LBrarian

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Dinner and a Show

Pic #83 - 3/23/12

Zack and I went to a magic show that included a pre-fixe dinner at Tout Va Bien. Super delicious and fun! Notice anything special about his cards?

May the odds be EVER in your favor...

Pic #82 - 3/22/12

Waiting in line for the midnight showing of The Hunger Games! Tara and I saw it in IMAX ... amazing. Who wants to go see it with me again

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

"Nice tooth!"

Pic #81 - 3/21/12

Posse night! This is my friend, Laura, and her bangin' silver tooth :).

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Happy Spring!

Pic #80 - 3/20/12

First day of Spring...technically. In practice, it's like the third month of Spring...

Monday, March 19, 2012

They say it's the last day of Winter...

Pic #79 - 3/19/12

But if you ask this guy, I bet he'd say it's the first day of Spring ;-).

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Today I did something I've talked about doing for a long time... I took a photography class! How appropriate for this pic project, eh? I admit, when I embarked on this 2012 adventure I envisioned using my fancy Nikon camera a whole lot more - however, in reality I don't bring it with me very many places, and so my pictures have almost all been taken with my iPhone/Instagram. For sentimentality purposes this is fine with me. I'm concerned more with the content than the quality. It's time to get real though... enter "F-Stops" photo workshop at the New York Public Library :).

Dorothy and I found an incredibly affordable workshop price using Amazon Local Deals. Check it out: Two-Hour Photography Workshop. I imagine there will be more deals like this one if you are interested. We took the "F-Stops" class today, which covered the basics of using camera settings to control ISO, Aperture (measured in "f-stops"), and Shutter Speed. It was sort of a whirlwind course, but I think I retained most of it :). For two hours, Dorothy and I essentially frolicked along the steps and surrounding areas of the NYPL, posing for one another's assignments. This involved a lot of literal running and jumping (see bonus pics below). Several of the assignments had to do with purposefully blurring either foreground or background pictures...so yes, they suck on purpose.

I can't say any of the photos I took are brilliant, or even as nice as ones I've been able to take in the past. I'm pretty good with 'auto' ;-). However, it was an awesome learning experience, and I'm excited to get into the nitty-gritty of the manual settings on my next photography adventure.

Pic #78 - 3/18/12

Dorothy snapped this one while the instructor was coaching me on a how to over-expose a picture. I put it through Instagram just to be ironic :).

Bonus Pics:

Saturday, March 17, 2012

No pots of gold for me today...

Pic #77 - 3/17/12

Neither this charming leprechaun nor his cute shadow could lead me to my treasure.

Bonus Pics:

Friday, March 16, 2012

Social Experiment?

Pic #76 - 3/16/2012

Sketchiest wine tasting ever? Social experiment? Both? I don't know. What I do know is that I walked 5 blocks to find the address after spotting this sign posted on a corner street lamp...and I found no wine.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

I heart NY.

Pic #75

So many things I love about this picture. Not the grainy-ness...but, you know ;-).

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Remember that time I accidentally went to Brooklyn?

Today was not my day. Stuck in traffic trying to get back into Manhattan...after taking the wrong ramp and accidentally going to Brooklyn! At least it was a pretty drive :).

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Sometimes I miss the 'burbs.

Pic #73 - 3/13/12

I love Zip Car...but not when I forget I've reserved one! I was supposed to have an appointment tonight that I needed a car for, but it got cancelled. When I received an email reminding me I had reserved a car for the evening, rather than pay the cancellation fee...I decided to bring it to Target. I loaded up the trunk with things I normally can't carry - a real treat! Sometimes I miss the suburbs.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Because I'm neurotic...and it's the 12th!

Today is the 12th, which means my picture of the day is of what I was doing at 12:12. Unfortunately, that happens to be incredibly boring. But alas, I'm trying to remain honest with this project, and sometimes (most of the time) my life is boring. However, the neurotic part of this post comes now: This is picture number 72, and 72 is a multiple of 12... so yay :).

Pic #72 - 3/12/12

This is what I was doing at 12:12 pm today. Super duper exciting...I know. I took another picture right before this one, but it included part of the presentation slides. I decided a picture of my notebook would be more kosher than sharing stats about company revenue :).

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Become your dream...

Pic #71 - 3/11/12

Backyard mural on Park Ave near 108th Street.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Happy 1st Birthday (party) Luna!

Pic # 70 - 3/10/12

Dove right into her first birthday cake - a girl after my own heart. Brooke did an awesome job planning and executing the Fiesta...Luna's future birthdays have a lot to live up to!

Bonus Pics:

Friday, March 9, 2012

Candy candy candy!

Pic #69 - 3/9/12

This stuff makes me so happy - stayed at a Marriott Residence Inn in LA more than 10 years ago, and I still remember the candy! Probably going to dump it in my bag tonight and hope they refill the jar tomorrow...

Thursday, March 8, 2012

I know the weather is weird...but it's not October

Pic #68 - 3/8/12

I'm guessing these are forgotten Halloween decorations...but...really?

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Walt Disney loves the #12, too!

Pic #67 - 3/7/12

Icia went to Disney World and got me this AWESOME MICKEY 12! Took me a minute to realize it was for '2012' - I thought Walt just loved the number as much as I do :).