Turns out fall is the best time to be in New York. Either fall or spring, but it's early November at the moment so let's just go with fall for now. It's neither crazy hot nor cold and I'm pretty sure New York Halloweens are better than what we had going for us back in Oklahoma. Oh, and the apples and changing leaves almost make the rent worth it. Almost.
Monday and Tuesday had me back in Dallas, TX for another shoot with Phil Kennedy and Running Robot. Crazy thankful for long term clients and the relationships that have developed over the years. Those two days in Dallas were just long enough to fly out, find a couple coffee shops stamps, eat, sleep, and do the shoot before heading back to New York. I may have snuck in a few smudged streetlight tree shots too.
If you ever fly with gear and end up needing to check multiple cases, I can't stress enough the importance of prepping yourself a media badge. This trip had me with three checked cases and only two of them were covered by my United credit card membership perks. I'm normally able to pack the gear (and clothes) I need into two carry-ons and two checked cases, but on this trip I needed a third checked bag. That additional piece would've cost another $300 round trip but I was able to get a media rate of $50 each direction and save the client $200.
The rest of the week was again pretty full. On top the normal day to day of sustaining as a full-time freelancer, I've been prepping for another Dallas job later this month. Plus I got to sneak into a friend's table reading of her feature length script she's co-writing. It's been a while since I've been on that side of the narrative process and I do have to say I've missed it.
Thursday was Halloween and New Yorkers know how to do that holiday right. Anne's mom has been in town since Tuesday and she joined Anne and our boys in bringing back the biggest candy haul this family has ever seen. Saturday morning had us at our older boy's soccer game followed by me putting together a last minute costume for a party and a date night with Saint Anne the Wife. Oh, and Sunday morning was the NYC Marathon. Something like 50k participants ran only a couple blocks from our apartment. I did nerd out watching the camera setups the broadcast team was using to cover lead runners.
