Today was going fine, and then a guy almost ran me into oncoming traffic trying to avoid a double-parked van.  I was driving along in my lane on the left, and he was next to me on the right, and all of a sudden he was changing lanes right into me.  I slammed on the brakes and the horn, all three kids screamed, and this guy slipped just in front of me.  I’m pretty sure I let out a string of expletives while it was happening, but I’m not sure.  Hopefully the kids were screaming too loud to hear me.  Thanks to the guy behind me paying attention I didn’t get rear-ended.

So all of that would have been bad enough, but honestly not all that unusual for driving in Brooklyn.  It was what the guy did next that got my blood boiling.  He – with nothing in front of him and still very close in front of me, since I was still trying to avoid getting hit from behind if I stopped completely – slammed on the brakes so that he could yell at me and give me the finger and shake his fist.  I slammed on the brakes so hard that the anti-lock brakes engaged, and I missed hitting this guy by about an inch.  All so that he could aim his anger at me for a situation that had been his fault.

I laid on the horn some more and he got going.  He was in front of me for a few more blocks and it took everything I had not to pull up next to him at the traffic lights and call him every name in the book.  But that would have been about the dumbest thing I could have done.  The guy’s behavior had already clued me in to the fact that he was unhinged.  Plus, I had three kids in the car that I’d be putting in danger.  Plus, I’d be setting a terrible example for them, especially for my son.  Plus, I can’t claim to be better than people like this guy if I act like this guy.

In a situation like that, the only thing that gets me breathing normally again is my belief in karma.  Not the traditional karma, where God decides what happens to you based on your actions, but more of a man-made karma.  That you shape what happens to you based on how you live your life, how you treat others.  I don’t have ulcers because I really believe that something bad will happen to that guy because of how he acted today.

If you ask my kids what karma means, they’ll both say “Do good things and good things will happen to you.”  I don’t dwell on the other part with them, the part that gets me through the day: do bad things and you’ll get what’s coming to you.  Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday.  So I don’t get myself into trouble yelling at this guy and making him madder.  I sit back and let it go, knowing that someday he’ll get what’s coming to him.

Originally posted on Selfish Mom. All opinions expressed on this website come straight from Amy unless otherwise noted. Please visit Amy’s Full Disclosure page for more information. Amy also blogs at Filming In Brooklyn, Behind the Screen, and Momtourage.

This morning while driving back from my kids’ summer camp I stumbled upon the unmistakable sight of dozens of large trucks lining the street, setting up for a movie or TV shoot near the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens.  It turned out to be CBS’ The Good Wife, my new favorite show from last season.  The Good Wife has an amazing cast of powerhouse actors, including Julianna Margulies (ER), Chris Noth (Sex and the City, Law & Order), Josh Charles (Dead Poets’ Society and the completely underrated and overlooked Sports Night) Christine Baranski (Cybill, Mamma Mia, and sucky secret-keeping), and Alan Cumming (X-Men and the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret).  Plus a couple of fantastic cast members who were previously unknown to me, Matt Czuchry and Archi Panjabi, who TV Guide’s Matt Roush referred to as a “Super-Hero Mystery Sex Goddess.”  I went to a panel discussion a few months ago to hear several members of the cast discuss the show, and it was really fascinating.

Anyway, I wish I had time today to wander around the Botanic Gardens hoping to run into Julianna Margulies and gush about how amazing she is on the show, but I had to take my dying Saturn in to have the AC fixed.  And as huge a fan of the show as I am (and as much as I’ve been neglecting Filming In Brooklyn), broken AC during a heat wave trumps fawning fan-girl adventures every time.  This especially sucks because when I went to that panel discussion and had the chance to ask a question, I very self-servingly told the cast about Filming In Brooklyn and begged them to let me on-set should I ever show up while they were in my borough.  Matt Czuchry said OK, but I’d have to wear the same lime-green raincoat I wore to The Paley Center that night.  But at least I’m sitting comfortably on my couch right now instead of standing in the blazing sun in a bright coat trying to explain myself to a disinterested production assistant.

