I'm not dead yet



... I'm getting better....

I feel happy!


Ahem.

Changes are a comin' and less than soonlike.

Finishing (starting) up my thesis and probably moving this little space to Wordpress.
 (I'm so 2000 and late... boom boom pow).

Get ready!

yeah sooooo.... life is busy


...but I try and post things so here goes.

Late nights of work and school work and guilt work and marathon sessions of series on Netflix I never watched when they were current have taken up my life. Its' amazing and horrible and wonderful and insane and leaves me longing for a little normalcy.

What's normal anyway? Is keeping this blog focused solely on food an excuse for me to not post since I haven't done anything particularly food-y in a while? Maybe.

So I say the hell with it and as long as I keep posting about something maybe it'll transform from a delicious albatross hanging from my neck into something I can cultivate better.

That said, I was a busy not-so-little bee this summer and shot my first wedding for a friend of a friend in Central Park.

I was super nervous and the day was super hot. It was a balmy summer afternoon with the distinct promise of rain that never came. I did this for a pittance as I often seem to do since I like to do things for people if it makes them happy and I feel good enough to step outside on a weekend (more often than not I turn into the Weekend Hermit to take a break from it all).

Doing things like this helps me figure out what I'd like to shape my hobby-life into... different flavors of photography are as important as different flavors in dishes.

Yellow is a very happy color. I like looking at these pictures to remind me of the warm summer before things started getting hectic again.


lunch @ castle on the hudson preview.



So I've been crazy busy, like epic proportions busy and let almost everything I do for myself fall to the wayside.

For example, I took these photos in July and am just getting around to posting a preview. I plan on having a more substantial post this weekend.

Suffice to say I still dream of some of these dishes.. creamy, buttery, delicate nomness.  This was one of my favorites: lobster wrapped in another fish and oozing with deliciousness.

Castle on the Hudson is one of my, "if I had an unlimited budget," wedding venues, but since I don't and since it's around $250 a person I'll have to remember my lunch there with fondness.

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Klimat photography #1: plump pierogi



The first dish I took photos of for Klimat was their potato pierogi. Plump, fried, little pillows of dough, potato and cheese took on a whole new dimension with a fun camera setup.  Yes, my little xsi gave its all and with the help of a nice 100mm lens we got it done!

 The sky was overcast but there was still enough light for my heavy, rented Adorama tripod and I to work together. I perched on the creaky wooden steps that led out back to the small yard and had a field day. Note to self: remember to bring chopsticks so you don't get food on your fingertips as you arrange it.



Oh, and by the way, I got to eat a whole new batch of pierogi plus some kielbasa when I was done. #smugface