Vancouver day 7

My final day in Vancouver.  Pics of Sunset Beach, English Bay/False Creek and Burrard Street Bridge. Today it didn't rain! And blue sky/sunny :)

Met @twifans , lovely people :)

 Met up with/stayed with @marystat  (who I went to Italy/New Moon filming with)

Vancouver day 6

I found an active Breaking Dawn set. Security and production trucks there. There was production equipment in the blue tent. Unfortunately I couldn't get any closer. Security lead us away from the set area, but did confirm they were filming a Twilight movie and that the cables coming down the cliff were for filming (not for climbers). So possibly for a green screen?  The set is in a public area so security cannot ban everyone from going for a walk/hike in the area. There were no cast members on set at the time, but judging by all the crew (around 10?), production equipment and security, it was definitely an active set. As we were leaving, some younger fans arrived and asked what they were filming, was it Breaking Dawn and security said no, they were filming a commercial.  The pics are areas which were marked for filming.

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In other non Breaking Dawn news..  views from road north of Vancouver. Stunning scenery.

I met @rpattz4me today. Good times :)

And I found a police car.. said i would find and take a pic of one ha ha!

Went to Vera's Burger Shack for dinner. Spent the evening at @robbedmyheart s and watched 'Welcome To The Rileys' (at last! not released in UK). Brilliant movie! James, Melissa and Kristen all great.  Then watched 'Eclipse'  with Rob and Kristens commentary. It's hilarious.

Vancouver day 5

(blogger doesnt want to layout my pics today.. no idea why)

Today I went to see some Breaking Dawn sets.  This is Bella swans house in Surrey.  It's really tiny, and is just a set built house. There is still security there so obviously this set, whilst not being used for filming right now, will be used again before Breaking Dawn filming ends. The tree that Jacob climbs into Bella's room is so small.

This is Jacob Blacks house in Port Coquitlam.  It is a real house and, random fact, was actually green but producers paid for the owners to paint it red. This was way back when they wanted to use it for New Moon.

In the evening went to Glowbal bar & grill in Yaletown with @persinger20 @robbedmyheart @monkiesjunkie @hazelplaid  and met up with my London friend @lorabell afterwards :)

Vancouver day 4

Today I went to Stanley Park. It's 100 acres. I walked around the Lost Lagoon, through the woods (TALL trees & a great wooden crocodile!) and all the way to Prospect Point. Stunning views of West & North Vancouver, the bay, Lions Gate bridge and the mountains. Oh, and I saw a black squirrel, I didn't know they existed (we have red or grey squirrels in England).

Walked back through the park down the seawall walk, towards Downtown, to the totem poles at Brockton point.

It was a really nice day, sunny (still really cold though) but exhausted after walking around for hours. I ate dinner (mussels and fries) in the hotel restaurant and had a relaxing evening. Resting for more exploring tomorrow!

Vancouver day 3

Underworld 4 was filming in this alleyway (unfortunately only discovered set as they were clearing away).

I went to Gastown today. This is the steam clock . As you can see it was fully working when I was there :) really cool.

Had lunch is a cafe called Cafe BuonGiorno. The Everton v Fulham football (soccer) match was on the tv. ha ha. Also went to a old book store. I could have easily spend hours in there.

For dinner, I went to 'Nooks' restaurant on Robson Street for pizza. Below is a pic of the mountains, from Robson Street.

I'm obsessed with these mountains.

After that I went to La Casa Gelato. http://www.lacasagelato.com It has 218 flavours of ice cream!! Amazing place. I need to come back here one day when i haven't given up chocolate for charity (see JustGiving link to the right) I needed really good self control, wasn't easy. After trying some of the crazy flavours (curry flavour ice cream??) I settled on vanilla and butterscotch which was extremely nice!

