Each show has seating for about 850 people and all you need do is call ahead to make reservations. Well not even that. Show up at the door and say you have reservations and you’ll get seated. (This is for the non-dinner show only) I highly recommend getting the champagne with the show. Tickets are 85€ a person 92€ with champagne. No cameras or video equipment area permitted inside and they are firm and polite but not overly invasive in that request.

Féerie was a crazy amazing spectacle of light, sound, and movement. The costumes were amazing! The performers made the show specifically the four ‘interim’ acts – Juggling, Magic, Giant Aquarium, and Contortionist (kinda) team. My favorite was the last act the Contortionist/strength act performed by a couple. Just Wow!

Across the street from the Moulin Rouge is the Blanche Metro station. One of the unique aspects of this station is the air vent that continually streams high volumes of air up in to the Parisian night. It was much fun to watch people climbing up for photographs by friends and strangers.

If you’ve ever seen Baz Luhrmanns film…there area some similarities in the performance but well you really should go and see it for yourself.

I did catch a few of the performers coming out after the show. I was amazed that the exiting and exuberant crowd seemed not see them at all.

It was a great time at the Moulin Rouge and I would definitely go back for another show.

I’ve been working on a way to get myself through those times and have  put together an initial list of Daily Style Suggestives:

• Monday – Monochrome, see if you can put together an outfit of shades of a single color.
• Tuesday – Texture, fabric with good touchability
• Wednesday – Wiggly Waggly Wednesday, how does that fit your wardrobe?
• Thursday – Vibrant, something colorful for hump day is behind you and the weekend approaches!
• Friday – Forgotten favorites, wear a favorite that got lost in the back of the closet 
• Sunday – Stripes & Suspenders, surly you have one or both.  Make it fun with accents or go psychadelic

I’ve not made any additional progress since last fall and realized that completing the project dovetails nicely with my theme of Production.  I’ve completed my survey in only one small portion of the city nearer the waterfront.  I’m also curious how the artistic expression changes with geography.

In addition to placing them here on this site I am also adding them to Google maps and you can find them here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Gulfport,+FL&sll=37.649034,-95.712891&sspn=33.747171,66.533203&ie=UTF8&ll=27.742188,-82.689457&spn=0.037071,0.064974&z=14&lci=com.panoramio.all

Here are a few photos from the existing set:

My role on Closing Time was two-fold. Initially I arrived to be an extra for a scene or so.. I did end up on camera in episode 7, but no speaking lines. When not in front of the camera I worked on audio, generally holding mics or working with the audio monitors to verify good sound capture. The sensitivity of the mics would pick up the sound of the city bus passing our front and those of you with an iPhone may have noticed how they tend to broadcast to speakers/electronic equipment in the near vicinity.

I had a good time on set and enjoyed the differences between media and event production. I learned quite abit from the time I spent working with the cast and crew and can’t wait to get the word that season two begins shoot.

You can find the Season 1 trailer, pilot, and first episode online at http://closingtime.tv v

I’m hoping to find some larger shells, conch or clam, perhaps some other distinctive beach refuse, (A whale bone wold be the most awesome) for the remaining lemon trees.

Time to start the next round sprouting… cherry trees I think.

Participate in three easy steps
1. Register 
2. Download, Printout, Fill out, & Bring With
3. Show up at this month’s coming event (4th Saturday)

We are offering special incentives to those under 18 and for non-profit and fundraising entities.

Gulfport Goes Green is a monthly free public gathering in the Gulfport, Florida Waterfront District designed to explore and promote Green idea, products, and practices and act as a summit for eco positive ideas and a cauldron for green-minded concepts.

Check out Gulfport Goes Green for all the up to date information. And contact me if you have any questions!

The next few steps were easy:
- buy food and drinks
-send out invitations to the opening

I was pleased at the turn out, nearly a dozen people stopped past including the chair of the chemistry department.  He was always a hard man to read.

When my decision to move to San Francisco finalized I was faced with the painful act of restoring the office to a very near semblance of its form when I took possession.  A belt sander from Wal-Mart to re-flatten the walls (and spew dust throughout the entire first floor of the building, despite my sealing the door while working) and about 4 cans of pigmented primers did the job.

Creativity and creation simply because.

For me this event was more about exploring and participating so my camera was mainly at camp in the safekeeping of the bus.   Lots of photos of trampolines.. and we had this great set up that started off as a set of three.. but on Sunday one self-destructed with a BANG – sending springs flying off into the twilight playa with a few never to be seen again.  So Kosho was reduced to two trampolines one of which slowly failed until by Thursday it was akin to some sort of metal taco….

Morning mimosas and daily does of rum and  horchata saw me though the dust and wind to dance at night.

Driving the bus to and from the playa was the best part of the adventure.  Slowly up and over Donner pass…  parking on the playa.. then a slow trip back to the city!

I’m sure more happened but it’ll take some poking and prodding of the brain to get all of the secrets spilled….

I learned about kaZantip from an email list, someone had posted a video from a year or two ago.  It looks like a fun time… and one of those adventures that you simply have to do rather than try and learn too much about beforehand.   The only difficulty I foresee is getting the appropriate visa to travel to Ukraine.. that and the money to travel.   

kaZantip began around 1992 as a surfer party that grew to what is billed as the largest electronic music event in the world.  DJ’s come from all over and no specific lineup is created.  Rumor is that DJ’s can play as long as they keep the crowd vibe, lose that conenction with the crowd an  you are asked to step back from the decks, regardless of your “World ranking”.   That is my idea of how a party should be run.  kaZantip is “set-up” as it were its own citystate.  with constitution, preZident, and viZas (tickets), but is open only during the months of July and August.  Costumes and party dress are prevalent in the photos, as are yellow suitcases and polka dotted garments.  It does not seem as participatory as Burning Man but the lengths of stays possible should compare for development of a temporary community.

I like the sound of the event and would like to go sometime in the next few years.   Time to put more away into the travel budget….

schastie  :-)