Friday, February 8, 2008
The Wren’s Nest is Big in Japan
Posted by: Amelia // Category: Fame and Fortune, Technological Advances // 10:06 am
Today’s a big day for the Wren’s Nest. Not only are we having outdoor lights installed (I challenge you to control your excitement), but we’re being filmed for a Japanese television show! We’re international superstars!
For those of you just tuning in, The Wren’s Nest is in the United States. That means that these filmmakers traveled at least 300 miles to get here from Japan. Big time!
Right now Lain is giving everyone the expedited tour. In fact, he just delivered the money line about being JCH’s great-great-great grandson (people eat that up, I tell you what).
In the meantime, I’ll be either:
- (a) liveblogging this exciting visit (I hope you appreciate the variety of events we choose to treat in this manner), or
- (b) pretending to live blog but actually posting another blog in the meantime.
Either way, I anticipate your satisfaction.
UPDATES!
The director, in the girls’ bedroom. Allow me to be girly for a moment and say “What a cute jacket!”*. Okay, thanks.
No, this man does not have a camera for a head. He has a head for a head. Derr!
This is the producer/ the person who speaks the best English, and thus our go-to. She’s standing next to one of our Japanese translations of the Brer Rabbit stories and, unlike us, is able to read the cover.
Here’s a close up of the book in question.
Something sure is hilarious.
UPDATE!
Here’s an action shot of Jeri talking to fidgety small children, our storyteller Ms. Woodie in the background, and behind her, the camera crew. Documented from multiple angles! Watch out!
The whole crew, hard at work in the library. While they worked we gallivanted around, as per usual.
And then they gave us gifts! We’re not entirely sure what they all are, but I will tell you this: we liked how they were wrapped.
Wow! What a great day at the Wren’s Nest. Even for Jeri, who began the day by remarking “Americans have too many opinions”. By the end of the day, she barely even cared.
So now we’ve got Japan down, in our list of places to conquer with love. If only we could lock down Atlanta…
*Actually telling the director she had a cute jacket proved to be our Biggest Language Barrier Issue of the Day. Luckily, awkwardness transcends language.
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At least 300 miles?
“The straight line distance between Atlanta and Tokyo is approximately 6868 miles or 11053 kilometers.”
http://www.findlocalweather.com/forecast.php?forecast=pass&pass=distances&dpp=0&pands1x=Atlanta%2C+GA&pands2x=Tokyo%2C+Japan&Find+distance=How+far+is+it%3F
You are absolutely right though, i suppose. But it’s like saying that Lain wears a tie at most 300 days/year. Or that Amelia says “mm-hmm” at least 3 times a day.
She did say “At least” -
You know, the Margaret Mitchell House is the # one attraction for Japanese visitors to Atlanta. Maybe we can put some of our PR stuff with them - - and, if we ever get marketing money, perhaps we can advertise in Japan together.
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