Tag: Holidays

You’re Kidding Me, Right?!

Today I was out shooting video and got fried alive. Terrible sunburn! Can you believe?! I get burned in the cool breeze off the ocean on a completely overcast day?! When will I learn?! Here are two pictures from the day…     One good thing from the day (actually this was a wonderful day all around), over 20,000 steps… Continue reading

The War on Christmas

This whole article by Mark Sandlin on “The War on Christmas“ is brilliant and needs to be shared! I encourage you to take the time to read it. But today, our stories [of Christmas] are told from places and positions of power. Today, Christianity is the dominant culture.  So, instead of story of a olive skinned middle-eastern, unwed, pregnant mother,… Continue reading

One of My Favorites from the Season

Lots of wonderful seasons greetings:  family newsletters, cards, photos.  Some were very clever and cute.  I especially liked the postcard with nothings but 4 pictures across,  each of the four girls up in the air (had jumped on the trampoline) holding a sign:  “Merry,” “Christmas,” “Happy,” “New Year!”  Their hair was flying, and it just looked crazy fun. And here… Continue reading

A Few Holiday Photos

Today, the holiday cheer is being packed up in boxes.  But before all good things come to an end, a few photos, including some very rare shots of the little know Christmas Fairies.  They are very difficult to photograph because they only appear in the wee hours of twilight and flit about near the ceilings and fireplaces, all bundled up… Continue reading

Hair Brain Idea of the Year

Image via Wikipedia It’s the season.  Busy, busy, busy! The last few weeks have been crazy:  the Haunted House extravaganza for Halloween (we do it up big here in the hood), a three day business trip to the east coast, a two week vacation to Budapest and Prague, returning home to put away the Halloween Haunted House and set up… Continue reading

Happy 10/10/10 @ 10:10

Image via Wikipedia Working in the yard this morning, trimming back the bougainvilla, a neighbor walked by and said here children couldn’t wait to return to the haunted house at our house again this Halloween. Little do the tiny preci know:  this year’s Haunted House will even be more terrifying than last year’s!… Continue reading

Creative Genius: Vlad Gerasimov

For years now, I have been a huge fan of Vlad Gerasimov’s work at Vladstudio, @vladstudio, where this Russian digital artist shares desktop designs, e-cards, apps and games, and much more that are brilliantly creative and beautiful.  He provides each of his nearly 700 desktops in virtually every imaginable size one would ever need (over 60!!), for single monitors, double… Continue reading

So Typically American

Tonight I ate at one of the regular restaurants in my rotation. It was chilly (and extremely windy) eating out on the patio, but nonetheless, many of the tables were taken. Being Mother’s Day, they were unusually busy. After having ordered, across the restaurant I heard a patron complaining rather loudly and angrily that he and his party had been… Continue reading