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Aloha from Honolulu!

Make good memories~
jon

Aloha. It's been a long time because I only get in trouble with this damn blog. I say too much or I don't say enough. So this is short and sweet. Things are good. I've just wrapped up our O'ahu shoot (airing July 4) and I'm gonna kick it here another week and work my ass off to make more Hawaii shit happen.

Out.

Make Good Memories.

Jon

Can you believe it, a massive snow storm in Rapid City on April 25th?! Believe it! It's not the first time and the Black Hills area has had record snow fall this year. It's pretty but also kinda sucks. A lot of my family is sick so I haven't seen half of the gang, adding too the suckiness. BUT........it's great to be home and spend time with my loved ones too. Monday and Tuesday, I have meetings to discuss additional SoDak. video projects, which would be great for our production company. We'll focus on a few golf courses and the areas and activities around them, and possibly some of the area's larger national and international golf tournaments. We'll see!?

We're still reeling with excitement after the OR Gov. Conference on Tourism. There is so much positive energy around PDXposed and the messaging we're creating for communities. People just can't afford to pay high agency prices for average results, as in the past. PDXposed and more importantly, The Digital Studio, can offer top quality production at very reasonable prices. We can do much more than just TV too -- radio, print, billboards, etc. I'll give you a great example of high agency pricing. Last year when we got the SD video project, their own IN HOUSE video production company couldn't do the project for what we could do it for. It would have cost them more to hire their own people. We have low overhead so we can underbid most everybody, while at the same time we can make money. Most importantly, we deliver superior results. The goal for anybody with a marketing/promotional campaign is MEASURABLE RESULTS, which we are also delivering. People are watching our shows, getting in their cars and traveling to these communities to experience what we showed them. I'm not just telling you this, it's happening. We hear it from Newport, Lincoln City, Seaside, Astoria, etc... Even Japan! We look forward to putting more $$'s into local area communities this year, especially with our struggling economy. It means a lot to us that we can help and we'll continue to make that one of our missions.

You can expect to see us focus more locally (OR/SW WA) for PDXposed and our production company will continue to branch out in my home state of SD and of course, in Hawaii. They need more help with tourism than any other state in the country and again, with our value and quality, who better to assist them with video than us!? And yes, it's a pretty damn nice place to film, and yes, Mary is there. You "feel me" I'm sure.

LOVE the Seahawks draft picks, only two on the first day, but both should be impact players. I sucked it up and bought my season tickets again this year. My seats rock (see pic) so I had no choice. It's one of my guilty pleasures in life and I just don't want to give that up. Plus, we might be striking a mutually-beneficial deal with SeaPort Airlines which might mean some trade (=flights to Boeing Field/Seattle!!), so it might make it even more convenient to get to Seattle for the games.

Speaking of games, time to tune back in to the NFL Draft and get ready to cheers on the Blazers tonight. My best from the winter wonderland known as Rapid City, South Dakota!

Make good memories this weekend!

Jon

OK Lucy!! I promised you I'd make a blog entry today and it's not too late. Just to prove to you that I'm a man of my word and a good friend, I'm writing this especially for you! The BLAZERS JUST WON and we filmed the game from a suite, which was awesome. What a day, starting early in Salem for the Oregon Governor's Conference on Tourism and ending with a crazy, exciting Blazer win!

Sean and I had a blast at the conference and we're very glad we attended. The attendees were exactly whom we need to focus on this year and we have something very good to offer them -- affordable and measurable television advertising/marketing. That's what we do! We just received our 5th and 6th Emmy nominations, so clearly our peers are valuing the quality of what we do and it was fun to see our customers telling others at the conference that they should work with us. As you can see from the show, we DO HAVE FUN but we take our job seriously as well and it pleases us greatly to hear the communities we've featured say that we are definitely driving tourism to their towns/cities!

I'm finally going home to see my family in South Dakota this weekend, haven't been home since last September when we did all those Black Hills videos, which you can view at www.youtube.com/blackhillstourism . It is always good to see my family and I miss my nieces and nephews and of course my siblings and my parents. I do have a pretty damn cool family if I do say so myself.

And yes, you guessed it, we're filming in Hawaii again in 3 weeks. I met Mary one year ago from May 8th, and I'll be there with her on that day to celebrate. Neither of us had any clue we'd be dating at this point, from 2,500 miles away -- not the plan. But, it worked out that way and I'm excited to see her and her precious little ones in a couple weeks. The crew comes over on May 13 and will leave the 20th. I come back on the 24th. I'm working on some "other projects" in Hawaii, so we'll see where that might go.

Time to chill in front of the boob tube, a term not used much since my childhood when my mother said it often. I'm exhausted, but I promised dear Lucy that I'd update my blog, so this one's for you baby! GREAT seeing you and everybody at the conference this week. We're excited for the future of PDXposed "Xposing" more of what our great state of Oregon has to offer. Oh and the photos are from the Blazer Pep Rally in Pioneer Square last week, total pandemonium and a blast. The second one is thanks to my new I Phone App, which I'm learning more and more about (pretty cool stuff)! Ok, nighty night!

Make good memories, always!

Jon

Hello again! We had a different type of show air Saturday night, a special KGW Home & Garden show and it confused a few of you. Sorry for that. We should have let you know that this wouldn't be our standard PDXposed episode but we're so darn busy that we just didn't think of it. Being a home & garden show only, it was a hit with some of the "moms" in our fan base, but some of the men were questioning it. Next time we do a "special KGW show" we'll let you know in advance, so please know that.

We are planning at least one very fun OR Wine Country show very soon and today I met with the marketing studdess of Domaine Serene to get the ball rolling. She's excited to make this happen and we're eager to tell their intriguing story. We did a few wine country shows awhile back and we love to film them. We may just do another hot air balloon ride over wine country at sunrise again -- so cool!

We appreciate your viewership and just so you know, our next NEW show will air on 4/25. It's our Classic Wines Auction show and I just viewed the raw version of the finished show and it will be good. It will be a little different, considering that it's a show all about the event itself and all the people that come together to make it happen, but trust me that you'll be entertained. The event raised over $2.2M in one night so it was a smashing success!

Thanks as always, for watching, and I hope you all had a great weekend!

Make good memories~
Jon

ps.........Precious little Chloie's face says it all.........what to do about this economy?!

This was a strange day. Why? Because it was my first bona fide day off in a very long time. No cameras, no microphones, no interviews, no big band shows, no crew (with the exception of spending some time with Sean and Mindy at their house, post knee surgery - Sean is my Field Producer). It was a nice day, starting off with a SKYPE call with Mary and her kids. If you haven't heard of Skype yet, it's the coolest and FREE service where you can chat live with anybody, computer to computer (as long as you have a video port) and you can see the people you are talking to. So if you have friends anywhere in the world, I strongly suggest you jump on board the Skype train. It takes about 5 minutes to download and again, it's FREE! So cool!

We had a very successful, yet uber busy shoot on the Big Island, or the Island of Hawaii, as the BIVB would prefer us to say. We were there to feature the Kona Brewers Festival, which was a hoot! Ran into some people from Portland, including Christian who owns a micro brewery in SE, HUB I think? Anyway, they had a "Trash Fashion Show" which you'll definitely want to check out when it airs on PDXposed on May 2! We also filmed Hawaii's most visited tourist attraction, Mt. Kilauea, the world's most active volcano and many other fun things. Aston Hotels & Resorts put us up in two bedroom condos overlooking the Waikaloa Beach Golf Course. Mine was a sweet pad and I had Mary and her girls and friend Brenda come over to share the wealth. It was one big happy family! Mary and Brenda fed us well, which we needed after long days of shooting. We truly had no down time and this week was super busy, so you can see why tonight, a Saturday night in Portland, I stayed in and I'm blogging. You might say, "boring" but I say, I needed it!

On Monday, I go to Tahoe for a much-needed ski vacation. They are my very favorite type of vacation and I've not been skiing yet this season, so I'm excited. I fly to Reno to meet Mary and her son Charles and we'll drive up together to meet another couple from Hawaii and their daughter. They are fun so I'm sure we'll have a great time. Yes, this is a good month for spending time with my hottie and better yet, she'll be in Portland for my next big band gig on April 11th. It's almost sold out already so if you want to go, I suggest you book a reservation at Tony Starlight's asap! Last night was sold out and they turned people away!

The photo above is our trip moment! We had a FAST FACT to shoot which relates to the Island of Hawaii having 11 of the world's 13 climate zones, and includes the snow topped mountain in the pic. We had to race the clouds, literally, to get the shot and Mike, Sean and I had to operate like a fine-tuned machine to get the shot. Each of us had to perfectly execute our part or the clouds would have swooned in, within like 5 seconds, and WE DID IT! It was very energy charged and when we got in the car, the song playing on the radio was "Eye of the Tiger" from Rocky. We laughed our asses off and celebrated our "moment" in time. We knew this would be our trip moment! And it was. Ok, I'm adding my golf villa that Aston put me in too!

Ok, it's time to Skype with Honolulu! Hope you all had a nice weekend and I hope you keep watching PDXposed and giving us our killer ratings! THANK YOU!

Make good memories!

Jon

WOW! What a day! We're filming a show featuring the Classic Wine Auction, the largest single day/night fundraiser for Portland at the Convention Center this Saturday. Last year, they raised $3.3 million at the event! So....we're doing a "behind the scenes" of what it takes to put such an event on, and featuring several entities involved in the charitable party. Today, we took a stretch limo, courtesy of Lucky Limousine, to the #1 Pinot Noir winery in Oregon (in the world for that matter), Domaine Serene, located just outside of Dundee. We met the owner, Grace Evenstad, a lovely and very sophisticated lady, and she told us the story of how it all came about and that her passion and focus has always been to make the best Pinot Noir in the world. Mission accomplished, Grace!

