On the road again…
August 3rd, 2009 § Leave a Comment
August already? Man this summer is flying past!
I’m in a rush to tie up some loose ends before I leave on a West Coast tour with Maggie Morris (which I’ll be documenting in a tour blog: Photograph That City)… so just a quick update for now. Life has thrown some welcome surprises at me lately, and I am so grateful.
My mother came to visit for a few days. I took her on a brief tour of my school, my office at work, as well as a handful of farmer’s markets.
We also made the trek to Alcatraz. I can’t believe I have waited so long to do that! People (including myself) often dismiss it as being too “touristy” an event, but it truly is a fascinating piece of SF/Bay history. Tons of pictures here and here. While she was here, I also picked up a new(ish) car… bidding farewell to my trusty old Saturn SL2. Meet Fizzy, my stately Nissan Altima!
I’ve been really getting back into video again these past few months, taking some joy in capturing brief little slices of my life in motion. I’ve been posting most of them on Vimeo, including this little video I made while volunteering at Camp Galileo, a science & art day camp for kids in the Bay Area.
Other than that, I’ve just been working a ton… and prepping for this tour. I’ve also found some time to continue working on my own songs, which can be found here.
Louisiana, Lubitel, Leica
April 8th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
Spring is definitely here, and not a moment too soon. I’ve been fairly knee-deep in school projects and work stuff, but I did find some time to escape to Bodega Bay for a weekend, and then Louisiana for a week to visit family and recharge.
I spent most of my time in Bodega Bay staring at the ocean, and playing with my new Leica D-Lux3 that I got for practically nothing on CraigsList. Visiting Louisiana also gave me a chance to further test out my other new baby: a Lubitel 166+. So far its been an adjustment, both to re-learning how to focus and finding the patience to wait 3 or 4 whole days before I see the results! Everything is so instantaneous now… its no wonder that a third of web users can only devote about 30 seconds to a site. I’m still getting the hang of it, but here’s a few examples. Enjoy:
Louisiana visit: gallery one and two
Lubitel first test
Hello 2008, Christmas in Louisiana
January 3rd, 2008 § Leave a Comment
Happy New Year to all! Hope everyone had a pleasant holiday. I am still reeling from all the hush puppies I ate in Louisiana. A few highlights: holding my niece Ava for the first time, teaching Mason how to use his RC helicopter, the Shaw Center in Baton Rouge, dancing with all my college buddies at Star 80, shopping in the French Quarter, catfish poboys, my mother’s crawfish elegante over penne pasta, the LSU Rural Life Museum, and setting off some killer ordinance in our backyard on New Year’s.
Please enjoy the following images. Full sets here and here (black & whites).
hi Ava!
Mom’s banana puddin’
starting a neighborhood walk with my nephews
COLORIN’!
Mason talked his way into the kitchen at Don’s Seafood Hut. They let him fry his own shrimp.
cotton!
inside an 1890′s church at the LSU Rural Life Museum
my buds Joe & Kenny
waiting for 2am chocolate chip waffles at Louie’s
Lafayette Cemetary No. 1 in the Garden District, New Orleans
… but not as good as Abita.
me & my pal Catfish Poboy go way back
OMG SPARKLERZ
Looks like 2008 is going to be a good one! I’ve accepted a position at a large web consulting firm that is Boston-based, but has opened an office in San Francisco. I start the day before Mardi Gras, actually!
