akabrunette’s blog

This week, Sarah and Julie welcome back their Blonde, Sandra DeNise.  Sandy's back in town for the LA leg of the Jersey Boys Tour which opens at the Ahmanson Theater Sunday, June 3.    Sandy shares her excitement to be home for awhile as the three girls look forward to making summer plans together.  So, if you're in LA, get your tickets to Jersey Boys and catch Blonde singing and dancing live on stage.  Until then, get comfy as we welcome back an old friend, and as always, enjoy our SHOW!!!

Did you catch our audio podcast on TV Home tours??? Well,   now glimpse a bonus vlog of the tour!  Watch as both brunettes take you to some of your favorite TV homes and reveal what they look like today!!  Now, as always, enjoy the SHOW!!!

This week, Sarah and Julie discuss living in LA and what it takes to try and own a home in Hollywood.  After reading Los Angeles Magazine's Real Estate Issue, Julie confesses that a home in the hills may just be a fantasy.  Sarah devises a tour of classic television homes around Hollywood in hopes of keeping that fantasy alive.  Starting with the Happy Days home and finishing with a vampire hideout, the two Brunettes recount their adventures and contemplate the job of a good location manager. Check out our tour HERE on Google maps.  Grab your maps and cameras, then as always, enjoy the SHOW!!!

As promised...this week, Nontourage continues their exploration of California wine.  For your vlogging pleasure, we offer another excursion just north of LA to Solvang, CA.  Paying homage to both wine and film, Sarah and Julie get sidetracked in this quaint vineyard town.  So, grab a glass,  a bottle of your favorite vino, and as always enjoy the SHOW!!! 

This week Julie and Sarah talk wine.  After a weekend getaway to southern California’s wine country, they learned the difference between a sweet and dry wine, how the aging process affects the taste of each bottle, and that tasting should be done in small doses.  With this new found knowledge, they decided to explore the history of Los Angeles wine making.  The ladies discuss their surprising discovery that LA used to be home to numerous vineyards and describe their visit to the one and only remaining winery in downtown.  So, grab your corkscrew, your favorite red, and as always enjoy the SHOW!!!

This week, Sarah and Julie welcome to the show: their friend, French Maid TV creator, Tim Street.  Tim shares how he navigated his career from Central Florida theme park train engineer to owning his own production company in Los Angeles.  He describes how his interest in interactive entertainment led him to produce original content for the internet, and how he feels that the world of online entertainment is still evolving.  He explains the business model behind his popular "How To" podcast: French Maid TV and promotes his new website Videoney which offers even more advice to those who want to dabble in the biz of online video. So grab your feather dusters, get to know Tim, and as always enjoy the SHOW!!!

This week Sarah and Julie take a look at the LA improv/sketch circuit.  Likening it to the off off off...off Broadway scene in New York, Sarah explains how the LA comedy theater scene is a place where struggling Angeleno actors can get out and practice their craft as well as meet  new people.  The girls discuss many of the improv schools and companies located in LA including Groundlings, Second City, Upright Citizens Brigade, Improv Olympic and Acme as well as some theaters like Westside Eclectic that bridge the gap between live comedy theater and online community. The girls concur that whether you are in the mood to brush up on your improv performance skills or just want a good giggle, there are plenty of choices any night of the week. So, grab a partner, your favorite oversized prop, and as always enjoy the SHOW!!!

Join Nontourage as they hit the road once again.  In their continued efforts to find where the entertainment industry's up & coming artists gather, the girls find themselves in Austin, Texas for SXSW.  Follow Sarah and Julie as they travel around Austin to discover what the Texas state capitol and SXSW is really all about.  So, pack your bags, grab your cowboy boots, and as always enjoy the SHOW!!!

Day seven!! Whoo!!! We made it! In this final vlog for videoblogging week 2007, Sandy reveals what really goes on backstage at the musical "Jersey Boys." And now without further ado enjoy the SHOW!!!

Day six and we are in the home stretch.  Today's offering once again takes you behind the scenes of vlogmaking and reveals what sometimes may befall even a Hollywood crew.  Now, once again, enjoy the SHOW!!!