Joseph Perez, bicycle messanger and his girlfriend Catherine Slye, computer specialist meet each other midday for a cup of coffee at M. E. Swing's Coffee Shop on 17th and G St NW.
[Want to learn more about Joseph and Catherine's relationship? Then go to the Corcoran student photojournalism show opening in the Corcoran's White Walls Gallery, 6pm to 8pm Thur., Oct 30. Who knows, they might show up!]
This is a picture of my Digital Darkroom professor, Alex Jamison. This class seems to be getting better as the semester drags on. The course started out basic, but now we are covering techniques that bypass some extra steps that I've used in the past. Slowly the students in the class are becoming more personable. (Or maybe it's just me? , I'm becoming more personable.) It is thanks to Mr. Jamison that we owe our new outlook on Photoshop, and life ... "Here, Here!"
[Another fine day to be alive and taking pictures.]
The day started out warm and damp, by nightfall it was cold and wet. A combination of the switch back to Standard Time (making it darker earlier), and the weather effected rush hour and caused at least a couple fender benders on my bus ride home.
[The weather on 17th St NW.]
Ended up in Baltimore at the Ottobar ( www.theottobar.com ) tonight. Great show. No matter how much I hate to leave the District for entertainment, this was well worth it! The venue was excellent, The Constantines (below) and Don Caballero played their @##s off! One of the best shows in memory!
[If you aren't a reject, or even if you are check these bands out.]
Went to the Xchange Saloon in Foggy Bottom to watch what turned out to be the last game of the Series. But doesn't everybody agree that baseball is boring? I think we should come up with a new "national pastime." What about motocross racing? I don't ride dirt bikes or have a real interest in it. But, they're a lot more fun to watch than a bunch of guys standing around a well-groomed lawn wearing dumpy uniforms.
[Photo show this week in the Corcoran College's White Walls Gallery, go see it.]
Jeanette Lee gets ready for her role in the Corcoran's student lounge before a fundraiser at the gallery Friday. Lee and other players from Motion Mania Dance Theater, Gaithersburg, Md., will be mingling in costumes that reflect the period and specific characters from Impressionist paintings. The characters will add yet another dimension to Seward Johnson's Exhibit, Beyond the Frame.
[I was only going to check my email, surprise.]
[Pretty soon cheeks will be red, lips will be chapped, knuckles will be cracked and bleeding ... ahh, beautiful Autumn.]
Called some friends. Found they were preoccupied or didn't answer. And I think one even hung up. Went to get some caffine in Adams-Morgan. Looked around an African Art shop. Walked down the street and saw a quiet sushi joint, Pacific Sushi. This is an alright place if you're looking for moderately-priced, quality sushi. San Diego State grad, David, opened the place 10 months ago. He only has two other employees and says that's how he likes it.
[I had two spicey tunas, an eel and avacado, and a couple Sapporos ... all tastey.]
Like many Americans, the French don't seem to care too much for our politics. That doesn't stop them from loving our tourism.
[The weather was a little gray here today, but the temperature stayed warm.]
There will be a student Photojournalism and I think some Fine Arts photos on display in the Corcoran College's White Walls Gallery from Monday Oct 27th to Friday Oct 31st. The opening reception will be Thursday Oct 30th, from 6pm--8pm.
[Another view of Kilbourne Pl NW, the heart of Mount Pleasant.]
Me and a friend, Ana went to the zoo. There are a lot of animals there, not like the San Diego Zoo, but way cooler than the Pittsburgh Zoo. (And I hear it's no comparison to the Oakland Zoo.) I tried to take some good shots of the little monkeys but they were either too far away for my wide-angle lens or too jittery to take a good picture of under the lighting conditions. Finally one of the wee primates went into a stare resulting in this picture. I imagine this is like the drive thru version of real wildlife photography!
(It's nicer to think of as a nursing home than as a prison. Either way the inhabitants go crazy.)
