They’re back…

Last year outdoor scenes from the HBO series The Gilded Age were filmed in Troy, NY. Hollywood turned downtown Troy into New York City during the 1880s. I walked around and took photos of the shops and their windows, meticulously done down to the most minor details.

I walked around on that wet, cold, rainy Saturday of Memorial day weekend feeling like I had traveled through time. I wrote about my experience in the Hollywood on the Hudson blog post.

We heard through the Troy Farmers Market that HBO was back to beginning the transformation and shooting of the second season of The Gilded Age on Monday.

We get to the market very early, set up by 7 am because I am married to a German who wants to be there first, and saw the painters and prop people rolling their carts down the street to a series of buildings they were transforming.

We walked around again, and I snapped shots of the already complete shops. Once the market started, I forgot all about the Gilded Age and HBO since we were busy with customers, handing out samples, and giving people our spätzle spiel.

I gave a sample to a couple who loved the spätzle when they tried it. The woman told me she had celiac disease and was always looking for things she could eat. Same here, sister! They bought one of our 2 lb family packs and left.

A few minutes later, the husband returned and told me they were in town because his wife was filming. How could they get more because she liked it so much? I gave him a business card and told him we have two farms that do shipping for us.

It turns out his wife is Carrie Coon, who plays one of the leading roles in the series, the ruthless Bertha Russell. He was Tracy Letts, a famous Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. They were both friendly, and I was happy another gluten-free person, famous or not, fell in love with our product. I don’t think a celebrity ever tried our spätzle before.

We don’t get HBO, so we never saw the first season of The Gilded Age, but as soon as the weather gets cold, we will sign up for a month and binge season 1 for sure.

I told our friends David and Arthur, who also walked around the transformed streets last year, about meeting Carrie Coon; they thought it was excellent even though they hate her character. LOL. Now, I definitely need to watch the series.