Togaville

Doodle Cow

2012-01-19T15:56:00.000-05:00

Unique t-shirts

2012-01-08T12:21:00.002-05:00

I have finally begun to clear the detritus from my ~~mind~~ hard drive, cleaning up all the little arty pieces laying around here and there, and placing them on t-shirts.
Go here: General Atomic

I have a few more ideas, so stay tuned for new t-shirts coming soon.
Paul

Chloe claims warm belly

2012-01-04T16:56:00.000-05:00

I don't think Carissa minded.

Bella likes ties

2011-12-21T11:27:00.001-05:00

Sirens - almost forgotten

2011-10-15T18:02:00.001-05:00

Style!
Style from bygone eras and personalities so strong they still resonate today with the ability to reach out, and pluck the strings of your emotions as if time had no meaning at all.

My illustration of Lulu.
I'm afraid I couldn't find the photographer's name to give credit.

Renée Perle

“Tall, slim, a long neck, a shining lock of hair caressing her mouth. I see the reflection of Renee’s beauty in women’s eyes and men’s glances… Beside her, other women look like farm girls.”
– Lartigue’s Diary: Paris, March 10, 1930
Renee Perle by Jacques-Henri Lartigue, c. 1930-1932

You will be missed...

2011-10-06T09:25:00.002-05:00

Lunch at Scallions

2011-06-28T09:17:00.001-05:00

Lunch at Scallions with Daniel, Mooski, Chip and a very silly Bella.

Bubbles

2011-05-04T16:57:00.002-05:00

Busy, busy, busy, launched

2011-03-25T10:31:00.005-05:00

Launched in the last week:
ION Sports Nutrition
Stepping It Up
The Beauty Way

Time is getting away from me.

2011-02-07T09:46:00.001-05:00

The weeks fly by so fast...and the weekends even faster.

Come On Summer!

2011-02-06T15:48:00.003-05:00

4 years old

2011-01-23T13:45:00.003-05:00

4 candles, 4 years old. We gave Bella a chef's outfit, now she can be just like her dad.

Wabbit

2011-01-20T12:08:00.002-05:00

Welsh Rarebit

2011-01-14T11:20:00.012-05:00

I made Welsh Rarebit last night. It was really cold outside, snowing a lot, very dark, and this bizarre craving for Welsh Rarebit came over me.

The last time I had Welsh Rarebit I was a little kid, my mom made it for me and my little sister. I loved it back then, it was really good and hot and cheesy and poured over crispy cubes of warm toast, yum.

I used Alton Brown's recipe which called for a half cup of Porter beer, and that really elevated the flavor. Mom never put beer in her Welsh Rarebit.

The Welsh Rarebit was delicious and really hit the spot, a stick-to-your-ribs, perfect winter's night meal. Damn it was good, and best of all was it was everything I remembered about it, except it wasn't mom who made it.

Intrigue

2011-01-09T16:41:00.006-05:00

This is what I do when it's dark, cold and snowing outside.

I was having fun light-painting, long exposure times and "painting" parts of the image with a flashlight. Not bad for a first attempt. I managed to create a nice mysterious shadow without over-lighting the statue.

Best liquor store ever...

2011-01-05T15:04:00.003-05:00

Grapevine Fine Wines & Liquor
3039 Route 50, Wilton, NY

The Christmas Fairy

2010-12-27T16:21:00.002-05:00

Merry Christmas

2010-12-25T11:41:00.003-05:00

Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus, and National Pumpkin Pie Day.
Cheers mates.
Paul

Family

2010-12-24T15:57:00.002-05:00

Sally is cooking

2010-12-21T12:50:00.002-05:00

The clouds have been plowed into nice, neat rows

2010-12-21T12:48:00.001-05:00

Troy Night Out

2010-11-26T11:37:00.003-05:00

Making chicken stock

2010-11-26T11:13:00.001-05:00

The beginning of a lovely, basic chicken stock.

Pink

2010-11-17T15:18:00.005-05:00

Our Christmas Cactus has blossomed with the most vibrant pink I have ever seen in nature. These photos are not photoshopped or even had the saturation bumped up.

