Quick update: I will be working at KCBS as well!

BREAKING NEWS:
WE ARE LEAVING MIAMI!

Dave accepted a reporter position at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles today! I'm so proud of all he has accomplished with his innate creativity and hard work.

I will be seeking employment too, of course, and will keep you all posted on that front.

It's going to be hard to say goodbye to the friends we've made in Miami over the past 3 years. I plan to post a Miami retrospective in the coming days. Actually, I guess this entire blog could be considered a Miami restrospective!

For now, all I can say, in the spirit of American Idol's Randy Jackson, is:


"Cat! You're going to Hollywood, Dog!"
Yeah, Yeah, I stole that one from Saturday Night Live. :)
Poor Hartman gets all freaked out when the boxes come out. She's moved many times the past 10 years! Don't worry, Hart, I think this is our last move!

MORE BREAKING NEWS:

This just in: There appears to be a job opening for a photographer in Miami! If you or someone you know is interested, follow this link to the job posting to get more information! There is more than one opening.

The guy in the gray shirt to the left is Curt, the Chief/Ops Mgr. Trust me, you all want to work for this guy!

Some Highlights From the Bahamas:


It's always crazy busy when you travel for work. As you can see we did have time to grab a sandwich. And where, you may ask, did we go to find this almost delicious sandwich?


That's right! We did actually eat at the restaurant called "Poop Deck"! You notice I called the sandwich 'almost delicious'... I'm sure it would be unfair (but funny) of me to say the place lived up to it's name. The problem was they put some weird sauce on my sandwich. I'm not a big sauce person. If it's not classic yellow mustard or hot sauce-- chances are I won't like it. Now that I think about it... I'm not sure I want to know what the mystery poop deck sauce was. Moving on!

I suppose since we are on the subject of sauces... One afternoon during lunch I watched as this bee landed on the Bahamian Hot Sauce (far right) and proceeded to slurp up hot sauce around the rim. This went on for quite some time. You're all starting to think my trip to the Bahamas was pretty boring, eh? Ok, let's get to the good stuff:

They had a Stargate at my hotel! :) Alright, alright-- the good stuff:

Okay, so check this out. The media set up a makeshift podium with mics for all the major players to come speak at when they finished with court. I was one of the first to stake out a spot. Prime location! Then this still photographer shows up with a step stool and literally sets up right in front of my camera. And it get's better--

He's on a step ladder when he is a foot away from where they will be speaking! I very politely asked him if he would not mind keeping off of the step stool because he was blocking my shot. He was not as polite. "I'm trying to get a shot too!!". My niceness convinced him to begrudgingly comply. Thank goodness for my Sachtler Hotpod! Though even at full extension there was a nice shot of him as foreground in my Larry Birkhead shot. Afterwards I told him about this great restaurant called "poop deck" that he should definately eat at.

I used our BGAN system for the first time! It's super simple to use. It basically sets up a portable Satellite internet connection so we could ftp our stuff back. Pretty cool! I think pretty much every station out there had one.

Here's me testing out the video chat!

So seriously, the bee was totally slurping up the hot sauce!

I just returned a few days ago from a week long stint in the Bahamas. Yes, I was a part of the media madness and spent much time staring at the front gate of Anna Nicole's bahamian mansion. What a trip! And now I'm headed straight back. Hopefully this time we'll have the chance to eat at the Poop Deck. There are cosmic comedic forces compelling me to eat there. Must. Eat. At. POOOP DECCCK!

I know it was a short post, Johnny D! I'll do more when I get back! I've still got some packing to do tonight.

Sorry, Hartman! I've got to go again.

Wow, covering the superbowl was the most physically intense story I've done in quite some time! I did end up pulling my estimated 20 hour day. A good chunk of it was spent speed walking with gear, practically non-stop, searching for celebrities. I must have walked 10 miles! We did have great success in the celeb department:

Nick Lachey

John Travolta

Jenny McCarthy

Bruce Willis

Chris Issak

Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore

William H. Macy


When Prince performed his halftime show he opened with 'let's get crazy'. That song is an inside joke (and, sorry all, it will remain inside. haha) between my friend Nicole and me. So I called her up and shouted into the phone: "I'm at the superbowl! Prince just took the stage! He's singing 'let's get nuts'!". It was difficult to hear her, but I believe she turned on the tv and exclaimed "Oh my god! You're not joking!". Then the call dropped. I think I'll call her back after I finish with da blogging. :)

I think one of the funniest moments at the superbowl happened in the ladies room. I was waiting outside as I was not in need of a pitstop... Everybody who came out had an expression on their face that said something unbelievable was going on inside. My curiosity peeked and I decided maybe a pitstop was in order-- but the police showed up and wouldn't let anybody else in. My reporter came out with the same look on her face:

Me: What is going on in there?
Her: Oh my gosh, when you walk in there the first thing you see is the first stall door wide open, a woman is sitting there with her pants down to the ground and she's passed out. People thought she might be dead and were trying to wake her, but then she started snoring.

Another interesting, yet unrelated, observation: There was a long line for the Men's room and no line for the Women's room.

Greetings from Superbowl XL1! I've been up before dawn at soggy Dolphin Stadium.

Yes, it's been raining all day and will rain all superbowl night. As I type this it's pouring like it's summertime and fans are searching for ponchos!

Here's our field set (under a tent) where our anchors will be doing the news.

This is Lisa, our entertainment reporter, who I will be working with tonight. We're covering the halftime show and the stars who are here to watch the game. Sweeeeet, huh! Unless, of course, the stars decide to stay inside their hotel suites out of the rain. ;)

I'll be putting in at least a 20 hour day here coming off of a couple hours sleep-- and I love every minute of it! There's nothing like covering high energy events! The energy is contagious. You could be up for 5 days and be wide awake at something like this!

Dave and Lisa did an hysterical live shot with this wierd bungi cord game. You put on a harness with a bungi cord attached to your back and run as fast as you can to see how far you can get before the bungi flings you back! Click here for the live shot!

Here's Dave by the Vince Lombari trophy. There's tons of flickr photos from us and a some of our co-workers on our flickr page if you are interested!
To Be Continued!...