An interesting end to the Memorial Day Weekend

So the weekend was pretty nice until the end…  Gene came down from Sacramento on Friday to visit and see the house, my parents came down as well on Saturday.  We went wine tasting, out to Hofbrau in Morro Bay, etc.  And then as the weekend was winding down, there was a little kitchen accident. …

Wildflower Triathlons 2008

  Just got back from Wildflower – it was a busy, but fun weekend!  Since last year, i’ve been shooting pics for Tri-California Events, Inc. (the company that puts on the event) and its a ton of fun.  And I get a Media pass!  It definitely helps having worked on the Wildflower Committee for so …

Happy Birday Du!

Du had a birthday… and the birthday dinner was superb.  We went down to have sushi in Nipomo and the restaurant is awesome!  And we got very, very drunk.

Paso Robles Balloon Festival…

More of a Balloon Gathering than Festival, there weren’t all THAT many balloons out.. but it was still cool to go and see.  Maybe next year there will be more.   We rolled out of bed at 6am-ish and walked over to the River Oaks ampitheater area (a nice 5 minute walk for us) and some …

Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L

Recently got this beast of a lens, once you go L – its hard to want to shoot anything else! Image clarity is superb although this lens adds another 2 pounds to the weight of the camera. No Image Stabilizer, but with f/2.8 its all good – wouldn’t want this lens to get any heavier …

Farewell, Jude

A friend and soccer buddy from college passed away this last Monday.  It was a great shock and very unexpected to hear, and Jude will be missed greatly. Jude Moersdorf, 11/15/1973 – 3/3/2008  

HAPPY VALENTIMES DAY!

So we wake up in Kota Kinabalu at 8am on February 14th… its hot outside as its been the entire time…  we get to the airport at 10am.  Flight leaves at 11:45am, we get to Taipei after 3 hours.  1 hour layover, and a 14.5 hour flight we land in Los Angeles.  The connecting plane …

Malaysia adventures.. or trying to get there

Our fabulous Malaysian adventure has begun!  We arrived at San Jose International at  ~3PM, thanks to the driving efforts of Mary Born.  After checking in, getting through security and what not, we were all good to go. After hopping the short flight to LAX, we grabbed our bags from the bagage claim, checked them in …