Vineyards, Dancing, and Tom Shadyac

You know you've become a local in Telluride when...

1) The people running the gondola strike up conversations with you
2) You can tell who is new in town (they're the ones breathing hard)
3) You participate in the 4th of July parade
4) You bring large, bulky items from the free box up the gondola (like.... a lamp)
5) Driving an hour or so to actually get somewhere is a short ride
6) You know the names of all the really cute puppies in town
7) You consistently sneak into hotel pools
8) You can sing the words to the "pick it up now" dog poo song

Yes, there is such a song. My favorite line being (after the chorus of "pick it up now pick it up now...) "Try it; feels kind of good in your hand". Yeah.

I did dance in the 4th of July parade. There may be a picture of me on the PlumTV website, and I am most definitely in the 4th of July package. We won first place for walking group, too. :)



During our days off last week, the production crew (plus a few extras) went to a vineyard to film/taste lots of wines/have a good time. Let's just say it was the single most crazy evening I have ever spent in my entire life. The people were like characters out of some kind of bad soap opera. Incredibly entertaining, but also incredibly weird. Having two people going through a divorce (one of whom is still in love with the other) in the same room with one of their lovers, 13 people and about 30 bottles of wine.... insane. To make a long story short, I was offered a ticket to Chile if I went off with the lover. Seriously.



In the meanwhile... Tom Shadyac, the director of such films as "Liar Liar", "Ace Ventura Pet Detective", "Bruce Almighty", and "Evan Almighty" came on the show today. He might be my new hero. During the fight to save the valley floor in Telluride from development, he came up with the final 2 million buckaroos to buy the land. And since this weekend was the Nothing Festival (born from the creative minds of locals tired of there being huge festivals every weekend all summer), we got to see Evan Almighty in theaters for... you guessed it, nothing! Pretty sweet. We also then got to see many men and some women biking down the street wearing.... nothing. I won't comment on that. Except that there were three guys on one motorcycle.

Well, I'm sure I could think of lots more to say, but this post is long enough. So I will leave you with a picture of a horse, because I think it's pretty.