We flew back east a couple weeks ago to film for Shiners Hospitals for Children.
First off we spent a couple days filming at the hospital in Philly.
We were framing up a shot for a guy with a guitar - he did music therapy with the kids - which is why I'm holding the boom like this.
The week was packed - we'd start pretty early each day and covered all parts of the hospital including filming in the Operating Rooms during surgery which was sometimes crazy.
Philly was cool. Ate at a couple nice spots - I'm usually skeptical of East Coast Mexican food but El Vez was good. This place Marathon had like healthy, organic food that was great. Matt actually snapped this photo one night on our way out to Insomnia Cookies.
Then from Philly we flew straight to Boston and filmed 2 additional days at the hospital there.
This hotel was pretty legit - a hundred years ago it was a jail and they've now converted it into a luxury boutique hotel with a charming 'jail' theme.
Hannah, the PR intern, helped make our jobs easier by handling the millions of consent forms we gathered from patients and their families throughout the day.
Didn't eat anywhere special in Boston - the one night we were there we were exhausted from the flight in, the jetlag and the third consecutive day of filming. So we stayed in, napped and watched a Kardashians marathon with some Room Service.
All in all, we filmed a ton of stuff in 4 short days and really we're just getting started. Hitting 3 more hospitals this summer including Portland and Mexico City.
Really interesting places to film and obviously completely different than everything else that we do. Always come away feeling extremely grateful and also just happy that the kids there are getting the best care in the world. The attitudes of everyone in the hospitals really make them special places.
Shout out to Fabiana from HQ for making it all happen and Stephanie and Jeanne for the hospitality.
