Getting Ready For Vancouver!

Video: http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jUACFMVUqk Hello All!  So glad to be making new friends here!  I've been slightly swamped (see below), but I really hope to respond to each of you in the NEAREST future!!!

I'm swamped because Falling For Grace is in full marketing mode to open up in our first international territory - Vancouver, Canada!  I must say that I'm very excited about this not only because I've heard such fantastic things about Vancouver - beautiful, clean, kind people, etc, but that the Chinese food there is out of this world.  Having grown up in Hong Kong, I'm a bit of a Chinese food snob thinking (whether true or not) that I've had the best and know what the best should be.  But I'm hearing rumours about how the Chinese food in Vancouver is better than even that in Asia.  So, anyone in Vancouver reading this, please let me know where the best dim sum is and where the best wonton noodle soup is?? Oh, and what I really miss is the Chinese style European diner food...do you know what I'm talking about?  Chicken A La King, Black Pepper Steak, Baked Pork Chop with rice... I'll be spending at least a week there promoting "Grace" and a satisfied stomach would certainly help brain cells fire creatively.

And of course if anyone in Vancouver has any ideas about how and who to promote Falling For Grace to, we are all ears here at Team Grace.  So far, our plan is to certainly reach out to the Asian communities in Vancouver (and if anyone has specific names and numbers, please either write me here or e-mail me privately at fallingforgrace@gmail.com).  Our community outreach will also include colleges, women's organizations and film schools.  Because I wrote and directed Falling For Grace as a mainstream romantic comedy fit for an international audience, we would like to reach as wide an audience as possible. 

My producers have already scheduled for me to appear at certain colleges to talk to students about this crazy journey of mine - essentially, what it takes to chase a dream.  And I must say, having spoken at many colleges in the U.S. already, this is one of the most gratifying experiences a filmmaker can have.  I love to encourage students to actively go after their dreams because the journey is what means the most.  I've learned so  much about who I am as a person, how to weather storms and along the way, figure out who my true friends and great collaborators are.  I get to feel every emotion as I continue my journey with the movie opening up in more territories -  excitement, fear, pride, fear, encouragement, fear, success, fear...yes, opening a film is TERRIFYING!  And emotions flip as easily as a coin.  That's what makes the the journey full.

So, yes, I would love any ideas about Vancouver! Team Grace will most likely be hanging around the Tinseltown a lot the first week of November, so stop by and say Hi!  We'd love to hear from everybody...and I bet you might even get one of our very special and personalized promotional fortune cookies!   Aside from getting a good fortune, the cookies really are very yummy!

Until next time - Keep looking at the bright side of life!