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| I felt like I was going to be transported somewhere as I rode the elevator at the Douglas Autograph hotel inside of the Parc Marriott hotel in Yaletown. (I had to use a free room that was given to me before it expired.) |
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| It is nestled between B.C. Place stadium and the north end of the Cambie bridge. |
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| Ha ha, I was told I had a view suite. I guess I do. |
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| The outside of the Parc Marriott |
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| This was a good opportunity to meet up with my brother Skip and Junior. We had dinner at the Yaletown Brewing Company, pizza was the Sunday night special, very good. |
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| The hotel has a brand casino within. (I probably should not be taking pictures, oh crap!) (bad dad joke) |
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This week we worked on four different episodes of Valley of the Boom. (apparently it all had to do with actor availability)
We started the week at Spanish Banks, west of downtown Vancouver.
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| The scene was a public beach restroom |
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| No matter the weather, I love it when we film down here. |
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| This is a new film first for me. On location in Kitsilano, we had to share our lot with the t.v. show Arrow. It was very confusing for crew and background performers, not knowing which base camp belongs to whom. (VOTB is on the right.) |
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| Later in the week we were downtown Vancouver. The alleys always tell a story. |
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| I had to stage on Hastings Street. It was sad to watch the goings on in this stretch of the downtown eastside. |
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| A watered down view of the sky-train as I stood by close to one of our sets in Chinatown. |
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| One of our sets. When you drive down Powell, you see this heritage building, but you would never know that the real story is on the inside. |
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and that's the inside. This property was bought by the rock and local legend Bryan Adams. in 1989. (not the summer of 69)
The building to the left houses 4 state of the art recording studios that he owns as well.
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| On the outside looking out? |
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| up on the 3rd floor, looks like a fortress, it was originally built in 1886 |
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| the sad truth: the alley behind the studio looks pristine, but our location department spent a lot of time cleaning it up from needles, trash, and you name it.... |
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| I couldn't take photos of the studios inside but I got a shot of the lobby with these old time microphones. |
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| a short walk to lunch had many reminders of the plights of the homeless and the drug addicted on the east side |
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| this was about 15 feet from our catering food trucks |
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| we ended out week where?????? Netscape??? |
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| and the week ended with me shifting gears from my cast driving duties, and delivering the camera truck to our Monday morning set at the North Shore Studios in North Vancouver. (imagine that, using a film studio for a scene as a film studio) |
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| wow, I saw a lot of these guys when Ritsue took me to the Itsukushima Shrine near Hiroshima last year. |
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| At first, I was laughing at the situation, then I wanted to know, was and is she okay. |
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| To each their own |
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Distracted driving at its finest.
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| please, really! |
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| why people!?? |
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| really, too dumbass, cannot be real....... |
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| this pic makes me cringe |
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| I'm pretty sure that combination is not legal on any road |
