Lotsa Wind

Austin tweeted a "farewell"

Goodbye Chicago. You are a sweet mistress! - AUS10

 but was he throwing out breadcrumb to something else as well?


Of all the things of Chicago - an old Liberty Savings bank building in Bucktown - wouldn't be the first choice for most to tweet....

So why would Austin pick a picture with Lady Liberty the most prominent thing about it?

It doesn't really scream Chicago ..... more like....

Who said the fireworks were over yet?

Upside Down You Turn Me

The tradition is that if a flag is flown upside down it is a sign of distress.

So what does it mean when Austy tweeted Chi-town upside down

 

And don't say he didn't know or have his phone upside down when he took it.  The guy's a director he knows what he's doing, he can fix that before posting,  it was done with purpose. 

Is he saying that he had to go and didn't want to?

Chi-town Top Ten

With Austin still in Chicago,  we need to talk about the must-do he's has to do before he wraps up filming.  So for that there's a top ten list.

Top Ten Chicago Must-do's... Austin Style


10. Check out the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio

9. Black Suit black tie black hat, 2 fried chickens and a Coke

8. Go to the home Sensitive Julian motherland-- Harpo Studios and ask for Oprah

7. Jump on a float in a leopard vest and sign Danke Schoen

6. Get a SuperDawg and picture on the roof

5. Tell someone you're Moley Russell's wart.

4. Cheeseburger Cheeseburger Pepsi chips  at  Billy Goat Tavern

3. Run the stairs to the top of the  Sears Tower Skydeck

2. Stop by a ladies shoe store.  Tell him Al sent ya.

And

#1.  Be Abe Froman, Sausage King of Chicago

Happy Austin Friday

Happy Hanukkah!!!

Wheeling in the Years

Last year Austin was two wheeling in Israel. 

This year. Road trips to Wisconsin, lots of tweets and country songs....looks like Austin has a little time on his hand up while in Chicago. 

Grab a bike Austy and go for a ride.

Show off Second City.


But don't fall for that Bean in Millennium Park.

It too curvy to be a anchor.

Happy Hanukkah!!

Let's be Frank

Austin's back in Chicago,  so to seems that his one time guest appearance is more likely a multi-episode arc.

And Chicago.......His kind of town....


See?

Back in Chicago. My kind of town.  - AUS10


My kind of town, Chicago is
My kind of town, Chicago is
My kind of razzmatazz
And it has all that jazz 

Going for Sinatra does work with the show doesn't it.   Not to mention it's Old Blue Eyes.  

  Who's your Old Blue Eyes, Austy?

Funny you didn't go with that other Sinatra song about Chicago

Chicago, Chicago that toddling town
Chicago, Chicago I will show you around - I love it
Bet your bottom dollar you lose the blues in Chicago, Chicago
The town that Billy Sunday couldn't shut down

Guess the toddling is in New York.

Second City - Second Series to Direct?

First Austin tweets this:

Back to work. Hello Chicago!! - AUS10

Then he tweets this:

I have been working with one of my heroes. What an actor! William Forsythe. - AUS10

And with a little bit of sleuthing (tip of the hat to Prairie Girl) it looks that Austin is working on the Fox TV series,  Mob Doctor.

Mob Doctor follows Grace Devlin (Jordana Spiro), a surgical resident, who juggles her hospital duties with protecting her brother from the Mob. Grace works off her debt by helping anyone they demand.  Will Forsythe plays Constantine Alexander, returned old school leader of the mob, and the uncle of Grace from her mom's side.

Mob Doctor has beaten the odds and the critics for now and hung on for the season, after being predicted as one of the first new series to be cancelled.

But the question is,  is Austin directing an episode or acting in it? A show like Mob Doctor can give young directors a chance to get some more experience under their belt.


 Austy also tweeted a sweet beauty shot.  ( Of Chicago or him ? Because both look great)

 

Makes you wonder if he was scouting locations for shots.

Working Man

Back to work. Hello Chicago!! - AUS10

So Austin is back to work and this time in Chicago. 

Austy whatcha workin' on?  Drop a hint or two.

Austin's been a quiet guy about what he's been up to and this is the first we are hearing about him back to work.  What's most interesting about this back to work is the timing. 

If you remember the initial run on Jake's play was through November 25th.  And with Austin starting work tomorrow, there would have been an overlap of working just a few days and not to mention with a holiday that would make it even less. 


Now how many times has this happened? 

Oh wait .... coincidences happen what three, four, five...six times....



Happy Austin Working Friday!