House Stuff

Only a few weeks after beginning my garden I’m able to reap the benefits. Last night I was hungry for a fresh, light dinner, and there wasn’t much in the fridge.  Too tired to even call for takeout, I decided to see what was on hand in my pantry – I had the usual stuff [...]

As some of my loyal readers know, we just bought a house a couple of months ago. So, now, in addition to working full-time as a wedding photographer, I’m also doing a ton of home repair, and finally getting a decent garden started. The other day, I was cleaning my camera gear after a bridal [...]

First of all I want to thank everybody for the emails about my health. I’m fine. I’m just afflicted with seasonal allergies, and when I get tired, they seem to flare up more than usual.  I appreciate your kind words chicken broth recipes (I’m a vegetarian), and even that one guy who set me a code [...]

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The day started with me taking out my iPhone with serious intentions to document the process with photos.  I soon realized after one coat of  Behr ultra pure white flat enamel on the ceiling that there was no way to keep my beautiful communicator free from paint.  So you are only getting one crappy cameraphone [...]

My introduction to SteamPunk came with a puzzle I used to do on rainy days. My folks had lots of puzzles – they were stacked high in the entry closet, and while they always wanted me to do a ‘new’ one, I always loved this colorful jumble of observation decks, hot air balloons, kites and [...]

Two weeks ago was perhaps the most stressful nail-bitting, stomach turning week of my life.  I lost sleep, couldn’t eat (which is never a problem for me), and chewed off most of my nails.  I had heard so many horror stories about loans falling through at the last minute, and was convinced that it was [...]

Our very first project in our house was to remove wallpaper.  We simply can’t stand the 1970′s flowery patterns that grace the walls in the Living Room, Kitchen, both Bathrooms, and on the border of our soon to be bedroom.  You see, the goal is to have a perfectly flat, smooth, museum quality wall.  No [...]

I go to a lot of weddings. Somewhere north of 30 every year. Of course, I am required to show up and be creative on demand, but that is a different post. Every weekend I meet around 200 new people from all walks of life – some are family of the bride and groom, some [...]