you was to invite you to her house for thanksgiving. Oh well I was out of town for thanksgiving. Carly and I went to New Orleans for thanksgiving said Barry. We went to Café du Monde down in the French Quarter. Where we had café au lait and beignet. I made sure I got some pralines. Took a ride on the Natchez steamboat. We road the streetcar through the Garden District. Spent a whole day at the Audubon Zoo. We went to French Quarter to listen to some jazz. We had a super time  the time we were  down there. I think we both needed that get away. Especially Carly after what she went through in August said Barry. Yeah that was something she should have never had to go through said Garry. We stayed at the Q&C Hotel on Camp street. Our room was a skyline king. I would highly recommend the Q&C Hotel to everyone. I checked Trivago and  I was able to get our room for one hundred and twenty five dollars a night. So our hotel for five nights was six hundred and twenty five dollars. I also highly recommend using Trivago. Trivago checks all the travel sites to find you different hotel prices at the same hotel. The Stephen Sondheim album is now being mastered.  I did check out Facebook earlier today said Garry. Brian Murphy was announcing some more tour dates. He's doing dates down south in January, February and March. He's going from Florida all the way to Phoenix, His fans are so very excited said Garry.  I'm not doing anything till Wednesday March sixteenth when I debut my Stephen Sondheim album at Carnegie Hall said Barry. I have some surprises for that night. When we got home yesterday I checked my email. I got an email from Barbra Streisand saying yes to being a part of the Carnegie Hall album debut. I had sent her a advanced copy of the album Barry Manilow Putting It Together The Songs Of Stephen Sondheim. In her email she said she loved it. She and I are going to do a duet on Somewhere from West Side Story. Barbra asked me who the  guys voices were at the beginning of Putting It Together were. I told her it was my ex-manager Garry Kief and my current manager Marc Hulett. I'm doing some daytime and night time talk shows that week. March twenty- one Rachel Ray co-host, March twenty-two Rough Trade album signing one pm to four pm, March twenty-three Carnegie Hall album debut, March twenty-four GMA and Late Night with Seth Meyers. Friday March twenty-fifth is Carly's birthday. I'm taking her out somewhere special said Barry.  Now after that I'm off till I leave for London. Me, my band and backup singers are leaving on Friday May thirteenth. Rehearsals start on Monday May sixteenth. Carly and her BFF Vicki Smith are coming to London for the BMIFC London Convention which takes place June fifteenth thru June nineteenth. Their roommates are Barbara Campbell and Kate McKinnon from the UK. Carly met Barbara back in  nineteen eighty-three at Blenheim Palace. That's when I did the concert for fifty thousand fans on the Duke of Marlboro's grounds.  Then Carly and Kate met in nineteen eighty-seven at the BMIFC's    Montreal Convention. Carly and Vicki were looking to get two more roommates. They got Kate and then Barbara need a some roommates. Ever since those four have been roomies for the conventions. They were roomies for the New York City convention this past June. Barbara and Kate are coming over to New York for the album debut at Carnegie Hall. They'll stay at our house. Monday March twenty-first Carly, Vicki, Barbara and Kate have tickets for The Rachel Ray Show. I'm providing for the whole class copies of my latest album. What the audience doesn't know is I'm autographing the CD's. Rachel gets a vinyl copy autographed. Then I pulled some strings and got the girls tickets to Late Night with Seth Meyers. I better let you go said Garry. I'll see you in March or maybe sooner. Barry hung up with Garry and went downstairs. Carly was just coming in from taking the dogs out. Get ready because we're going out said Carly. Oh we are said Barry. Yes we are with Bruce and Rob. Bruce said he and Rob wanted to take us out for pizza. He asked for the name of a good pizzeria. I suggested Juliana's Pizza at nineteen Old Fulton St. Now Bruce said he heard that it was voted best pizzeria in Brooklyn. Barry heard a knock at the door. He went to answer it. At the door was Bruce and Rob. Hi guys he said. Hi said Bruce and Rob back. Just then Carly came from upstairs. Hi guys she said. They said hi back to her. BTW Brian Murphy is on the cover of the December issue of the Advocate magazine said Rob. I put that in my Naughty But Nice column today. Plus rumor has it he's also on the cover of the December Issue of Palm Springs Life. Interesting said Barry. I just did an interview and photo shoot for Brooklyn Magazine. I was also on the cover of the October issue of Details Magazine. I was named their first ever style icon. Carly says I should be on the cover of G.Q.  Just like fans over on Facebook mentioned I should have been named People magazines Sexiest Man Alive instead of David Beckham. I don't worry about that stuff. Oh boy I did get an interesting phone call earlier today. Heather A. Pitchman President and CEO of the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League called me. She called to ask me if I would host the 2016 Tony Awards. I said yes I would. So I called Marc and we rescheduled opening night at the Palladium for Thursday June ninth. The Tony Awards air on CBS Sunday June fifth at eight pm. Now I need to work on an opening for the show. You know why don't you open the Tony Awards with Putting It Together said Carly. That is a high energy song.

