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."