Loving my new toy film camera, a Holga 120N. Some shots from my first batch of rolls:







First set here.

We just returned to 40 degree weather in DC after of a week of sunny 80 degree days in Key West. We headed south with my family to celebrate my mom’s 50th birthday, which happened to fall on Thanksgiving this year. Our rental house was on Duval Street just a block away from the southernmost point in the continental U.S., near lots of art galleries and restaurants (not to mention the adult entertainment club across the street!).

Key West certainly lived up to its laid back reputation, though there were a few more tacky T-shirt shops than we expected. We managed to hit the couple of major sites: Ernest Hemingway’s house, where we played with the six-toed cats; Audubon House, where, sadly, John James Audubon did not stay while working on “Birds of America”… he actually stayed next door (a fact only found in very fine print in the very last room of the tour); and the Dry Tortugas, where Drew took lots of pictures and I saw a barracuda while snorkeling. Unfortunately, we missed the famous Key West sunset in Mallory Square because every time we tried to go there were enormous cruise ships blocking the entire view!

All in all, we managed to get some much-needed rest and relaxation (though I’m sorry to say we’re not tan at all). Now we just need to motivate ourselves to get back to work!

In honor of the 10th plane I’ve been on the span of seven weeks, I thought I’d take some pictures.

Here’s the view from seat D-21 bound for Chicago:


And here’s a self-portrait:



I’ll be on plane #11 on Friday morning.

We took the early (very early) morning flight to Boston this past weekend to visit Jen before she wraps up her grad school days at Simmons in December. The weather was perfect, our timing worked out great, and man, are we tired. We hit the New England Aquarium, the Quincy Market, the T, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, a great restaurant called Teatro, and walked all of Newberry Street. All in just over a day.



Jen lives in the Back Bay Fens—sound familiar? Like there might be a ball field there, or something? Oh, yeah, it was game 6 of the ALCS Saturday night at Fenway Park. Jen lives close enough that you can hear the cheers of the Red Sox fans from the stands.



The rest of my pictures are here.