CBS Sunday Morning and ETC.

Barry Manilow was going to be on CBS News Sunday Morning on Sunday November twenty ninth. Tracy Smith was going to interview Barry Manilow from his home studio in Brooklyn Heights. Barry's interview would take place  prior to the air date. Barry  came from taking the dogs out. He went downstairs to Carly's computer room. He asked Carly if she was doing  any better now that what  had happened in August was over. Carly thanked Barry for asking about her. She told Barry she was feeling much better. Also that she wasn't going to let Scott Nevins  or anyone else bother her. Barry said that's good. Scott Nevins still has a restraining order on him so he can't come within one inch of either of us. Carly decided to call her parents to see what they had planed for Thanksgiving. Carly's mom answered the phone and  told her they were going up to La Jolla California. Your dad and I are going to visit our  grandson Sam. Sam and Kate just had twins. Oliver Matthew and  Elisa Nicole. Sam and Kate already have a five year old named Amelia Grace. Jill and Sam Sr. are also  going down there from Seattle Washington for Thanksgiving. Jonathan and his family are going to visit jis wife's parents in Houston Texas. Jonathan and his family lived in  Chicago Illinois. Jonathan and his wife Gwen have three children. Michael Jeffrey, Andre Nolan and Jillian Kate. After talking to her mom  Carly got off the phone. She went to find Barry. Well I talked to my mom and she and dad are going up to La Jolla California. My nephew Sam's wife just had twins so mom and dad want to see their new great grandkids. There's going to be a house full down at Sam Jr.'s. My parents, my sister, her husband, Sam Jr., Kate and the grandkids. I guess that just leaves you and me this year for thanksgiving said Carly.  Then since it's just me and you we aught to go somewhere said Barry. I do want to spend Christmas at home this year. I want to decorate a real Christmas tree. Put lights on our bushes in front of the house. Even though I'm a orthodox Jewish person I still enjoy the Christmas tree and exchanging gifts said Barry. I need to go into the storage room downstairs and look for the menorah. Then I need to get the correct colored candles to go in the menorah. Now where do you want to go? asked Carly.  Well I don't want to go to any beaches said Barry. I love to swim however I'm not a beach person any more. I use to lay out in the sun.  But I ended up with  a case of melanoma on my face. So now I quit laying outside to sun tan. Let me  figure out where to go said Barry. Barry went up to his office. Barry kind of had an idea where he wanted to go. He just need to see if he could book everything. Barry went online and was able to book everything. He came back downstairs and found Carly making lunch. Well I got everything booked said Barry. Ok said Carly so where did you decided to go? I decided on New Orleans said Barry. Something  about a line in the song Night Song made me think that's where we should go. "You dream of a train from New Orleans and deep in the music I hear her humming." I really enjoyed taking the train for our honeymoon in July said Barry. So I booked a sleeper on Amtrak's Crescent from New York to New Orleans. We'll leave New York on Monday November twenty third at one fifty pm. Get into New Orleans Tuesday November twenty fourth at seven thirty two pm. Stay Tuesday night thru Saturday night. Depart New Orleans Saturday  November twenty eighth at seven am. Then arrive back in New York on Sunday November twenty ninth at on Sunday November twenty ninth at one forty six pm. I booked a skyline king at the Q&C Hotel for five nights said Barry. The phone rang and Carly picked it up. Hello she said. Hi it's mom. I called to see what you and Barry were doing for thanksgiving. We're going to New Orleans. We're staying four days and five nights said Carly. Oh said Carly's mom. I just called to invite you two to La Jolla for thanksgiving. We'll be fine for thanksgiving by ourselves said Carly. You tell everyone out there that Barry and I send our love.  