- Fine Foliage & Dining.
- Guess the Gas!
- Someone didn't follow directions...what did they sacrifice?
- More QuickyMart™ Gardens.
- Looking out at the neighbors through the unusual L.A. Rain. That little oak in the courtyard replaces a huge one that fell over & died last year (crushing part of the building to the right)
- Wet intersection through blinds.
- In a blue shirt for audition! Forgot to take it in car- busy avoiding crazy wet drivers. Today was for an AFTRA show.
- Neighbor's witch probably only going to be seen by few, so I share it with you!
- Out front, wide. Is it letting up?
- Out front, close, plus other neighbors cool courtyard. See the tiny puddles getting drops? Didn't let up.
- One way down...nice centering...
- Another way down. This is the stairwell where I filmed my audition for "The Graves" Maybe It'll make the DVD extras!
- Obligatory cloudy skyline.
- Umbrella guy, fountain, fire-pipe.
- Front view at sunset.
- Bonus shot! My cast for last Fridays "Recipe for Hot Biscuits & Blues" fuzzy, as if through rain(and this was the best of 5 pics, taken by a non-iPhone user...but with love).
- Just missed the spider retreat.
- Ent or tree...or both?
- And stay out.
- Once lush lawn & once working sprinklers.
- Nice 1 beam sunset about to commence.
- Architecture war ...about 80 years and 8 feet apart.
- The Sparks evidently did a damn good job.
- If only everyone would. I think the punishment should match the crime.
- Believe it or not, there is vacancy at the Sir Drake!
-Park safely here.
- Yes! OK!
- Bird of Paradise, warning of construction.
Looking down the long entry hall to the Fire escape.
1/2 way there...
Right at the window.
Looking down at front 'lawn' (leaning over rail).
Looking straight down.
H2O aqueous valve - just in case.
Looking straight up.
Back in, down hallway and a sliver of back window/fire escape light.
Blue shirt self portrait. No audition today though, it's been a little slow. That shit is changing!
Wilshire skyline and you can almost see the mountains through the smog.
Lock 'em up!
Making a cut in Final Cut. Recognize the film?
Levels looking good.
It's another lovely day ...here, and over at La Bertha!
Charlie Brown palm pines for his neighbor.
Reflective pool flanks the Subaru.
A closer look, you can nearly make out my mug.
Here are a few of the ants that crawled on me during "a closer look".
Lovely house with willow in front of said ants and pool.
A polo match.
A dork leaves Pasadena.
These Pasadena neighborhoods remind me of suburban Pittsburgh. Go Steelers!
Bonus cheater pic from a couple weeks ago doing ADR for "The Tortured". This is going to be one hell of a film! Apparently that's my favorite shirt.
Going over sides one last time before leaving.
They trimmed the hell outa the palms out front. Personally I think they took away too many leaves & left a little too much husk. Oh, and they raised the rent again. Nice.
Somebody TP'd the back yard with a calculator full of tape.
By request! The obligatory self portrait in a blue* shirt on the way to an audition shot. The trend of having one on the 12th is back. * Yeah, I know green too & some stripes & crap.
Grassy bush (bushy grass?) I parked next to which just happened to be right down the street from a certain writer/director/actor pal I recently worked with again.
The clouds killed the colors on this shot of the outside of the studio the audition was in.
Just outside & back across the street after the somewhat lengthy read that went well, as did yesterday's & Wednesday's.
Blooming tree above the fence beside the bush next to the Subaru, again with color a bit dulled.
Stopping at Pavilions on the way home - A little self promo for Saft & The Graves in my front door pocket.
Citrus pyramid of power & the gentleman who built it.
Have a nice day...seriously, why not?
Can you find the Hollywood sign?
-Looking straight up, just outside the front door.
-Across the street is an historic building that looks like it lives in Germany.
-Lacy white flowery stuff in the front garden, can't recall the name of it but it looks like snowy pines in Colorado.
-Paint drippings from the occasional tagging cover up (so douchey, remember when graffiti was art?) and a butt.
-Life through a palm. Just missed the sunset, D'oh!
-That's my corner, can you see the real me?
-The new cookie cutter condo 1/2 a block long has a colorful flower bed.
-I wish more dog owners would heed the call. It makes me angry when I run, I could go on... but how 'bout some gratitude for the good owners instead.
-A couple other neighbors and the blimp...see it? I always wanted to name an Improv team "La Bertha" that was comprised of all residents of my place. We used to have a ton here, down about 1/2.
-Wanted to get a better angle on Mr. Snail but was afraid he'd go inside (& light was fading).
