wilmington

My Favorite City in the World [Competition]

Accor Hotels is having a contest called Tale of 3 Cities I was browsing Packing My Suitcase yesterday when I came across this contest. You can win a 9-day all-expenses paid (except the flight to the starting city, London) trip from London to Paris to Amsterdam. And, most importantly, a GoPro. All you have to […]

Singin’ the Blues

I went to the Rusty Nail for the First time Ever on Tuesday It just so happens that every Tuesday, and every 1st Saturday at 8pm,  The Rusty Nail hosts a Blues Jam. Having never been to a blues jam before (or the Rusty Nail for that matter), I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. […]

Paco Strickland: a Wilmington Legend

lately I’ve been listening to the radio a lot For such a small town, Wilmington has a number of great radio stations. So many that I can’t fit all of them onto the 6 program slots available on my car stereo. There’s the Oldies station (Jammin 99.9), the Classic Rock station (93.7 The Bone), the […]

Costume Trailer Film On Set Location

End of a Show, Beginning of an Era (?)

The strangest, most difficult part about film (in my humble opinion) is knowing that most of the people you’ve worked with and become close to over the past couple weeks or months will head back to their respective homes and you’ll never see them again.

Meanwhile, in Wilmington

So I’ve been working. A lot. Which is good and bad. Good because I’m getting tons of experience in costuming & making pretty good money without the time to spend any of it. Bad because I have zero time to spend on anything else (ie blogging, writing, drawing, guitar, crafting and all the other creative […]

Hometown Tour Pt II: Wilmington’s Arboretum

The other day, I was driving past Wilmington’s Arboretum for about the 12th time after a meeting that ended sooner than expected, so I decided to stop and enjoy the free (!) garden. As I mozied through the unattended gates, I noticed an art class painting the scenery directly to my right. Nice to see […]

Wilmington, NC: touring my new home

A few days ago, I did my first touristy thing since moving to Wilmington I was feeling the need for some greenery and decided to seek out a Botanical Garden. The idea was planted (ha) in my mind a few days after I’d arrived when I drove out to Wrightsville Beach and passed a sign […]