Do you ever have those days that you totally expect to go a certain way, but then they don’t and it is super deflating? That was me yesterday. It was so packed. Super packed. I was really excited when I left the house in the morning, until I walked out into the pouring rain. The day ended up being almost a complete bust. It is possible that the non-stop monsoon caliber weather had something to do with it. I’m not going to go into the inanities of yesterday’s shortfalls. But let’s just say that there was a saving grace toward the end of the evening. I always enjoy the soiree’s that Kiehl’s throws, because my home ZT is there to hang out with.

Pharrell also came through (above), and gave me a “star trak” (no, not star trek) “v”. Meanwhile, pouring rain.  All of these shenanigans are part of the 160 year birthday celebration that Kiehl’s is currently having. Do you use any Kiehl’s stuff? Reagan and I are both huge fans. As a part of the hooplah, they designed some throwback packaging, check it-

Anyway, thanks Zack, Kiehl’s and Pharrell for salvaging and otherwise crap day. I really hope that we can have a bit of a reprieve from the rain, soon. Because… dude!

In unrelated news, apparently we will be arriving in the Eurosphere just in time for some Spanish protesting in Barcelona. If I’m lucky, maybe I can get a shot of a dude getting hit with a tear gas canister, or something.

First of all, the weather was basically heaven. This fact makes it sting a bit more that I was feeling under the weather for the entire weekend (and still am today). But I’ll take the beautiful weather, sick or not. We went kind of crazy with the photos this weekend. I’m not really sure why. Above: walking to our car to go visit PJ on Saturday. Below: Piper got her hair did.

Sunday was, of course, mothers’ day. So I started off the day taking Reagan to the Donut Plant, on the LES. They have some seriously crazy donuts there. Reagan, was going nuts. I won’t say how many she ordered (and ate, hehe).

Walking back to the car, Reagan saw these rubber bouncy horse-like things hanging from a Chinatown bodega awning and asked if we could get one for Piper.

We picked the green one. Piper was pretty stoked about her little horse. I think that she is still getting used to it. But she definitely appreciates both the practical fun aspect, as well as the humor.

After she had a chance to give her green pony a ride or two, we packed up and headed outside.

And just when you thought this post couldn’t get any more photo-heavy, here is one more fave from the weekend (ps, plenty more over here).

It is currently raining like there is no tomorrow. It has been pretty much all day. Yesterday, we were able to have a bonus visit with Piper in the morning (I normally don’t get to see her on Fridays). We drove back into the city and were able to get lunch before I went into work. First we snapped the shot above, of Reagan on Carmine Street. Apparently that stupid cupcake place isn’t the only “Magnolia” in the West Village.

Today when visited Piper, we mostly just lounged around in our comfy clothes and watched the rain through the window. Piper was in a very snuggly mood.

After our visit, we headed down to Chelsea, so that I could shoot a gallery exhibit that is opening tonight. I brought Reagan with me, since it would be low key and I was shooting it before it opened. The artist it Haroshi. He makes wooden sculptures out of old broken skateboard decks. So awesome. Here are a few shots of Reagan checking out the art.

The rain is supposed to stop by tomorrow morning, and there are rumors of sunshine and warmer temperatures. I’m crossing my fingers (and toes).

Just some stuff that I shot during my rainy commute today. I don’t even mind the rain, as long as it stays warm. Ah spring.

We have had a tough couple of days around the B-holt residence. I’m sure that I’ll eventually get to that in a later post. But we have definitely been staying busy. I shot some pretty interesting stuff (to me) on Friday and Saturday. I come from a family with a strong quilting heritage. I don’t know to what extent is has carried over to my generation. But, it seems like there was always some quilt that my mom (and usually at least one of her sisters) was working on, when I was growing up. My grandmother on my father’s side (who just turned 90 on Saturday), still makes a quilt for every new great-grandkid in the family (FYI, there are more than I can count on 50 fingers). If that’s not enough, we get it from Reagan’s side too. Both of our mom’s always run into each other at state quilt guild conventions. Yes, both of our mom’s are active members of the Utah State Quilt Guild. I personally think that is pure awesome. So, it is safe to say that I was raised to appreciate the art of quilting and the significance in American heritage and Culture. I’ll be honest though, I never thought I would be shooting or blogging about quilts. Buuuuuttttt, it just so happens that the American Folk Art Museum is currently holding an exhibition of American red and white quilts at the Park Avenue Armory. I ended up shooting it for Curated Mag. I was blown away. Not saying that these photos do it any justice, but scroll down for a couple of more looks.

