Hello once again!
Now that Joe and I have made it to Los Angeles, CA, I finally have a wee bit o' free time, so I'll catch you up on recent events. If you had read the last entry of the blog, you would have read that after a frustrating night of attempting to find food and reasonably priced lodging, I was forced to execute a thirty-eight point turn in order to back into the one and only available parking space. As Joe and I left the hotel that morning, we noticed the following sign. Whoops!
Now that Joe and I have made it to Los Angeles, CA, I finally have a wee bit o' free time, so I'll catch you up on recent events. If you had read the last entry of the blog, you would have read that after a frustrating night of attempting to find food and reasonably priced lodging, I was forced to execute a thirty-eight point turn in order to back into the one and only available parking space. As Joe and I left the hotel that morning, we noticed the following sign. Whoops!
We returned to Vegas for an afternoon of amusement. We decided to check out Caesar's Palace first, which was very cool. We looked around at the shops and things, noticed that there were an awful lot of people gathered around some fountains, and were suddenly presented with a free audio-animatronic performance detailing the fall of Atlantis. Plenty of fire and special effects. Most pleasing. More shops. Some coffee. A second audio-animatronic performance, this one depicting a party but with significantly fewer effects. (We think something must have gone wrong, because the statues kept talking about things that weren't there.)
We visited the Venetian again, this time with camera in hand for some pictures. The ceiling paintings at the Venetian were better than at Caesar's Palace, but the entertainment (specifically the free kind) wasn't as good. The only statues around were the living ones (people dressed as statues) and their performances were quite brief and had no special effects to speak of. Soon, we were off to the Hooter's Casino for lunch. Wings!
As we digested, we did a bit of gambling, each of us setting a five dollar limit for ourselves. I looked for a Blackjack table, and though I found several with five dollar minimums, none had empty seats, so I joined Joe at the slot machines. Having tipped the living statue at the Venetian (despite his not being nearly as entertaining as the ones in Paris [The city, not the casino]), I had three dollars readily available. I tried the one armed bandit... and won! Thirty dollars and fifty cents. So, I lost three dollars to win thirty for a net gain of twenty-seven fifty. Not bad! Joe lost everything. Poor kid.
Next, we headed to the Treasure Island casino, hoping to see their free pirate show. After a brief, but meaningful visit to the Kahunaville bar (which came highly recomended [...for the decor, of course. Never have I seen so many Kahunas in one bar!]), we went outside for the show. It rained. The show was cancelled. We went to see the Mirage casino, planning to return for the second performance of the pirate show. It sprinkled. The show was cancelled. Having stayed an extra hour and a half to see a show that never happened anyway, we decided to cut our losses and proceed to Brian's apartment in L.A.
We arrived at one in the morning and promptly crashed on the futon (or, in Joe's case, two chairs pushed together. [Don't worry! We're alternating which of us gets the futon each night.]) The next day, we got straight to work. We drove around, looked at all the addresses that Joe had picked out online, wrote down phone numbers for apartments with vacancies, and had a lovely lunch at Porto's Bakery, apparently a Burbank staple. After popping into Target for some groceries, I got a call from Josh (a high school friend of mine, currently studying film at the New York Film Academy here in L.A.) and we visited his apartment for a bit.
Tuesday was primarily spent calling all the apartments for which we had collected numbers and scheduling appointments for tours. Then it was off to a film shoot. That's right, loyal fans! I had a film shoot the evening of my second day in L.A.! Granted, it was a student film project Josh is working on, but work is work, and it ought to turn out pretty well. It's a sort of pathos-comedy and I play the main character!
Yesterday we toured a bunch of the apartments that we had called, a few of which were pretty promising, and then I went to another shoot. Today was entirely dedicated to what was meant to be the last shoot for Josh's project, but sadly one of his actresses backed out at the last second, so we still have a scene left to shoot tomorrow night.
Lots of appointments and filming tomorrow, so I better get some rest. More updates to come as stuff happens and time allows!
Chuck
P.S. I can't believe I haven't been to the beach yet!!
P.P.S. It's been dreary and overcast since we arrived, so maybe that accounts for my lack of beach. Maybe tomorrow..?
We arrived at one in the morning and promptly crashed on the futon (or, in Joe's case, two chairs pushed together. [Don't worry! We're alternating which of us gets the futon each night.]) The next day, we got straight to work. We drove around, looked at all the addresses that Joe had picked out online, wrote down phone numbers for apartments with vacancies, and had a lovely lunch at Porto's Bakery, apparently a Burbank staple. After popping into Target for some groceries, I got a call from Josh (a high school friend of mine, currently studying film at the New York Film Academy here in L.A.) and we visited his apartment for a bit.
Tuesday was primarily spent calling all the apartments for which we had collected numbers and scheduling appointments for tours. Then it was off to a film shoot. That's right, loyal fans! I had a film shoot the evening of my second day in L.A.! Granted, it was a student film project Josh is working on, but work is work, and it ought to turn out pretty well. It's a sort of pathos-comedy and I play the main character!
Yesterday we toured a bunch of the apartments that we had called, a few of which were pretty promising, and then I went to another shoot. Today was entirely dedicated to what was meant to be the last shoot for Josh's project, but sadly one of his actresses backed out at the last second, so we still have a scene left to shoot tomorrow night.
Lots of appointments and filming tomorrow, so I better get some rest. More updates to come as stuff happens and time allows!
Chuck
P.S. I can't believe I haven't been to the beach yet!!
P.P.S. It's been dreary and overcast since we arrived, so maybe that accounts for my lack of beach. Maybe tomorrow..?
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