Ruben_Dominguez's Blog

Greetings from beautiful and smoggy Los Angeles!  I just checked in at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood which serves as home base this week for most of the Fox stations that are here to cover American Idol.  It's next door to the Kodak theater which is where the Idol finale was .... last season!  This year it's at the Nokia theater which is nine miles away in downtown L.A.

But I'm not complaining because this is a sweet assignment and I'm really lucky to be here.  I've already seen pictures of David Archuleta and David Cook all over the place.  There's even a giant billboard outside of my hotel reminding me to watch all my Idol coverage on the TV guide network.  I wouldn't say this town is all about A.I. right now but there is definitely a buzz. 

As soon as I get cleaned up, my photographer Greg and I are gonna hop in the car and drive to the Nokia theater and pick up our credentials.  After that it's a bunh of hurry and wait for the show to start and then do our live shot for the 9pm news.  Which you are required to watch if you are reading this.