Enjoy your time with the grandkids said Carly. Oh we will said Carly's mom. You and Barry also have a safe trip said her mom. Carly said goodbye to her mom and then hung up the phone. Who was that? asked Barry. It was my mom she wanted to know if we wanted to come to La Jolla for thanksgiving. I told my mom we already made plans for thanksgiving. Mom said we needed this that after the summer we had.  She was talking about what happened this past August. She asked how we were getting there. I told her we were going on Amtrak's Crescent. Just then the phone rang again. Hello said Carly. Is Barry there? asked Suzanne. No he's not here said Carly.  He isn't there said Suzanne. Well actually no Barry's out of town. Why did you want to know? asked Carly. Well because I wanted to see if Barry wanted to come for thanksgiving said Suzanne. You have his cell phone number so why don't you call him and ask said Carly. Ok I'll do just that said Suzanne. Carly hung up with Suzanne. Now who was that? asked Barry.  Suzanne she wanted to know if you were home.  I told her you weren't here.  I said to her "You have his cell phone number you call him and ask." Ask me what asked Barry. Ask you about going out to Palm Springs to have thanksgiving at her house. You know she doesn't have my cell phone any more. She doesn't said Carly. No she does not. I switched cell phone carriers. When I got my new iPhone 6s Plus. I switched from AT&T to Verizon. Now I already put your cell phone number in my new iPhone. You did that said Carly. Yes I did said Barry. I did that last month. Well now your going to have to give me your number again said Carly. I was due for a new cell phone. I traded in my old iPhone 5 for an iPhone 6s . I got the space grey colored one. I didn't like the gold or the rose gold at all. My iPhone 5 was a silver one. I decided to get the space grey color instead. I also got an otter box cell phone cover that's blue and bright lime green. Barry gave Carly his cell phone number once again.

Craziness Averted On Facebook.

The latest craziness was averted on Facebook by both Carly and Vicki Smith. Carly found out who added Jackie Louis to the One Voice BMFC Facebook group. Carly gave that member a lecture. Telling her that only she and co-director Vicki Smith could add members to the group. Carly told the members that she and Vicki had been following Kate Naughton's rules from day one. Members had to belong to the BMIFC. Members had to live within one hundred miles of the director or directors of the club. The club had to support a local charity. Which they did they always had done. Their first charity was the North Shore Animal League. Then in two thousand three  they started supporting the Harmony Program from New York City as well. They also supported  Barry Manilow's charity the Manilow Music Project.  This year the fan club was raffling off a queen sized quilt and a few albums that had been autographed and some other stuff. Every year before Christmas the fan club took bags of dog food, toys and treats over to the North Shore Animal League. Carly went over to the fan clubs Facebook group to post some new information. Next week Barry Manilow goes into the studio to record Barry Manilow Putting It Together The Songs Of Stephen Sondheim. Which is due out on Tuesday March fifteen. Also on Tuesday March fifteenth Barry will be doing an album signing at Rough Trade Records Brooklyn. The album signing is between one pm and three thirty pm. That evening is the album debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York City Pops Orchestra Tickets go on sale next week Friday November twentieth at one pm eastern standard time.  If you go to the album signing the album will cost twenty five dollars. For the twenty five dollars you get to meet Barry Manilow, have him autograph your album and you get the CD free. For  members  that are going to the album debut at Carnegie Hall let us know. We want to get together before the album debut for dinner somewhere. Carly got off the computer to go make dinner for her and Barry. She went up stairs to start dinner. Carly had just put the manicotti in to the oven to cook. When she heard the front door open. Hello sunshine said Barry as he came walking into the kitchen. So how was your day? he asked. Fine. said Carly  The good news is we have a new baby giraffe at the zoo. He was born at nine am this morning. Since he's a male and we decided to name him