My sister’s explanation for insomniac eyebrow-plucking:

“I felt the need to edit something, so I went with my eyebrows.”

Saw the movie—first time I made a point of seeing a movie when it opened in a while. I had pretty high hopes for this thing, and I also had some concerns, and I have to say, on the whole, I was pretty impressed.

Of course, I’m not a super-critical judge of the adaptation, because I [...]

I’ve been dark here for a while, I know. I’ve been justifiably distracted by all sorts of things, some of them unpleasant, some of them distracting, a few of them entertaining. I shan’t trouble you with excuses.

I will, however, provide this awesome anecdote. I was sitting at Peet’s the other day, drinking tea and puttering [...]

This morning, I swung by Temescal to test-drive La Calaca Loca’s breakfast burrito, available until 1:00 on the weekends. It’s not bad, exactly, but it’s very barebones—eggs and potatoes, and not much else. It is excellent when you order nachos and spread the excess queso fresco, sour cream, guacamole, etc. on top of the burrito [...]

For the past couple of days, I’ve been shooting with my newest unjustified expenditure: a 135mm f/2.8 lens. Now, when I say “unjustified,” I may be exaggerating somewhat, since I spent all of $20.00 on it.

It’s an excellent lens, although it’s been a bit beat up over the years. And when I say “years,” I [...]

Crows are one of my favorite sources of photographic frustration. (Alliteration? Alas.) They have a special talent for showing up and doing something cool just long enough for me to get my camera out before flying off for parts unknown. And even when they hang around long enough for one or two shots to be [...]

It’s easy to forget sometimes that before there was email spam, there was fax spam: