Just got home from stuffing ourselves for Thanksgiving, Hong Kong style. Went to a great Chinese place and had the most non-traditional Thanksgiving meal of my whole life. But man, there’s a lot to be thankful for, so we just got into it and ate all there was to eat.

It was a Thanksgiving away from home for a bunch of us. Tim brought a friend from LA, Kelly, the Hales were there, Matt, John, my dad Toofo and Stef’s mom, Cecilia. And of course my clan. My dad didn’t seem to dig the food at first (he kept reminding me how his Cuban black rice would’ve been on this night, a Thanksgiving staple at the Sanchez home) but he got into the Chinese flavor really quick, ended up getting stuffed like the rest of us.

We then kicked it to the Lobby Lounge at the Intercontinental Hotel, one of our favorite late-night haunts. The food is great, especially the desserts. We hung there for a bit and then headed home on the MTR. Long day for sure.

The long day started with us shooting two new shots I added to the sacrifice room scene in the temple at the end of the film. The idea came to me a few days ago when heading to shoot the final pick-ups with the bloody car. It fixed a script note that Jamie and I had wanted to address for many months now but couldn’t find a solution for, but luckily, I think I came through with this one, literally on the last day of the scheduled shoot. If it doesn’t work we can always leave it out, but at least we’ve shot it.

Cecilia, my dad and Adrian dug the temple set. There was still some water in the deep parts so they couldn’t explore the whole thing. It was a bit sad leaving today after the shoot. The temple will be demolished in the next few days and soon nothing will remain of all that wonderful work except photos. And the film, of course, which doesn’t really do it justice. I grabbed a colored concrete rock and a styrofoam rock to take home with me.

The last two days of shooting were great and the wrap party was even better but I’ll fill that in a bit later. For now, I just wanted to wish all the people around me a terrific Thanksgiving. Got tons to be thankful for this year and hope that things are the same with all of you.

Heading home in 8 days!

Peace from Hong Kong.

-ed

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