Venice in January

  Technically the best time to visit Venice is off-season, factually the best time to visit Venice is any time you can get there. These shots were taken with a disposable camera—pretty adequate, right? (It’s virtually impossible to take a bad photo in Italy). Above, from a vaporetto on the Grand Canal, just beyond the Rialto [...]

Lonerider “Pistols at Dawn” Release Party

  Last Saturday, Jeff and I headed over to Lonerider Brewing Company in Raleigh for their “Pistols at Dawn” release party. The event was held on the brewery’s loading dock, which doubles as a tasting room and party space for get-togethers like this. “Pistols at Dawn” is their limited release stout (technically, “stout brewed with cocoa nibs [...]

Trader Vic's Pino Pepe Cocktail

  We’ve posted about Trader Vic’s before, and visited the Atlanta location several times over the last few years. This time around, I decided to try a new cocktail in addition to the usual Mai Tai (partially empty glass below). The only stipulation I gave the bartender was that the drink be served in a [...]

Inside Adobe

  If you were ever curious about what an Adobe office looks like, I had occasion to visit the company’s McLean VA / Washington DC office recently and took a few pics. Yes, this is the Adobe of Photoshop fame. That’s the building’s entrance, above. Of course, this is just one of many offices Adobe [...]

Justified's Harlan County, Part 2

    A few more photos from Harlan, in anticipation of Justified‘s Season 3 premiere. First up, Evarts High School “Home of the Wildcats,” now closed. In Season 2, we find out that Raylan Givens played baseball for the school’s team against Dickie Bennett (who played for another team in the county). We also get [...]