Hi!
Eryn and I did some stuff together yesterday, and did some things apart from each other. I figure I'll describe my day and then Eryn can add hers if she chooses to do so. So here we go.
7:30 a.m. - I know some of you get up a lot earlier than this, but I'm definitely not a morning person and so, especially on a Saturday, this is as close to the crack of dawn as I want to get. Breakfast, shower, put on a pair of boldly zig-zag striped lounge pants that a GG friend of mine made me buy because "I want to get you out of your comfort zone." Add a loose flowing peasant blouse and complete my hair and makeup.
9:00 a.m. - Eryn arrives at my place, looking lovely as always, and we head into Hollywood for a performance prop swap meet. We spend almost three hours at the swap and run into several of my GG friends as well as a number of male friends, many of whom now also know Eryn. Lots of hugs and chats as we wander through the sale finding swag for ourselves. Eryn and I each bought several things and it was fun comparing our purchases with those of friends. The last half hour was spent in a frantic search for one last item, something I'd seen when we first arrived and which I dearly wanted to purchase. We went back through the show about three times, looking at the displays of every vendor. Eryn, in her usual calm voice, said "Are you sure you didn't buy it when you saw it?" Not finding it, nor even the vendor that I thought had had it, I eventually gave up.
12:00 Noon- We headed over to Mel's Diner, an iconic Hollywood location, where we enjoyed absolutely delicious tomato bisque, grilled cheese sandwiches, and fresh-made potato chips (my spouse loves potato chips so I took a to-go pack home for her). Service was excellent and we had a lot of fun chatting with the waitress.
By the way, the tower directly behind the Mel's sign is the Max Factor Building, home of the ultimate movie and television makeup company. Max's development of makeup for black and white movies led to his receiving an Oscar in 1928. When panchromatic color film was created the company developed a special makeup which became known as Pan-Cake (named for Panchromatic, not flapjacks), a makeup that was long a staple of CDs and TGs. The Max Factor Building now houses a commercial Hollywood Museum.
1:20 p.m. - Eryn and I left Mel's and headed back to my home in the San Fernando Valley.
2:00 p.m. - Arrived at my home. As we divided up our swag Eryn held up the item I'd been so frantic to find. Yes, I'd bought it when I first saw it! Eryn left and I ran into the house to change into some dressier clothes, selecting a crystal studded top, a black skirt, and 3" wedge sandals.
2:20 p.m. - Twenty minutes after arriving home my spouse and I jumped back in the car to race back down to Hollywood.
3:00 p.m. - WIth not a moment to spare, my spouse and I arrived at a studio in Hollywood where some GG friends that I had invited were part of an internet television show shoot. Nothing whatsoever to do with CDing or TGing, the show was on a completely different topic but the producers had contacted me, asking if I would help them in their search for women they could interview on the subject of that week's show. They had asked me to appear but, after some some back and forth, I decided to serve as a backup in case one of the other women had to cancel at the last moment. Meanwhile, I was there to support my friends and cheer them on.
An aside about the newer studios, they are amazing! I remember being in television in the 1960's and 70's when black-and-white cameras were huge affairs that cost around $100,000 each and color cameras were even more expensive, somewhere around $250,000 (in real 1960's dollars). They were mounted on heavy dollies and it took two to three people to handle each camera, one cameraperson and one or two dolly handlers. Large studios usually had two cameras which they moved around during the shoot.
The studio we were in yesterday had SEVEN professional HD cameras (probably costing well under $25,000 each), six of which. pointing in different directions, were simply mounted on non-rolling tripods, and one of which was on a boom with an operator. Cameras are now cheaper than people!
The shoot went very well, but took longer that expected (they always do) so we finished up at about 5:30. We did "good bye" hugs with everyone and headed back to our car.
6:00 p.m. - One of my GG friends was having her Birthday party at a private club in Hollywood so we went over there to wish her a Happy Birthday. We stayed about an hour, talking with her, her SO, and several friends.
Just before leaving we stoppped off at the ladies' room. As I finished and was checking myself in the mirror a woman struck up a random comversation about one of the events going on at the club that evening. While we were chatting another woman recognized me from the swap meet that morning so she and I started talking about how the swap meet had gone. When my spouse was ready we finished our conversation and headed out of the ladies' room.
7:40 p.m. - Back in the Valley and at one of our favorite restaurants for dinner. My spouse and I enjoyed each other's company and the relative quiet of the restaurant as well as enjoying an excellent Italian dinner.
9:00 p.m. - I received a text. My best guy friend and his wife were returning from being downtown, would we like to meet at Menchie's for dessert? We said sure, paid our bill and headed to Menchie's.
9:20 p.m. - The four of us met up at Menchie's and enjoyed frozen yogurt as we caought up on things. Sadly, his mother is currently in the hospital, so most of the discussion was about how she was doing and so on. As we finished our dessert and conversation I received a text from Eryn. They were heading into our area and asked if we would like to meet them for coffee.
11:20 p.m. - Denny's. We meet Eryn, Mimi, and Mimi's visiting sister for tea and coffee. We all catch up on each other's days and have a great time.
1:00 a.m. - My spouse and I arrive back home and I blissfully remove my shoes (remember those 3" wedges that went on at 2 p.m.?) and clothes and we get ready for bed,
Hugs,
Persephone.
Originally Posted by Persephone
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