I am so jealous!

An online friend of mine just went to see “Mary Poppins” on Broadway. She said they flew everyone’s perfect nanny in over the audience and the special effects were stunning. She lives in the New York area, so it was a great treat for her and her children. I wondered how she could afford it, until she tweeted on Twitter to someone else that, thanks to her American Express Card, she got an Amex presale password for discount tickets.

“Mary Poppins” has always had a place in my heart. The film came out in theatres when I was in college. I not only saw it as a babysitter taking someone else’s children to see it three times (with three different sets of children). But when the movie came to town where I was going to college, I went to see it multiple times. You may have heard me say this before — I wanted to be Julie Andrews.

Then when my daughter was little, Disney rolled it out of their vault and released it on video. Yes, VHS. And just like her mother, she never got tired of watching it. I must admit, however, I finally did get a bit tired of it.

But not so much so that I wouldn’t miss an opportunity, if it came up, of seeing a live theatrical version of it. The only thing I would miss, would be Julie Andrews.