This is the view from Cloud 9 bar/restaurant. http://www.cloud9restaurant.ca 42nd floor! The lift goes up 1 floor a second, and the restaurant revolves 360 degrees so you see all of Vancouver. Crazy.. and the view was just wow. I also saw the super moon from this restaurant :)

Vancouver day 2

Pic above is inside Orpheum theatre, where Rob Pattinson was filming Breaking Dawn a few days ago. (and where Underworld 4 filmed later today) Nice theatre/set right ?

view from hotel window vancouver + mountains :)

I went food shopping in the morning. So much choice, and different to England. I had to ask my roomie lots of questions *blush*. I didn't think things would be so different. This is my first time out of Europe. Minor culture shock, the food, crossing the road (no button to push to change the lights?), trying to talk in Canadian or American, as lots of words are different. I did lots of sightseeing today. I walked to Burrard inlet (see pic above). I'm shocked at how close the city is to the mountains. It's stunning. I saw a fire engine and took a pic and the firemen waved ha ha. Am on a mission to see/take a pic of a police car whilst i'm here now..

The streets all look like a movie set to me as that's the only time i've seen them. I know Vancouver is the same as most Canadian and American cities. Am getting used to it slowly.

Ate something I've never had before (and probably never will again..), Buffalo! It was really nice :)

I spent evening at @robbedmyheart s apartment watching Rob Pattinson interview on Jay Leno show :)

Vancouver day 1

Hey all,

So I haven't updated this blog in forever. If you follow me on twitter (which most/all of you do) then you know all the adventures I've had since I last updated! I thought I would write about my Vancouver trip so you can follow my adventures here :)

Day 1 is just travelling but I thought I would share.

plane journey - London Heathrow to Vancouver. 11 hours. 3631 miles. watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1, Spiderwick Chronicles , and Atonement. The food was really good, well compared to European flights ha ha. Chicken, pasta, spinach and carrots, followed by vanilla icecream later on. Seeing the Rockie mountains from the plane window was amazing!

Arrived at Vancouver airport at 4pm exhausted, just wanting to desperately get my luggage and get to my hotel. I got asked lots of questions at Customs desk , why was I travelling alone, who was I visiting, where I am staying.. assumed Customs woman was ok with everything I said. She wrote some numbers on my customs declaration card but I had no idea what that meant and carried on to the final check point to leave the airport. I got stopped and told to go to another area. I then had to queue for 45 minutes to speak to a Customs officer. I called my hotel roomie to let her know where I was. Then Customs officer asked me more questions..and literally took everything out of my suitcase. I gave him all the hotel details, and friends contact details. He disapeared with my passport and details. I waited some more. Eventually, after another 2o-30 minutes officer came back and said I was free to go. I found out later that the officer had called my roomie to check all the details were correct. I eventually left Vancouver airport at 6.20pm. The last shuttle bus to my hotel was 6pm *sigh* so I had to get a taxi.

I arrived at hotel and literally put my luggage down and went across the street to a bar called Joeys, to meet my hotel roomie @persinger20 , and 2 more twitter friends @robbedmyheart @monkeysjunkie . Food, chat, good times but unfortunately I was too tired to enjoy it fully. By the time I went to bed I had been awake 23 hours.

Twilight convention memories

27 February - 1st March 2009 Eternal Twilight convention.

Northampton, UK

With Peter Facinelli, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Justin Chon, Christian Serratos

photos above are me with the guests. Not many other photos because my hands shook so much and all my pics are blurry.. and 2 photos of Peter in 'Can't Hardly Wait' because.. do I need a reason?!

Eternal Twilight was amazing. My guest encounter with Peter is something I will remember for the rest of my life! well worth £86.

I still can't believe this happened..

I had my autograph and photoshoot both on the Sunday. So at this point on the Saturday (5pm) I had seen him from a distance on stage during the talks but hadn't actually met him.

guest encounter: 10 attendees in a room with 1 guest chatting/drinking tea/eating biscuits for an hour. So basically there is a list of the wall. during the day you write in your bid and the top 10 bids win and they all pay the 10th highest bid amount. I bid £150 but ended up only paying £86. I came out of a guest talk in the main hall and immediately looked on the list to see if I'd won. Yes I had! I walked to the room, all the time thinking oh my god I've won, in a daze to be honest, and I paid amount to crew member in the corridor. There was a queue to pay, for other guest encounters, with Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene. It had taken me a while to get out of the talk room/ check list/ pay. Every one else was already in the room, I was trying extremely hard not to hyperventilate, trying to calm myself down. I took a deep breath and walked in. The only spare chair left was the one immediately next to Peter! So I walked across the room and sat down to his left. He was already answering a question.