The “set” signs point to an entrance on Washington Avenue near Crown Street, and the trucks line several blocks of Washington Avenue as well as a couple of side streets.  I hope for the cast’s sake that they’re not stuck in coats today filming a Chicago winter scene.  There isn’t enough Kleenex in NYC to blot those foreheads fast enough.

“The Good Wife” at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens [Filming In Brooklyn]

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You can see her below on Good Day NY talking about the upcoming season, which is filming in NYC (yay!) as well as the picnic and the charity Hebrew National is partnering with to make this “better than a picnic.”

Cheryl will be at the picnic until noon.  We’ll be participating in a service project for a charity that’s near and dear to her heart, the Magic Summer Lunchbox Program (from Feeding America), making reusable lunch bags for kids who get free school lunch during the school year but are often left hungry in the summer.  Did you know that you can feed one child for the whole summer for $36?  You can donate to Feeding America here.

UPDATE: Just wanted to add that the local partner for the Magic Summer Lunchbox Program is the Food Bank for New York City.

I’ve also got some more specific directions for anyone driving to the picnic.  I’m told that Randall’s Island is not very big and there will be signs throughout the island directing us to the picnic location, but the last thing I want to do is get lost on the way.  There are directions to the island itself here, and then once you’re on the island:

Please follow signs heading south for the Wards’ Island/Ward’s Meadows Fields.

Pass Field 74 (left) and 63 (right) and park in the Parking Lot just past Field 63.

The Hebrew National BBQ will be at the north end of the Parking Lot on your right.

Remember, you can see what’s going on with the picnic here, and keep up-to-date on Hebrew National happenings on their Facebook page.  And if all that isn’t enough great info for you, follow the fun on Twitter with the hashtag #HebrewNational.  The picnic runs from 11:30-3:30pm, and is free to the public.  There will be a live band, a mechanical bull, giant puzzles, lots of hot dogs, the service project, and of course lots of hot dogs!  And beautiful Randall’s Island, which I’m very excited to see.  Can’t wait!

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At 11:30am on May 22nd I – along with some other great NYC and Philly-area bloggers – will be hosting Hebrew National’s Better-Than-A-Picnic Picnic.  Why is it better than a regular old picnic?  Because aside from the great food, drinks, games and activities, and a band, we’ll also be chipping in to help out a local charity (more info to come on that).  There will also be a special celebrity guest!  I’ll tell you who as soon as I’m allowed to.  No arm twisting, I can keep a secret like nobody’s business.

The picnic is absolutely free to attend, we want as many people to come out and have a good time as possible.  But you do have to RSVP.  If you would like to attend, please email me at Amy@SelfishMom.com with your full name, cell phone #, and how many will be attending in your party.  The picnic goes from 11:30am until about 3:30pm.

You can see what’s going on with the picnic here, and keep up-to-date on Hebrew National happenings on their Facebook page.  And if all that isn’t enough great info for you, follow the fun on Twitter with the hashtag #HebrewNational.

Not in the NYC area?  You can find the dates and locations for all nine of the Hebrew National Better Than A Picnic picnics here.

My other amazing co-hosts for this event?  I’m always humbled to be included in a list a fabulous as this (updated to add a few more great hosts):

Jen, Next Kid Thing
Suzanne, Mom Confessionals
Anna, Mommy Poppins
Carol, NY City Mama
Amy P., Long Island Parent Source
Kimberly, Mom in the City
Lisa, New York Chica
Kelsey, Naptime Chef
Jo-Lynne, Musings of a Housewife
Whitney, Mommies with Style
Melissa, GirlyMama
Cecily, Upper Case Woman
Emily, The Motherhood
Isabel, Alpha Mom

For those of you who know me, there’s one last nagging detail to take care of, because you’re probably asking yourself why a vegetarian is co-hosting a hot-dog-based picnic.  Simple.  My kids aren’t vegetarian.  My husband is most definitely not vegetarian.  And Hebrew National is the hot dog I buy and cook for them.

