Well, here it is, the first official blog on this site. And I already have so much to say!!

First, kudos to Vicki for her web design skills - she was the one who got this whole monstrosity up and running, and was very patient with my lack of knowledge about anything website oriented. Thanks Vick! I still owe you dinner (at least!)

Second, I am thrilled to say that after a lot of brainstorming and negotiating and help from Connie, we have a place to shoot our bar scenes!!! This was the thing I was worried about the most, since a little over half of the script takes place in "Joe's" bar and getting that much time in one place would be hard. But Parkside Studios has agreed to let us shoot there. The people were wonderfully supportive, the space looks fabulous, and we will be able to have the run of it while we're there shooting. That would be good enough to make this director happy, but there's more! As part of the barter, Tony is going to build a new bar in place of the old one they've already got in there. So I will have a brand new bar to shoot in. I love it when my friends are all multi-talented!

And, wait - even better than that, the band Prime Time (who totally rocked our last fundraiser!) will have a cameo in the movie!

I think it's safe to say this movie is off to an exciting start. Let's hope the streak of good luck and good people continues - especially since production starts next week! :)