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Today was spent driving. St. Clair Shores, MI to St. Catharines, Ontario… In a 16′ Penske rental truck… and all went without fail. Crystal and I got across the border without even a question of what exactly is in the … Continue reading
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Today I was, thankfully, feeling much better… After some morning packing (and inventory-ing for the borders that we have to cross) I headed out to pick up the Penske Truck that will haul our belongings from Michigan to St. Catharines, … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas Eve!!! Crystal and I set out this morning (after cramming our luggage, etc into our poor car for the last time in 2012) for St. Catharines, Ontario via our storage locker in Albany. After 9 hours of driving, and … Continue reading
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Made the trip to Albany, NY from Boston, MA today in a the 16′ box truck from yesterday’s post. Snapped a few photos along the way (when it was safe). As I pulled off the highway into the Troy/Cohoes New … Continue reading
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Spent today driving a 16′ box truck around China town in Boston… it was challenging to say the least. Picked up my personal workboxes, etc from the theatre in preparation for a drive to drop them in Albany, NY tomorrow. … Continue reading
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Headed out the front doors of the theatre today (to visit the Dunkin Donuts on the corner), and caught a glimpse of Boston Common… through the window decals that adorn the front entrance of the Colonial Theatre here in Boston. … Continue reading
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A portion of the Boston skyline from the top of the parking garage next to the hotel… I snapped this one as I was headed into work tonight. The intended photo of the day, and a few outtakes from the … Continue reading
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Between our last two shows here in Providence and I snapped a HDR image of the theatre’s marquee. A beautifully inspirational theatre here for a week, and now its off to Boston, MA for two weeks before heading home for … Continue reading
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ROAD TRIP! Today, a short one (in comparison to the Detroit to Portland road trip earlier this year) from Rochester, NY to Providence, RI. 6 hours in a car, and we were there. Not bad at all. One week in … Continue reading
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Wandering around the theatre before the show, I was searching for inspiration for a photo for today. I snapped an (intentionally) out of focus image of one of the ceiling lights below the balcony here in Rochester’s Auditorium and took … Continue reading
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Opening Night here in Rochester, NY, and the Auditorium Theatre is exactly as I remember it… right down to the red neon sign out front. No fancy Marquee here, just one word, above the doors that lead to the Auditorium. … Continue reading
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Saturday north of the border, and I snapped this quick photo while we were headed to visit some family here in the Niagara region. I cannot even begin to explain how nice it is to unplug while I am up … Continue reading
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It’s Black Friday across the US, and Crystal and I stayed safely in my parents house while people threw themselves at deals in retailers across the country. We on the other hand had an amazing relaxing morning here in St. … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Break. (cleverly disguised as a 1 week long layoff from the MEMPHIS Tour) It will be nice to get away for the week and spend time with my amazing wife and our kitten (who is quickly becoming more of … Continue reading
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Today’s photo(s) are blue. Maybe someone out there can explain the blue paint on the trees… I remember white chalky paint around the base of the trunk of our apple tree at our old house on Englehardt Street when I … Continue reading
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We traveled from San Jose to Sacramento through the early hours of the morning and upon arrival I woke up on the bench of the bus, lugged my bags up to the room and passed out proper on the bed. … Continue reading
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Gypsy and Crystal visited me at work before the matinee today… they both are flying back to my parents house tomorrow to pick up our car (that hitched a ride back to the Detroit area last week from Denver) and … Continue reading
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San Fran cisco. Crystal and I grabbed a zipcar and headed to the city by the bay. After spending a few minutes at the top of the Marin Headlands Golden Gate Bridge overlook, we crossed into San Francisco, parked and … Continue reading
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EMILY, the spotlight operator for the MEMPHIS tour decided a few weeks ago that she was going to strand me as the only original electrician left on the MEMPHIS tour when she accepted a permanent job at a theatre out … Continue reading
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With the end of my Project closing in QUICKLY… I am starting to try and get some of the photos on my project’s ‘bucket list’ done. As it turns out, Michaline and Gary, the MEMPHIS tour’s lead truck drivers are … Continue reading
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Tonight’s photo… is the first of the project taken by… someone else. My lovely wife Crystal helped out a LOT with this one, instead of dealing with a tripod (that was on a truck) and remotes (also on a truck). … Continue reading
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Tonight was one of the more random, more conceptual photos I have attempted in awhile. Thanks to Chris, one of the ensemble members of the MEMPHIS tour, and his ukulele’s I was able to create an interesting and hopefully unique … Continue reading
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After having to postpone today’s photo thanks to the 35mph winds whipping around buildings here in downtown Denver, I wasn’t really sure what today’s photo would be… and then I looked up. THE MOON WAS GORGEOUS! A crystal clear night … Continue reading
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It’s been a bit of a whirlwind of a day off. Jetset twice in two time zones over the past two days, it was amazing to come “home” (or back to the hotel here in Denver) to my incredible wife, … Continue reading
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Monday, and a day away from the MEMPHIS Tour. Spent globetrotting and visiting one of the coolest spaces for art I have seen in a while. After a whirlwind day in and out of airports and touring around town a … Continue reading
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Rain clouds moved in on Denver, CO today, and I snapped what turned out to be a HUGE HDR Panorama image of the mountains with a break in the clouds in the distance. From our hotel room, I snapped 6 … Continue reading
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Slept in today after yesterday’s marathon at the theatre. Crystal and I took our little kitten on a fieldtrip today… to Petsmart. We realized that we adopted her 1 week ago today, and wanted to celebrate… (well that and we … Continue reading
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Spent a lot of today hanging out with our kitten Gypsy… you know, in between shows and what not. She found the packing materials that were stuffed in a shipment of stuff from home and built herself a fort. We … Continue reading
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After her first trip to see the vet (for a normal post-adoption checkup) our gorgeous little kitten made her debut at the theatre for a quick hello to everyone here before going home and napping ALL day. it must be … Continue reading
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You know that load out is right around the corner when hundreds of traffic barriers arrive blinking and line the alley in preparation for Sunday morning’s street closure for load out! Guess it’s true that we have to leave our … Continue reading
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World, meet Gypsy… our new Torby… (a domestic short haired Tabby and Tortoise Shell mix of colouring) She’s 5 and 1/2 months old Gorgeous… We adopted her today from the Humane Society of Seattle in Bellevue, Washington. An amazing shelter … Continue reading
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Two shows of MEMPHIS here in Seattle today. Went out to lunch with Crystal between and then wandered around the Pike Place Market just as it was closing up for the night. We managed to find the gum wall here … Continue reading
