The She Craves’ show at Emo’s on Saturday was HOT. The A/C broke on the warmest day of the year (so far) so it was a hot, sweaty mess. At one point Christine, the lead singer, said “It’s hot. We all know it. Let’s just get over it and enjoy the show.”
Despite the heat, it [...]

Categories: Austin-ish · Friend-ish · Music to My Ears · Shutterbuggin'

I keep having ideas for blog posts when there’s nothing I can do about it - like when I’m driving to work, in the middle of a meeting, or about to fall asleep (the second and third examples there often happen at the same time). I think “I should write this down so I can [...]

Categories: R-R-Rambling · Shutterbuggin'

This is my grandmother’s crab apple tree at my family’s farm in Wyoming.

Categories: Shutterbuggin' · The Fam

I found this wall w/ some fellow photographers on Saturday and we killed a good 10 minutes laughing and taking pictures of ourself in shadows. It was all very Charlie’s Angels.

Categories: Austin-ish · Daily Photo · Shutterbuggin'

We had the best meal of the entire New Orleans weekend at Cafe Amelie. K&K walked around earlier in the day collecting ideas for dinner and came back with photos of menus on their phones from three places. From the menu and description we chose Cafe Amelie, knowing that if it didn’t work out the [...]

Categories: Foodie · Friend-ish · Jef · Shutterbuggin'

Jef and I went on a mini-vacation to New Orleans last weekend. The best part, and the whole reason for going, was seeing our close friends, Kevin and Karen. We moved to Austin, they moved to Maine and all the sudden FIVE years goes by. The weekend was very relaxing, with absolutely no agenda. We [...]

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Bulldog Solutions CEO, Rob Solomon, is the drummer in a band called Driver. These are pictures from their show at the Threadgill’s on Saturday, March 22, 2008.

Categories: Austin-ish · Daily Photo · Giggin' · Music to My Ears · Shutterbuggin'

My friend, Kate, gave me this green carnation yesterday in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. They’re such an underrated flower, but once I got to looking at it, I decided they are actually very pretty. Maybe not all the artificial coloring, but there’s a certain charm to them for sure.
Also, Jef would like for me [...]

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