Thanks for all of the well wishes yesterday. Co-hosting for the day was a dream come true!

 Today I had my final interview at the station. I left feeling wonderful, with the knowledge that I’ve said everything I wanted to say, been 100% me, and have no regrets.  The amount of love and support friends, family, and once.strangers.now.friends have shared with me is unquantifiable.  I am truly blessed.

Tonight I get to spend some time spreading some holiday cheer with some loved ones.

I hope you all had a lovely Thursday!  It’s almost TGIF

 

Please make sure you take some time today to send some love and thoughts to those at Virginia Tech.  It’s times like these that truly show us how precious life is.  

 

 

Shine On,

Mary

 

Hi Rhode Show World!

I had a fantastic day speaking on the radio, hosting the show and then skating with Mickey as well as Minnie. I’ll update you more tomorrow as I’ve had an extraordinarily busy day and I am completely exhausted.

But before I leave you for the evening, I want to make sure we recognize this day for the great historical significance it holds in our nations history.

As we are all aware, today is the seventieth anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Many of our parents, grand parents, and great grand parents for some, joined and served in our nations military as a result of the “date which will live in infamy.”

Aptly titled, “The Greatest Generation” by Tom Brokaw, those American men and women answered the call to arms, stood in defiance of tyranny, and carried out freedom’s triumph over anyone who challenged its existence. Our debt to them can never be repaid. We can, however, do our best to honor them with our undying respect, and ensure their stories are never forgotten.

See you tomorrow. And, as always…

Shine On

Mary

Today the Top 5 girls got together for a magical time with Mickey and Minnie at Lynch Arena. We were lucky enough to have a sneak peek of what’s to come in Mickey & Minnie’s Magical Journey coming to The Dunkin Donuts Center, and as if that wasn’t enough we were given a skating lesson too!! Although stopping is not my strong suit, and skating backwards wasn’t happening, I was somehow able to pull off a few fun spins without wiping out! I’m glad all of us girls got to experience this together, it not only made it more fun, but they also made it much safer for everyone since they doubled as a way to help me stop crashing into the walls (or ice)!

  The Disney on Ice girls showed us a few of their ridiculously impressive skating tricks, and then took the time to try to teach us a few of our own tricks including spinning, skating on one leg, and a few fun partner tricks! We were even given our own mouse ears!! Although our adventures are almost over we still have our Toys for Tots event at Cardi’s on Monday before the big announcement is made! So don’t go anywhere just yet, there is still more fun coming your way, and I will keep you posted as we go! Now I’m off to prepare for my exciting day of co-hosting tomorrow!!

What a fun day!  I’m taking a little break from my holiday posts to talk about our top 5 adventures!!

Today we got to skate with Mickey and Minnie mouse!  The lovely pair are in town for their new show Mickey and Minnie’s Magical Journey, and they decided to stop by and show us a few moves!

Between skating backwards, spinning, and gliding on one foot – I feel like I had quite the lesson!  Minnie is cute as a button, she had me smiling from ear to ear, and Mickey is quite the charmer

There were also some huge fans of the mice who took a break from hockey practice to say hello!  They were priceless, let me tell you!

I certainly had a great morning, I’m sure the other ladies would agree!  We were even graceful – not a single one of us fell down!

I hope you’ll all be able to see Mickey and Minnie in action when they’re here for their show:  December 28-January 1

I promise it will be well worth it!!

Till next time

<3 Sarah

One more sleep until I co-host The Rhode Show!

 

If you’re up bright and early – at 5:45 am to be exact – tune to Cat Country 98.1 to hear all about my exciting journey thus far!

 

I’ll be live on Fox Providence (and foxprovidence.com) from 8-9.  I can’t wait!

 

Catch ya on the flip side!

Mary

 

This week has been so great and it’s only Tuesday! Each day this week the Top 5 gals will be co-hosting The Rhode Show and my turn is Friday! Last but definitely not least Before my big debut on Friday morning I will be a busy bee. On Wednesday we have been invited to ice skate with America’s favorite couple Mickey and Minnie Mouse! They are in town for their Disney on Ice: Mickey & Minnie’s Magical Journey, which will be at the Dunkin Donuts Center Dec 28th-Jan1st! Every year as a kid I would go watch all of the Disney shows on ice, and some things never change. I will be watching another magical show yet again this year

 

My next stop will be bright and early Friday morning at 5:45am at Cat Country 98.1 on The Morning Show with Jess, Brian, and Amanda. I am a HUGE Country music fan, so as soon as I heard that I was going to be interviewed I was smiling from ear to ear. Cat Country 98.1 is programmed as my #1 radio station (just a bit OBSESSED) what can I say I LOVE IT!

