Doug Liman Blog: Obama Swipes My Hangar, But Can’t Touch My Hot Peppers

Share on Facebook posted 08-27-09 by Doug Liman

Writing from Martha’s Vineyard, where obviously the big news is President Obama’s trip here. The week before he arrived, the White House wanted to take my hangar (the one I rent here) to house Marine One, because my hangar’s the only one big enough for the presidential helicopter. I’m a big Obama supporter and campaigned for his election but I said no, and they said that asking was just a formality and they were taking it, so they’ve plowed and paved around the hangar to make more room. This sounds like rich people’s problems and I’m not asking for sympathy — I just think it’s funny.

But the bigger news for me is that I won first place in adult vegetables for my hot peppers (adult referring to the growers not the vegetables) at the 148th Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair. I started entering the fair last year, when I earned two second place ribbons, one for my hot peppers and one for my cucumbers. This year I got first place for my hot peppers and I got a second and a third place for other vegetables … we don’t talk about those.

Photos From the Week:

I entered Jackson in the dog show. He’s my 13 ½ year old dog who was kidnapped years ago and then found again, in part through an FBI surveillance operation. He’s been asked to leave the dog show the previous two years for bad behavior but made it through this year!

This is me preparing Jackson for dog show