Upload........

There it is, an email from the Teamsters confirming my next assignment, a new T.V. series called "Upload." (click on link to learn more)

My last day on the Good Doctor included helping to round up all of the transport radios that were used in the past 9 months.

I tried to fool myself into believing that spring was finally here in Vancouver.

(unfortunately, these blossoms were props for another show filming at the Bridge studios.)

The grim reality, the garden below my balcony shows that winter is still very much here. (and more to come)

Ha! My brother Rick told me he had seen my name on the credits of a film I worked on in 2015, a WWE movie called "Vendetta". I drove Dean Cain, on of the co-stars. The transport department is not usually included in the credits, so this was kind of cool to see.

The view from the balcony on this morning told me it was going to be a pretty nice, but cool, day.

Today I drove the director, producers, writer, and department heads on a survey of locations they will use in the 2nd episode. (The pilot that was shot last year is considered the first episode.)

This is the Cecil Green Park House at the University of British Columbia. It has been used many times for various film projects over the years.

It is in an amazing location, so close to the ocean, with views of the North Shore mountains, Stanley Park, West Vancouver, and Horseshoe Bay.

My newest photo masterpiece, haha, I call it "snow."

(a bit of foreshadowing right there....)

I switched teams for a couple of days......while my Chevy Suburban was being serviced, I had a chance to cruise in this Ford Explorer. I must say, I was very impressed with this ride. 

On Friday, another snowmageddon. I barely recognized my Suburban under all that snow when I picked it up in Maple Ridge. For most of the day, the lower mainland was paralyzed. Too many people were ill-equipped to travel on the roads.

Had a chance to catch up with my bro Skip on the week-end. 

Well, the show must go on. Tomorrow will bring a lot of the cast for Upload, and for me, it starts all over again.

A clever picture. Hmnnnn, for me, I'd be afraid a snake would be in there somewhere.

……..timing......

…haha, sad, but true?

….more cleverness.....

Now that is even more clever...

….and where is this gem???

Guilty!

.....and another wrap......

……..and not a moment too soon. The last day of filming season 2 of The Good Doctor, was a real adventure. It snowed most of the day, something Vancouverites are not used to. My last duty of the evening, taking the director to the airport, was a harrowing adventure on the streets. This is my snow covered ride, as I parked it in my underground at the end of the evening.

My deck was experiencing the snow drifts.

There was also evidence of the storm at the Bridge Studios.

…..and a little icy travelling through Chinatown the next morning.

Well, bravo again, Starbucks! I guess Monty sounds exactly like this spelling.

It was a an icy couple of day, including  this trip on the Dunsmuir Viaduct heading downtown.

Our last day of filming, this time in the early a.m. I was waiting on Beatty Ave. for Dr. Melendez. (Nicholas Gonzalez)

We gave all of the cast courtesy rides this week.

The last supper. (well, technically lunch) Our caterers provided a feast on our last day.

The lunch was completely tented, starting with our head caterer, Jon, grilling some steaks.

Over on one side, Andy was manning his Chinese stir fry bar. (Thanks, once again, for all their hard efforts throughout season 2)

One of the last scenes of the season. With the snow, it was surely hard to make this ambulance bay look like Saint Bonaventure Hospital in San Jose, California. 

The end of season crew photo. I'm so far back, I don't even know what's going on at the front!

….at the studio, this was evidence of how much snow landed.....

...more evidence at the Sutton Hotel as I waited to take a guest cast member to the airport. I am sure they were more than happy to get back to Los Angeles. 

You cannot deny the beauty, as I look out from my balcony towards the North Shore mountains. 

The rest of the week was about wrapping the show. Besides driving cast and execs, some of my duties included returning gear and equipment. Today, I was returning gear from the grip department. I had to call junior to ask him what these foreign objects were. (f.y.i, drop downs, just sayin.)

On Friday, I was alone as I walked about the set of the Good Doctor.

