jewel August 2nd, 2008
We met some friends in DC today and went to the Jim Henson’s Fantastic World exhibit at the Smithsonian. What a fun trip through childhood it was, too. I grew up in the 70’s with the Muppet Show and Sesame Street. Ah, good times. Sadly, no photography was allowed, but that is typically the case with special exhibits like this and I respect that (unlike a couple people I saw). Continue Reading »
jewel June 28th, 2008
To Star Trek: The Experience, while we were in Vegas. And it was fun. Ok, I admit, I’m a bit of a Trekker.
We had decided to stay an extra day in Vegas after TAM to do a couple Vegasy things. One of those things was spending most of Monday at the Las Vegas Hilton’s Star Trek: The Experience. We’ve been there before, but it’s been nearly 10 years and they’ve added quite a few things since then. Since our first trip, they’ve added a new ride - “Borg Invasion 4d” and a behind the scenes tour and several photo options. We went ahead and did all of it. Continue Reading »
jewel May 23rd, 2008
Since I decided to take today off work, I thought I should get out of the house and enjoy this gorgeous spring weather we’re having. So, I went to the zoo. I know I was just there last month but that was part of a field trip with the photography class I was taking. And, although I got some good panda and tiger shots, there was a lot I didn’t get to. So, today I went to get some shots of the animals I don’t normally photograph and just to see what I found. Continue Reading »
jewel May 13th, 2008
It finally feels like spring is actually here. I swear, I was beginning to think we were going to skip spring altogether and head straight into summer. It’s been cloudy and rainy and cool and I know we’ve needed the rain, but when the weather is better in London for more than a few days, I get depressed. Continue Reading »
jewel April 27th, 2008
Yesterday my photography class met at the zoo for our second field trip. I love the zoo. I’d love to go there more often. So, anyway, I cleared off my memory cars, charged the camera batteries and off we went. It was a beautiful morning. We got there around 8:30 and met by the panda’s. They were all out and chowing on some bamboo. Mmmmm…..breakfast, said my stomach, as I remembered I forgot to pack that granola bar. Continue Reading »
jewel December 22nd, 2007
As promised, here is a more in depth posting/review of our fantastic Mexico vacation. We both really needed a vacation and we chose the perfect one. In fact, I don’t remember the last time I came back from a vacation feeling this refreshed and rejuvenated. We had a blast and we both want to go back and explore more ruins.
jewel December 19th, 2007
We got back last night from Cancun and it was, without a doubt, the best vacation ever. Highlights include spending 2 days at Chichen Itza, a half a day at Tulum and swimming with dolphins at Xel Ha. There was much good food and a fair amount of tropical beverages and we even found a Mexican beer that we liked!
I have about 600 pictures to process and it will take me a few days to do so, but once done I will upload the ones I like to my gallery and I will also be posting a more detailed report of the trip sometime in the next few days.
¡Muy bueno!
jewel November 20th, 2007
I nearly forgot to blog about this…
On Sunday we went into DC to RFK Stadium to see the MLS Cup (New England Revolution vs. Houston Dynamo). What started out as a reasonably warm (read comfortable) day ended up being rather chilly on our (shady) side of the stadium. We were a bit under dressed, just having light jackets. Continue Reading »
jewel November 11th, 2007
Last night we went to a meetup in DC hosted by the Bad Astronomer himself and the infamous PZ Myers. They were both in town for some AU thing. Anyway, they both had some free time in the evening and they invited local readers to a meetup. It was fun. I think about 15 - 20 readers of their blogs showed up. We were the first ones there, getting there a around 8:30. It was a lot of fun. Food, drink and good conversation. Continue Reading »
jewel September 1st, 2007
We were on our way to lunch today when someone pulled up beside us at a traffic light and told us how much he liked the personalized plate on my car (SKEPTIC). It was cool. No one has ever commented on it to me. I’ve had a couple people comment on my license plate frame (Firefly) but never the plate itself. 
