Sweet Adelaide - 27/04/'08

I just received an e-mail accompanied by this first pic from my good pals Dagen Merrill and Chris Wyatt. Seems they're in Oz as well, shooting a film in Adelaide, Broken Hill and Sydney. Dagen took this pic of Chris just two days before I arrived there - obviously, I had to post it.

Seeing as a long weekend was approaching, I decided to join them in Adelaide. Stayed in a fairly nice hotel directly on the beach (do folks live anywhere else in this country?), but unfortunately the weather was crazy tempestuous and the sea was not extending invites - so our activities focused elsewhere...

On the first night, we went to a full-on, old-style traveling circus. I hadn't been to one of these since I was a small child in Germany, so it was fascinating to see essentially the same deal through my now grown-up eyes. The place was full of kids - all enthralled with the magic and mystery of the performances, everything from amazing highwire acts to jugglers, clowns, dancing cows, camels and one dog which to me was the epitome of a circus dog - he looked as though he had more life experience than I could ever entertain. As the show progressed, I noticed how each performer (from very young to fairly old) did other duties, such as morphing into other characters, rigging cables, wrangling animals and even selling cotton candy and toys...

The next day was pretty much spent indoors, swimming in the pool with Dagen and his kids and then out to a great dinner in the CBD (central business district). There's a street there - Gouger Street - which is lined with great restaurants and a cool, vibrant scene of people. The place we went to was Spanish, the food was great and I have to say, I fell victim to a practical joke from the evil mind of Sean Covel, many thousands of miles away. Thanks Sean for that and also Alexis :-)

Was absolutely great to spend time with these guys, their families, oh yea and to be introduced to Chris's and Laura's brand-spankin' new son.

Best to you guys with the film (title: "Broken Hill") and I'll see you back in LA