Sunday, August 1, 2010
Just So We Are Clear
I moved my blogging to Tumblr. Please keep up with me at christrementozzi.tumblr.com
Dear Blogger,
It's a sad day and I'm terribly sorry I had to do this through a post, but this will make us both a lot better off, well me at least. This note will be the last memory you'll ever have of me, I'm done with you because I decided to be with your best friend...tumblr, my bad. (christrementozzi.tumblr.com)
Don't let it get you all upset inside, it was completely your fault, no doubt about it. It is because of your extremely bad templates and image handling capabilities that keep me from being even remotely interested in continuing this relationship with you.
You even had a shot of keeping me happy with your new template designer! But I realized real quick how useless it is when you can't customize most of the aspects of any template and you have to use your lame stock photography as backgrounds.
You'll be much better off with your 1,000,000 other bloggers that can deal with the annoying ways you handle blogging, and not a designer like me. You see, I like my uploaded images to line up, and...well, you just make it difficult.
You will further be dismayed to know that I will be moving my blog following needs to your cousin "Google Reader". You see, I'm glad this is done and we're going separate directions for good. I think you'll be fine with your one million other users. After all, I'm just a small fish in your sea, and there are plenty of people that you satisfy just fine. Never-the-less, I wish you will old age, uglyness, and failure. Good Riddance.
Your once loyal user,
christrementozzi.tumblr.com
Don't let it get you all upset inside, it was completely your fault, no doubt about it. It is because of your extremely bad templates and image handling capabilities that keep me from being even remotely interested in continuing this relationship with you.
You even had a shot of keeping me happy with your new template designer! But I realized real quick how useless it is when you can't customize most of the aspects of any template and you have to use your lame stock photography as backgrounds.
You'll be much better off with your 1,000,000 other bloggers that can deal with the annoying ways you handle blogging, and not a designer like me. You see, I like my uploaded images to line up, and...well, you just make it difficult.
You will further be dismayed to know that I will be moving my blog following needs to your cousin "Google Reader". You see, I'm glad this is done and we're going separate directions for good. I think you'll be fine with your one million other users. After all, I'm just a small fish in your sea, and there are plenty of people that you satisfy just fine. Never-the-less, I wish you will old age, uglyness, and failure. Good Riddance.
Your once loyal user,
christrementozzi.tumblr.com
Thursday, July 29, 2010
I'm Not So Sure...
This is Kayla's "I'm-not-so-sure-I'm-comfortable-with-you-and-your-camera-in-my-face" look.
And this is her "I'm over it" look.
David didn't have any problems warming up to me ;)
Here are a few more selects.
More to come...
And this is her "I'm over it" look.
David didn't have any problems warming up to me ;)
Here are a few more selects.
More to come...
Sunday, July 25, 2010
San Fran (Finally!)
Kris and Becky invited us to accompany them to the bay area for a long weekend of site seeing and general shenanigans. And since we've never spent more and a night there, and we wanted to get Jordan on a plane before the big trip to Hawaii so she could know what to expect out of flying, I thought it would be fun.
We really had a packed trip and got the full San Fran city experience. Our hotel was literally in the middle of the city and so we traveled on the cable cars, the buses, the trains and the BART to get to our attractions...which all just so happened to be at the opposite corners of the city on the shores.
We went to Pier 39 & Fisherman Wharf, Took a boat tour to the Golden Gate and around Alcatraz, had cupcakes at Ghirardelli Square, toured the Aquarium of the Bay, checked out Lombard Street, the California Academy of Sciences (which has the Living Roof, the rain forest, and the planetarium), and the Exploritorium. Whew, that was a lot!
There was so much that happened I couldn't possibly type it all out or remember it all. But the main stuff was that Jordan did great flying. You need to wear good walking shoes and expect to climb lots of hills. Public transportation is great, but expect to share your personal space. It's always overcast. Kris and Becky need 18 pillows to get a good nights sleep (and our hotel only had 16, so they didn't sleep well). Fun Becky ≠ I'm on a boat (even if there are flippy floppies, T-pain and nautical themed pashmina afghans). Everything cool in SF closes at ~5pm. And two dollar signs($$) on yelp does not mean $100 for a couple but $11-$30 for one person including one drink, tax and tip.
