I could go for some palm trees

Massachusetts has offered up a very generous tax credit to movie productions and so we've seen a lot of action around Boston lately.

I work in a very scenic and historic part of the city near Copley Square. During a normal day I navigate around tourists, shoppers, office workers, pigeons, squirrels, the guy who feeds the ducks, the occasional cop on horseback and a herd of child-care givers with double-wide strollers.

Now I have to get around film crews, craft services and clumps of lookie-loos and extras. Hurray!

A few of my friends live in LA and remind me that they have to deal with film shoots all the time. I pointed out they have better weather, better tacos and my personal favorite, palm trees.

My foot commute is altered a little to avoid klieg lights - and that's fine with me. Change is good. I haven't spotted any celebrities yet. At this point, I'm not surprised. With the onset of winter, we're all bundled up. I could walk by Whitey Bulger and not know it.

But I'll be on the look-out for Morgan Freeman or Christopher Walken over the next couple of weeks. I think Cameron Diaz is hanging around too. And I hear Bruce Willis is due in town sometime in February. I hope someone packs his mittens.

Labels: 2007, Boston, famous people