Hope to see you on the 22nd!

UPDATE: I posted a link to directions and a map here.

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Each of the thirteen events includes admission for the day at whatever fun place is hosting the event, and each event has exclusive activities just for Kids Club Thirteen members.  Plus, there are other discounts available to dozens of places in the tri-state area, like the NYC Police Museum, the Queens Botanical Gardens, the Big Apple Circus, the Gazillion Bubble Show, New York Liberty games, and many many more.

The first “fun & free” event is coming up on May 9th at the Prospect Park Zoo.  Kids Club Thirteen members get admission to the zoo on the 9th for the zoo’s annual alpaca and sheep shearing event, with special activities just for Kids Club Thirteen members!  Ruff Ruffman from FETCH! will be there, and that’s another great thing about the club: your kids will get to meet some of their favorite PBS characters at these events.

Some other details of the club:

• The club is designed for families with kids ages 3-11.
• There’s a free event each month, with four events this summer
• Your children’s birthdays get announced on TV
• If you buy your membership before May 10th you get TWO years for the price of one!

I just want to talk a little bit more about that last point, because that’s kind-of a big deal.  “Founding Families” who join the club before May 10th get the first two years of the club for $75, which is an incredible price.  It will probably pay for itself just in free admission to a couple of events.

I’m not being paid (besides getting a free membership) to talk about Kids Club Thirteen.  I enthusiastically agreed to do it because I think it’s a great program, and I would have joined even if I had nothing to do with the program.  While some of the events will be at places my family already loves, some of them are going to be a great opportunity to sample some of the best museums and other venues that the area has to offer.  The next three events after the Prospect Park Zoo take place in places we’ve never been: the Staten Island Children’s Museum, the Stickley Museum, and the Intrepid.  And hopefully we’ll make some new friends as we attend these events each month and get to know the families.

So, I’m a little bummed that I won’t be at the first event, or at least not at the special activities part of it (that’s the day I’ll be running the RBaby Foundation race).  But I’m really looking forward to the rest, and hope to see a lot of you over the next two years at Kids Club Thirteen “fun & free” events!

To join, go to the Kids Club Thirteen site.  Hope to see you there!

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If you saw my google calendar you’d think it was Mission Control.  Every one of the kids’ gym days is on there.  Every day that Fiona is supposed to bring her violin to school or that I’m supposed to drive the Tae Kwon Do carpool is on there.  National holidays and NYC parking holidays are all marked on it in different colors.  School trips, blog trips, and family trips are all there.  And events go in there the moment I RSVP.  The problem is that I never actually look ahead and plan for any of this stuff.  So now, I’ve gotten myself into a situation where I’m meeting Laura Bennett in less than two days, and have no idea what to wear.  To make things worse, I’ll be spending all day tomorrow driving back home to Brooklyn from Buffalo with the kids, and all day Wednesday at blogging events, so I’ll have no time to shop or iron either.

If I were one of those plan-ahead type people, I’d have put in my calendar exactly what I was going to wear, with a reminder a week beforehand to make sure that it was clean and pressed, with accessories and shoes ready and waiting, and I would have actually looked ahead and acted on it.  But as I’ve already said that’s not me, so I’m a little screwed.

But listen, this isn’t just about me meeting Laura Bennett.   You can meet her too.  She’s signing her new book, Didn’t I Feed You Yesterday: A Mother’s Guide to Sanity in Stilettos, at the Borders Books in the Time Warner Center at 7pm this Wednesday, April 7th.  I’ll be there.  I have to be: I promised my mom an autographed copy.  I have no stilettos, and even if I did I just wouldn’t wear them on the subway, that’s a broken ankle waiting to happen.  But whatever I do end up wearing, you’ll know I agonized over it, changed my mind twelve times, cursed the fact that I’m between sizes and have no clothes, and then finally threw on something and ran out the door.

