Aerials & GigaPans

Detail of FBR Open tee marker.

Me & my helicopter pilot Ross.

An aerial view of #16 at TPC Scottsdale with the desert mountains in the distance.

Mary shot some GigaPans from several locations on #16.

This is the first year #16 has been fully enclosed.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's me in a helicopter.

There was a good What the Duck today.

Cardinal Fever

It was an early morning. Up at 3:30am to catch a 6:40am flight to Phoenix via Atlanta to shoot the FBR Open.

We got to TPC Scottsdale in time to shoot Billy Mayfair, who changed into a Phoenix Cardinals jersey in the tunnel leading into #16. The crowd went wild!

The Social Butterfly

It sure was a busy day!
Diet Coke, weekly critique, quad iced Americano, meeting at HQ, conference call ...
Lunch at Cruisers with Jen, Aiden & Mary ...

Then back to work ... performance reviews, order test prints, finish performance reviews (yay!), go home ...
Prep for dinner party, cook, eat, load dishwasher, empty dishwasher, load dishwasher again, sleep!
Big day of socializing ... especially considering it was a work day!

St. Augustine

Mary & Elsa came to town to go to Yoga Day USA at Discovery Yoga.
I met them for an awesome lunch at The Back 40 Urban Cafe.

Mary started with a delicious corn, jalepeno & roasted red pepper chowder.

I had a fabulous Santa Fe Chicken Salad.

Nice sign.

After lunch we went out for coffee. Mary shot with her G10 while Elsa knitted a blanket.

Package Store ... really nice sign ... lots of peeling paint.

Nice Sunset

I shot a beautiful sunset in the parking lot at work.

Alligator Farm

A hungry gator!

Adam at the Alligator Farm.

A macaw in nice light.

Hank, Adam & Mom.

Me, Adam & Mom.

Gator on the run.

mmmmm ... fresh rats! Yummy!

Okay everybody ... 1, 2, 3 ... squint!

Going Home

While I was in the parking lot at Trader Joe's, I shot the sunset with my iPhone.

Awesome workstations are located all over the gate areas in the new Jet Blue terminal at JFK. You can order food on the touchscreen & it'll be delivered right to your desk.

There is stepped seating with cushions & no shortage of power.

Snow

It snowed overnight at my mom's house. Not much ... but it did stick.

Alex's Bar "Mets"vah

Alex's Bar Mitzvah had a NY Mets theme. I was at the Old Timers table with most of my cousins.

Hank & mom.

Twins

Tonight we had dinner with the Weins. I got to meet Mike & Emily's new twins.

I made Cal cry.

Penny was sleeping.

The entire Wein clan.

Hank, mom & me.

Clouds

There were really nice clouds in every direction. I shot these out my car window on the way to work.

Down Home Cookin'

Tonight I went to Matt & Ilona's for a Low Country Boil & Brunswick Stew. Everything was delicious. Ice is added to the pot to stop the cooking.

Luke was a good boy.

Opa! Our Big Fat Greek Thanksgiving

I spent Thanksgiving with Anna, Tyler, Stefan & Hank.

Anna poses with the photo tray while the boys slaved in the kitchen. We had a Greek dinner prepared by Tyler & Stefan. They made spicy feta dip, kolokithakia keftedes, saganaki, greek salad & pastitio. Everything was great, but we were way too full for dessert.

Hank was a big help in the kitchen.

Anna & Stefan sipping Frappes.

One big happy family. Everybody ate too much ... except maybe Hank.

Being a Boss

Lately there have been a couple of great What the Duck comics that I can really relate to.

Nice Cone!

At the end of my block I noticed the great sky & snapped a photo out my car window. At that exact moment, my phone rang. It was 7:15am & Anna was calling ... a real coincidence considering this photo is taken down her block. I thought she was outside & saw me stop to take the photo.

On the way to my Dr appointment, I passed this nice ice cream cone. On the way home, I stopped to shoot it. There were two unfortunately placed poles right in front, so I had to get out my "real" cameras to get a decent shot.

They have 6 flavors. Actually, they have way more, but I'm sure it was too expensive to change the sign.

Across the street I noticed a Korean BBQ restaurant. I'm gonna have to go try out the jumulruk & kimchee the next time I'm on this side of town.