We really had a packed trip and got the full San Fran city experience. Our hotel was literally in the middle of the city and so we traveled on the cable cars, the buses, the trains and the BART to get to our attractions...which all just so happened to be at the opposite corners of the city on the shores.
We went to Pier 39 & Fisherman Wharf, Took a boat tour to the Golden Gate and around Alcatraz, had cupcakes at Ghirardelli Square, toured the Aquarium of the Bay, checked out Lombard Street, the California Academy of Sciences (which has the Living Roof, the rain forest, and the planetarium), and the Exploritorium. Whew, that was a lot!
There was so much that happened I couldn't possibly type it all out or remember it all. But the main stuff was that Jordan did great flying. You need to wear good walking shoes and expect to climb lots of hills. Public transportation is great, but expect to share your personal space. It's always overcast. Kris and Becky need 18 pillows to get a good nights sleep (and our hotel only had 16, so they didn't sleep well). Fun Becky ≠ I'm on a boat (even if there are flippy floppies, T-pain and nautical themed pashmina afghans). Everything cool in SF closes at ~5pm. And two dollar signs($$) on yelp does not mean $100 for a couple but $11-$30 for one person including one drink, tax and tip.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Engagement Selects
I'm sure you have heard me say that we have the best wedding photographers in the world...here's proof:
studiocasterillo.com
studiocasterillo.com
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Where Does the Month Go
So what if it has been almost a month since my last post. I've been busy. And clearly I should be busy if I haven't been blogging! What kind of person sits around with nothing to do and doesn't use that time to write how interesting the wall is that they are starring at is in their blog?! Right?!?!
Anyways, I was looking back over my calendar and damn do I pack it in! Most people are in awe of other people, but right now I am in awe of myself. I am literally so amazed that I was staring at the wall in amazement, so then I decided to write this blog post.Keep your hands and feet inside the car at all times because heeeeerrrrrrrreeeee we go!
Engagement Photoshoot
We just got home from this. Literally, as in 2 hours ago and it was a BLAST! I love our photographers! They are so laid back and chill but super creative. I can't wait to see their shots. We went up to the Encinitas area, to a old barn-y woods-y area they knew of. Actually the barn happened to be a church and there was the worship team inside practicing for the service that apparently happened later that night as we were doing our photoshoot close by. There was another couple on the site doing their engagement shoot too... we kinda kept making fun of them because they were shooting in these really uninteresting or typical places around the site. mix it up a bit right?!?! I feel like if we were to put our pics up against theirs, we'd win hands down. But I guess we will see. I told Rico I'd back him up if there was a photographer turf war pending...but they kept their distance ;) Anyways, I don't want to give to much away and I'll probably keep most of the shots secret until the actual wedding, but involved were a field and sky, a stump, a barn, polaroids and polariod cameras, concrete, chalk and of course light. But here is a small visual snack for your hungry hungry eyeballs.
Ryan Prades
I helped him move into his new, awesome, amazing apartment last weekend. He needed someone with huge muscles and a bit of brains/know how (I know, 2 things that are hard to find in the right amounts in one individual) to help him with some moving conundrums...or just somebody with a power drill. Luckily, I have a power drill. But you should know that I had selfish ulterior motives for volunteering, though that didn't stop me from teaching Ryan how to run cable under carpet or liquid nail a busted couch leg back together... ;)
The SERIES finale of LOST was the next day, and since Ryan has the HD 52" real-er than life flat screen TV, I really wanted to close the past 6 years of utter bewilderment and frustration and getting one answer only to have it lead into 12 more obsession, using it to break in the new pad. And although I dozed in and out during the 2 hour recap and then the following 2.5 hour episode (dang comfy new carpet) I loved every second that my eyes were open. All the moving tuckered me out! That show is by far one of the best I've ever seen. If you disagree me, and Jordan will, you will be shunned. You've been warned.