Textured mural on the wall to my right.
Hotel to my left.
Our lovely waitress, palms and the Pacific.
No, not that, I only buy sage now. And the edge of 1st mural.
1 shot semi-self portrait with entire table caught in my eye!
Agua fria on steel table, I like it.
Succulent of some type a friend was carrying and it's shadow.
Same turned steel table minus the H2O. Reminds me of the trim on my old '63 Impala SS convertible...I miss that car.
Same friend behind sun umbrella with top of mural (D'oh!).
Close up of dude living in mural. Space? God? Spacegod?
Close up on reflective circle on mural 2 just behind me, same wall.
-A view looking east (downtown LA) from the east edge of the roof.
-Looking south through the gazebo - that's right, we have a gazebo on out roof.- With added bonus partial self portrait.
-A view through the fire hose pipes to the Wilshire business district area, kinda northeast. I love how these pipes look, will have to get a larger pic someday.
-One of the semi-rotting grills parked in tandem in the once well-used bar-b-q area.
-Down the vent pipe.
-Antenna sky.
-Another style vent pipe with another style partial self portrait.
-Western sunset view from mid roof. It really is quite nice up here.
-Straight north from same mid roof spot.
-Emergency teams down on the street.
-Still life- flaking wrought iron door, with broken chair and gas vent still contraption.
-Looking down into the odd courtyard for 2, parking lot, little garages, and the bottom of the new condo that you saw going up over the past couple years' 12's.
Lovely sun about to peek out moment,
Puppy in the window makes you smile.
My friend Matt's band "The Middle Class" laying it down.
Darryl's baby digs the Steelers, he is a good parent indeed.
Who's that producer in the Transformers sheets?
Another moment of the sun peeking, this time with more trees.
Thats right.
Digital converter plus this $9.99 antenna and and it's crisp clear programing. Amazing.
Everybody needs groceries.
DoGoodStuff.org
Casting Director & Actor or Sister & Brother?
- The top of the fountain out front.
-And the bottom.
-Looking up the eastern front wall...see the logo?
-Foyer Art. Lots of squares.
-Some doofus in an elevator.
-Viking tusk lamp art in lobby, just above the squares. I like the reflection of the (83 degree : ) outside on the right 1/4 of the ceiling.
-75 year logo outside admin.
-Cool original charter type thing in lobby display case.
-Katheryn 1/2 of giant mural in same lobby.
-Meet your officers! You might know some of these Guild pioneers.
-The man behind the curtain action figure! Actually my little tour of the beginnings of SAG here really reemphasized what were fighting for. 'Ol Frank here was a big part of it.
-Gotta have sunny palm trees, just opposite the previous admin area, in the lot.
-Bonus pic! Earlier this week at a cast & crew 1st screening of "The Graves". Look for it soon & keep updated at the new site .
Waiting for the sun on the first shot. Thats 'my' cab we're looking at.
Producers Brian & Greg guzzling coffee with me on the balcony whilst continuing the waiting.
Now we're talkin'! This is actually the 2nd cab location.
Goofing with Deano, taken with some filter-type iPhone app.
You really have to be specific, yet gentle if you want people to keep their dirty meat hooks off! Later I passed out the extras to our awesome crew.
Day 2, wrapped as an actor, on to producing & cutting.
Gripping, gaffing, whatever it takes. DP Tim AC Keegan and I can't make out who else.
As a producer you sometimes have to wrangle the flying pony.
Moof.
Coolest pic of the week. Look, it's Amy and Ashlyn.
iPhone dorks, including writer/director/lead Annie.
AZ has good sunsets in both cold...
...and warm color temperatures.
Crusty! With some odd stuff on the left gained in the transfer. Weird.
Gertrude Lippincott. A popular dancer in NY in the late 40's. I bought this pic on ebay. No relation.
Mac light.
Oops, wandered into the edge of the kitchen.
Pic of my first day snowboarding ever...a couple years back at A-Basin. The keen-eyed viewer (especially a skier/boarder) will be able to approximate the year from the gear.
Old fan & defunct Jersey farm Milk bottles.
Whos that lookin at you in that poster?
Some scripts & books. Fuzzy pic but it was a second try so here it is .
Bob! They just tore down the one near me, gotta go up to Burbank now for my 2-2-2 breakfast.
Check, check 1 2.
Thermal print containing 8 stills of me in the teaser trailer for Evolution, my first 'big' Hollywood job. It's in the DVD extras if you buy or rent it. I really should get a frame for this thing.
Sirius radio. I like the blue glow.