It was so overwhelming to actually meet him. I didnt ask a question for 20 mins because I couldn't talk I just stared at him in disbelief! I knew I wouldn't get the words out.

He told us what he whispered in Robs ear just before he bites/turns him. He whispered "be reborn my son", and something else then after a few more takes just whispered stuff like "you're sexy"!! poor Rob

He said that Eclipse will be his favourite movie because the Cullens are in it more, but personally it would be New Moon (cos he's Team Jacob!!). This is the only thing he said that I was shocked by because i am soo NOT Team Jacob..

( http://www.whosdatedwho.com/news/story_view.asp?ID=22275

Rob Pattinson s fav book is New Moon. wtf is going on?! are Rob and Peter both Team Jacob? obviously Taylor is ..something weird is going on...conspiracy!! )

He had read the New Moon script. and where it says 'Edward sparkles' someone has written in the margin 'but better than before' ha ha we soo laughed at that!

He talked about his daughters, how his youngest thought he was a wrestler, now she thinks he's a doctor!

He explained how he is very comfortable being in a room full of women, because he has 3 sisters and now 3 daughters and he can't escape us!

I asked about agents and managers. like how come Kellan and Ashley filmed 'Warrior' together, and that Kellan is in '90210' with Peters wife. He said it was just a coincidence. Lots of people auditioned for the roles and it just so happens that they all know each other.

Someone asked about a screenplay he's done and he explained the plot to us. Sorry I can't remember anything about it now!!

He hadn't spoken to Rob in a while (for like 2 months). He had been texting him that week but Rob hadn't replied. He spoke to Jackson Rathbone the week before and told him about about the convention in England he was going to and Jackson said he had to let him know all about it when he gets back.

He talked about 'Fastlane' and he said how much fun it was to film.

I asked him about 'Can't Hardly Wait'. He looked right at me when he answered and I nearly forgot to breathe! He dazzled me lol. He said that afterwards he was offered 'Shes All That' but turned it down. After filming 'Can't Hardly Wait' he didn't want to be typecast in teen movies,so he cut his hair really short and grew a beard! just like Rob kinda did.

Near the end of the hour, he was saying that there were some attendees he recognised in the room who he had seen earlier in the day, and then he turned to me and said ' i'm sorry I don't remember you' and I said 'it's ok I haven't had any signings or photoshoots yet.' I am not sure how I got the words out, I think I mumbled, because I was sitting nearest to him and he put his hand on my knee as he said this! omg. omg. omg. I felt myself blushing.. I was screaming inside.

He was soo nice. such a pro and a gentleman. Trust him to apologise. There are 800 attendees and he was apologising for not remembering me.

He was saying that he wishes that he could speak to everybody but because we know we haven't got long at the signings or photoshoots it makes everybody feel awkward. It was sweet because at the end security were telling him he had to leave and he was like no, 1 more minute... 30 more seconds. They were like, everyone is waiting for you on the mini bus..

When I met him on the Sunday (at 9am!) for autograph signing he said 'hello again' and smiled!!
I asked if he didn't mind, would he sign my Blood Drive poster 'Carlisle Cullen', He wrote:

Save a vampire,donate blood! Dr Carlisle Cullen *heart* Peter Facinelli

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I wear glasses, and had 2 photoshoots with him and the photographer was checking the photos were ok, i.e no reflections, and told me to wait. Peter had his arms really tight around me and I was trying so hard to remember to breathe and not faint. I was shaking and he held me tighter... like that was gonna help!

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I was talking to a friend just outside the main hall and I was in the middle of a sentence and Peter walked through the door and I just stopped talking and she just turned round and realised straight away why. It was soo funny. I am just in awe of him. I felt so devestated on sunday night after he left. I am addicted to him. I need another fix. I have met some famous people before but no one has affected me like he has EVER.

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Talked to Kellans friends Ryan and Tanner quite a lot. They borrowed my friends blackberry charger! I kept bumping into Ryan all weekend. In the bar, corrider, lobby.He was like oh its you again! lol . He enjoyed the convention but thought it was funny people were screaming at Kellan. He thought London was 'cool'.