Piano Recital
One of my seven loyal blog readers, Melody, asked Jordan and I to come be her photographers at the piano recital she was putting on for her students. I was excited and a little nervous about it as it was the first "event" that someone has asked me to photograph for them. Plus I always imagined music recitals being kinda stuffy and Grey Poupon-ish, which isn't exactly the best conditions for loud shutters, bright flashes, blocking views or being up in pianist faces while they perform. It was at one of the kids beautiful homes in Cays off the strand in Coronado and the kids did great...even with me accidentally adding a little light show and bell accompaniment of my own during one of their performances. Here are a couple of my shots (Jordan is still working on her set). Mel I'll have a disc for you this weekend.
Diamond Dash
Def: A text messaging scavenger hunt held in Balboa Park where the winner gets a $15k diamond ring put on by The Knot and other wedding vendors in San Diego.
We were "selected" by The Knot to participate, so how can you pass that up? Jordan and I literally ran all over Balboa Park, answering questions and solving puzzles. It was actually a lot of fun, and probably the most exercise we have both gotten in years (I guess diamonds motivate us). I was extremely impressed with my Fiancé when she made an "educated guess" as to how many times we could spell the word "diamond" using all the letters of a plaque attached to the Natural History Museum. There must have been at least a couple hundred letters in the plaque and I was looking at it like, "Dang! We're done. Let's go home." And Jordan looks at me and whispers... "3"...right on the first try! And there were at least 20 other people who looked stumped and were there for a long time! That girl is a keeper I tell ya!
Anyways, we didn't win. We ended up with a total of 137 points and we heard the winner had almost 300. But considering we were on foot, running from clue to clue, and the winners were on bikes (but not to mention their 2 kids were in toe) we felt pretty good about ourselves. Next year we are bringing our bikes and bringing home the ice!
Mothers Day
We were up in Vista and celebrating the woman who gave me life. Which turned into a huge wedding wine tasting event with the battle of the Cab's. All the wines were placed in paper bags and numbered. My mother rated everything with a 5...good to know that mom doesn't care what it tastes like, as long as it's wine. Easy to please. I turned out to be the toughest scorer not rating anything over a 3, except for 1 which ended up being our winner that I rated a 4.
Turns out the competition was rigged though! The winner was a Merlot that was snuck into the mix. The Cab's never had a chance.
Sarah brought over this green cake from some bakery by her new place. It was the most amazing cake I have every had. I can't even tell you what was in it, but if you are walking down the street and see a green frosted cake...tell me cuz I's be there in a second.
Back to the inevitable
Wedding planning is moving along. Save the Dates are the next priority to mail out...only waiting for a shot from the shoot today to drop into the layout.
We got our wedding bands and are both supper happy with the final product. Jordan's came in without a hitch, after the first hitch of them canceling my order after them being stupid. It was being custom made to match her engagement ring and sporting another .25kt of diamonds. Mine on the other hand, had a few small hitches. It didn't have the right finish on it (It had a powder finish when it was suppose to have a satin finish) and that finish was suppose to be on the sides of the ring as well, and it wasn't...it was shinny. And everyone knows how I feel about shinny. Plus it was a half size to small. But they fixed everything in store and now my Jeff Cooper, 6mm, Palladium stain finish band is prefect. I love it. It was the only ring that I loved, and I looked at a ton. I feel like you should love your ring, you have to wear it for the rest of your life, you might as well, right?!
We met with a florist that we really like, secured Jordan's friend Jarrod as our DJ, place our order for our cupcakes/wedding cake, Jordan picked her wedding dress and we finally came to a compromise on the bridesmaid dresses. 117 days to go! And I can't wait!
Anyways, I was looking back over my calendar and damn do I pack it in! Most people are in awe of other people, but right now I am in awe of myself. I am literally so amazed that I was staring at the wall in amazement, so then I decided to write this blog post.Keep your hands and feet inside the car at all times because heeeeerrrrrrrreeeee we go!
