I thought it wasn't supposed to get cold in the Pacific Northwest? Okay, so it's Canada, but this is Vancouver where it RAINS nine months of the year. And yet I'm shivering despite the long johns.

It turns out the weather here is decidedly colder than usual. Temperatures this week are below freezing (don't roll your eyes at me Chicago readers!) and with the dampness the cold gets right in your bones. Doesn't help that the studio we shoot in is not insulated and the four or five propane heaters couldn't keep a garage toasty let alone a cavernous sound stage...

But the gritty, fleece clad crew shoots on, complains little and gets some great work done. I feel particularly sorry for some of our extras who have outfits on that reveal more skin than a Sphynx cat. Thank goodness for Bri, our craft services person, and her plentiful hot snacks.

Speaking of cold, we just finished an episode that takes place almost entirely in the frozen lands of Frigia. The sets and costumes are pretty amazing and the studio was filled with mountains of fake snow that covered everything. To really make this episode stand out a splinter crew went up to Whistler mountain (home of the 2010 winter Olympics) and shot some breathtaking outdoor scenes. Can't wait to see how it turns out!.

We're starting to wind down now with only a few episodes left to shoot. The final scripts are more exciting and much more ambitious than anything we've done so far. I suspect the producers must have found a big bag of money under one of those Whistler snow drifts, it's the only way we'll be able to pull them off!

Stay tuned! I'm off to find some hot cocoa and a PBJ melty.