Barry. Oh really said Barry. Yes said Carly. Barry's mother's  name is Esther. So we thought Barry was the perfect name for the little guy. Now we're just waiting on our next two new arrivals. Which should be in two weeks. That's when Bea  the gorilla should have her baby and Koko the kola bear should have her baby as well. Jeff's on gorilla duty and I'm on kola bear duty. So far it looks like Bea's is having a girl and Koko's having a boy. If Koko has a boy I promised Garry Kief we'd name him Garry. Marc already has an animal named after him. Two years ago Matilda the elephant had her son. Marc took part in our adopt a zoo animal. That's where you can adopt any zoo animal you want. Marc adopted Matilda's the elephants baby boy. He  gave him the name Marc. Garry heard about that and decided he wanted to take part in that. Once the baby is born we take their picture. Then we send you a photo of the animal you've adopted. Along with information on the baby animal you adopted. Remember you did that three years ago. When you adopted the female Adelie Penguin you named Marina. You named her Marina after Marina from the movie The Pebble And The Penguin. We just got a new male Adelie penguin named Hubie . Who knows maybe Marina and Hubie might become a couple. There are rocks in the Adelie penguins habitat. That's so the male penguin can give one to the female penguin. I made manicotti for
dinner along with an Italian salad. Earlier this year Vicki and I went to Pittsburgh to see you at the Benedum Center.  Before the show we went to Lidia's Pittsburgh an Italian restaurant in downtown Pittsburgh. Both Vicki and I had the manicotti for dinner that night. After that I went looking to see if Lidia Bastianich had the recipe in one of her cook books. I found out she did and I bought the cook book so I could make the recipe.  After dinner I need you to go with me so I can pick up my SUV. Mike Wong from Signature Auto Group  called me right after I got home to tell me my SUV was in. Oh yeah that's right you ordered your new SUV in September. I'm curious to see what kind of SUV you chose said Barry. Carly set the table so she and Barry could eat dinner. After dinner Carly put the leftovers in a container. She also put the dishes in the dishwasher. While she did those things Barry let the dogs out and picked up after them. Once he came in he asked Carly if she was ready to go pick up her SUV. Carly told Barry she was ready to go. Barry and Carly got into his Range Rover and headed over to Signature Auto Group. Once there Carly asked if Mike Wong was there which he was. Hi Carly said Mike you're here to pick up your SUV. Yes I am said Carly. Mike said I'll get Leo to bring out your SUV. Mike called Leo and told him Mrs. Maniow was here to pick up her SUV. Leo drove Carly's SUV out from the back. Leo got out and told Carly here you go as he gave her the keys to her SUV. WOW said Barry. What color is that he asked. Mediterranean Blue Metallic exterior and black leather interior. It's a BMW two thousand sixteen X1 SUV said Carly. Just then Barry's cell phone rang. Hello said Barry. Hi Barry it's Garry. What's up Garry? asked Barry. What did you do today? asked Garry. I was in the recording studio with the New York City Pops Orchestra recording the Stephen Sondheim album. Why do you ask? asked Barry. Because I caught the Ronda Quivers show on lifetime this afternoon. Her guest for the whole hour was Suzie Q? Oh really said Barry. Yes really said Garry. Of course she had to talk about you when Ronda asked about you. Ronda wanted to know if it was true that you're gay. Of course Suzie Q? said yes  it true that you were gay. Also that it was so freeing for you. Because now you could come out of the closet. Suzie Q? mentioned that you were in a hot and heavy relationship with Scott Nevins. Suzie Q? also said she figured you and Scott Nevins would be making a big announcement soon. Like what kind of announcement? He and I are getting married said Barry. Yeah like that's going to happen any time real soon. I know Scott would like nothing better than for that to happen. Sorry but I'm happily married to my wife  said Barry. I know you are side Garry. Scott's just in another world wishing for something that will never happen ever said Barry.