Engagement Photoshoot
We just got home from this. Literally, as in 2 hours ago and it was a BLAST! I love our photographers! They are so laid back and chill but super creative. I can't wait to see their shots. We went up to the Encinitas area, to a old barn-y woods-y area they knew of. Actually the barn happened to be a church and there was the worship team inside practicing for the service that apparently happened later that night as we were doing our photoshoot close by. There was another couple on the site doing their engagement shoot too... we kinda kept making fun of them because they were shooting in these really uninteresting or typical places around the site. mix it up a bit right?!?! I feel like if we were to put our pics up against theirs, we'd win hands down. But I guess we will see. I told Rico I'd back him up if there was a photographer turf war pending...but they kept their distance ;) Anyways, I don't want to give to much away and I'll probably keep most of the shots secret until the actual wedding, but involved were a field and sky, a stump, a barn, polaroids and polariod cameras, concrete, chalk and of course light. But here is a small visual snack for your hungry hungry eyeballs.
Ryan Prades
I helped him move into his new, awesome, amazing apartment last weekend. He needed someone with huge muscles and a bit of brains/know how (I know, 2 things that are hard to find in the right amounts in one individual) to help him with some moving conundrums...or just somebody with a power drill. Luckily, I have a power drill. But you should know that I had selfish ulterior motives for volunteering, though that didn't stop me from teaching Ryan how to run cable under carpet or liquid nail a busted couch leg back together... ;)
The SERIES finale of LOST was the next day, and since Ryan has the HD 52" real-er than life flat screen TV, I really wanted to close the past 6 years of utter bewilderment and frustration and getting one answer only to have it lead into 12 more obsession, using it to break in the new pad. And although I dozed in and out during the 2 hour recap and then the following 2.5 hour episode (dang comfy new carpet) I loved every second that my eyes were open. All the moving tuckered me out! That show is by far one of the best I've ever seen. If you disagree me, and Jordan will, you will be shunned. You've been warned.
Piano Recital
One of my seven loyal blog readers, Melody, asked Jordan and I to come be her photographers at the piano recital she was putting on for her students. I was excited and a little nervous about it as it was the first "event" that someone has asked me to photograph for them. Plus I always imagined music recitals being kinda stuffy and Grey Poupon-ish, which isn't exactly the best conditions for loud shutters, bright flashes, blocking views or being up in pianist faces while they perform. It was at one of the kids beautiful homes in Cays off the strand in Coronado and the kids did great...even with me accidentally adding a little light show and bell accompaniment of my own during one of their performances. Here are a couple of my shots (Jordan is still working on her set). Mel I'll have a disc for you this weekend.
Diamond Dash
Def: A text messaging scavenger hunt held in Balboa Park where the winner gets a $15k diamond ring put on by The Knot and other wedding vendors in San Diego.
We were "selected" by The Knot to participate, so how can you pass that up? Jordan and I literally ran all over Balboa Park, answering questions and solving puzzles. It was actually a lot of fun, and probably the most exercise we have both gotten in years (I guess diamonds motivate us). I was extremely impressed with my Fiancé when she made an "educated guess" as to how many times we could spell the word "diamond" using all the letters of a plaque attached to the Natural History Museum. There must have been at least a couple hundred letters in the plaque and I was looking at it like, "Dang! We're done. Let's go home." And Jordan looks at me and whispers... "3"...right on the first try! And there were at least 20 other people who looked stumped and were there for a long time! That girl is a keeper I tell ya!
Anyways, we didn't win. We ended up with a total of 137 points and we heard the winner had almost 300. But considering we were on foot, running from clue to clue, and the winners were on bikes (but not to mention their 2 kids were in toe) we felt pretty good about ourselves. Next year we are bringing our bikes and bringing home the ice!
Mothers Day
We were up in Vista and celebrating the woman who gave me life. Which turned into a huge wedding wine tasting event with the battle of the Cab's. All the wines were placed in paper bags and numbered. My mother rated everything with a 5...good to know that mom doesn't care what it tastes like, as long as it's wine. Easy to please. I turned out to be the toughest scorer not rating anything over a 3, except for 1 which ended up being our winner that I rated a 4.
