An end of August update

Sidewalk chalkin'. North Tabor, 25 July 2023. Minolta XG1 Lens: MD Rokkor 45mm f/2 Film: Kodak Ultramax 400 Hello, friends. It's been a very busy month 'round these parts. I started the month with my birthday trip to the Long Beach Peninsula. Then I spent a week in Minneapolis, came home, briefly attended the MADE...

A quick Minneapolis report

Hey, all. Emee and I are wrapping up a week in Minneapolis, Bromptons in tow. We were here for a mix of business and pleasure, and despite having one quarter of a month we haven't gotten to do all the things we wanted or see all the people we want. We'll be heading back to...

A return to the Long Beach Peninsula, 7-10 August 2023

Walking the beach at Leadbetter Point, 9 Aug 2023. Pentax IQZoom 170SL/Kodak Ultramax 400 Emee and I like to visit the Long Beach Peninsula at least once a year. This spit of land juts into the Pacific at the very southwestern edge of Washington. While it's naturally a tourist attraction, it's a fairly sleepy one,...

New Haven and New York Trip, 19-24 July 2023

New Haven from atop East Rock, 20 July 2023. Minolta XD5/MD Rokkor Zoom 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5/Kodak ColorPlus 200 My visits back to my East Coast homeland have become infrequent as the years go on. I did go back every six months to two years from 2000 to 2007, then there was ten years of no visits....

New York/New Jersey Trip photos are up!

Asbury Park beach/boardwalk. 9 May 2023. Olympus XA/Fujicolor 200 Hello, friends! I have gotten most of the photos I took on my recent New York and New Jersey trip online. Check out the dynamic flickr album below to see them all, or click here. https://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanadventureleaguepdx/albums/72177720308241563

A week on the East Coast: Asbury Park and New York

Hello, friends. Emee and I just got back last night from an East Coat Excursion. This was my first time near my homeland since November 2019. We were in Asbury Park, New Jersey for work purposes, then spent a few days in New York City afterwards. I managed to draw about Asbury Park (see below)...

Japan trip photos are up!

Hello folks! It took a while, as I shot eight rolls of color film on my recent Japan trip. I've uploaded them to flickr. You can see them in the dynamic flickr album below, or click here if that somehow does not work. I still have to develop the three rolls of black and white...

Japan Trip, A week in

Hello folks. We got to Japan a little over a week ago. We spent most of our time in Tokyo, but we’re currently wrapping up two days in Osaka. Tonight we head to Kyoto for a couple days, then back to Tokyo for the remainder. We fly out of here on Tuesday April 4. Enjoy...