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.

Richmond, Virginia

Window at the entrance to SuCasa, where truly my house is your house.

It's a busy winter day at the popular Mexican restaurant.

Evening at Stoney Point Fashion Mall, one of the upscale malls in the Richmond area.

Shoppers walk through one of the entrances to the mall.

Stone horses outside P.F. Chang's restaurant.

One more picture of Harper McLean.

Jenine at it again, kissing her father.

Short Pump, Virginia

Wahokia at the Genius Bar in the Apple Store in Short Pump Mall.

—photo by "Moe," a Mac Genius

Jenine passing out kisses again. This time to her mother Alison.

Gayton, Virginia

Harper Elizabeth McLean makes her debut at Cambridge church.

 
Jenine plants a kiss on Wahokia.

Short Pump, Virginia

Jenine talks about her day during a late lunch at the Daily Grind.

Tobie, above, and Sadie, below, check on Dianne when she returns home after cataract surgery this afternoon . Both kept checking on her and attempted to take care of her all evening.

Charlotte, North Carolina

Left to right: Nick Layman, Albuquerque, N.M., Elizabeth Lemon, Asheville, N.C., and Marc Kawanishi, San Antonio, Texas, monitor judging at the 60th annual Southern Short Course for News Photography. The SSC was held Feb. 5-8 in Charlotte, N.C. and is the longest running photojournalism conference in the country. Kawanishi is the current CEO for the conference.

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Janet Sutton, Teachey, N.C., tapes sessions of the conference and comments from participants.

Billy Weeks, director of photography at the Chattanooga (Tenn.) Free Press does portfolio reviews during the conference.

Ashlie White, Raleigh, N.C., tries to avoid cameras at a surprise celebration of her birthday. James Gregg, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, immediate left, Billy Weeks Chattanooga (Tenn.) Free Press, immediately behind Gregg, and Swayne Hall, Associated Press, New York, far left, bear witness to the event.

Light plays off buildings in downtown Charlotte.

This is not my friend, Gary Fong, but another Gary Fong who manufactures strobe diffusers which are on display at the conference and is a wedding photographer in California.

Ross Taylor, staff photographer for The Hartford (N.H.) Courant, lifts the bidding at the annual Southern Conference print auction.

A young girl enjoys her lunch at Razzoo's Restaurant outside Charlotte.

Short Pump & Gayton, Virginia

Roberta, left, and Joyce chat during lunch at the Daily Grind in Short Pump.

The elephant and calf carving given to Cambridge church by Christ's Academy now has a display case. The church supports 160 orphans from violence in Eastern Africa cared for by the school by funding their meals each month. Photos of Christ's Academy can be see on this blog in the October postings.

Short Pump, Virginia

We had teaser snow last night along Copperas Creek — only a fraction of an inch which lay only on leaves, grasses and other elevated surfaces, like our birdhouse. The ground was too warm for it to stick. More snow is in the offering tonight. Many hope for a major winter storm.

Interior decorations at the Kona Grill — a new Pacific Rim theme restaurant with excellent cuisine in Short Pump.

Short Pump, Virginia

Snow begins along Copperas Creek.

We'll see what it does in the morning.