Right after my interview it’s off to the studio to Co-host The Rhode Show. This is what I have been waiting to do since I found out I was one of the Top 5 finalists. I am beyond excited and anxious to sit alongside Danielle and Patrick on the big white couch!

Make sure to tune in on Friday morning at 8am!

Xo

Mariely

 

This was by far one of the best days EVER!! If I could re-do this day all over from start to finish I would, and I wouldn’t change One.Single.Thing.

I took some videos through out the day to share with all of you. I hope you enjoy them and thank you all for watching this morning!

Big Day Video Diary #1- Cat Country!

 

Big Day Video Diary #2- Co Hosting The Rhode Show!

Big Day Video Diary #3- Thank You, AWESOME Day!

Thank you again to the amazing staff at Cat Country and especially Jess, Brian, and Amanda for making me feel right at home! (oh and Amanda thanks for introducing me to Kenny )

And of course a HUGE Thank You to The Rhode Show. This ride has been awesome and I don’t want it to end!

So friends, tune in on Monday December 12th at 8am to see us LIVE at Cardi’s and then at 7:30pm LIVE on Fox to see who will be crowned the new Co Host for 2012!

And in case you missed it, my segment Tera Travels debuted this morning! This was a segment that I created and if I win it will be regular segment on the show!

Until Next Time, T

 

 

Last night I attended one of my favorite annual events, Brown University’s Annual Latin Carol Celebration.

 

 

The building was packed full of people young and old, all of whom enjoyed the carols, readings, and the very talented organist.  One of the readers was Brown’s President,  Ruth Simmons.  The halls were decked, and everyone was dressed in festive outfits.

 

 

 

Even if though I’m not particularly well versed in Latin, I gave the songs my best shot.  Luckily, they were all tunes that I was quite familiar with!

I hope you had a great start to your week as well

Shine On,

Mary

 

 

 As promised, I’m back to the blogging board

I figured, even though my official SFAS assignments are done for now, that doesn’t mean I can’t challenge myself to get a scoop!  Over the last month or so you viewers have been getting to know us, but I want to get to know you guys better – so, for the next few days, I’m going to poll the faithful Rhode Show followers, as well as some of my own friends, to find out some of your favorite things.

Since it ’tis the season – I wanted to go with a holiday theme, and I decided to start with some favorite things to do around here to get you into the holiday spirit! I hope you all saw Michaela’s piece on The Santa Run, happening this Saturday morning in New Bedford!  I asked people what some of their other favorites are, and here’s what they had to say!

 

A huge favorite for Rhode Islanders is Trinity Rep’s “A Christmas Carol”.  I know growing up in Rhode Island I used to go on a school field trip to see the show every year!  Personally I think it gets better and better, and it seems you guys agree!

Another ‘fan favorite’ performance is Festival Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”, which is going on this weekend at PPAC!  I have to admit, I am biased when it comes to this performance, as I danced with Festival Ballet for many years growing up!  They are such a great company, and the show is beautiful and fun for everyone year after year!

Something else people told me they love to do this time of year is an event the Top 5 get to partake in on Wednesday morning – Ice Skating!  Even if you’re a klutz, it’s tons of fun to slip and slide around the ice!  It’s a great date, a great family outing, and a great way to get some exercise!  One of the perks of going at Kennedy Plaza is, of course, the lovely view of downtown providence!

Lots of people suggested the Roger Williams Park Zoo to me!  Sadly, Santa already made his trips to the zoo this year (I really hope some of you got a chance to see him last weekend!) but it doesn’t mean the zoo isn’t a great place to visit this time of year!  There are candy-canes and wintery wonderlands set up all over the park – and, here’s a sneaky little secret, the animals are a lot more social when the weather is a little cooler, even they can’t deny the Christmas spirit!

One more bit of holiday fun around the corner – this one I didn’t even know about until people started telling me – is typically a summer favorite.  The city announced that on December 16th they’re doing a partial waterfire!  I don’t know if we’ll have any snow  – but I’m sure the river will look beautiful lit up on a Wintery night – I can’t think of a better reason to go out and enjoy the  atmosphere!  Providence has always reminded me of a Charles Dickens novel in the winter!

 

Those are just a few  ideas I got from you guys!  Now I want to hear even more!  What are your favorite things to do in RI during the holiday season!  And tomorrow, I want to write about favorite movies you watch this time of year, so fill me in on those as well!  Leave me some comments and messages, because this inquiring mind wants to know!!!!!