Saratoga Farmers Market

2010-09-29T11:37:00.005-05:00

Man: I think it was, "Blessed are the cheesemakers"!
Gregory's wife: What's so special about the cheesemakers?
Gregory: Well, obviously it's not meant to be taken literally. It refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.
The Life of Brian, Monty Python

Flight into Atlanta

2010-09-20T15:31:00.002-05:00

On the way back from Boulder, CO, flights were delayed due to thunderstorms around Atlanta. We flew in at sunset and it was a pretty magnificent, bumpy landing. More pics on Flickr - General Atomic

Orange juice good

2010-09-20T15:25:00.002-05:00

Tasty

2010-08-19T16:01:00.006-05:00

Chilled Living Jewel Saki with cherry slices, moistening the flour on the kitchen counter.

Homemade Focaccia with cherry tomato slices, rosemary, oregano and basil, all from the garden.

Number 2 with cherry tomoatoes, artichoke slices and pesto from my fall batch.

First he hijacked the piano...

2010-08-12T00:50:00.002-05:00

Then he sang us a song about a lost dog named Polly.

Pearl Street, Boulder, CO.

Head in a window

2010-08-12T00:47:00.002-05:00

The Green Room

2010-08-07T10:27:00.004-05:00

We discovered The Green Room in Burlington, VT. A really great find, off the beaten track with an eclectic menu, excellent food and service, good drinks. Hey, they even had my favorite gin - Hendrick's, and the local draft beers were good too. We were able to sit outside on an absolutely perfect evening and had a great and delicious time.
Here's a view of the cheese sampler, and cured meats dish -

My Cherry Tomatoes look beautiful

2010-07-27T11:46:00.003-05:00

Phila Fusion

2010-06-26T16:37:00.008-05:00

Dinner at Phila Fusion. 1st - dinner was excellent, just what I would expect from the Sushi Thai group. 2nd - I was disappointed there wasn't more Vietnamese dishes on the menu. The menu is a good mix of Japanese and Thai, and a lot of Korean, and I way-prefer Vietnamese over Korean. Lucky Cat was waving to me the whole meal.

Wifey and I shared a Kimchi salad, I had fish in a Thai ginger, lemon grass sauce, really delicious. A Sapporo beer and the milky stuff is an unfiltered Saki, served cold. The selection of Saki is pretty good, better than any other place in town. The Saki I had is described as a creamy Saki, quite nice, sweeter than I normally like. When I go back I think I'll try other Sakis, maybe a Sakitini of some sort. The Lychee Sakitini sounds good.

Super Lucky Cat. We're pals.

Dilemma

2010-05-24T12:14:00.002-05:00

Thinking......I want......this one, this one, this one......but I want all of them.

Johnny Jump Up

2010-05-24T12:01:00.003-05:00

Leaf

2010-05-22T17:38:00.002-05:00

Sweet summer

2010-05-20T14:29:00.001-05:00

I don't know who loves summer more, me or Chloe.

smiling is for suckers

2010-05-19T10:48:00.005-05:00

I came across a photo on flickr today and the caption was:
smiling is for suckers.
Oddly, I like that.

Sunday Hunting

2010-05-03T13:08:00.006-05:00

SIPN Launched

2010-04-26T15:48:00.007-05:00

I just launched the newly redesigned and fully updated Saratoga Integrative Practitioners Network web site. XHTML and CSS compliant, search engine friendly, and user-friendly. Excuse me a moment while I pat myself on the back.
Check it out -
www.saratogaintegrativepractitioners.com

Egg-cat

2010-04-26T15:45:00.002-05:00

Chocolate ice cream and little kids

2010-04-22T10:30:00.004-05:00

By the time she was done, the ice cream was all over her face, hands, shirt, jeans and sneakers. Oh well...kids.

Cupcakes!

2010-04-10T13:45:00.003-05:00

Yum! We're having cupcakes, from Betties Cakes, a cupcakery cafe. Yummy-tasty-sweetness-n-stuff.

Common Thread Saratoga

2010-04-10T13:42:00.003-05:00

Knitters rejoice! Ashley Gardner's new store is open - Common Thread Saratoga. Web site coming soon...

