archive for may 2009

Fenway Park: The Real Deal (Game 2)

It’s Boston Week on the Four + One Blog! Read Fenway Park: The Real Deal (Game 1) for my breakdown of Thursday night’s game vs. the Blue Jays. Stay tuned for more Boston-related comment coming at you all week.
Since I covered all the great things about Fenway Park in yesterday’s post, I’m going to go [...]

Fenway Park: The Real Deal (game 1)

It’s Boston Week on the Four + One Blog! Check back all week to get the full scoop on ‘What Three Guys Think’ Boston baseball weekend trip.

Niel and Yoon from our ‘What three guys think’ series joined me for our annual baseball weekend trip. This year we did Boston. And as you’ll see it ranks [...]

What three guys think, in boston, ma

As part of the second annual ‘What three guys think’ weekend baseball trip Yoon, Niel, and I are headed to Boston, MA. We’re going to be at two Red Sox games. We’re going to do Boston up right. We’ll take photos (and maybe even video) and report anything that is noteworthy.
If you live in Boston, [...]

Consumer’s Conundrum: Local/value vs. Internet/least expensive

In these times of economic uncertainty value, durability, and quality are becoming more and more important to us as consumers. What portion of a product’s value is found in the service of the vendor? What is a reasonable amount to spend on good customer service, especially if that service doesn’t include a warranty and therefore [...]

18 movie experiences that changed me, part III

Read part I and part II of this series to read about movies from my adolescence and the early film school years.
Self-directed Pseudo Study Abroad (Paris for three weeks)
In the 2003-2004 school year a few of my fellow film students and I felt like we weren’t getting as much out of the available screenwriting [...]

Jeans: The finalists

It’s been a long hard search, and I’ve narrowed the choices down to three. I’ve got a post coming Monday or Tuesday that elaborates the conundrum I’ve found myself in on the actual purchase. Reminder on the criteria: 1. Quality, quality, quality 2. Durable, durable, durable 3. Preferably raw selvedge. I’m looking for the best [...]

Three songs you should hear (again?): CASH

I thought you all might need a little Johnny Cash to take you into the weekend. Here are my three selections:
1. My all-time favorite Cash song. As the fellow says about telling a story, give the audience what they didn’t know they wanted. With apologies to the parents of the character in Swingers, this is [...]

18 movie experiences that changed me, part II

In Part I of this series I covered my adolescence (1993-1998) and movies 1-6 that changed me. Now on to my post-adolescence, covering approximately 2001-2004.
Movie Store Clerk/Film Student
In 2001 I went to college. I packed my bags into my old VW bug and hit the road. My school experience covered 5 years, and to be [...]

18 movie experiences that changed me, part I

I direct TV commercials for a living. I studied film in college, my short film played at several festivals. I’ve written feature-length screenplays (“I wrote a hit play!”). Movies have played a big role in my life. This is a list of movie experiences that impacted me at pivotal moments, in big ways. It’s not [...]

What three guys think: Yoon’s Law School Press Conference

What three guys think is a recurring series on the Four + One blog. It is an ongoing conversation between three friends, Niel, Yoon and Jake, who live in three different cities and work in three very different professions. During today’s lunch hour, Yoon held a press conference to announce where he will be attending [...]

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