I’ve read an advanced copy of the book, and it’s fabulous.  As soon as I have a sec I’ll write a proper review, but it’s hilarious and I agree with just about everything she says.  And naturally, even though it’s a parenting book, she talks about her stint on Project Runway too.  How could she not?  Having to leave home for several weeks when you’ve got an apartment full of kids is definitely relevant to parenting.

So whether you’re a Project Runway fan, a fan of mothers who don’t take parenting any more seriously than it should be taken, or you just want to claim to be one degree closer to Tim Gunn, I hope you’ll come down to Borders on Wednesday for Laura’s book signing.  I’ll be there.  I have to be.  It’s in my calendar.

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I’m also hoping that one or both of the kids doesn’t freak out.  They’re excited now, but even though I’ve tried to prepare them as much as possible, telling them where we’re going isn’t the same as standing next to your five-year-old as she wails in the middle of the street that she doesn’t want to climb down the old ladder into the dark tunnel.

It’s all part of something called Obscura Day, being celebrated with events all over the world on Saturday, March 20th 2010.  According the the website, it’s “an international celebration of wondrous, curious, and esoteric places.”   There’s a private tour of a pyramid in Rome (I didn’t know Rome had any pyramids!), a demonstration of a Victorian computer in California, a tour of an archeological site in Connecticut, a tour of a salt mine 65 stories below Kansas, an expedition through a tunnel full of glow worms in Sydney, and many many more.  It’s all being organized by Atlas Obscura, a group that reports on strange and odd places and collections all over the world.  I’m sure they have no shortage of subject matter.

So, if you want to participate, it’s not too late!  While some of the activities are sold out (like our tunnel tour), there are plenty that still have room.  Check out the site and see if there’s anything going on tomorrow where you live!

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But my love for my websites was apparently greater than my fear of food poisoning, because I managed to snag a reservation one of the nights they were shooting and convinced The Ass to go with me.  I was hoping to write it all up for Filming In Brooklyn, but of course the production made me sign so many papers I decided in the end it wouldn’t be worth the headache and kept quiet (online, anyway) about our little adventure.  So, basically, we paid a babysitter to watch our kids while we paid to go eat in a restaurant that we knew to be so incredibly bad it had made it onto Kitchen Nightmares.  We did this willingly, enthusiastically even.

If you ever get a chance to eat during the filming of one of these shows, you want to do it on the last night – after Chef Gordon Ramsay has worked his magic and brought the restaurant around.  We were definitely not there after the make-over.  The food was pretty bad.  But of course, we weren’t there for the food.  We were there to see the show get produced, maybe hear a few expletives straight from Ramsay’s mouth, and perhaps even get on TV.

We were seated against the back wall of the restaurant, which gave me a good view of everything that was going on, and gave The Ass a great view of the back wall and the giant boom mic that would occasionally hover over my head.  I would know it was there because we’d be talking about something personal – the kids, gossip, it was a date after all! – and all of a sudden The Ass would ask me how my food was, out of nowhere.  That was the only way I knew we were on camera – the cameras were zooming in on us from across the room.

The cameras got close to us only when I sent something back.  Sending something back is something that I hardly ever do.  I mean, something has to be just downright awful, or simply the wrong order, for me to send it back.  I’m more likely to leave hungry and never ever return.  But we had been told on the way in that if we didn’t like something, we should let a producer know.  I let the producer know that my rice and beans were pretty gross (come on, how do you mess up rice and beans?), and I would absolutely not say that I was pushed to send them back, but I was encouraged.  Or rather, the producer looked so hopeful that I would send it back that I just couldn’t let her down.  So I sent it back, and got something new, and that was that.  The rest of the meal wasn’t great, but wasn’t worth sending back either.

The whole time we were there, we didn’t hear any shouting, didn’t see any drama, didn’t get to watch Chef Ramsay foam at the mouth.  No staff members fled in tears.  All in all, kind-of a let down.  Chef Ramsay did wander through the dining room a couple of times but never came to our table.  This was his night to observe, to see how the staff and owners do on their own before getting his help.  No fireworks.

