Nicolas Cage and The Sorcerer's Apprentice

My friend Dave is in town from Los Angeles on business. He is an exec producer for a very cool multi-media design studio and production company called Blind. They do a lot of good work and I am really happy for his success.

We decided to go for an adventure and leave our respective neighborhoods. (my keyword for me in New York is sadly "provincial.") We went to deepest darkest Chinatown to go to Dim Sum Go Go which was very good. Filled with white people - always a good sign. JOKE. But it was really good. And Chinese people know to not eat dim sum at night anyway.

Afterwards we took a stroll through a neighborhood where if we weren't so long in the tooth we could easily be hooded and thrown into the back of a van and sold in all of 5 seconds. But instead of working in the flesh trade in South America we walked by the movie set of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" starring Nicolas Cage. It was a BEEEE-U-TEE-FUL set full of red Chinese lanterns and lovely bright lights. The way you want your Chinatown served to you. The way it should be!

No flash allowed, "We're shooting."

Dave outside the street scene.

The confetti blower. (a machine, not a person, silly!)


Bright lights. Big City. ...Little China.