Blogs from Los Angeles, California, United States, North America - page 256

Bloggers! Sounds like a British exclamation! Well, we're going to give this blogging thing a try! We hope it's interesting! :) Thanks for taking time to read it! Today was our America World Adoption Association travel meeting conference call...2 hours of good stuff to know about traveling to China. Many questions answered, and some we never even thought to ask (e.g. stuff about single- and double-entry visas for travel into Hong Kong). Needless to say, the meeting was very informative and we're pretty excited to get going on this trip! We can hardly wait!!! We're going to be staying in some niiiiiice 4- and 5-star hotels...much nicer than if we were doing our normal "budget-conscious" vacations (hello, Days Inn?!). But hey, no expense is spared for baby Sarah! This trip is all about her, and we ... read more

Ahoy-hoy, Just wanted to toss up a quick post on my 35mm shoot. It was 6 different kinds of awesome as you can see by the ridiculous grin on my face. That was one bad mother of a camera. Hell of a thing to set up though, we each got a role of about 220ft which equals somewhere around 2 minutes each and we had 12 hours to do 4 rolls. It took us 13 hrs and we just barely wrapped when they finally kicked us off the sound stage. I was also helping out on a HD short film on Saturday. The director was a bit of a doofus but the DP was one of my instructors so he let me assist on camera. They shot on the sony F900, the same camera Lucas used ... read more

You know I'm not one to toot my own horn but if you happened to be watching The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last Friday there's a good chance you may have seen my hat. Yes thats right! I was there in the audience, front row center, I even got to shake his hand...actually it was more of a hand pat but I'm sure if he had more time it would have been a full doublehanded shake. Actually I'm not a huge Leno fan, I'd rather take a nose-bleed seat at a Conan O'brian taping or better yet John Stewart but the tickets were free and it was a new experience. The guests that afternoon- er, "night" were William H. Macy (Fargo, Pleasentville, Magnolia) and some dude from that new documentary Murderball, there was also an ... read more

This was the place I originally was planning to spend most of my time in LA. According to all the travel guides, it’s a must see destination and it is very impressive. The most unique part of the area for me was the stretch of walk way around Venice Beach. Its diverse mix of music, craft and atmosphere is a big attraction for many alternative thinking people. As a result some in the area claim it to the world’s largest demonstration of free speech. Musicians and other artisans are competing for attention and promoting their wares and trying to earn a dollar based on their talent. Occassionaly the market’s atmosphere is momentarily thwarted by the presence of a stand or two for some multi-national company. They are manned by young business looking like people. Against the ... read more

I left my house 12 hours ago and I have only made it as far as LAX! My flight out of SFO was delayed, and I missed my connection to Costa Rica. So in other words, I am screwed. I tried to sleep on the floor at LAX last night, but it didn't quite work out. I would've gotten a hotel, but by the time I realized I was screwed in was 2:00am and the ticket counters opened at 5:00am this morning, so I decided to stay. United now has me on a flight to JFK at 1:00 this afternoon, connecting with a LAN Chile flight to Lima. I only have a 2 hr. layover in JFK, so if we're delayed, I might be sleeping in JFK tonight! Oh yea, TACA airlines has my luggage and ... read more