My PUB!!

Look what happened to my pub. :(

My favorite pub when in San Diego is The Field on 5th. I like to order up a plate of bangers and a Guinness whenever I'm in town (which happens to pretty much just be the week of SDCC).

I knew that one of their former waitresses had gone on to be a finalist on American Idol, and when I stopped by last weekend, there was, I kid you not, a tourist taking a photo of a Carly poster in the window. Later on, a tour bus stopped outside. When the check came, there was a wad of these cards for Carly stuffed in the folder. Sigh. At least it wasn't too crowded inside, everyone was probably still down the street at the Padres game.

Still, the waitstaff was pleasant and the food delish (mini beef guinness pie!!). Here's hoping I can still get them to pull me a pint the old-fashioned way come July. :)

The Man in the Hat is Back

Just think of all the new goodies we can buy!

cco and mbf's Downtown Adventure!!!

So my old friend cco and I met up this morning for our annual trek to the FIDM Costume Design Exhibit. The school's gallery sets up this exhibit to show off the handiwork of Oscar-worthy costumes from the past year. We've had the opportunity to see up-close and personal some amazing costumes from Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and many other films. This year, they have last year's winner, Marie Antoinette, as well as this years' fashions (Elizabeth, Sweeney Todd, 300). If you're interested in going, click on the link below.

http://fidm.com/resources/museum+galleries/exhibits/motion-picture-costume-design/2008/index.html

I woke up this morning only to find that the Los Angeles Marathon was taking place today. Since most of that 26.2 miles winds through the streets of downtown Los Angeles (where FIDM is also located), I knew that we were in for some closures. Armed with my trusty GPS, cco drove around and around looking to get close to the building (obviously, the GPS didn't know there was a marathon going on!). We gave up and headed over to Chinatown for lunch around 11am.

After a very filling lunch of dimsum, we gassed up the car and tried again to make it to FIDM. The sites of downtown LA are not familiar to many southern californians, so I got to play tourguide a bit. :P We were a bit luckier this time and parked in Pershing Square. It was probably about a half mile to the exhibit, but who's complaining when there are people running a marathon right by you! It turns out that we were right in the thick of the marathon. If you look closely at the picture below, you can plainly see we were at MILE 26!!



After hoofing it over to 9th and Grand, we discovered the museum was closed on Sundays! Doofus me, I only noticed the hours (10-5) and that they would be closed for Easter weekend. On the way back to the car, we stopped at the South Park Flea Market and perused the handicrafts (some beautiful hand-bound journals and letter press cards!). So four hours and $12 in parking fees later, we actually didn't see anything we came to see! However, it was still a good time and I don't entirely mind having to go back another day. :)

Flickr

So after the demise of Photosite, I spent some time wondering what to do about my photos. It isn't a perfect solution, but I've decided to go with flickr. There, you can view new and "vintage" photos of my collections (prop replicas, statues, action figures, books, etc!), events (eventually), and miscellaneous stuff (like Sweeney Todd costumes at the Arclight in Hollywood). I've got a lot of updating to do, at some point, when I have the time. I've actually had flickr accounts for a while, but hadn't gotten around to setting up this one until now.

Use the link below or the one in my "Linky-Links" bar.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marybluefairy/

The Blue Fairy

I bought this on ebay a little while ago. If I understand correctly, this pin was given out to participants chosen to perform in a parade at Disneyland. A larger version was sold in the stores. I don't really collect Disney pins, I have one that was a gift and one I bought on impulse this past Christmas, but I thought if I should have one, this would be it.

The Blue Fairy from Pinocchio was the inspiration for my well-known online moniker. I have a dress somewhat like this one which I once wore whilst shopping in old town Pasadena (granted, we just had dinner at the Ritz). Maybe you saw me? Anyway, everyone thought I was Cinderella, but I decided I liked how blue fairy rhymed with Mary and here you go!

I think I'll dig out my old blue fairy tote bag and pin it on for my official marybluefairy outings.

Doctor Grordbort's Contrapulatronic Dingus Directory

See what came for me in the mail today? I hear that it was delivered by a postman perched on an incredible contraption identified as the Posteriotron 12. You know, I inquired about just such a machine several months ago and was told they were not in production. Liars! Why, I am of a mind to march right down there to Doctor Grordbort's laboratory and take him out. Of course, since my only weapon is my mini Manmelter, I hope to take him by surprise.

Anyway, this marvellous directory of dingus is available for $12.95 from Weta Publishing (through Dark Horse Comics). With shipping from UPS, I paid about $20. Do yourself a favor and get one from amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Grordborts-Contrapulatronic-Dingus-Directory/dp/1593078765/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201671489&sr=8-1

The Hobbit!

Woohoo!!! It looks like we will get the chance to see the horror at left rectified! Yes indeed, it seems that Peter Jackson and New Line have struck a deal to produce The Hobbit in the very near future. Not one, but two pictures! I am awaiting collectibles, do you hear me Weta!?