China

Flew thru Hong Kong to Beijing today.  I have always wanted to go to China.  Even the first day was exciting.  My plane was very late into Hong Kong and I was going to miss my connection. ...

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Karuna Society

Today we went to an amazing little town called Puttaparthi which is on the map as the home of Sai Baba, a famous indian guru.  There we met with Clementine, a dutch ex-pat who settled there ...

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Namakkal

Today we went to a western style factory egg operation in Namakkal.  They have three hundred thousand birds in two multi-tiered open sided sheds.  The smell is unbelievable.  There are four to five birds in ...

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Ooty

To get to Namakkal we needed to go up over the top of some mountains.  Ooty sits right at the top and is famous for tea production.  The drive was one of the most beautiful ...

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Eating Animals India

I arrived in Bangalore 5/15 to shoot the India/China section of Eating Animals with Christopher Quinn.  He arrived later so I went to Mysore to see the Raj’s palace and Tipoo Sultan’s summer palace.  I ...

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SJP SPAR

I just finished a spot for Pret á Manger in Austria (SPAR) starring Sarah Jessica Parker.  She was supposed to luxuriate in Central park in the fabulous NYC Springtime. But it looked like this.  Ari ...

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Ida

Sara and I saw Pawel Pawlikowski’s film Ida last night.  This is one of the truly great ones.  Strangers in Film Forum had a spontaneous chat session about how excellent it was after the credits. ...

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Point Reyes

Steven and Alexa invited a big group of people to gather at a groovy hotel in Point Reyes called Nick’s Cove.  On the way up we hiked a trail called Steep Ravine near Bolinas.  The ...

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Bill Niman

We finished up in Bolinas, Ca. at Bill Niman’s ranch.  He left Niman Ranch Foods over animal husbandry disagreements and now he has a new beef company called BN.  His ranch and Bolinas in general ...

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Eating Animals No. Cali

Chris and I are doing some more of the Eating Animals movie in the bay area.  Bill Bettman came too to help out.  today we were at Hampton Creek Foods.  Josh Tetrick is figuring out ...

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Holly Z.

We did a few more days of Unsettled Matters this week.  We did the stunt, sorry no spoiler, and Bergdorf Goodman. Holly is a real mensch.

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Spring Break !¡!¡!

We just got back from our lovely yearly spring break with Sara’s extended family.  We see old friends, chill on the beach, get totally spoiled, see sunsets like this- then cry when we have to ...

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Mexico City redux

I went back to Mexico City to do a Kotex commercial with Stephen Pearson and Tom O’Malley from the Mighty Radical Media.  I still LOVE that town.  Phil Morrison met me down there to take ...

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Georgia’s 15TH Birthday

Today was Georgia’s 15th Birthday. We had presents in bed, then Dim Sum with Eddie and Lorna and Skysie.  We walked home in the glorious sunshine.  G’s friends came that night for Dinner, Skating, a ...

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

What a loss. Phil had impossibly high standards for his work.  It was contagious.  He demanded the best from everyone and was not afraid to let people do their jobs.  His set was truly collaborative ...

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Good Art

I spent the day yesterday at Pamela Bell’s house making a spot with my friend Erica for Pamela’s new business venture Prinkshop.  You can check it out.  PB has a lot of great art.  This ...

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