I grew up outside of Chicago then moved to Madison, WI for just over half a decade. These days it's New York City for me. What's next? Maybe California?
Hot dogs, peanuts, baseball and lawsuits all in one night of film; what could be better? 2 weekends ago I made it to a night of the annual GenArt film festival. Kaela was assistant wardrobe designer for the evening's short film, "Dog Eat Dog." The short film presents a dark, funny look at the competitive prowess of a New York City hot dog vendor. Selling his dogs on a deserted NYC street is not easy but with his faith in the American Dream, some networking and a bit of mischief he overcomes his obstacles and kills the competition (literally). The other film was a feature about baseball. Who knew that I'd actually enjoy it? The film, "Up For Grabs," really embodies everything that professional sports in America are all about: money, greed and spectacle. The feature documentary follows the fights and lawsuit surrounding Barry Bonds' record-breaking 73rd home run baseball. Alex Popov and Patrick Hayashi are followed by the cameras as they fought, moaned and sued over ownership of a baseball. It's a little long, but a very funny doc. Check it out sometime.
After the films came the real fun, the after party. The evening's festivities were at Gypsy Tea, one of NYC's cooler clubs. The party was sponsored by Boru Vodka and Stella Beer so as you can imagine we took full advantage of the free booze. After leaving the party I was a little drunk and ended up writing stupid comments on people's parking tickets (they gave out pens at the film fest).
