Courtney Satterfield and Eric Waters | Kindred photo spirits | Geer Street | Durham, NC
Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
POD: Day 340 | 7.21.12
Matt Butterworth and Sophia Chung | Engagement Party | The Commonweath Club | Richmond, VA
POD: Day 334 | 7.15.12
A day off spent in Raleigh with friends and making ratatouille with the a zucchini as long as my forearm.
POD: Day 320 | 7.1.12
POD: Day 319 | 6.30.12
After a day of visiting with family I have not seen in several years, I got to spend time with friends I have not seen in a while, Rob and Bobo. After burgers, milkshakes and fries with a huge variety of sauces, we meandered around downtown Raleigh until finally finding a bench that was in the path of a wonderful breeze on a hot, summer night. All in all, quite a lovely evening.
POD: Day 286 | 5.28.12
Memorial
Day was spent hanging in Raleigh. While looking at the photos I
took that day, I saw a pattern---people putting stuff in their mouths---so I ran with it. My favorite was of Lindsey catching a gold fish cracker. Not even the rain could stop the fun (or a visit to
the pool)!
POD: Day 244 | 4.15.12
Home for a three-day weekend and got to see some wonderful faces that I've been missing.
POD: Day 202 | 3.3.12
Chaos Cooking Winston-Salem | School Lunch | West End Historic Neighborhood
(Our hosts, sharing a moment)
POD: Day 186 | 2.16.12
POD: Day 139 | Happy New Year!!!
It's 2012! As the ball dropped, the following things happened:
Happy, happy everyone!! Thanks for reading my blog this year. There's more to come in 2012, so stay tuned!
Celebration!
Smooching!
Fire Spinning!
POD: Day 135
The evening started out nicely with a small dinner gathering with friends. It was a veggie-filled/mostly gluten-free feast with goat cheese and red onion marmalade, roasted sweet potatoes and fennel, butternut squash soup, roasted mushrooms, roasted brussels sprouts and shallots in fig balsamic vinegar and more.
For dessert, all the way from Monica's Pies in Naples, NY, via Sara Zona's suitcase: GRAPE PIE! Delicious (with a capital D)!!
When we got home we discovered that the dogs had gotten into a bag of dark chocolate. Since we had no way of knowing which dog it was, and knowing that dark chocolate can be extremely toxic to canines (theobromine is the main toxin), we whisked Murray and Leo to the emergency vet at 11:30pm. After they induced vomiting (sorry, there isn't a better way to say that), they found that Murray was the culprit. Leo was released and he waited with us while Murray received liquid charcoal to soak up any residual chocolate in his system. We finally made it home around 3:30am with two shaky pups and over $350 spent on making sure our four-legged children lived to see another day. What a night.
POD: Day 130
Until a few years ago, my mom never knew just how much I love homemade tamales---specifically hers. Thanks to my declaration of undying tamale love, my mom began a holiday tradition that involves bringing an armory of cooking hardware and ingredients to my house for an all day tamale-a-thon. This year my dear friend, Sheila Lockhart, joined us and helped assemble the delicacies while we listened to Celia Cruz and talked about our families. To me, this is what Christmas is all about---loved ones gathered together to commune over food and memories, while creating wonderful new memories.
The tamales we made were chicken (with vegetables and green olives), black bean (with cheese and jalapeños) and sweet (with piloncillo/raw sugar, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, dark brown sugar and raisins). I can honestly eat them hot or cold, for breakfast, lunch and dinner and snacks in between. I love tamales but even more, I love my mother for continuing to pass along a piece of her cultural heritage to me and for being able to share it with Sheila this year.
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| Ancho chiles, guajillo peppers and onions are boiled until soft and then put in a blender until smooth and added to the masa (corn flour). |
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| Masa, after the chile mixture, baking powder and extremely hot oil are added. The oil must be very, very hot before it is added in order for the consistency of the masa to be just right. |
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| Corn husks are soaked in boiling water to soften them and make them pliable for the spreading of masa. Sheila prepared the majority of the husks with masa before the filling. |
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| Pickled jalapeños, carrots and onions are placed on the masa before the black bean filling is added. |
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| The once the husks are filled, rolled and tied at each end, they are put in a huge pot and steamed for about an hour or, as my mom said, "Until they are done." These are the "done" chicken tamales. Mmmm! |
POD: Day 128
The day began with dog drama at the vet's office. Murray and Leo had to get caught up on their shots and other fun stuff that involved needles. Aside from unleashing their Napolean complexes on every dog in the vet's office and being told that they have "pudgy bellies" (so what if they look like little brown ottomans?), it went pretty well. All the excitement wore Murray out.
Then I went to Greensboro to meet some fellow photo kids for coffee, convo and of course, candid photos around the table :)
POD: Day 128
POD: Day 103
Last night I went to the opening of a photo exhibit, Controlled Burn, by friend and RCC photo grad, Will Parham. It took place inside a new hifi store/gallery in the arts district, Ember Audio + Video, owned by brothers, Chris Livengood and Blake Stewart. The show is beautiful---make time to see it if you have not already (and if you have, then go see it again).
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| The many shadows of Ember Audio + Video co-owner, Chris Livengood, as he explains the structure of a custom-built turn table. |
POD: Day 101
My friend, Katherine, making her signature dessert---a chocolate eclair "pie"---to take to the Thanksgiving gathering the next day. It consisted of vanilla pudding, milk, cool whip, a container of melted, chocolate fudge frosting and graham crackers. It looked delicious and despite its soupy consistency the next day (for some reason it failed to set, despite an entire night in the fridge), it was still a huge hit!
POD: Day 100
Davis and I went over to the house of our friends, Eric and Sushma. Eric's parents are visiting from Pittsburgh, PA, for Thanksgiving. We visited and sampled beer from Penn Brewery while playing a couple games of Mexican dominoes.
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Large Format Reflections
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.
~Henri Cartier Bresson
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