Greek Festival 2013

Through the bellows of an Agfa Isolette III, I saw dancers demonstrating how to properly get your Greek on. Through the belly, I had a “Yee-roh,” a pretty damn good beer and the best baklava I’ve ever tasted. I’d jump like the guy in the photo if I could have that every night.

Colonial Parkway

Colonial Parkway + Polaroid 600 + Impossible film + me on vacation =

Roping in the Beast, Undaunted

The beast can be anything: a promotion, a date, front row seats to Rush, a good night’s sleep, perfectly smoked barbecue, singing Journey flawlessly at karaoke, whatever. In this picture, it’s a scared little calf that surely would’ve squealed with the most plaintive whine were it caught. It wasn’t. Score 1 for the bovines, -1 …

Bryan Park

I’d never been here until just this past weekend.  If you’re into Frisbee golf, you should already know about it.  If you have kids, you should be taking them to cook hot dogs on the many available fire pits (with chimneys no less!). If you have a significant other, you should be taking them for …

Mono Lith

Mr. No Shoulders

No One Here but us Chickens

NBC12 News: “Chickens make great pets, they’re entertaining, they’re quiet,” said one urban chicken supporter. “They make eggs and are great for pest control.” “Having chickens is a God-given right,” said another. “And the Constitution backs that right up.” Yes, Virginia, you can now keep chickens in the backyard of your Capitol, for no other …

Somewhere a Squirrel is Flying

And a pig named Parker is enduring an uncomfortable ride around a baseball diamond. The Flying Squirrels season has started. Let’s all buy tickets, get some caramelized pecans, and drink buckets of beer!

Just Look at that Punim

What is it about this face that makes me want to hug a dog repeatedly and cart him home, tell him stories at bedtime, put a touring cap on his head, then take the beast for walks along the shore all the while dutifully cleaning up what has got to be man-size excrement? I’m not …