Ok, if you made it this far down the post, then maybe you will be interested in what I shot on Saturday morning. HS teamed up with Nike for an editorial story featuring the new Kobe collection, at a little league soccer game in the Bronx. The game was at 11:30 and I was worried that everything would be washed out with the sun that high in the sky. I guess it is lucky (for me) that we are still in early spring, because I don’t feel like the images came out that bad. I just hope that the people whose opinion matters, feel the same. Here are a few–

This last one had nothing to do with the product, but I just like the wide shot with the green turf and blue sky.

Last night was the super moon. To be perfectly honest, it didn’t appear any larger to me than it has on previous occasions. But, it was very very bright. We were on the roof when it rose, and it was a very dark shade of yellow from all of the pollution. It was kind of a cool effect. I got a couple of shots when it was low in the sky, but I wasn’t super stoked about any of them. I did, however, quite like the one that I posted above. This was shot after the moon was much higher in the sky. Here are a few other times that I have shot the moon from our house: one time and another time.

Earlier Saturday evening, we were shooting some tutorials for Reagan’s hair blog. There was a cat on the fire escape that was meowing super loud. I think that it must have wandered up and become stuck. Anyway, we finally let it in, so that it would shut up. We immediately thought better of it. So, we put it back out. The cat then leaped from the fire escape to the sill of an adjacent window that was open (at least 3 or 4 feet away). and came back in.

Ultimately, I had to carry it down stairs and put it back out into the alley.

Backing up, a bit– Friday was beautiful. The high was well into the 70′s. I thought about going for an evening run, but then had a better idea. I called a couple of friends and we had a longboarding session in Central Park. I also brought along a little hand-held video camera (same one Jon used to shoot this), and some L.E.D. panels. I have been wanting to shoot a longboarding video since I saw this one, that I posted the other day. So, I figured I could get some ideas, shooting with the crappy camera for when we really go back and do it right. I think that having the moon out was key. Anyway, here is what we shot Friday night.

It is a rainy Friday in this neck of the woods. It has been a rough couple of days. Our hosting has been on the fritz. We were offline for about half of the day, yesterday. So freaking annoying. Anyway, I shot this pretty cool thing at the Reed Space last night. I picked up a shirt from the event, featuring some of the artist’s work. Then I promptly left it somewhere. Then it started raining. When I got home, I had to run right back out into the rain to get some gatorade and crackers for my sickly little wife (who is finally feeling better this morning). And it is still raining. But all of that is ok, because it is once again Friday. Friday means reprieve. The photos above and below are just some crap that I snapped last night while I was waiting for the F train at Delancey. I liked the bokeh that the track signals made.

Have a great weekend!

The long weekend was a lot more blah than I was hoping it to be. I did our taxes, confirming my suspicions that we owed a lot. The weather was cold, windy and gross. Then to top it off, we got more snow on Monday (above).  Don’t get me wrong, the visits with Piper were great. In fact, she did something that really made me proud. She totally dismantled a little toy piano (in the foreground, below) that Reagan got for her a few months ago.

Luckily, I was able to put it back together. Piper wanted to help, so bad. Reagan had to really restrain her. Hahahah.

Anyway, today I have decided to cast off the blah. I woke up super early and took Greta in for her 90 Day service. The poor girl was already starting to fall apart on us (slowly leaking tire and malfunctioning touch screen). So, she will likely be in the shop until Friday. Then I came into work super early and was able to get a jump on things. Even though the temps won’t break the 20′s today, it is supposed to get gradually warmer as the week wears on. I’m hoping to take advantage and put a few more km’s on my running shoes before our first race, coming up in March.

Things to look forward to: 1. Sam (my brother) will be back here in a week; 2. MotoGP 2011 season now starts in less than one month; 3. After we pay taxes (probably later this week), we can start planning a spring vacay.

Since Monday, it has been kind of a “blah” week. I think that a lot of it has to do with the weather. It is still bloody cold as all get out. But at least the sun is out today. It never feels as cold when there is a little bit of solar radiation making its way through the atmosphere.

Last night, one of Reagan’s friends came over and was a hair model for some HDOF tutorials (above). We had a pretty fun time shooting and hanging out. I’m really looking forward to getting this weekend started. Reagan’s B-day is tomorrow night (we will be going out to dinner). Then later this weekend we are going to try to organize a little get-together with some friends to go bowling. Yes, we will be having our own super BOWL. Hahahaha. I wish that I could take credit for the cheesy pun. M. Cuomo came up with it. Enjoy the sunshine!