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Another one of my friends played Black Jack with Kellan on the Saturday night, at the prom party (casino theme!) and she won £400.. in fake money of course :o) Kellan was gutted!

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The best quotes!

What was it like working with Rob Pattinson?

Peter Facinelli: Sexy!

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Kellan Lutz: I liked the Jeep. It got really dirty

someone in audience: I love that you like it dirty!!

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Did you get to keep any props from the film?

Ashley Greene: I’m so keeping the Porsche (from New Moon)

Kellan: I'd have liked to keep Rob (pause) locked up. (pause) in my basement

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Kellan: You know, its still hard just to get an audition..

Peter: Unless you're Peter Facinelli!

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If you starred as the lead in a gay movie, who would you want as your leading man?

Peter: Rob Pattinson

Justin: Crispin Glover...I think we'd do something extremely interesting.

Peter: What kinda movie is this?

Kellan: I'd have a photo of James Dean (pause) with a hole for the mouth (pause) and fill it with Gummi bears (what?!)

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If you could be any character in Harry Potter who would you be?

Kellan: Cedric

Justin Chon: I don't know anything about Harry Potter. (seriously?! where have you been..)

Someone from audience: Dumbledore!

Justin:Who's Dumbledore?

Peter: Its the handsome, young good looking guy!!

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If you had gotten the role of Edward how would you have done differently?

Kellan: I'd run better (pause) I'd catch a baseball (pause) I'd kiss better

someone in audience: Prove It!

Kellan and Peter start leaning in like they're going kiss and break off laughing.

Peter: That's gross I'm your dad!

Kellan: We're close, we're cool

Peter: Not that close!

Kellan: LET'S FIND OUT!! ha ha

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Christian Serratos was telling a story of how an actor refused to give her an autograph

Peter: "Oh! Was that you?"

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Talking about what is on their Ipod

Ashley to Peter: "you listen to Pink?!" giving the most disgusted look to Peter.

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Who would be your Bella or Edward?

Kellan moves his chair closer to Ashley Aww

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Kellan talking about filming Generation Kill:

We were shooting Iraqi soldiers (pause) not for real though

FYI Kellans brother is actually in the army and is in Iraq right now.

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Talking about deleted scenes and the 'she's not one of us' scene with Kellan/Emmett which was in the trailer but not in the movie

Peter: There’s also the scene with Emmett running naked through the woods.
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Kellan saying he got lost on the way to England and ended up in Paris. and then saying he swam to England (do you get it?! clever huh)

someone in audience shouting out if he wore Speedos..

Kellan: Speedos? No, I go commando.

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Ashley minutes after her phone rang in her pocket, while on stage:

Turn your cell phone off- I’m talking.

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Christian was talking. Kellan was taking off his jacket and the audience was 'wooo' totally interrupting Christian. Then Peter stands up and pretends to undo his trousers cue more 'wooo'

Peter: I'm 350 years old, that's disgusting!

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Most surreal moment

Walking into the bar - to find Peter playing pool!? I just stopped dead in my tracks. completely in shock and my friend just laughed, walked past me up to the bar and left me there.. I tried to take photos on my phone but they're all blurry because my hands were shaking so much!

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I only read the books/watched the film because Peter was in it. It's his fault I'm now obsessed with Twilight! - which is great because it meant I finally got to meet him after all these years. It was the best 3 days of my life (so far). oh and roll on 18th July! I'm gonna meet him again :o)

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I have liked Peter Facinelli ever since I saw 'Can't Hardly Wait' 7 years ago. I was sitting watching this film with my then boyfriend and all I could think was w-o-w that guy is cute! And a great actor too obviously ha ha. I have followed Peters career ever since. By the end of this year I will have met him twice. Am counting down the days til 18th July London Film and Comic Con.

http://www.londonfilmandcomiccon.com/

Every one must watch - Can't Hardly Wait, Love Sucks, Supernova, Fastlane, Damages etc

It was amazing to meet him the first time..it will amazing to meet him again!

This is going to be the best year ever!!

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3 months and 18 days til I meet Peter again..not that I'm counting!

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