The Good Earth Abides

It's been awhile. A lot has happened. Advice to doughheads like me. Don't leave your laptop in the back of your suv, cuz when you open the hatch, it has a tendency to fall out and break. Thanks to Lenovo (ya, a shout out, ...), they let me buy extra insurance, and getting a replacement cost me a lot less than a new one.

 

For a later blog. The sets of the Good Doctor, like this bar set, are starting to be dismantled, sigh, the end is nigh.

Yikes that was a chilly day way back in February, but we had a hankering for the ocean.

......but what side of the fence are we on??

We kind of straddled both. We took a day trip to Point Roberts, Washington. I don't think I've ever been. It's only a short drive form our place.

Looking south, yup that was pretty much the color of the day.

To have a brew at Kininski's Reef Tavern right on the ocean made the whole day worth it.....

....back at the Good Doctor studio, we were all comparing phone screen shots of the moon on this February night, mine ain't bad for an android.

We had one day filming the Good Doctor at one of our walking spots, Deer Lake in Burnaby.

Wait a minute, snow in San Jose in February, hmnnnn.....

......back to Deer Lake, a big set up for one scene with Dr. Reznick and Lea, walking with their babies.

...... let's not give it away, but one scene involves some of the cast climbing this mountain. (bring on the blue screen!)

705, 704, 706

My parkade view of San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital. Less than two months until the view will be no more.

 

Only one month ago we battled through Snowmageddon 2024. This was at our circus.

Waiting for cast, it was a beautiful sight at Olympic Village. (At least on this 2nd day people decided to not drive.)

This is not the picture to be on the cover of a Vancouver tourist magazine.

I don't think I've ever seen False Creek freeze up like this, yikes!

A lot of the drivers, for sure........( I ended up spending the night in a hotel just so I could be closer downtown for cast pick-ups the next morning.)

It got milder the next day, albeit foggier.

We had to improvise on this day. We had many cast to drive home at wrap. (Hey, wait a minute, is that Dr. Reznick about to go 4-wheeling?)

I doubt the San Jose police would ever be dealing with snow.

Stuck at work on a Saturday, at least I could sneak into one of the cast trailers to check on the score in the NFL play-off football games.

Spent on evening filming a scene at Brix and Mortar restaurant on Hamilton St. in Vancouver.

Standing by, the rain was hypnotizing..........

Spent one evening filming at this condo in Burnaby. They're in there somewhere.

A cold and wet Fraturday was spent outside of the B.C.I.T. Alumni building in Burnaby, which doubled as a Synagogue for that particular episode. (We are currently filming episode 706, just finished episode 705 and are still waiting to finish 704 (actor sickness), and episode 707 starts on Friday, phew!

First time at the Great Bear Pub in Burnaby, loved the Reuben sliders!

On this day we dropped the ball on a pick-up for Lea, so I thought flowers was the least we could do for her.

Waiting down by Coal Harbor to pick-up a local cast memeber.

......at the studio on this evening, just me and my shadow, in the rain.......

This may have broken my old record. The crew and cast on set placed an order at Prado Cafe in Burnaby. Of course the mighty Teamsters were sent to pick them up. 32 coffees in all, don't worry I made sure two of them were for Marc and myself.

Inside stage 11 at the Bridge Studios, construction had begun on a bar to be used for one scene.

You know the old saying, "build it and the mighty Teamsters will come"........

I can't believe they didn't use us in the actual scene!

Next day, all was quiet......

....and a couple days after that, it's just a memory.

One Friday night we hung out on Main St. In Vancouver. No, it wasn't in this nearby church......

....but it was at this furniture store, which doubled as a furniture store for one scene.

B.C. Place lit up in honor of Black History Month.

Back on stage 11, not sure which character is attached to this apartment. Pretty nice digs.

For the uneducated, that is a winning hand in pay cheque poker. ((I hadn't won since season 2, it was definitely my turn. The $540 pot doesn't come close to how much I have donated over the seasons, lol.)( You're hand is decided by the last 3 numbers of the cheque serial number and whatever the cents are on your cheque.))

Rarely the Teamsters go on set, but this Friday night was a special occasion. It was the first A.D. and director of 6 episodes of the Good Doctor, Gary's last evening with us. He is moving on to direct on other shows filming in Vancouver. 

It's not the size of your car, it's who's is cleaner. We pulled up besides junior's dirty ride........

To watch one of his hockey games at Canlan Sports Arenas in Burnaby.

Spring is starting to show in Vancouver.

Another wait, another beauty day on False Creek.

Waiting to pick-up an executive producer at Vancouver International Airport, this guy was not afraid of anyone.

We presented Gary (the director and A.D.) with a mighty Teamster safety vest and made him an honorary Teamster, he was thrilled to join our fraternity.

Way behind......

The Good Doctor season 7 is in full swing. Long hours and short week-ends are my excuse for tardy blogs. ( Hence the poopy, banana pancake, face.)

 

Getting quite a collection of old truck Xmas ornaments, thanks to our transport co-ordinator Andrew.

I ranted about the roast we prepared for Christmas Eve dinner, now I'm ranting about the roast beef omelette we had the next day.

.....and the roast beef sandwiches we had a day later.

The back at the Bridge Studios, doing my usual standing by for the Good Doctor, underneath the Sky-Train, pic.

On New Year's Eve we went to the VanDusen Festival of Lights in Vancouver.

Crowded, but well worth it......

......deer in the Christmas lights, lol.

I was surprised by the vastness of it all.

It was a magically festive evening.....

.....but maybe we felt that way after having a time-out to enjoy some mulled wine. (A first for us, quite enjoyable.)

The Monty is very grumpy, diagnosed with bursitis, let's spend 6 hours at Burnaby General Hospital emergency on a Saturday because I cannot lift my arm, and the pain is excruciating, pic. (After some treatment and a shot of some kind of anti-inflammatory (which hurt like heck), and time, I can once again use my right arm. (Think about how many things you use your right arm for..........)

It's not the size of your car.........

Spotted junior's ride at Burnaby 8 rinks, so we headed in......

....and there he is, the star of our show, junior! 

Meanwhile, back at the studio, they are building sets in stage 11 for future use. ( Wow, we already have most of the Bridge Studios with stage 1,2,3,4, 9, 11, 12 and the baby stage (for the construction shop)).

This is shaping up to be a fine living quarters for Dr. Wolke.

Looks like another beautiful morning looking out from Olympic Village toward downtown.

Don't let the sunny day fool you, it was a chi-chi-chi-chilly (by Vancouver standards) minus 12 celsius. It's been a crazy couple of weeks from the cold to 6 inches of snow that paralyzed the city, to our current never, never ending rain. Almost finished filming the 5th episode of season 7 of the Good Doctor. Next week, we start filming episode 4. (Not a typo, and a story that would maybe cost me my Good Doctor driving gig if I spoke of it. I would not want to be the schedule makers right now with all the goings on.

The finishing, not a bad pic at our hummingbird feeder on the 11th floor, considering it's just my android phone, pic.