Day 2 started out with breakfast made by Jimi. A simple egg & potato dish and a fruit platter… well he made it look simple. Pienza For our first day trip, we drove the clan to Pienza. This was our first exposure to the small meat and cheese shops we quickly fell in love with. …
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Italy 2010 Day 1
Podere Monti After the stress and chaos of waiting for everyone to arrive, renting 2 huge diesel vans, ramming everyone’s luggage into said vans and driving for 3 hours, we finally arrived at our temporary home, a villa in the small town of Montepulciano. Podere Monti is a 7-room bed & breakfast and we managed …
G12
Just pre-ordered it. I’ll be getting rid of the G11 soon.
Sunday
Today we dropped off Judy at her Burd Boarding facility as we will be on vacation soon. We then drove to San Jose to have dinner with the Nakamatsu’s. I tortured Kathy’s kat with my camera.
Norah Jones
Tonight we had the privilege of watching Norah Jones at the Greek Theater in Berkeley. This was the first time we’ve been to the Greek, damn is my butt hurting…wait I meant it was because of the concrete seating. Probably the most uncomfortable venue I’ve ever been to. We got there early and had enough …
10 years later…
Today we celebrated 10 years together. A decade of love & affection (Def Leppard ref). 6:15 rezzies at Pappo in Alameda.
Mosquito
Almost in the place as the spider from 7/16. Sorry I do love shooting bugs.
Meatless Monday II
According to Google Dictionary, meat is defined as: The flesh of an animal (esp. a mammal) as food rabbit meat meat sandwiches assorted meats The flesh of a person’s body this’ll put meat on your bones! The edible part of fruits or nuts The essence or chief part of something he did the meat of …
One step closer…
Today the mailman delivered my carbon fiber tripod that I intend to use in Italy. It should be able to handle my G11 & mark II. I’m bringing so much camera gear there’s only enough room for 2 days worth of clothes. I think I’ll bring 2 canisters of deodorant.
Gold Gate
Had to work in Greenbrae today. I decided to try and shoot a pano of the GG Bridge. To overcome that pesky fence I mounted my G11 on a monopod and held it high over my head. The fence is an eyesore and the pano is crooked, but I’ll get it one day. Okay it …