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Yet Another Snooty Lounge
Once again, Brian the snooty world traveler, was able to get “back of the bus Tom” into a nice lounge. My personal opinion is it’s not as good as the one in Chicago, but who am I to complain. Free food and drinks, and free wireless internet. Our flight leaves in about an hour and there’s not reason […]
Last Day, Last Edit
Today will probably be another long edit day, but it is the last day here so no matter what we’re done after today. I’ve been gone on trips longer then this, but for some reason this one just seems a lot longer. I’m pretty home sick and looking forward to returning to Chicago tomorrow.
Exotic Eats
[qt:/blog/video/BeijingNightMarket-Blog.mov /blog/video/BeijingNightMarket-Blog.jpg /blog/video/BeijingNightMarket-Blog.mov 500 375] Not your typical food back in the USA, one popular item here is eating scorpion! Jim Lucy, one of the camera operators (based on Chicago) was challenged to eat them while being recorded on video and he was more then happy to. Also part of this little display of questionable judgment are […]
Where to? Apple Store Please
How do you write “Take me to the Apple Store” in Chinese? Well, I can’t tell you how but I can show you. The card was prepared by the front desk of the hotel so that I could just give it to the cab driver and he would know where to take me. None of […]
Another Day, Another Yuan
This is the view from the edit suite where I’m working. The edit suite is just a dedicated hotel room. Today is the first seriously busy day of the job. The show has officially started and the tapes are starting to come in fast. Our job is to take about 6-8 hours of a recorded […]
On the Job
While the first day was a nice reset/sight seeing day, the rest of the week and weekend is all work. I have a small setup this time, but it’s more then enough to get the job done in quick order. I have a separate room that’s being used just for the edit suite.
Recent Heavy Rains
Before I left for China we got some pretty heavy rain in our area. There was a long stream of storms from as far south as the Gulf of Mexico winding up through the Chicago area and continuing past us through the midwest. Most of the rain was the remnants of recent hurricanes that hit the south. A few […]
Up and Down the Wall
Although we could have walked up to the wall, I’m glad we didn’t. It was a pretty long walk, and even once you’re on the wall it’s a lot of walking and at times on very steep angles. So, we took a cable car up on one side, walked a couple of hours to the […]
Walking the Great Wall
Walking the great wall right now. http://tinyurl.com/5ayrsa http://twitpic.com/bs9u
Arrival, Beijing Grand Hyatt
This is our hotel, although the photo was taken several hours after we arrived (it was about 4pm when we actually checked in. The hotel is very nice, the rooms are nice and the bathroom is awesome! All marble floor and counter, as well as a standalone marble shower.
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