“Buying Wine… or How not to” began fifteen years ago as a story written by Arnold C. Baker II. It is part of a series of “real-life” stories that he has continued to develop - poems, narratives, theater and screenplays - exploring life in New York City and the world. Arnold is an actor with experience in theater, film and the experimental arts. Thomas W. Campbell, director, has worked with Arnold Baker before; in many ways they have been collaborating on story related projects since they met twenty years ago and discovered that they lived on the same uptown block in New York City. Thomas is a video producer and editor and also teaches video, film production and journalism at a University in Long Island, New York.