home

That was what you would call a whirlwind vacation. We packed so much into seven days (five, really – I don’t count flying days) that we came exhausted and glad to have three days to recover before we head back to work.
Sacramento, Lincoln, North Lake Tahoe, Tahoe-Donner, Truckee, Tahoe City, South Lake Tahoe, Zephyr [...]

Read Full Post »

poll: deep fried love

Next week, I will be attending the Sacramento State Fair. My sole purpose of going to this fair (ok, besides the opportunity to put my new wide angle lens to good use) is to experience the deep fried goodness of Chicken Charlie.
Now, I am not really big on fried foods, but the novelty of some [...]

Read Full Post »

speaking of sacramento

Jeff has started a series of posts about his hometown of Sacramento. He asked to use my photos for his posts and of course I said yes. The first is up here. I look forward to reading the rest.
Also, I did want to thank fellow Flickr-ite tspauld. Prior to my visit to Sacramento, I [...]

Read Full Post »

365-85: raise your cup and let’s propose a toast (contest winner!)

Day 85 of 365: a year in songs and photosSong: Faith No More, Last Cup of Sorrow
I know I skipped the last two days, I’ll get back to them eventually. I’m all discombobulated now.
So it’s about time I announce a winner to the contest, eh?
I took a very surprising amount of photos. Surprising for [...]

Read Full Post »

365-85: raise your cup and let’s propose a toast (contest winner!)

Day 85 of 365: a year in songs and photosSong: Faith No More, Last Cup of Sorrow
I know I skipped the last two days, I’ll get back to them eventually. I’m all discombobulated now.
So it’s about time I announce a winner to the contest, eh?
I took a very surprising amount of photos. Surprising for [...]

Read Full Post »

about that del taco….

(I will announce that contest winner later today)
Part of the lure of going to California was the constant talk from friends about how their fast food is so much better than NY fast food. Yea, we both have our Taco Bells and chain restaurants and such, but there are things I could get in Sacramento [...]

Read Full Post »

365-78: welcome to der wienerschnitzel

Day 78 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Descendents, Wienerschnitzel
Taken at Wienerschnitzel on Broadway in Sacramento
Yes, I finally tried the famous Wienerschnitzel chili dog, along with chili cheese fries and a kraut dog.
They were smaller than I thought they would be, which is good, being that I ate both the dogs. While [...]

Read Full Post »

365-81: you’ll be there when i die, tattoo

Day 81 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: The Who, Tattoo
(this is a pretty clever song by the Who, if you’ve never heard it)
This was….the second to last day of our trip. As mentioned in the other photos from this day, we spent five plus hours in the tattoo shop (Legacy Ink Tattoo, [...]

Read Full Post »

365-81: you’ll be there when i die, tattoo

Day 81 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: The Who, Tattoo
(this is a pretty clever song by the Who, if you’ve never heard it)
This was….the second to last day of our trip. As mentioned in the other photos from this day, we spent five plus hours in the tattoo shop (Legacy Ink Tattoo, [...]

Read Full Post »

365-82: the people, the places, the weather, the faces

Day 82 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Vandals, Rico
I’m working backwards here. I’ll fill in all the days eventually, but I wanted to get started with this one first.
I’m sitting here in a freezing cold New York, drinking my Peet’s coffee and going through my pictures from California and I miss that [...]

Read Full Post »