We were with one of the Co-executive Chefs for the event, David Machado, owner of two very hip and trendy Portland restaurants -- Lauro Kitchen in SE (2006 Restaurant of the Year) and Vindalho, also in SE Portland (named one of America's Best Restaurants by Gourmet Magazine)>What a fun and cool guy. His buddy Jesus Cibrian is coming up from Phoenix to assist him and I'm 100% certain these two gents will pull this years celebration off without a hitch. I can't say the same for last year's event, which the CWA people recognize, which is the reason they're bringing in the heavy hitters this year. David and my crew and I took the limo from Domaine Serene to a magical chocolate shop just off of NW Burnside and 16th, SAHAGUN, pronounced "sawgoon." The two beautiful ladies running this small business had us guys salivating for their chocolates. They will be doing the dessert portion of the menu Saturday night.

Time to pack for another trip to Hawaii, this time to film on the Big Island or as they prefer it to be called in the show - the Island of Hawaii. I've never had to fill out more liability waivers and contracts, though I'm sure it will be worth it. Our flight leaves at 7am Monday morning and we get into Kona around noon their time, 3pm our time. We start filming right away. In fact (go figure) one of the first things we're filming is the Kona Brewery, which has a tight Oregon connection. They are one of the most successful micro breweries around and Widmer Bros. brews their beer on the mainland, right here in Portland. Nothing better than starting our trip off with a nice, cold beer (much like our day started off today, with a nice Pinot Noir at 10:30am!!). No we don't drink all the time and no we didn't drink all day, so just settle down!

I've been taping LOST and it's time to catch up, just wanted to drop in with a quick blog blast to say all is well in our world. How's it in yours? "How's it" is what they say in Hawaii and I......like......it!

Make good memories, along with us at PDXposed!

Jon

What's happenin friends? What a treat to have a weekend in town. I forgot what to do with myself, having a full weekend to myself. Of course, we had shoots both nights but it was pretty casual. Last night, we filmed a local jazz legend, Alan Jones and his sextet at a new jazz club, The Cave. It was PACKED and it was difficult for my crew to shoot but we're pros so we made it work. The Green Onion restaurant is above The Cave (all in a house!) and if you like Persian food, you gotta check this place out. Me........not so much a fan but it was also packed and the owner is a very fun and sweet Persian lady, Sousan.

I'm heading to O'ahu Wednesday to see Mary and her kids, and to work on the next O'ahu show. It's been kind of cold and rainy here this weekend so Honolulu sounds pretty damn good about now. Our next show there will be much more entertaining, less hotel focus, more activity, like swimming with dolphins! I've never done that and have always wanted to. I hear all the time, "You have the best job." People always ask how we determine our content, what to film, and honestly, here it is.........we decide what we WANT to do, and we contact those who offer these services and we book the shoot. The world is our playground and we have fun doing it, as you may have seen in last night's show from Kaua'i. This was the first time, since I've been on TV, that I had my actual girlfriend playing my girlfriend on the show. Mary is all over the show! She doesn't think she looks good and of course, I disagree!

We are working on a NEW SHOW that is being pitched to The Travel Channel this week. I can't say more than that, other than it is a travel show (duh!) and it's a perfect show for today's economic situation worldwide. IF they dig it, which we expect they will, we may start shooting in exotic worldwide destinations as soon as May. Yes, we'll still be filming PDXposed too. Our contract with KGW expires on September 1, so we'll see what happens between then and now. We'd like to continue on KGW as our ratings have been outstanding so I guess we'll just see what happens. We have options, which is always good.

Gonna tune in to the Blazer game and hit the gym. This is the first time in years that I actually care about the Blazer games. They are a lot of fun to watch. I had to put the photo of Alexis and Erika up as it's too damn cute to not show you all. It was taken yesterday at the beach. Have a good week. I'll try to check in from Hawaii!

Make good memories!
Jon

So I'm sitting here in my hotel room in Newport, sipping on a Miller Lite. What the F? I know! Heather and her hubby Ryan drink M Lite and when we got here Friday, we made a bev/snack run, standard procedure, and she said that's what they like. They had ONE beer the entire weekend out of the 18 pack so we got stuck with it after they left today. Wutever Heather!

It was honestly great to have her and Ryan along with us, had a blast with them. Ryan actually makes his PDXposed debut on this show, which airs on May 2. Newport is a lot of fun and we had some good times, let me tell you. Heather has only ridden a bike 4 times in her live and today we had her ride, or at least ACT like she was riding with me to the Yaquina Head Lighthouse, one of Oregon's finest and most beautiful! We had lots of laughs but none better than her tee off on Hole 1 of the Agate Beach Golf Course where she drove her first ball into the hub cap of one of the carts, located about 20 yards BEHIND her! It was frickin hilarious and I only hope we captured it on video.

Two weekends in a row at the Oregon Coast, starting to feel like we live here and why not! This place rocks. If you haven't bee to the stunning Oregon Coast lately, what are you waiting for? Get off your a$$ and get on it! There are SO many fun things to do and we definitely had fun in both places, as you will soon see on the show!

Well, I'm tired but felt inspired to scribe to all 3 of you who read this. Thanks for tuning in and as always, MAKE GOOD MEMORIES!

Jon

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