So quiet. I guess it will remain this way until the start of season 3.

The O.R. has been transformed to a props dept. medical storage room.

Fellow Teamster peep Bob, had to move this behemoth catering rig to a storage area.

…..and the sweetest gift....

..Good Doctor star Freddie Highmore, took the time to give myself, and many other crew members, personalized cards. 

Meanwhile, while we are suffering a late winter blast, Ritsue had to rub it in, that the blossoms in Hiroshima were already happening.

.on the web, this is a cheeky selfie....

...and what?, what are you looking at????

The Good Doctor, Season 3........

Wow, season 2 of the Good Doctor has only 2 days of filming left to finish the 18th and final episode. (the start of filming last June is now a vague memory)

…...and it is official, there will be a season 3!

…….ahhhhhh, a frosty cold one on Super Bowl Sunday.

…...and bonus!, the kids came over to watch the game with me. 

Vancouver's first taste of winter, February, 2019. Today the snow came to only certain areas around Vancouver. This was on Larch St. in Kitsilano on my way to pick-up a cast member at their residence. 

…….and then the confrontation. (good-natured). My cast captain Ward, with his Superbowl champion New England Patriots hat on, bumps into cast member Tamlyn Tomita (Allegra Aoki). She is a huge L.A. Rams fan. (they lost). I think she had to pay up the bet, a whopping one dollar.

A gift from Ritsue on my birthday was a ceramic pig, which 2019 is the year of. I was also born in the year of the pig. Inside  was this paper fortune. (I'm am a little rusty on my Japanese, Ritsue assures me it is all good news!)

Teala made these totemo oishii (very tasty) chocolate unbaked cookies for my birthday. A blast from the past, my mother used to make these for me and my siblings when we were kids, many, many, many, many (you get the picture) moons ago.

Close to dusk, the crows begin to mill around the Bridge studios once again. (soon to leave souvenirs on my cast vehicle, again!)

We spent a chilly night filming at a residence in the Commercial Drive area. In my rearview, I can see down the street all the way to downtown Vancouver. 

I often wonder what the neighbours must think when all these people and lights descend on their hood.

I'm sure this doesn't help our cause.

A clear, cold, but pretty start to the day at my place.

Hahahaha! I had a dentist appointment to replace a couple of fillings. The dentist left, and then it was selfie time! (I always wondered what those damn dam things looked like)

My newest favourite route to pick-up cast at the Sutton hotel downtown, through Chinatown on Pender St.

…..useless trivia, when I go through the car wash, the top speed is 1 KM (0.62137119 miles) per hour.

Well, I guess the Sirius annual fee is now worth it, with the Kiss Army channel being added.....

It wasn't a fraturday, but it was a very chilly Friday night at the 

Bridge studios.

Saturday night on the sky-train, I was trying to get a shot of the sunset, but the reflection in the train, well, I guess it made it more interesting.

MY destination was a little distorted as well. 

Rogers Arena was the destination! Junior bought me tickets to the Canucks game for my birthday.

Wow, that's a purple haze right there.

We were right on the goal line. I could help the goal judge, if he needed.

These were great seats, gave me a whole new perspective on the game.

It was a full house tonight.

This guy, Jacob Markstrom, was the hero of the night. (he faced 47 shots tonight, compared to the Calgary Flames goaltender facing 25) The Canucks won in a shoot-out 4-3. 

Now it is Sunday. This is an ominous view from my place on how Monday may go on the streets of the lower mainland.

I kind of snuck into this pic taken at the Good Doctor wrap party. (with Gary, catering dept., Teresa, hair dept., and Jon, the caterers' head chef.)

…...back in my hometown area, a rockslide on February 2nd, north of Summerland has left travel north and south of highway 97 a nightmare.

….on the web, good on them..

that's a protest I would join …..

Where is this? I need to go there!

That's a contrast right there.....

wedgie!!!!

….art has many forms, I would be honored to contribute to this masterpiece.