San Diego Photo Galleries

Busy couple of days. Spent most of today at the zoo, which was fantastic. The apes and monkeys were awesome (of course). The elephants and meerkats were excellent as well. Unfortuntely no pandas... the baby was asleep, and we passed by the panda exhibit on a tour but didn't see anything through the trees, and didn't feel up to braving the insane lines.

Yesterday was the Museum of Natural History to catch the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit. It was pretty interesting... they got into a lot of the context of the origins of the Scrolls. The parchment themselves were pretty impressive for tiny eroding scraps of animal skin. No photos though, but they also had a great prehistoric fossil exhibit which I was able to take pictures in. Also got to walk down to the beach in Dan's neighborhood. Four photo galleries below...

San Diego Zoo
Pacific Beach
San Diego Museum of Natural History

[UPDATE] Just added pics of Seals and Pelicans at La Jolla Cove!

La Jolla Cove

Merry Christmas from San Diego!

Got in to San Diego after a pretty smooth flight on Sunday. Had a brief hang up at JFK when I got to the check in desk and realized that my passport had expired a week or so before. Since my driver's license has been expired for a bit longer than that, I suddenly realized I had no actual valid ID. Fortunately the lady at the check-in desk took pity on me, and I got off with a slap on the wrist and a pat between the legs.

My parents had to stay over in Cincinnati Sunday night due to weather delays in Manchester, but they got in safe Monday morning. We've mostly been hanging around my brother's house enjoying the Boisvert Family Traditions of gluttony and sloth. Caught Charlie Wilson's War this afternoon, which was pretty good, especially Phillip Seymour Hoffman who was excellent, as always. Going to check out the Dead sea Scrolls tomorrow, and probably do the zoo later in the weekend.

California is beautiful... it's been 60-70 degrees during the day, and there isn't a cloud in the sky. Got to go for a walk this afternoon and shoot a few pics around Dan's neighborhood.

Christmas in Cali

Best of holiday wishes to all of you... have a merry Christmas, and safe travels until I see you again.

Aaron Riccio's Carol review

Aaron Riccio reviewed Carol, and had some very positive things to say! Here's a short excerpt:

"A Very Nosedive Christmas Carol is to the original as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is to Hamlet... Once again Nosedive strikes to the heart of what audiences really want this holiday season: laughs and eggnog.

As is typical of Nosedive productions, very little is taken seriously, and this play -- which we've all seen a million times before -- is the better off for it. The ghosts (like Scrooge) still learn a valuable lesson about Christmas cheer, but this time they do so in the midst of baby-chucking antics, caroling monkey puppets (and a sock-puppet Tiny Tim), and the most eccentric Cratchit family you've ever seen."

That Sounds Cool: A Very Nosedive Christmas Carol review

Carol ~ Production Photos

Carol ~ Production Photos

Three chances left to catch Carol!

Nosedive Productions presents

A Very Nosedive Christmas Carol

A play adapted from Charles Dickens’ story by James Comtois
Directed by Pete Boisvert

Featuring
Rebecca Comtois ~ Stephanie Cox-Williams ~ Jessi Gotta
Matt Johnston ~ Marc Landers ~ Marsha Martinez
Patrick Shearer ~ Brian Silliman ~ Ben Trawick-Smith
Ben VandenBoom ~ Scott Lee Williams

The Horse Trade Red Room, 85 East 4th Street
December 6-8, 13-15, Thursday through Saturday, 11 p.m.
Tickets are $18 for adults, $12 for children. 6 train to Astor Place; L train to 1st Avenue; or F, V train to 2nd Avenue Stations. For tickets call 212-352-3101 or go here.

Blood Bros: Something Up His Sleeve

The third PULP video.

Something Up His Sleeve
Conceived by the Blood Brothers
Directed by Patrick Shearer
Featuring Anna Kull and Brian Silliman
Shot and Edited by Ben VandenBoom

You've Got To Know Your Chicken

As Frank Perdue said, "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken." Hapy birthday, Mr. Yustin.

Carol is Open!

A Very Nosedive Christmas Carol opened last night at the Red Room. The show is in great shape... felt very tight last night. Unfortunately the audience was a bit thin, but we hope to rectify that over the next couple of shows. If you haven't bought your tickets yet, get em soon! Our house is tiny, sot he odds of selling out on the last couple shows is pretty high.



Here's some pics the post-show celebrating last night... enjoy!


Carol ~ Opening Weekend

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Nosedive Productions Presents

A Very Nosedive Christmas Carol

A play adapted from Charles Dickens' story by James Comtois
Directed by Pete Boisvert

featuring
Rebecca Comtois ~ Stephanie Cox-Williams ~ Jessi Gotta

Matt Johnston ~ Marc Landers ~ Marsha Martinez

Patrick Shearer ~ Brian Silliman ~ Ben Trawick-Smith

Ben VandenBoom ~ Scott Lee Williams

The Horse Trade Red Room, 85 East 4th Street
December 6-8, 13-15, Thursday through Saturday, 11 p.m.

A Very Nosedive Christmas Carol will be performed at the Horse Trade Red Room, (85 East 4th Street at 2nd Ave.) December 6-8 & 13-15 (Thursday through Saturday). All shows are at 11 p.m., tickets are $18 for adults, $12 for children. 6 train to Astor Place; L train to 1st Avenue; or F, V train to 2nd Avenue Stations. For tickets call 212-352-3101 or visit TheaterMania.com .

A Sneak Peek at Carol

For those of you who can't hold out 36 hours to get a look at Christmas Carol...

Buy your tickets soon! It's a small house, and it's gonna fill up fast.

Three Photo Galleries

Pinkie ~ Episode 3
A Christmas Carol ~ Tech
Prospect Park

Spent 9 hours in a very small light booth yesterday. Easiest tech we've had in years though...