Despite my lack of sleep the night before, my flight to Vegas went smoothly and I was greeted at the airport by a large festival Cadillac and a blast of hot air. Somehow I’d managed to forget that Vegas in June is broiling!

After checking into my room at the Palms, I headed down to festival HQ to the tune of "Pour Some Sugar On Me" blasting over the beeps and blips of the slot machines. I took a brief detour to check out the pool, and felt as though I’d stepped into a spring break ...

One thing never changes. No matter how many times I swear I’m going to get a good night’s sleep before I leave for a festival, inevitably I end up packing the night before til the wee hours of the morning. Usually that makes the first day at any film fe...

Usually, I associate Memorial Day with BBQs and a trip to the beach. But unfortunately, this year Memorial Day lived up to its name. Tonight I went to a memorial gathering for Gabe Byer, an old friend of mine from acting class and Theatre Tribe, the first theater company I belonged to in Los Angeles. Last year, he and a partner opened up The York, a gastropub in Highland Park that got