Gretchen Remembered

This is a blog post from an old friend of my sister Gretchen who died many years ago.  I guess I try to ignore this most of the time, but out of nowhere it always ...

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Fishing with Kurt

First fishing of 2016 with Capt. Kurt and special guest John.  This is John’s first Striper.  Kurt figured out that there are tons of HUGE Striped Bass way over in Raritan Bay off Jersey. We ...

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ATT LA with Hank

Hank, very nicely, asked me to come out to LA and make some ATT commercials with him.  They are the ones with the smiley girl in the store.  You’ve all seen them so I just ...

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Spring Break ’16

This year I decided, again, to do all two weeks of spring break with the extended family.  There are those in my industry that think that one should not take that luxury, but I strongly ...

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Ojai

Sara booked a few little houses at The Turtle Conservancy in Ojai for us, Sheila, Lizzie, and Jeanne.  All the kids came.  It was great. The houses were literally in an orange grove and the ...

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LA Bacon

I spent most of the last two weeks in LA.  Here are the best parts: Hank and I were making a spot for EE, a UK Cell service, starring Kevin Bacon as almost everybody in ...

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Nike Margot and Lily

The smash hit web series Margot and Lily, by Me, has dropped on the WWW.  Millions watching it I gather.  Check it out- http://news.nike.com/news/a-guide-to-margot-vs-lily-a-better-for-it-production https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iggq7fbL6-8

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Modern Houses Burn Faster

During the 2016 blizzard I spent 4 days shooting a short film with a friend named Matthew Dixon.  He acted in a movie that I AC’d for Lee Daniel in 1993?, maybe earlier, called Mergers ...

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BMO with Phil

Phil and I went to Toronto during the first days of 2106 to make some Tv commercials for BMO ( The Bank of Montreal).  The job was pretty easy, we shot mostly in bank branches, ...

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Youth

Since arriving in Toronto I have seen: Star Wars The Force Awakens 3D IMAX The Hateful Eight The Revenant and finally Youth, by Paolo Sorrentino. Those first three are major blockbusters premiering in award’s season ...

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Stockholm (showbiz)

I forgot to mention Stockholm, the very end of the Eating Animals trip.  The 19th and 20th day we arrived in Stockholm and stayed at Ett Hem, the same place I stayed with my girls ...

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Jose Ignacio

Just got back from a family vacation from Jose Ignacio in Uruguay.  This is truly my favorite spot on earth.  I go to a lot of places so that means something.  I think the thing ...

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Sea Sheperd

In Stockholm we met with Captain Peter Hammarstedt of the Bob Barker, a ship run by Sea Sheperd.  This young guy was recently voted one of 25 of the toughest people on earth by esquire ...

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Eating Animals Again

Chris and I went to India, Germany, England, and Sweden for 20 days in December.  It was long and hard but I left each place feeling it was very worth all the travel and trouble ...

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Berlin Zoo

Chris and I are in the middle of a very long trip and we spent a day at the Berlin Zoo doing a bit about Knut the polar bear ( look him up).  I took ...

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Lily Ray 11/18

Lily had her 14th at Wollman rink in Central Park.  This is her last VCS Birthday and almost all of her class showed up and Skated.  We were happy to find that they are all, ...

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CW Pencil Enterprise

Alert– I plan to brag even more on this one then I usually do.  I mean what is a Blog really but a way to brag and gloat in the guise of news?  Anyway, I ...

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Nike

  I am in the middle of a long Nike “branded content” commercial thingy with our friend Tricia Brock.  There are, of course, many many photos I could post but I chose these three.  The ...

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Urban Glass

Holly and I went to Urban Glass yesterday to scout it for another film she wants to make.  Maybe you all have seen them work with glass but I hadn’t.  Besides the obvious similarities with ...

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