My photographic year in review. Always difficult picking just one image to represent each month. We had an eventful 2011 but it seems it went by so fast, that I almost can’t remember anything we did. I know in the end, it was full of fun, adventure, love, music, passion, a few bruises, snuggles, kisses, and life… life lived as full as possible.
January
Snuggle time
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Where do I begin?
For months now, I’ve been helping my husband and two friends build an epic LEGO recreation of the The Last March of the Ents from The Lord of the Rings movie. We unleashed the photos online on September 28, and then displayed it for a public exhibit that very weekend in Seattle at BrickCon. BrickCon was an insanely fun and exhausting time hanging with new and old friends. The drive up to Seattle and back was long… but surprisingly nice to just spend time with my husband and little Baxter, who came along for the trip. And our creation won Best in Show. Really amazed!
It’s been a smashing success and one of the most fun creative projects I’ve ever been a small part of. I hoped people would like it after all the hard work put into it, but never expected the reception to be as enthusiastic as it’s been. We’ve been interviewed for a podcast, made CNN and a ton of blogs, and we’re getting close to a million views on the photos.
We got the crazy idea after watching a marathon screening of the trilogy at the Egyptian Theatre earlier this year. One thing I will always love about Los Angeles is that there so many amazing revival movie theatres. Any night of any week, you can pop into theatres all over town to check out classic, cult, weird, obscure, popular, indie or new movies…
The idea was just to build one Ent. This snowballed. Quickly. It’s been a real labor of love though and came together so seamlessly. We’re pretty proud. And it’ll be on display again at a local event in Pasadena called Designer Con.
What else have I’ve been doing since my last ages ago post? Took a week long road trip exploring the California coast as well as attended several events celebrating the opening of the new Dinosaur Hall at the Natural History Museum. Still going to shows including Fiona Apple, Jon Brion, and the members of Nickelcreek put on one of the best I’ve ever been to in my entire life! Oh, and in between all the LEGO madness, I still managed to see Duran Duran at Nokia Theatre. It always comes back to Duran Duran in the end…
Another thing that feels good… I organized and posted all photos from concerts and events I went to in 2010. Whew. I’m posting them all on Flickr now after closing my old site down. It’s so much easier! I’m all caught up with this year too.
I even posted all my Coachella photos from this year. I’ve been wanting to do a full write-up on that but how do I best express how amazing those three days were? It was the most well run Coachella in all the years I’ve gone. And FINALLY! I got to see Duran Duran play this festival. It was another dream come true. There I was in the front row: banged up, bruised, sore, hot, squished, tired, and then they played “The Chauffeur”. I sobbed. Not going to lie. My most favorite band in the world, playing my most favorite song of all time, at a music festival I love. It was emotional, powerful, beautiful.
Now just have, oh, 20 years more of photos to catch up on. HA!
I’ve been silent on this blog for months now. I’m not entirely sure why. I’ve been busy of course. I always feel so busy but it’s really an excuse. I think I’m not sure what I want this blog to be anymore.
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One my favorite shots from last week…
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David Lynch directs Duran Duran. Tonight at the historic Mayan Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. With special guests Beth Ditto, Mark Ronson, Kelis, Gerard Way… watch online starting at 7pm EST. I’ll be there in the audience watching the magic unfold.
Last month I had the opportunity to visit Disney World for the first time to help celebrate a friend’s birthday. It was a quick trip but managed to visit every theme park there. I never had a huge desire to go before but I’m glad I went. While Florida was going through a freezing spell, it was still so much fun and I always get a kick out of how Disney has to disnefy everything! Even an animal safari had to have a story and even animatronics. Real live animals are just not enough!
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Hard to believe the first month of 2011 is almost half way over. I’ve been wanting to do this before but only now getting a chance. Here are 12 photos posted to flickr taken each month of 2010. A glossy photographic year in review… super difficult picking just photo from each month. In looking back, I realized how much we truly did our best to life to the fullest. I hope we can keep on doing even more of that in 2011.
January
Clear winter days
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