Lagging...

Well this blog isn't proving to be as exciting or eventful as the Hong Kong one and I'm certainly not doing as good of a job of posting the Latest and Greatest events happening here... perhaps the experiences are not quite as exquisite or it's easier to catch up on the phone since I'm not as far away from everyone. But every part of life is an adventure and each place has it's own challenges...

In Hong Kong the job was set, so my explorations were more of the landscape or the social scene. Here my journeys are much more internal. Keeping focused on the ever-moving target of "what do I want" and "how do I get it" in a city where I know almost no one.

In Hong Kong my residence was set for me, so I could leave to wander around the city without worrying about where I'm coming home to. Here there is more a sense of building a home. The process of apartment hunting, negotiating, renting, getting furniture, sorting out cable and bills and misc things that need to be fixed is all-consuming.

And then there's the fact that, well, I'm not in Asia anymore. And it's time to stop looking back at HK with misty eyes and start walking the streets of Manhattan with bold footsteps.

And since this is the Place to Post about BYSTANDER... more good news:
Bystander will be filming at the Vermont International Film Festival in Burlington, VT on Saturday, October 14th at 8:45p (another fantastic screening time!). I'll be there for the weekend...

BYSTANDER festival update

The Festival List keeps getting bigger! If the next fest is anywhere near you, I hope you can check it out!

Moondance Int'l Film Fest*
Los Angeles Int'l Film Fest*
Denver World Cinema*
Vermont Int'l Film Fest
Golden Lion Int'l Film Fest (Swaziland)

(* - already screened)

Back in NYC

... LA happened too quickly! The screening, the laughter, the friends and family and days ending with a sunrise... all a dream... more things are seeming like dreams... not in the i-can't-believe-it way but more in the i-only-wish-i-had-more-time way... finding out more and more in life that i don't get the chance (or don't take the time) to say what needs to be said and shouldn't go unsaid... and i keep reminding myself: say it now
do it now
dream it now
make it happen now

Is that the 3-0 coming on? "No bets past 30"... guess i better step it up... and the temperature keeps dropping...

Steph Online

I've uploaded some images from my Directing/Producing DVD Reel onto the Sunchaser website... check out the preliminary versions at
www.sunchaserent.com/stephanie

and email me your comments, spelling mistakes, thoughts!

Opening Night was SOLD OUT... Get your tickets now!

See you in LA!

With furniture arriving, meetings happening and work set up in New York... I'm on my way to catch a plane to Los Angeles... back to the City of Angels! Check out the quick website below for details of the screening...
http://www.sunchaserent.com/bystander/

See you on the WestSide!

LA Shorts Fest Starts Tonight!

Opening Night – September 5 at ArcLight, Hollywood
“Maverick Film Achievement Award” presented to
Academy Award Winning Writer/Director PAUL HAGGIS Crash & Million Dollar Baby

DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKET TO SEE 'BYSTANDER' ON SATURDAY THE 9th?!

I will be in town and canvasing the festival on Friday and Saturday... let me know if you're going to be there and let's catch up!

We Apologize for this Interruption...

Wow. What a phenomenal week!
First... THANK YOU for all the birthday messages. New City + Few Friends = Quiet Birthday. And so the little emails and cards spoke VOLUMES!!

Second... You all have to come visit Jones Street New York... where the next New York Scene is starting to happen. James and I moved in Sept. 1 and have spent Labor Day weekend running around town researching, looking, squeezing, and buying everything from a mattress (currently the only piece of furniture in the apartment) to ottomans that flip-top to double as trays. It is going to be a smashing pad with a policy of welcoming friends and family at any and all times. I'm having difficulty transferring pictures off the camera right now, but I will try to get some shots up here soon!

Ok, I'll stop counting now...
As far as work goes - it still goes slowly...
Finished up "The Brave One"
Started "I Am Legend" with a killer 16 hour day
Still setting up meetings and talking to various people in the biz

But I have had some incredible outings. Favorite NY locations so far:
Gramercy Tavern
Les Halles
Buddha Bar
Pressure
ABC Home Furnishings
10 Jones Street!