Turns out the competition was rigged though! The winner was a Merlot that was snuck into the mix. The Cab's never had a chance.
Sarah brought over this green cake from some bakery by her new place. It was the most amazing cake I have every had. I can't even tell you what was in it, but if you are walking down the street and see a green frosted cake...tell me cuz I's be there in a second.
Back to the inevitable
Wedding planning is moving along. Save the Dates are the next priority to mail out...only waiting for a shot from the shoot today to drop into the layout.
We got our wedding bands and are both supper happy with the final product. Jordan's came in without a hitch, after the first hitch of them canceling my order after them being stupid. It was being custom made to match her engagement ring and sporting another .25kt of diamonds. Mine on the other hand, had a few small hitches. It didn't have the right finish on it (It had a powder finish when it was suppose to have a satin finish) and that finish was suppose to be on the sides of the ring as well, and it wasn't...it was shinny. And everyone knows how I feel about shinny. Plus it was a half size to small. But they fixed everything in store and now my Jeff Cooper, 6mm, Palladium stain finish band is prefect. I love it. It was the only ring that I loved, and I looked at a ton. I feel like you should love your ring, you have to wear it for the rest of your life, you might as well, right?!
We met with a florist that we really like, secured Jordan's friend Jarrod as our DJ, place our order for our cupcakes/wedding cake, Jordan picked her wedding dress and we finally came to a compromise on the bridesmaid dresses. 117 days to go! And I can't wait!
Thursday, April 29, 2010
LA on a Monday.
Last Monday I took a half day off from work and headed up to LA with Ryan to hear one of my favorite bands in the whole wide world play at the illustrious Hotel Café. And just in time to because I needed a break from work and all this wedding planning. Who are they? Sleeping at Last(.com)
OK back to the day. We took off at noon-thirty and headed for Pizza Port in Solana Beach for lunch. It's on the way and I have never been but have heard tons about the Pizza Place/Brewery. We tried 4 of their specialty brews before making our pint selection.
I ended up picking their porter, as that's what I'm into at the moment. This one looked dark but tasted much lighter considering it's a porter. The pizza was good too, stacked with fresh onions and chicken on our BBQ Chicken pie.
After we were done, we still had about 1.5 hours to kill. We decided to stop at Disneyland since we both have passes and we might as well use them. That's the beauty of having passes. Scenario: You're driving near Anaheim and have an urge to give Micky a jumping high-five...with said pass, no problem! High-five on the way!
We parked and made a B-line for the Tower of Terror (our favorite any-land ride)...Ryan downloaded the Disneyland App that tells you the line wait times, but not in enough time for us to get there and find a 40 minute wait (in the middle of a MONDAY?!?!). That was too long for us. Bye, bye tower...next time.
Then we remembered that every time we come, all the girls are too scared to get wet or it's too cold overall and none of us want to get wet...ummm we have car time to dry off, Raging Rapids it is!
While in line I realized I was wearing a white t-shirt and contemplated the show I potentially was about to give Ryan... I'll leave you with that image for a second.
We only got drizzled on overall and still had time for at least one more ride. The iPhone revealed 10 minute wait for the roller coaster, California Screaming...and we figured the fast coaster air would help us dry off. Well the app failed at that one...30 minutes later we just got on the ride and when it was over we had to take off for the car and get back on the highway.
I have never been to the Hotel Café before. And so you know, it is more small concert room / bar than hotel or café. But I have like tons of recordings from the place for people like John Mayer who set up secret midnight shows here to this day.
LA is pretty sketchy too. There are swanky establishments sharing walls with questionable ones on the blocks of Hollywood. To add to it, the Hotel Café doesn't let you in the front door...you have to walk next to the building, down the ally and around the back where there is a big dude with a clipboard and a small velvet rope. Thankfully, Ryan had been before, but just to be on the safe side I let Ryan go in first ;)
Once inside it is super dark and you have to go through a couple more "waiting rooms" to get into the main room. Low and behold we made it, stage cram-filled with tons of instruments set right in front of us.
