Actress!

Hello all! Just a little over a week ago my lovely friends and I checked out a band called "Actress". To be honest - I thought they sounded quite good - but to be honest, I couldn't hear them all that well. I was being very responsible and wearing ear plugs - however - one of them lodged itself waaay too far into my ear. Therefore - everything was extremely muffled but the dancing was quite fun! :)

I do believe that the best part of the night was Hal and I getting these very hot ladies to sing "Busta Move" by Young MC whilst waiting for our car in the parking lot. Seriously - the girl started with "5,6,7,8 she's dressed in yellow, she says hello..." and everyone chimed in with "come sit next to me you fine fellow" - it was quite hilarious. Maybe you had to be there? :) Here are just a couple of pics as most of them turned out to be quite awful!!!

You can check out the band: www.myspace.com/actress

More Random Photos...okay I think we're caught up now!

Melina and friends...love her!

Our last TMK Shoot...so much better! :)

oh one more thing...

I did mention that I made a myspace music page right? :) Oh yes I did...well here it is again...
www.myspace.com/queenvickmusic.com

Fun in a Hot Tub...

Some lovely friends of mine enjoyed a journey to Africa...well, while they were gone I took care of their house and dog. Their place is the quintessential party house...with levels in the backyard and an amazing view - of which I failed to take a picture. Lame me! The highlight of the stay was most definitely the pool and hot tub! Mr. Robert - whose sister is the homeowner had a lovely get together one night so here are some pics...

Did I ever post these?

So I've obviously been quite bad about posting this year - so I promise to do a full year wrap up...just in case you don't feel like looking through the recent additions (lazy bastards!) :)
Did I post one about Oktoberfest? Well - I think the pictures will tell it all....

Super Fun Yo!!!

On November 9th I flew back to Minnesota for a 9 day visit. Now, I would have thought that it was enough time to see everyone - but it most definitely was not! I had an amazing time though and I must say that I'm madly in love with my little niece!!! Just in case there was any doubt. :)

Myspace baby...

Hey everyone! Well - I finally conquered the gremlins and started a myspace music page...woohooo! So, if you're on there, please feel free to add me or just check it out. Some of the songs are still in process but as I get better I will post new ones. :)

www.myspace.com/queenvickmusic

Thanks!!!

Cute picture of the day...

My most favourite couple (other than all my other favourites) are celebrating their 2 year anniversary on Saturday...a lovely pic from the trip to Sequoia...

Let's go RED SOX!

So first of all to all the Yankees Fans out there - especially my friend Hal - HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH Suckas! The Red Sox won the world series - I'm still a bit confused on why it's called the world series since there is no one from any other part of the world competing but I won't go off on a tangent today. In his quest to bring baseball all over the world, Lucas bought tickets to the Angels/Red Sox playoff game for his Boss...the Boss is French. :) It was qutie fun since Boston obviously won.

Angel Stadium is really huge and it was a complete sea of red! We sat amongst a couple of pretty hard core fans and although a fight almost ensued, most of it was pretty good spirited banter.

Indoors...Speakeasy

So, obviously there were many many indoor activities over the summer including concerts, parties, films, more parties, dinners...the usual stuff...oh but there is one that really sticks out. READ ON!

This was actually very recently...my lovely friend Steve invited a few people to go to a SPEAKEASY! Yes a proper speakeasy with staircases that look like they are going up - but flip in half and suddenly you can go downstairs. It's an underground party so a password is needed to enter...ah to be cool yo. :)



apparently I didn't take any pics of the stairs...very sad...but self portraits are the best!

Here we go...the recap of the last few months...Outdoors...

So, I don't even really know where I left off anymore...yikes basically in JUNE!?!?! Balls - that is quite a while ago...okay well let's just show some summer recap pics...

1) Let's begin with the Outdoors...as most of you know - I'm a proper city girl. I enjoy sleeping in a bed and if there's room service - I will probably order it. :) However, I went camping twice and visited Sequoia National Park - although we slept in beds during that one. :) So, we shall go in order: Camping in California - Los Padres National Forest...off-roading in fact. I was really sore!

Then, Camping with the Rock n Roll Star aka my brother, Jacqui - brother's girlfriend and loads of lovely people.

And Sequoia National Park/Kings Canyon...with Jurgen and Elisabeth! this was a fabulous trip...even with the Heavy Metal music. :) I have to say that I thought it was beautiful...but I grew up in Austria and we have a lot of forests there...but Kings Canyon was amazing! Highly recommended yo!

I have more pics but I'll have to upload some of them as silly blogger wouldn't let me take them off the CD. Rarr. Oh well - it's a start right?

Hanah's Gift

As a lot of you know - last year I shot a movie called "Hanah's Gift" in which I play a young girl with ADHD and some pretty lovely social issues. :) The film was comprised of a pretty great team and has started showing around LA...so I wanted to post a review we received. :) YEA! I'll let you know as things move forward...Hugs to you all!

Charly Shelton of Valley Sun News: "This movie was shot in real time (meaning every minute that passes in real life also passes in the film- the film takes place over 87 minutes of their lives, so the movie is 87 minutes long) which is no easy task. And it was also shot to look like all one shot (the camera didn't stop and change to another view or set, it looked like it was all done in one take) which is even harder. And the camera view is always seen in the first person of a little girl, probably seven years old, so while moving around and crawling through things, into boxes, under low overhangs, it seems like only a little kid could fit into these places. But actually it was a man with a hip mounted camera to give it the right height and HE was maneuvering through those tough to shoot places. The movie was, on the technical side, amazing. This reporter was blown away. Probably the best indie movie for technique all year. Toby (Victoria Engelmayer) was great, all of the energy of a ridiculously hyper active child is stored up in this one actress. And Wise was also great. Her character of the rough, gruff firefighter was the perfect contrast to the overly cheery, hyper Toby, and Hanah's silence. And the bums in the movie, Director Zac Baldwin and Greg Estel, are hilarious. Either fearful of aliens, or fascinated by a small person, they provided great comic relief in a tension packed film."

Holy balls!

I know, I know - it's been a really long time - 3 months in fact - which seems like a lifetime. I promise promise promise to write a summer wrap up with pictures! :) There are photos from Sequoia/Kings Canyon, Napa Valley, me on an ATV and life in general - oh and niece updates....seriously, she might the cutest thing ever. Also - I have movie updates...one is currently screening so keep your fingers crossed or drueck die daumen!!! :)

Hope you are all well!!!

Stay tuned...

More to come....i just like this picture. :)

Art Art Art

no idea why my computer won't let me rotate these...


On June 2nd, my lovely friend Keith and I enjoyed an evening at the Culver City Art Crawl and After Party. Now here's the thing...there are over 40 galleries in that Area - offering free wine and beer...however, by the time we got there, it was all gone. So, we wandered into a few Galleries, ate some food and headed to the After Party - being held inside a huge furniture warehouse!



2 or 3 stores opened all of the doors and basically allowed party goers to sit on sofas, chairs, beds...so the entire it felt like you were in someones (very expensive) living room - and you couldn't set down your drinks anywhere...but hey, at least there was plenty of room to sit. Dj's spun most of the evening, but the main event was a band called "Giant Drag"...They were good - however, it was slightly distracting since we could still hear the DJ music in one of the speakers...but hey, we were in a furniture store.

Oh and on a side note - one of the greatest things was that LA felt very small for a few moments. I ended up bumping into friends at a random event - woohooo! :)