Since I’ve been back, I’ve been focused a bit on reining in my eating habits. Before I left for India, my eating habits consisted of no breakfast, randome eating out for lunch and whatever I could scavenge in my own fridge for dinner. Usually this was a low vegetable, processed,...

Warning, this is uncensored, unfiltered, and possibly illogical me. :) So here I am on my flight to London. I think we’ve been in the air for about six hours. We’ve got about 3 hours left and I just cannot get to sleep. It’s definitely not for lack of trying. I even had two reasonably...

I like to, every year or so, go back and look at how I started getting into photography…the months where I thought putting ugly black borders with titles and copyrights on my photos were okay. The years I  worked with a cheap 4.1 MP camera because I was falling in love with photography...

  What. I am engaged?!   FYI I had not a single inkling on Tuesday night that the question was gonna be popped! I actually went to boot camp and took the hastiest shower I have ever taken, had thrown on a tshirt, jeans and shoestring-less shoes and run out the door with wet hair...

Anyone who knows me knows I love tea. It all started with a taste for the simple bag of Lipton my mum would make but the evolution of that taste has led me down many paths of aromas, tastes, and tea types. Naturally, I love going to Teavana, a store specializing in all sorts of amazing mixes....

I found a hummingbird on the concrete outside my work. It wasn’t dead but it wasn’t able to fly. Instead of leaving it there to be trampled, I brought it home. It’s weak but not so weak it can’t sit or fly for a short distance. It flew from my kitchen and landed on the couch, albeit...

There’s a tunnel in Los Angeles from Little Tokyo to Santa Monica beach. It’s long and circular unlike most of the rectangular tunnels on the east coast. I’m getting an itch to travel again.. but I’ll have to hold off until next year. I have a trip planned to the other...

So.. You get your cats on a new food, say Fancy Feast , for the sake of their health. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO. First, they will miss the hell out of their dry food. And then… Every morning is now a headbutt-until-its-food-time morning. Every time I come home both cats...

I haven’t had a chance to pull out my camera for anything other than people & events which I generally don’t post here. Fall is coming though, which means I’ll have a lot more opportunity to do some shooting. I’m going to start packing my camera on my way to boot...

I’ll go ahead and admit it. I am awful at running. I will willingly do anything else during boot camp happily. Weight lifting? Yes. Crazy ab exercises? Yes. Cardio? Yes.  When it comes to running I have neither the physical or mental stamina to do well. When my shins and ankles start...

I’m spending the weekend in Blue Ridge. :) I have amazing friends. My life is amazing. 26, this year is going to be...

This weekend I had planned to have a few friends over. It was an opportunity to try something new for a party snack.  This recipe (suggested by @jstone13zero) is from one of our new favorite blogs, Oh She Glows. The ingredients were simple enough. Add some maple syrup and balsamic vinegar...

I hosted game night again at my home this weekend and my game making friend Kevin brought flash point again. This game is awesome. I took the liberty of taking some more professional shots of the game board and pieces since it’s not only a fun game, it’s a well designed and beautiful game....

Lolling about my parents kitchen in lopsided sleep shorts, unable to see because I hadn’t even put my contacts in yet, I sat at their computer to check my e-mail. My ears were then assaulted by this awful little shrieking. Maybe I was still dreaming… I’ve had these very...

So I found myself at piedmont park this morning, post engagement shoot, happy and hungry. There was a small farmer’s market type thing (which I later discovered to be the Piedmont Park Green Market) going on at the entrance of the park. Lucky for me DoggyDoggATL was right around the corner...

I’ve tackled my guest bedroom in my head for a while now.  My first plan was to turn it into a lounge but my living room is a large lounge environment already and I really would like to have guests sleep over in an awesome room. My own bedroom is a mix of dark leather,  very dark...

One of the amazing things about Vegas is the crazy amount of money the hotels & casinos spend on the decor.  I loved this parasol display in one of the many atriums at the Bellagio. I totally intended on posting more but I was way too busy. I feel like we’ve been everywhere (and...

There’s always some minor drama at my house when I am about to leave on a trip. Last time she was the last thing in my suitcase.  This time, I guess she thought she’d have better luck if she was the first thing in the suitcase.  Oh Molly....

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You’ve all met Missy before. She’s the cuddliest one of my cats. Also, as evidenced by the photos, playing with her means you get cat hair all over your floors. It’s totally worth the sweep job though.  My red & brown shag rug is her favorite thing in my living room. Isn’t she...

Take a walk through the park with me… Summer is...

So spring is here. I am super excited about this simple little seasonal change.  If you were me, and genetically programmed to hate all things cold, you’d understand. I was built to absorb some sun and revel in long daylight hours.  Everyday is awesome now pretty much because of the...

I had some fun shooting Manny this weekend. He’s head honcho at my parents’ house and he knows it. I can’t believe he’s so big. Here’s my little baby just two years ago. Small enough to fit in one hand. He was so small. Here he is hugging his mommy. And a little while later, when...

We went to Savannah to celebrate our friend Moe’s 31st birthday.  We hit the beach the 2nd day we were there. Good times. My friend Paz, on the reeds. He’s looking at the ground because it’s full of spiny seeds that love sticking to your feet. Further down the dune was an old tree and...

So I just totally bought these three movies on Blu-ray. Now, to understand what I big deal this is, you have to know that I have never bought a DVD in my life. Rented from redbox or blockbuster, sure, but I’ve never spent the $$ to start any sort of video collection. However, this year I...

A quibble [a pun or a riddle] is to Shakespeare what luminous vapors are to the traveler; he follows it at all adventures; it is sure to lead him out of his way and sure to engulf him in the mire. It has some malignant power over his mind, and its fascinations are irresistible. Whatever be...

I get about 20+ comments a day but from people who I have no idea who they are across the communities I post my work and stuff. BUT when someone I’ve met in real life says something, it’s like a hundred times better. It’s also fun to look at the map of daily visitors and see the cities...

This Christmas was kind of scattered. When my aunt was diagnosed with congestive heart failure, none of us really cared about Christmas or the things around it that much. Between visits to the hospital, we found ourselves celebrating Christmas in patches. My parents came over the weekend...

So I went thrifting earlier today at the local salvation army and came across a Minolta X-370 in a glass case. It was fully functional and vintagey looking which is something I adore.  I noticed it had a sigma lens attached to it and remembered the sigma lenses my parents bought for me at a...

Every now and then I just have an amazing day out. One of those days where everything wasn’t busy as heck, I had a moment to breathe, and I got to run around doing fun things. Also, I finally got a Sony TX-9 to replace my broken TX-1. I had forgotten how much easier it is to get photos of...