Hanging out in Camden today

Books on Broad in Camden.

I was shooting some footage for a video for an ADCO client over in Camden today — or rather, the guys from Dust of the Ground were shooting, and I was interviewing and theoretically directing, although I wasn’t really needed for the latter. My role was… you know how, in “The Office,” people are on camera being interviewed, only you don’t hear the interviewer because that’s all edited out? Well, I’m the guy you don’t hear or see in this video, and some others we’ve made.

We needed an actress for some non-dialogue B roll, so I enlisted the help of Raia Hirsch, who appeared with me in “Pride and Prejudice” autumn before last. Raia is working these days on the Vincent Sheheen campaign, which is headquartered there in Camden.

I stopped by Sheheen HQ on my way out of town, but it was during the lunch hour, so only a couple or three people — including Kristin Sosanie from the state Democratic Party — were in the office. The candidate himself was out of town. He had an event in Georgetown today; tomorrow he’ll be in Florence. A week from today, he’s got a fund-raiser here in Columbia, at the new Agape Conference Center on Main Street.

Things being slow there, I stopped by next door at Rep. Laurie Funderburk’s bookstore, Books on Broad. Very nice, especially for one who misses his favorite Barnes & Noble. Got a cuppa locally roasted coffee for the drive back to Columbia.

When you’re in Camden, check it out — 944 Broad Street; you can’t miss it.