Is outta the WAY! WELCOME to the lobby of Discovery Headquarters. Greeting you is a giant caste of a TRex, made from an actual TRex bones at some major University.
This lobby is like a mini
Curious Kids Museum.
the two dinosaurs, there is a
display of the Discovery USA Biking team, for the tour de France, featuring an actual bike, jersey, rider profiles and photos, the handmade chopper (motorcycle) by Paul Teutel Sr., and a humongous mechanical gizmo that is hard to describe. I'll have to get a picture of this contraption, but basically this thing transports little wood, ping pong sized balls up a twisting column an sends them down random paths to the bottom, traversing through hundreds of different tracks, doors, springs, jumps, etc...
Discovery's second building is called the Discovery Creative and Technical Center, located about 4 blocks south of the headquarters. About half the size as HQ, this building is still ginormous. It features over 50 professional editing suites, each suited with 2 monitors, plasma screen tv for preview, computers, and thousands of dollars in editing equipment, another cafe, full time deli workers (my Latino amigos!) , and an escalator (apparently just to look cool).
Of course I do not work in any of these corporate paradises. The last location is located on the 8th and 9th floors of the Bethesda Towers, in Downtown Bethesda, MD (about 10 minutes from Silver Spring.) Parking is 8 dollars a day, the building is loaded with personal security guards, and of course, non flush toilets. I work in this building with my fellow Discovery Production Studios Co-workers. I have my own cubicle, computer, phone and extension, and age group (yes everyone is at least 10 years older than me.)
Well I need to go take more pictures of the DMV. Next might be some DC pictures.
CIAO!