From the daily archives:
This first set of pictures are from Laura who was at the set in Queens on Monday and Tuesday. 
Our next set of pics are from Kate who saw Adrian on the set in Manhattan on Wednesday.
Finally, Anna sent us three cute pictures of her and Adrian and Adrian and a pup in Queens on Tuesday!
Thanks to Anna, Kate, and Laura!!
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Here are a few more pictures from the Taking Woodstock set in New Lebanon, NY. The map below shows exactly where the set is since most people have probably never heard of New Lebanon!
Route 20 is one of the last great 2 lane highways, like Route 66 only in Upstate NY. And New Lebanon’s location is especially appealing because it is just a few miles from the Berkshires. Route 20 and the Berkshires offer plenty to do, antique shops, modern ruins, restaurants, and outdoor activities. It really is an interesting, beautiful part of the country!
In our first Taking Woodstock post we explained what the set was (an old motel set back off of Route 20) and what was around it (nothing). This post includes more pictures of them filming a scene in which an actor (who we recognize and can not place so if you know who he is please leave a comment and let us know) gets into his car outside of the motel. They also filmed exterior shots of just the motel from the road.
There were also a few old cars waiting for their close up so I am assuming they were filming more scenes later on. We didn’t see Demetri but we have seen on a few other blogs and message boards that he has been there.
Finally, here is the schedule of shooting at this location courtesy of New Lebanon.
(mystery actor)
(restaurant where we saw Zoe Kazan)
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Saturday we were at the location of a new home being built courtesy of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Normally, we don’t cover reality shows but this was filming right in our backyard and it is kind of interesting to see that they really do tear down a house and build a new one in a week. The show surpirsed the Hill family in Geneva, NY last Monday (and yes Ty did really have that bullhorn and the family was really surprised). We heard they took multiple takes of the “surprise” though because one of the kids fell the first time out.
Local vendors chipped in to tear down the house on Wednesday and by the time we got there on Saturday the new house (and a boxing studio in the backyard) was up and being painted. What we didn’t realize was how much the community has to pitch in to get these homes completed. We knew that all of the services were donated but we couldn’t believe how much the neighbors were enduring for this to be completed. The road was totally torn up and blocked off. The houses next door and across from the Hill house had equipment, tents, and people all over their lawns. One house even had the port-a-potties hooked up to it, now that is neighborly! That weekend the city sponsored a fund raiser to help pay for what was still needed, at that point they needed laptops, a driveway, and a few other big ticket items. We thought ABC or Sears would be providing those things but in this case the town was paying for it. That is a lot to ask for one family.
While we were there, Michael Moloney and Didiayer Snyder were both filming segments for the show inside the house. That is the other insider tip we got, apparently Ty Pennington is there on the first day, on demolition day, and then takes off and doesn’t come back until they “move that bus” which in this case was Monday.
Below are a few pictures. You can see Michael and Didiayer and get a sense of the chaos caused by trying to build a house in one week! It was nice to see a community come together to help someone else. Everyone we talked to was excited to help and happy for the Hills which is really all that matters. Congratulations to the Hills!
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