The episode finally aired this week (you can watch the Mojito episode of Kitchen Nightmares here) and while we don’t appear in it for even a split second, it’s a good episode, you should watch.  It’s fun seeing how shows are made (and I really wish I could find a way to resurrect Filming in Brooklyn without giving up on sleep entirely), so if the show comes to your town you should try to get in.  But remember, if you actually want good food, try to get a reservation for the last day!

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This post first appeared on July 7th, 2008.

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Director Antoine Fuqua didn’t grow up in Brooklyn. And he didn’t grow up in South Central L.A., where his other cop drama, Training Day, takes place. He grew up in Pittsburgh, and got his first taste of filming when a TV production moved into his neighborhood. According to Brooklyn’s Finest producer John Thompson, Mr. Fuqua went to the set every day, hanging around and figuring out what the different jobs were, and how things were done. He said to himself, I could do that.

Four teenagers from the Brownsville neighborhood where much of Brooklyn’s Finest is being shot are getting a similar chance to learn about filmmaking, but they’re not just hanging around the set: they’re actually being mentored by Mr. Fuqua. Mr. Fuqua chose four kids, based on their essays, to participate in the Fuqua Youth Film Program. They received high-tech camera equipment and instruction on how to use it, and were given assignments to complete. They got to meet with Ethan Hawke and Mr. Fuqua, and have been on the set learning how movies get made.

Below are three of the four participants in the Fuqua Youth Film Program. Shown L-R: Bryan Martin, Ethan Hawke, Lea-Sym Feyjoo, Antoine Fuqua, and Terrell Brown (not pictured: Marcus Underwood). [Photo credit: Phil Caruso]

Everyone Filming In Brooklyn spoke with was really excited about this program. They all wanted to give something back to the community that has embraced this production.

Mr. Fuqua was especially enthusiastic about giving back to the community, and about the importance of filming this movie in Brooklyn. Mr. Fuqua was able to take a few minutes during a break in shooting and speak with Filming In Brooklyn.

FIB: You could build a bodega set, and you could build a small apartment on a soundstage, and have complete control of the environment. Why was it so important for you to get into the actual spaces?

Antoine Fuqua: Well, it’s the details. You can’t build the details. You can try but you can’t really capture the details of the people, of the energy…It affects how I film, it affects the actors’ behavior, when you’re in the real environment, when you really can interact with the people who live here, it makes a big difference in what comes off emotionally on the screen.

FIB: And do you find that the crowds that gather to watch you, are they ever a distraction, or do they really just juice everybody up?

Antoine Fuqua: I mean they’re both, honestly, they’re both. They’re a good distraction. They’re always going to be a distraction because there’s some people who you’re getting in the way of their everyday life, and that’s to be expected. They’re just trying to go to work, or take care of their business. And we’re really in the way. But they juice everybody up because the majority of the people so far have been amazing. They’ve just been helpful and excited about it, you know, really cheering us on out here. And I’ve had a lot of guys come up to me and say, keep doing what you’re doing, thank you for shooting here, really appreciative. So, it’s been great.

FIB: The four teens that you gave the cameras to, are you going to follow that long-term? Are you going to see what they’re doing with those down the road?

Antoine Fuqua: Yeah, we’ll follow them long-term, absolutely. I mean, I did the same thing in the jungle, in South Central [L.A.] when I did Training Day. I took some guys with me and one of them went on and did the documentary Bastards of the Party, it was on HBO that I produced, and a few others been in a couple movies, so I always follow through with these guys. I like to stay in touch, see how they do. That’s part of the reason I’m here is to hopefully inspire other young people who don’t get to see it that often. Maybe they could find a love of filmmaking.

FIB: You’ve said about Training Day that L.A. was a character in the movie. Do you feel the same the way about Brooklyn?

Antoine Fuqua: One-hundred percent.

FIB: Could this have been done anywhere else?

Antoine Fuqua: No. Trust me, I’ve had financiers say, well, could you shoot it in Detroit? Or could you shoot it in Canada? I wouldn’t do it. I wouldn’t have done the movie. I would not have done the movie.

