I’m hanging out at the Lennox/Hitchens debate (”Is God Great?”) tonight at the Wright Center at Samford University. I’ll be updating this post as the night progresses… the updates are brief, since I’ve hacked them out on an iphone keyboard.
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5:45 pm- the auditorium is starting to fill up, estimated 1,400 attendees from pre-sale tickets
6:10- the [...]
I had two houses to shoot today for Team Taylor over at RE/MAX, one in the Old Cahaba subdivision of Helena, and one in the Grand Oaks subdivision of Hoover (in the Shades Crest area).
Sara is in a couple of pageants around town for scholarships, and needed a head shot to send in with her applications.
I’m sure the stores were already out of milk and bread before the first flake fell…
Day 5
Back to San Cristóbal
I’d done well the whole trip not to get ill or hungover, but this was the day it all caught up with me. My tolerance for vodka was nowhere near what it was in college, and I was left clutching my stomach the whole ride home with cramps every 10-20 minutes. [...]
Cobán
The drive into the mountains was something I’d been warned about; people passing into oncoming traffic around curves, hairpin turns at speed, and once we crossed the climate divide – wet roads. But it was beautiful and worth it, and the Cobán had much more personality than Guatemala City.
Ana’s grandmother owns a cafeteria, so after [...]
After spending the afternoon editing the wedding shots (400 frames!), we headed over to zone 10 to eat at Café Saúl, where I had an amazing hot chocolate and a cuatro formaggi pizza. My hot chocolate had a bit of latte art in the foam from the barista in the shape of a heart, and [...]
Maria has kindly let me use her mac to run through my pictures so far. Today’s been a kind of a down day for everyone, as we’re still recovering from the festivities from yesterday. Below are the pics from where I’m staying – I particularly like to hang out on the roof.
San Cristobal
Antigua
For breakfast, we headed out from San Cristobal to Antigua, the old capital of Guatemala dating back to the 1500’s. The restaurant we ate at was called Cafe Condesa, which is known for their breakfast. Jim and Phillip had the huevos rancheros, while I had an omelette santiago. With a little fresh lemonade and some [...]