Chloe

2010-03-29T16:15:00.002-05:00

Sunshine

2010-03-02T08:02:00.002-05:00

Do my eyes deceive me? This must be what a mole feels like after emerging from a long period underground, I am blinded by sunlight.

Da Conch Shack

2010-02-16T07:46:00.003-05:00

Our favorite eatery on the island, nothing beats a good conch fritter and a cold beer.

Vacation in Providenciales, Turks & Caicos

2010-02-16T07:42:00.004-05:00

This is the beach where we rented our condo, it was so crowded when I snapped this picture.

Pesto

2010-01-30T16:49:00.004-05:00

Since the temperature outdoors has been so brutally cold, too cold for delicate-me to venture out and take pictures, here's a collage of my pesto making day last September.

As soon as August is over it's a great time to hit the Farmers Market and pick up big bunches of Basil for a mere $2 per bunch.

That evenings pasta dinner was delicious. I filled several large containers full, plus filling 2 ice-cube trays with pesto. I've since popped cubes of pesto out when making various stews and fish dishes.

I can has kitteh

2010-01-17T13:55:00.002-05:00

Whole lotta wine

2010-01-17T13:54:00.002-05:00

The newest wee one

2010-01-10T15:42:00.002-05:00

The Girls

2010-01-10T15:27:00.002-05:00

Pensive Polar Bear

2010-01-09T17:05:00.002-05:00

Pink hearts

2010-01-04T23:14:00.002-05:00

Zoe in Atlanta

2010-01-04T23:13:00.002-05:00

Coffee with strangers

2010-01-04T23:07:00.003-05:00

Somewhere in Atlanta. Note: Electronics at the table, 2 Apple laptops, 1 ipod, 4 iphones, 2 Canon cameras.

Big head in Atlanta

2010-01-04T23:05:00.006-05:00

Superman has an enormous head.

Just saw Avatar - See this movie!

2009-12-26T15:24:00.005-05:00

Avatar is amazing, don't listen to the haters, go see this movie.

Zoe Saldana was great, coincidentally, I just posted pictures of her as Uhura in the latest Star Trek movie. Scroll down.

Santa been good to me, Magic Mouse FTW!

2009-12-26T10:29:00.008-05:00

"Oh no, what's this!"

Hello Kitty says, "I like this mouse, it's magic! Can I have it puhleeeeeeze?"

Thanksgiving Silliness

2009-11-27T13:51:00.002-05:00

Star Trek

2009-11-22T19:07:00.006-05:00

Finally saw the latest Star Trek movie. Totally excellent. If you haven't yet seen this movie, I can highly recommend it.

It's Friday

2009-11-20T08:28:00.002-05:00

Smoking

2009-11-17T08:27:00.002-05:00

Slow Sunrise

2009-11-12T10:34:00.002-05:00

A Flock of Seagulls

2009-11-12T10:33:00.002-05:00

Little India is open daily

2009-11-11T10:52:00.003-05:00

Little India is open daily on Court Street.

Funky art on Broadway

2009-11-11T10:51:00.001-05:00

Milk

2009-11-07T16:33:00.001-05:00

Firebush

2009-11-01T20:57:00.002-05:00

Fall Crow

2009-11-01T20:56:00.002-05:00

One more from the Head of the Fish Regatta

2009-10-31T16:18:00.002-05:00

Head of the Fish, October 2009

2009-10-25T17:07:00.008-05:00

Busy docks, but running smoothly.

Ass Pirate. Hmmmm, what is the message being sent here?

Would it be the Head of the Fish without mud?

Trouble in the mud.

Caught in a sliver of sunlight.

Finish line and Saratoga Lake Bridge.

Supporters cheer from the bridge.

Mascot, clothes wolf?? On the dock at the Saratoga Boathouse.

The skies clear as racing ends.

Burlington, Vermont

2009-10-15T18:52:00.005-05:00

Lunch with the cool kids at The Skinny Pancake.

Street performer.

