My daughter and I had a wonderful time in Los Angeles. Lisa Morton and Ricky Grove (IMDB him!) picked us up and off we went to Hawaii Supermarket in Alhambra to stare at durian and buy some wonderful rose tea, among other things. Then we had pad thai and other delicacies at Noodle Planet. Bobas for everyone! At our next stop, an Asian video store, Lisa amazed me with her knowledge of Chinese cinema and her great stories from her days of interviewing Tsui Hark (she is the author of THE CINEMA OF TSUI HARK.)
Belle and I got back to the hotel and eventually fell asleep. The next morning, I hosted a brunch at the Daily Grill, next to the Hilton Burbank. Lots of friends showed up: Gillian Horvath, Craig & Genny Miller, Charlotte Fullerton and Dwayne McDuffie, Eugene Son, Amy Sterling, Alan Rodgers, Lisa & Ricky, “Dez” DiGuzzetta. I think that’s everyone. Lots of shoptalk and conviviality.
Then off to Dark Delicacies for the Forbidden Planet event…with a slight detour to PetCo purchase our first hermit crab, Mr. Crabbypants. Belle had her shell signed by the FB folks, and we bought a DVD. We also gave out copies of the book containing our first collaborative short story, FURRY FANTASTIC. After that, it was visiting with Steve Jones and Mandy Slater, in town from England, and Peter Atkins, Dennis Etchison, David Schow, Roberta Lannes, and lots and lots of other LA friends.
My friend, Charlotte Fullerton, took Belle and me to Plastic Cow, the Burbank production studio. PC was finishing the popup versions of HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL and CHEETAH GIRLS 2. Charlotte wrote all the popups and Belle got to watch Charlotte’s boss, Mickey, inserting the popups into CG2. Belle made an editorial suggestion–quotes around the word “brick”–and they used her suggestion. I know she will be thrilled when she comes home from her trip with her father.
The next day, Belle and I went to the Long Beach Aquarium with our friend, Abbie Bernstein. Abbie is a pop-culture journalist (and author of the book on SERENITY for Joss Whedon.) I got to know her when she began interviewing me re. BUFFY and we’ve become fast friends. We spent hours watching the otters and petting rays.
Now we’re home and I’m back on my deadlines. I’m listening to harp music and getting ready to watch Charlotte’s second TUTENSTEIN episode.
Life is good.
buffysmglover | 01-Jun-07 at 9:58 pm | Permalink
Nancy, I know you posted this a while back, and I’m just now reading it, LOL. Does Abbie have a website, ro is there any way to contact her? I’ve been dying to contact anyone affiliated w/ my fav magazine since I heard it was going all “End of Days” on us.