Before we went to our Meet and Greet at McCormick and Schmick's Tuesday night, Jamie and I had not eaten all day and so we headed for the first restaurant that looked like they made stiff drinks and good food! We walked over to Maggiano's Italian restaurant and man it was so good!
The waitress - Rachel was really nice and put up with our criticism of the bartender's skills. She also could not believe that Jamie wanted a bowl of minestrone soup when it was 100 degrees outside!
Our waitress Rachel was a very patience woman.We even took pix of our food!
Jamie had the spaghetti...
Angie had the crab cakes - OMG!They were so good Jamie counted Angie saying "oh my god" 7 times!
Then we had to get back to the rooms and freshen up quickly before the Meet and Greet BOF downstairs at McCormicks and Schmick's. We walked into the restaurant at 8 p.m. and were so surprised to see an old friend there. Craig Maras!!!!
Angie and Craig at the Meet and Greet.Angie worked with Craig on Stuart Little 2 and Jamie with Craig on Mulan. Craig is an amazingly talented artists who left film for video games for a while hoping for some stability. He has since left EA and relocated to Boston and surprised Angie and Jamie by driving down. Angie was so happy to see Craig and cannot say enough good things about him. He is a genuinely funny person and and a real original talent!
Javier Solsona and Angie hanging out.Javier Solsona rigged our clown character - Redd - for the book. Angie has known Javier for about 10-11 years now and he is another talent that we both have a lot of respect for. He is one of those people who understands fully the technical aspects and the artistry to computer graphics. We love you Javier!
Kevin Harreld, Darin Hofmeyr and J Griffin stopped by to have a drinkie-poo.
Kevin Harreld, Darin Hofmeyr and J Griffin stopped by to have a drinkie-poo.Kevin Harreld is Executive Editor at Thomson Publishing and we are so glad he stopped by M & S to have a drink. In fact, he bought our drinks!!! Thanks Kevin!!
Darin Hoffmeyr and J Griffin are both working animators who also came by to share in the fun. Darin was the one who convinced us to spread the word about our little meeting to the CG-CHar list and J Griffith has known Angie for years and is set up at Turner in Atlanta. So glad to meet you two guys - keep on animating and telling great stories!
There were many others at the BOF, but as the drinks flowed the camera was used less and less. So thanks to everyone for stopping by...time to get some rest because we have to do it all over again tomorrow!
~ Jamie and Angie
Darin Hoffmeyr and J Griffin are both working animators who also came by to share in the fun. Darin was the one who convinced us to spread the word about our little meeting to the CG-CHar list and J Griffith has known Angie for years and is set up at Turner in Atlanta. So glad to meet you two guys - keep on animating and telling great stories!
There were many others at the BOF, but as the drinks flowed the camera was used less and less. So thanks to everyone for stopping by...time to get some rest because we have to do it all over again tomorrow!
~ Jamie and Angie
blog
facebook
myspace
twitter
flickr
3 comments:
Wow, looks like a good time was had by all. Wish I could have been there.
Hey, look at that : Craig Maras !
We just bid a fond (but sad) farewell to Craig down here in Orlando. Before he moved to Boston he was working with us at Cecropia Games (which is actually headquarterd in Boston area, but the production facility is here in Orlando). We only had Craig with us for a few months before he relocated to Boston about a month ago. We miss you Craig ! Hope everything's going good up there.
By the way, I've eaten at Maggiano's and the crab cakes truly are great ! Good choice. I love Boston. Got to get back up there sometime soon.
Yes, it was so good to see Craig and the crab cakes OMG were fantatsic! BTW the opus cartoon is so funny! They are working on a CG opus movie out here right now!
Post a Comment