Floors

Underneath the yucky old carpet in the bedrooms exists....... beautiful wood floors. Very nice deep honey color and nearly good enough to move in on.

London Walk With Graffiti

I'm trying to write this down so that I will remember it the next time I'm in London. Our Asst. Art Director recommended this walk through the East End in lieu of the tourist trap that is Camden Locks.
We got out of the tube at Liverpool station in the shadow of Norman Foster's gherkin and sauntered through Spitalfields Market. A great indoors market with a lot of clothing.


We then traversed Fournier St. One of London's last intact examples of 18th century living. Fournier feeds into Brick Lane.

We stumbled upon the Backyard Market with every known world cuisine. We tried an excellent meatball tagine from a Moroccan stand. I left with some dinner from an Italian stall.
Brick Lane has a lot of vegtable stalls and junk stalls and the storefronts are all open with vintage clothes and furniture. There was a bent wood furniture place that really caught my eye. Unto This Last has a lot of great designs but none that would fit into a suitcase.






We wound up on Columbia street in the middle of a weekend flower market. Super crowded and fun with alot of galleries and fun stores as well. We walked back to the tube station and headed back to Shepard's Bush.

Seven Makes The Scene

We took Seven over to sniff around the new place this afternoon. He met the two neighbor dogs, a couple of gorgeous Huskies. He inaugurated the back yard with a first dump.

Weekend Dog

The dog beach @ Long Beach was the perfect way to start Sunday morning.

Barney Takes New York

While shooting for National Geographic's Dogtown, MR fell in love with one of her subjects. Now Barney lives in the East Village with two understanding cats and a very active mother. Barney made it on to the Today last week and to watch the segment, click here

Bond Museum Opens

"Highlights include the Aston Martin DB5 used in the Brosnan movies (the original Goldfinger car was stolen), the Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me (in regular and submarine guises), one of two Toyota 2000GT roadsters in the world used for You Only Live Twice, the two-wheeling Mustang from Diamonds Are Forever, the Glastron speedboat from Live And Let Die, and the Russian T55 main battle tank from GoldenEye. That's right, they have a tank." Read more here. The Bond Museum opens tomorrow in Keswick, England.

AJ Directs

We had our Metropolis moment on set last week when HW created some stunning undulating graphics to project behind our model. AJ directed her in the proper way to unfurl and pose.


Maybe next year, the budget will be large enough so that the actress's don't have to mop up after themselves.....

Keep Calm

I saw this graphic in London last week. On posters and tshirts. Originally it appeared during WW2 but I guess people have found a new use for it in these troubled times.

Tuesday Dog

Seven decided this morning that the most comfortable seat was me.....his twisted neck allows him to keep an occasional glance at the computer screen while he dozes.......

All That Glitters

Finally got back to Los Angeles and got the cable I forgot to pack...... here are a few pics from the set we just did in London. We took over a huge convention hall and built a 350' street on it. It was all very impressionistic and fun. We worked really hard for 2 1/2 days to prelight it and then shot on it for 3 days. A hard job but with lots of shiny things to occupy our minds.

The Corner of.......

I arrived @ London Heathrow yesterday morning and got immediately whisked away to Earl's Court to take a look at our location. There was a Train convention on the main floor. And in between the stalls for safety gear, battery systems, heavy equipment, etc, Graham and I imagined what our 350' roadway will look like here.
Afterwards, I got a cab out to Pinewood Studios to see the rest of the team. Pinewood is most famous for being the home of James Bond and there are reminders everywhere. The production office is at the corner of Goldfinger Avenue and 007 Drive. And of course everything lays in the shadow of the massive 007 stage, built by Ken Adams in the mid 1970's to house 3 nucleur submarines for "The Spy Who Loved Me".
There's a poster of George Lazenby in the back staircase I wouldn't mind knicking........

Trumpets and Grass

I was waiting for the insurance people over at the new yesterday. Seems all the rain and sun have created a jungle. The front yard is hip deep in prehistoric monster dandelions and the backyard has several trumpet flowers in full bloom.