Movie pictures

Okay so here are a few pictures from the film shoot. I could not get any night shots last evening while they were filming. So here are quiet morning shots. I guess the scenes at the restaurant are all evening shots. I will try to get some better pics. The Restaurant "Adrian's" is actually the Victor Cafe. The truck on the left has a huge spot light on it which shines right into our front windows all night long. It also has a generator that runs constantly. the constant whirrr of the motor just lulls us right to sleep.

Rocky comes to our street

Ok so Ned and I open our door yesterday morning and see signs stapled to every telephone pole that read: by order of the city of Philadelphia all cars need to be removed from the street January29 at 8pm through February 6 at 5 pm. We think ok they are doing road work it'll be inconvenient but we'll get through. We go out run our errands only to come home and find all of these thick cords layed out from end to end on the street. Inside our door is a flyer letting us know that Rocky Balboa is filming on our street for the next week and that we must comply with the parking regulations or be towed at our expense. The flyer also gave us an in depth synopsis of the plot of the 6th installment of the Rocky Balboa saga. Rocky now widowed(yes Adrienne died) owns a restaurant, is trying to reconnect with his yuppie son and decides to get into the ring one more time at age 60. Sounds like a winner! Anyway i'll post if anything interesting comes from our street being a movie set over the next few days. Happy Chinese New Year

Roofs, windows and tubs oh my!

Well Ned made a lone trip up to the new house today to see the progress and oh my was there progress. The house was entirely covered with a roof and the "architectural shingles" as well as that tyvek wrap and even the shower and bath stalls were placed as well as some plumbing. It was almost to much to take in when he returned. Anyway here are a couple of picture updates.

A rainy morning in the Poconos

Well Ned and I decided to take a ride up to the Poconos this morning despite a never ending downpour. We were not disappointed when we arrived. Most of the framing has been completed. There were stairs up to the 2nd floor and despite the mud, rain and my rainy day mood it was a nice morning and early afternoon. Now Ned is snuggled on the couch ready for the football playoffs. We listened to the Sirius satellite radio that Ned got for the holidays for the first time today. We kept it easy listening, but scanned some of the other channels. Satellite radio is great and all but I still think the ipod is the invention of the century thus far. I loves my ipod. Anyway last evening friends and I watched Airplane! on DVD. It was as funny and goofy as I remembered. So if you need a rainy day activity watch Airplane! Otherwise here are a couple photos from the house.

Top: looking from the road. Bottom: looking from dining room doors toward front

Stacey and I take Manhattan

I just returned from the airport where I dropped my niece Stacey off so she can fly back home to Atlanta. It was a great trip. We enjoyed having her here so much and already miss her. I have to go to work in a few hours but need to post about our time in Manhattan. We saw Wicked! and Spamalot. Wicked! was Stacey's favorite and due to better seats I think, I paid closer attention to and enjoyed it even more the 2nd time around. Stacey and I agreed however that Fiyero could not sing. He could act and was cute but could not sing.He is a pivotal character and for a Broadway show one would expect a certain caliber of singing. Otherwise the other actors including none other than Blanche Devereaux I mean Rue Mcclanahan did a splendid job.

Spamalot was also hilarious though the Lady of the Lake is no longer Sarah Ramirez (who was brilliant and won the Tony award for best featured actress) and Tim Curry is no longer King Arthur. The new actors did a fantabulous job and we were quite exhausted after our whirlwind day. Needless to say we ended our long day singing to the show tunes at the top of our lungs during the car ride home. Here are a couple of more pictures.

Stacey's visit.

My niece Stacey has come to town for a visit and we have kept her quite busy. She arrived on Christmas day and she and ned had a traditional christmas dinner of chinese take out while I worked. Next it was off to see see the Chronicles of Narnia. When I was finally done work on December 27 Stacey and I went to have massages and facials at the spa. On the 28th we went to Albany to visit the Albany family with Stacey as the special guest star. Ned's sister Leslie, Josh and Charlotte also made a guest appearance commemorating the first interfamily visit.

In the Picture above are Charlotte, Leslie, Stacey, Sarah, Hayley and Denise. below Sarah and Josh

Everyone got on Splendidly. Next we we went to the poconos for the New Years Holiday. We were pleasantly surprised to find the foundation completed. we signed the papers and allegedly phase 2 of the construction is under way also known as the framing. Next on the agenda for Stacey is a trip to NYC tomorrow to see Wicked! and Spamalot. We have our outfits and our Stylish yet sensible shoes already for the great white way. We'll send pictures when were done for now here are some of the past week.