Rockville, Virginia

Thursday, February 26, 2009

More images from a media conference

We call Scooter the generic man. Can anyone guess his ethnicity?

Chris with one of his images.

Mary Jane talking about the internet. Our ancestors were neighbors in the 1630s.

Rockville, Virginia

Scenes from the media conference.

Don opening the conference.

Nancy sharing some of her experiences.

Lauren mugging for the camera.

Tina sharing some of her work.

Dan making a presentation on photo editing.

Roy taking a group picture.

Nelson Trent, left, with friends from East Africa.

Wahokia presenting during the conference.

Photo by Dennis Waterman

Rockville, Virginia

Chris Turner leads off the second day of the media meeting.

Ken Winter discusses directions for the coming year.

Matt McMahon, left, and Terry Pedigo trade information with a flash drive.

Shawn Hendricks talks about the daughter he recently adopted from Columbia.

Dennis Waterman and his daughter during a break at the media meeting.

Steve Evans presenting during the media meeting.

Evans leads a panel discussion during the meeting.

Short Pump, Virginia

Matt Jones playing with Wahokia's hat during dinner this evening.

Rockville, Virginia

Scott discusses strategy during a media conference.

Don Martin outlines media relations for the coming year.

Tina Guthrow discusses a point during the media conference.

Short Pump, Virginia

Sadie enjoying a fire on a cold winter night.

Gayton, Virginia

Work on the Gayton Road left Cambridge church without heat this morning. Kelley McLean futilly wraps up again the cold.

Cambridge kids react — especially Wyatt Hall — during the children's sermon.

George Thomas brings children stories drawn from a volume produced in 1892 and more recent publications. Some of the children who listened to him today include:

Jenine Jarrar,

Allyson Wesson,
and Rebecca Coogle.

Short Pump, Virginia

The following photos are with a Leica M8.

Dianne selecting books in Barnes & Noble.

Edna at the Daily Grind concert last night.

Jerry with the table he designed and crafted.

Short Pump, Virginia

Friday, February 20, 2009

Jerry, an artist who makes tables by forming cement, coloring it and inlaying designs, is displaying one of his creations at the Daily Grind.

"Chicago" Cy Taggart was the solo act at the Daily Grind this evening. His broad repertoire, excellent playing and unique arrangements of standard songs from several different genre made for a wonderful evening.

Painter Paul Steinberg was part of the packed house who enjoyed Taggart's performance. One of Steinberg's paintings hangs to the left.

Betty, a friend I once worked with, also came out for the concert.

Dianne, right, with Dick Martin, one of my college roommates from Maryland, stopped to see us on the first  leg of a trip that will take him through six states in 19 days, seeing 31 friends, classmates and family.

Jenine as Sadie.

Jenine with her mother Alison during Taggart's performance.

Short Pump, Virginia

Richmond continues to get "teaser snow." We're hoping to get at least one good snow this winter.

Sadie enjoying the snow along Copperas Creek.

Nelson Trent proving he is a certified grandfather with Harper McLean.

Nashville, Tenn., to Richmond, Va.

Melody Hart, 9 months, with her mother Rachael on a flight from Nashville to Atlanta, Ga. They are going to Tucson, Ariz.

Atlanta's Jackson Hartfield International Airport at night.

Ramp workers greet our flight from Atlanta.

Nashville, Tenn.

Jamey Whiting, left, and Harry Stevenson play in the main hall of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in downtown Nashville. Part of the group Snappy Pappy, they play a free concert every month on a Monday when the museum has an outreach to senior citizens. The rest of the time, Whiting does studio work and Stevenson radio in the music city.

The magnificent Tiffany ceiling of the Union Station Hotel bathed in morning light. The hotel was originally the railroad station for the city, built between 1898-1900, in an era when travel was exotic and unique. Men kissed their families and went off to four wars from it's platforms, presidents and gangsters passed though, and millions of ordinary citizens traveling east and west, north and south, departed or arrived on the tracks along it's lower level. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977, underwent an $11 million renovation in 2007 and is run by Wyndham Historic Hotels.

Detroit, Michigan

February 15, 2009

The Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport was shut down Sunday when a security violation occurred. Travelers were stuck in the tunnel between Terminals A and B for 20 minutes while authorities checked the airport. The walls of the tunnel are a psychedelic display of changing color and design in response to music being played through speakers.

Valentines Day, February 14, 2009

Short Pump, Virginia

Alyona Steinberg, 17, follows in the footsteps of her father, artist Paul Steinberg. Alyona is holding a drawing she recently completed of Sarah McCalla, one of  the workers at the Daily Grind where her father exhibits.

Jenine finds a book on saltwater fish in the new take one, bring one library at the Daily Grind.

Sunset through the rearview mirror along Church Road.

Nelson Trent started the series on this blog of Jenine kissing various people. This seems a good way to end it.