[At this point in the interview, Mr. Fuqua had to pause, because all sorts of commotion had broken out next to us, at the red light. A car was blaring hip-hop music, and as soon as the light turned green and that sound faded, it was replaced by an angry driver swearing and honking his horn repeatedly, trying to move along the drivers who had slowed down to see what all the people and lights and cameras were doing there under the El tracks.]

Antoine Fuqua: See? You can’t- You can’t get that in- This is Brooklyn. Brooklyn style.

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This post first appeared on July 6th, 2008.

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Last week, Filming In Brooklyn got the opportunity to spend a day on location in Brownsville with the cast and crew of Brooklyn’s Finest. This movie is being shot almost entirely in Brooklyn, and almost all of it is on location. We were lucky enough to be able to speak at length with several of the people responsible for getting this movie made, including director Antoine Fuqua, producer John Thompson, and screenwriter Michael C. Martin.

Filming In Brooklyn is very used to seeing jaded residents of neighborhoods like Carroll Gardens, Fort Greene, Williamsburg, and Dumbo complain about all of the negatives that accompany a film or TV shoot. Those parts of Brooklyn, with their beautiful rows of brownstones, picturesque bridge views, cute shops and restaurants, and Manhattan vistas, do get the bulk of the on-location shoots that occur in Brooklyn. It’s not unusual to see two or even three productions filming within blocks of each other, their trailers and trucks taking up blocks of valuable parking spots, their crews and equipment blocking the sidewalks. Those residents have largely gotten over the excitement of seeing stars in their midst.

Antoine Fuqua and Richard Gere under the tracks in Brownsville:

So, it was nice to see an entire neighborhood react with curiosity and excitement to a production moving in. People of all ages crowded around to see what was going on. A young man pointed across the street nonchalantly and said “Yeah, that’s Richard Gere over there.” An old man walked up to a production assistant and said “I’m ready for my close-up. Where do you want me?” And rather than keep residents far back and under control, Brooklyn’s Finest has gone out of its way to include the people of Brownsville in the process. Many of the extras live in the neighborhood. Several speaking roles went to locals. Many days, the crew sets up extra chairs and headphones so that neighborhood kids can listen in as scenes are being shot. And everyone we spoke to had great things to say about the reception that Brownsville has given the production.

Screenwriter Michael C. Martin (pictured above) told us that the neighborhood has been “incredibly cool” about hosting the production. Sitting in the shadow of the Van Dyke Houses, he related how he grew up ten blocks – two subway stops – from where they were shooting, and was excited to be there as part of the production, inspiring others in the neighborhood to follow their dreams.

Many local businesses have been used in scenes, and an apartment in the Van Dyke Houses was a key location. The Van Dyke Community Center was used repeatedly as the meal spot for the cast and crew. According to Nick Bernstein, the locations manager, donations were made to neighborhood organizations and parks, and the production will be installing grills at the Van Dyke Houses as a way of saying thank you.

Filming this production in Brooklyn was very important to all involved. Producer John Thompson mentioned that just a few years ago, economics would have prevented this movie from being made. However, he explained that New York State recently tripled its tax incentive for productions filming in New York State. Added to the tax incentive that the City of New York provides, filming in New York has become not only possible for many productions, but preferable. Previously, many TV shows and movies set in New York would do most of their filming on an L.A. soundstage, and then come to NY to shoot just a few days on location. But according to the L.A.Times, shows such as Life on Mars, Ugly Betty, Kings, and Fringe will be doing all of their filming in New York this season.

According to Thompson, the new tax incentives can represent the entire difference between a project making money or losing money. And in the case of an independent film company, which doesn’t have the finances of a huge studio to fall back on, the incentives can make a project like Brooklyn’s Finest possible. “Everybody would prefer to film an entire movie in New York City, not Toronto.”

Coming up next: Antoine Fuqua speaks with Filming In Brooklyn

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