• Documentary/Street,  Food,  music

    Farmers Market

    June 17, 2012
    Saturdays Dinner
    Sarah playing the flute

    Spent some time wandering through the Drake Farmers Market yesterday morning. Took a few images and sampled almost everything they had, that way I did not have to eat lunch, but dinner, well that was different story. 🙂

    I enjoy these community events. You can actually talk to the person who made the product which could include growing the vegetables in their own garden, harvesting them, caning them and using their own special recipe. And, as I mentioned above, you can sample the product before buying. I found a couple of things I just had to buy and made my dinner with them last night.

    Dinner was simple. I started out with this Southwest orzo made with Red Chili, Indian Corn Maize and Black Beans made by Papparedelle’s. I sliced a ripened avocado and laid the slices across my plate. I then drizzled on top of the orzo and the avocado a Smokin’ Hot Green Chili Salsa I bought at the market and made by a husband and wife team in Fort Collins. I included on the plate a homemade Spicy Corn Relish that was given to me. I definitely enjoyed my dinner and the time at the market.

    Along with the food and crafts was an acoustic duo called Blackbird. Sarah and Ben Myers make up the duo. Wonderful people as well as musicians. They supplied just the right touch to the market and glad they were there. Check out their website at the above link and listen to few samples of their music.

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  • Candid Portraits,  Canon Powershot G12,  Documentary/Street,  Food,  People/Portraits

    The Colors

    October 24, 2011

    Last week I spent a couple of days in Seattle, flying up on Wednesday and coming back on Friday afternoon. I took one small backpack with spare shirt, shorts, socks, toothbrush and just the G12. I stayed at the Green Tortoise Hostel which is located at the corner of Pike and First Street. It is literally across the street from Pikes Market Place. First of all the hostel was great. I stayed in a room with four beds with only three of them occupied. Andrew was from England and Bosco was from Miami. The hostel provided breakfast each morning: eggs, pancakes and toast. The only stipulation required you to make your own breakfast and then cleanup after yourself. On Tuesdays from 1:00-5:00 pm they offered the Dead Guy tour where they load you up in the hostel van for a tour of Seattle. Along the way they take you to the graves of Jimmy Hendrix, Bruce Lee, and Brandon Lee. I passed on that. They offered free dinner on Tuesday and Thursday. So, I did indulge in the taco dinner on Thursday.

    Pikes Place is always a colorful place. Here you will meet the farmer who grows the food, the butcher who knows where the meat came from and the seafood purveyor who picked up the catch of the day just this morning. The farmers did a wonderful job of presenting their fruits and vegetables, the colors were overwhelming.

    Some of the color included the people. It seemed there were a lot homeless, many of them were begging. One man asked me for two dollars. When I said no, he mumbled profanity and walked away. Not sure this guy really needs anymore than weed. He was out there each day and on the same corner. As a photographer the options for images was endless.

     

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  • Art/Design,  Food

    It’s all gone now ….

    August 25, 2011
    All gone but the seeds

    Faye had a sweet post on her blog yesterday. Her image and story awakened some forgotten memories of my childhood. Just like her story, we would gather with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins for a summer evening meal. I remember the grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, potato salad, pork and beans and of course chips. What I remember most was the homemade ice cream. My uncles would take turns hand cranking the White Mountain freezers. Man those were good times. So, Faye’s image of the watermelon is to blame for the indulgence in some good old watermelon last night. It’s all gone now. 🙂

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  • Food

    Cookie Thief

    June 12, 2011
    Caught with the evidence

    I bought a package of those Chips Ahoy cookies the other day. After about 3 days I noticed they were disappearing waaaayyyy to quickly and suspected a cookie thief. I setup a surveillance camera in an effort to catch the thief. As can been seen in the above image I’ve caught the thief with the cookies in hand. Now I need your help. Are there any suggestions for appropriate punishment and to prevent it from happening again as I still have cookies left. Rehabilitation is probably needed! I’m also wondering if this could be the same cookie thief I had in my last apartment. Hope he doesn’t find out about my stash of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia ice cream. 🙂

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  • Food

    I Got It All Done

    April 30, 2011
    Georgia Mud Fudge

    What a beautiful day  we had yesterday. Bright blue skies, a brisk wind from the west and temperatures around 50 degrees. It was a busy day, doctors appointment in the morning, the never ending laundry and packing, grocery shopping, trip to Kinkos, bills needed paid and a a DQ blizzard needed consumed. I tried a new flavor I had never heard of before called a Georgia Mud Fudge. It’s made with chewy baked brownie pieces, cocoa fudge, vanilla soft serve and Georgia pecans. Even though it was a busy day, I got it all done. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

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  • coffee shops,  Food,  lifestyles

    John Wayne

    September 29, 2010

    They call this drink a John Wayne. It is a shot of expresso, with a touch of vanilla syrup and marked with half-and-half or, preferably, cream. Since vanilla is not my favorite syrup in coffee, I tweaked it a bit and made it half vanilla and half almond. Seemed to do the trick. So, yes some days I start off with a shot. And, I see that today is Hump-Day, so by noon most of society will be half-way done with their work week. For me it’s the first day of my two day weekend. Maybe, I’ll make it a double and have two shots. 🙂 Have a great Wednesday!

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  • Food

    Something Different

    August 25, 2010
    Ready for sampling
    Working on it
    Done!!

    We had a short overnight in New Orleans, arriving late and leaving around noon. It is hot and muggy but I managed to get out and take a walk along Veterans Blvd. This walk takes me passed the past the Chez Pierre pastry shop I visited back in June. On that visit I enjoyed the artistry of the baker and sampled one of their works of art. I stopped in again, chatted with the same lady as before and tried something new. Again, I was pleased. I took it back to my hotel room since the shop is just around the corner. It will be my lunch today. 🙂 You know there are simple pleasures in life. I experienced one yesterday morning.

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  • Food

    Dad’s Eggs

    July 26, 2010
    Working on his craft
    The Final Product

    My dad is a man of traditions. One of those is his morning breakfast of two fried eggs, without a crispy edge. He and I are both early risers which gives us an opportunity to share some father/son time. On many of my visits with my parents he and I would take an early morning walk to loosen up the muscles, get the heart rate going and enjoy the sunrise. Afterwords he would cook up simple and enjoyable breakfast for the two of us. Menu included two eggs over easy, one sausage patty and this morning a biscuit.

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  • Food,  lifestyles

    Over the Edge

    June 13, 2010
    Before
    After

    A couple of weeks ago I was in New Orleans for one of my overnights. We arrived late so our departure time was later in the day. I enjoyed the continental breakfast at the hotel then headed out for a walk. My journey took me to this small French bakery called Chez Pierre. Maybe three cars in the parking lot but something about it called me to walk in, and it wasn’t because I was hungry. I was met by an elderly women behind this absolutely beautiful display case of wonderful pastries. There were two young girls enjoying quiche and their conversation. Before I knew what had happened this delicious pastry was sitting in front of me (have no clue how that happened). Let me tell you it was delicious, even at 9:30 in the morning. I was over the edge. No wonder my uniform pants fit tight.

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