Saratoga Native American Festival

2009-10-04T18:19:00.004-05:00

Exhausted little flowergirl

2009-10-03T17:02:00.002-05:00

Hidden Saratoga

2009-09-23T17:57:00.001-05:00

Universal Preservation Hall

2009-09-14T20:44:00.001-05:00

I hope everyone has been looking up lately

2009-09-14T20:41:00.001-05:00

The sky has been amazing.

A new place to play

2009-09-13T13:34:00.002-05:00

Fear

2009-09-06T15:44:00.002-05:00

Black Trumpet

2009-09-05T11:55:00.004-05:00

Good food and fancy-schmansy drinks at the Black Trumpet in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The place looks empty because we were having a late dinner, we were practically the last people there. I love the really old basement style dining room, I had to take a picture of the old brick wall and thick wood beams.

Doo

2009-09-05T11:42:00.003-05:00

Kittery, Maine

Psychedelic man

2009-09-04T07:21:00.001-05:00

Mountain Media Track Day 09

2009-08-30T12:06:00.002-05:00

Groovy

2009-08-27T19:25:00.002-05:00

New Hampshire Sunset

2009-08-23T16:42:00.003-05:00

Somewhere south of Portsmouth, sunset, food for mosquitos.

D'Andrea Pizza

2009-08-10T16:27:00.002-05:00

Eat, sleep, repeat

2009-08-04T18:51:00.001-05:00

Bella watches tv

2009-08-01T12:44:00.004-05:00

Bella had just woken up from a nap, she was still in her "fragile" state as she quietly watches cartoons.

Chloe green eyes

2009-08-01T12:22:00.003-05:00

MINI Drive-in panorama - Post II

2009-07-26T19:15:00.005-05:00

This is 4 images stitched together, I love how the woman in the green shorts has been twinned. This same person later, took a real fancy to my 2006 Royal Grey Cooper, and declared it the nicest MINI at the drive-in.
Hmmmm...I like her.

MINIs at the Drive-in

2009-07-26T18:51:00.018-05:00

100+ MINIs rally at Keeler MINI in Latham.

The posh interior of the MINI Cabrio Sidewalk. Very nice!

We all motor to the Malta Drive-in and take up the lanes.

The only classic at the drive-in, in great shape and lookin good.

MINI Moo and more checker mirror caps.

Super-shiny red Clubman. Well done Sir, well done indeed.

The sun sets on the side of MINI Moo.

The start of G-Force, never thought I would go see a Guinea Pig Movie.

The moon comes out.

The blue movie-light flickered over all the happy MINIs and a brilliant time was had by all.

Cacti

2009-07-19T19:28:00.002-05:00

Postcards from Beigeville

2009-07-19T19:22:00.002-05:00

The storms have been unrelenting

2009-07-12T11:27:00.004-05:00

The baby dryad and the panther

2009-07-12T09:55:00.002-05:00

Road trip

2009-07-05T10:48:00.009-05:00

Mini Moo at the abandoned Hotel Adler in Sharon Springs, NY.

Having a swell time at the Ommegang Brewery, part of the Belgian Company Duvel. Damn good beer!

In Cooperstown, NY.

Lake Otsego, what was uncertain weather, turned out to be a pretty nice day.

A setting sun, and cocktails on the veranda of the American Hotel in Sharon Springs. Dinner was awesome too.

Bella is learning to cook

2009-07-01T20:02:00.012-05:00

On Wednesdays I've been visiting Daniel and Bella, and having lunch with them instead of eating it at my desk. Today, Daniel, the best daddy ever, was teaching Bella how to make Peanut Butter Cookies.

Careful with the flour, not too much.

Bella uses the Cuisinart.

The dough is about ready, she says.

Hmmmm, that tastes pretty good.

Rolling the dough into balls.

See?

And making the cookies in to cookie shapes.

Now, unfortunately my lunch was over and I had to walk back to work, so I didn't get to see the finished product, NOR taste them! I hope to give you an update. Soon. Did I mention Peanut Butter Cookies are my favorite?

Animal theme continued

2009-06-28T11:34:00.009-05:00

I took so many photos at the Denver Zoo that I really like, and I think are pretty good. I'll continue to post them here and there when there is a lack of local/timely pics to post.