This will be my last blog for awhile, I am slammed. I’m fighting off getting sick which I really can’t afford right now. Sleeping odd hours to not sleeping at all. There are several things I’m striving to balance over the next 60 days and beyond. STRIKING BALANCE …between my professional and personal life. My personal life has been completely
Growing up in Jersey, 3-4 inches of snow meant we’d have a delayed opening. Thankfully, in Carolina that means if it snows Friday night, people still have work off on Monday. Main highways are sketchy and side roads are atrociously laden with ice, we just don’t have the equipment to handle even small accumulations. As if a little bit of
The fogged rolled into Raleigh on the last day of the year, so figured it was as good an excuse as any to break out the camera and shoot in some old haunts. Went to Yates Mill and Lake Johnson. Though I tell you, since Yates Mill re-opened to the public, not having to trespass has altered the personal experience
By the time I had gone to the ’09 North Carolina State Fair for the first visit, the ’09 State Fair of Texas and traveled through much of Texas, my stomach had a good gastrointestinal workout with all sorts of fried fair food and all the Tex-Mex you can shake a Yam On A Stick at. That’s why when I
First, I’d like to thank the gracious hosts in Texas who made the remainder of my blitzkrieg Texas tour wonderful memorable. So much appreciation to Jamie, Dina & Trey, Reb and her ever-creative beansprout, Clayton, and Stephanie. Though I went through the cities of Austin, San Antonio, and Houston in a 48-hour span, I only took the time to capture
First, I want to thank my Dallas friends for being such gracious wonderful hosts and dealing with my topsy-turvy schedule- James, Chanda, Haewon & Dan, Marcia, Steve & Cindy, Laura & Bob. It was wonderful to see and hang out with all of you even if it was for a brief spell. Next time I’ll try to make it a
Went with my friend Karin to the ’09 North Carolina State Fair on opening afternoon. Upon entering the gates was a very patriotic man on stilts. Speaking of patriotism, the refreshing thing about this year’s state fair is that it wasn’t in an election year! Thank goodness because last year was going to drive me crazy with the great flocks
Took a mini-road trip between Wilson and Greenville along old US-64, now ALT-64. This was the path I was originally traveling when I got stung by a raid of wasps. It’s past crop season so all of the fields are in various stages of dying. The tobacco barn is an intricate part of the North Carolina vernacular. Sometimes I wonder
Previous blogs from the trip: North New Mexico August 21-28 Part I Pro Gig Private 5500 s.f. Residence This blog is low on words – sorry, even I have my moments when I’m stunningly incoherent. I got to see some rural scenes between Taos and Cimarron. Halfway between Taos and Cimarron is Eagle’s Nest where this chapel at the Vietnam
The wonderful thing about traveling for work is that it can serve as a neat excuse to see other sights. The first few times I went to New Mexico was in 2005 and I fell in love with the area, inspiring a trip to Colorado and Utah a couple of years later. I got exactly 30 minutes of sleep before
One of the neat things about having Bennett Strahan as a client is that he’s also a former boss, so we already have a solid working relationship that’s spanned almost six years. Last month, I flew out West to document one of his designs, a 5500 s.f. residence in the remote desert mountains of northern New Mexico. In shooting it,
I was in Greenville, North Carolina to drop off one of my works for a show at the Emerge Gallery. On the way back to Raleigh I decided to take the rural scenic route back home. As an architectural professional with a client in the area, I was familiar with the region and rediscovered an abandoned house near old US-64.