The band sounded great! And thank God because this is only the second time I've seen them. They live in Chicago and never make it out to Cali on tour. I found them, and the first time I saw them play, was as the first opener for a Switchfoot concert at Soma that Switchfoot videoed and released a DVD of...yes I have it, and yes you can see me crowd surfing in it ;).
I always want to put SAL's music to my life. Meaning that if I was directing a movie of my life (and if you read Donald Millers new book, I am), I'd put their music as the soundtrack to my life and orchestrate moments just to compliment their songs. Really I would. They are so beautiful and the lyrics are blow away. I might even use a few tracks at the wedding. My favorite line is on their song Levels of Light: We are volcanoes, making new land, Transcending borders with seeds in our hands.
You know you have made it when LA gang members write "Danger" on your concert poster!
SHAMELESS BAND PLUG
• I've written about them in my blog here & here.
• And they have a new music video here.
• And this is one of my all-time favorite music videos here.
• And they have an amazing album design artist here.
OK back to the day. We took off at noon-thirty and headed for Pizza Port in Solana Beach for lunch. It's on the way and I have never been but have heard tons about the Pizza Place/Brewery. We tried 4 of their specialty brews before making our pint selection.
I ended up picking their porter, as that's what I'm into at the moment. This one looked dark but tasted much lighter considering it's a porter. The pizza was good too, stacked with fresh onions and chicken on our BBQ Chicken pie.
After we were done, we still had about 1.5 hours to kill. We decided to stop at Disneyland since we both have passes and we might as well use them. That's the beauty of having passes. Scenario: You're driving near Anaheim and have an urge to give Micky a jumping high-five...with said pass, no problem! High-five on the way!
We parked and made a B-line for the Tower of Terror (our favorite any-land ride)...Ryan downloaded the Disneyland App that tells you the line wait times, but not in enough time for us to get there and find a 40 minute wait (in the middle of a MONDAY?!?!). That was too long for us. Bye, bye tower...next time.
Then we remembered that every time we come, all the girls are too scared to get wet or it's too cold overall and none of us want to get wet...ummm we have car time to dry off, Raging Rapids it is!
While in line I realized I was wearing a white t-shirt and contemplated the show I potentially was about to give Ryan... I'll leave you with that image for a second.
We only got drizzled on overall and still had time for at least one more ride. The iPhone revealed 10 minute wait for the roller coaster, California Screaming...and we figured the fast coaster air would help us dry off. Well the app failed at that one...30 minutes later we just got on the ride and when it was over we had to take off for the car and get back on the highway.
I have never been to the Hotel Café before. And so you know, it is more small concert room / bar than hotel or café. But I have like tons of recordings from the place for people like John Mayer who set up secret midnight shows here to this day.
LA is pretty sketchy too. There are swanky establishments sharing walls with questionable ones on the blocks of Hollywood. To add to it, the Hotel Café doesn't let you in the front door...you have to walk next to the building, down the ally and around the back where there is a big dude with a clipboard and a small velvet rope. Thankfully, Ryan had been before, but just to be on the safe side I let Ryan go in first ;)
Once inside it is super dark and you have to go through a couple more "waiting rooms" to get into the main room. Low and behold we made it, stage cram-filled with tons of instruments set right in front of us.
The band sounded great! And thank God because this is only the second time I've seen them. They live in Chicago and never make it out to Cali on tour. I found them, and the first time I saw them play, was as the first opener for a Switchfoot concert at Soma that Switchfoot videoed and released a DVD of...yes I have it, and yes you can see me crowd surfing in it ;).
I always want to put SAL's music to my life. Meaning that if I was directing a movie of my life (and if you read Donald Millers new book, I am), I'd put their music as the soundtrack to my life and orchestrate moments just to compliment their songs. Really I would. They are so beautiful and the lyrics are blow away. I might even use a few tracks at the wedding. My favorite line is on their song Levels of Light: We are volcanoes, making new land, Transcending borders with seeds in our hands.
You know you have made it when LA gang members write "Danger" on your concert poster!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
