London Calling Walshman Oct.11-16th

So I am off to The Big Smoke again. Second time this year. Hard to believe. I will be in London from October 11th until the 16th conducting interviews and seeing some future clients for Image Engine. I am not looking forward to the travel really, I never do, but it will be interesting to spend some time in Soho again. See a few mates, etc. Man, how the circumstances have changed. I spent about 2 years in London working at The Moving Picture Company as a Senior Lighting Technical Director. Now here I am heading back as a Producer. Whacko! It was a great time in my career both creatively and socially. I worked on some stunning stuff and met a crowd of amazing people. I would much rather work in London again compared to L.A. even though lifestyle-wise Santa Monica was pretty good to me. I met some great folks in L.A. also, but I guess I am just referring to the vibe of the place more than anything. I suppose it is more about "if I was gonna be on the west coast" I'd way rather be in Vancouver. But, I have to say, when London began to wear on me, it wore out fast! Could it have been the Harry Potter sized room I was living in and the guys who woke me at 6am regularly by tossing empty kegs from the pub into the street? Naw... But, I loved it while it lasted. I remember it as a very hard working, fast-paced and experience filled time of my life. Cramming work in between weekend flights to Madrid to see Meg and barely sleeping a wink all the while. I remember feeling absolutely worn out one morning and learning over to Andre "El Camaro" De Souza who was sitting next to me at the time and saying "Camaro, why is it that when I come to work I feel like I have been up for four days straight and I am hung over?" He said in his heavy Sao Paulo accent "weeellll Walshman, dat's basically because you have been and you are man." Enough said, for better or worse, the Walshman cometh.