Out with Jodie

No story, I just like this picture.

Engagement Brunch for Sindhu and Robert

They are engaged! And it's really great! 

Winter in our House

New Family in Maryland

This is a picture of D's sister, her husband, and their wonderful family. 

Fall on our Street

All the leaves came down last night.

Summer Nights in Georgetown

Nights in Georgetown have a few staples. 

Box of Bullets

Who Set My Notebook On Fire?

It was Chris, obviously. But the How is actually kind of cool. Here is a reenactment. 

Getting Engaged at Piney Point

Short story: We went to our friend Dave's beach house for a weekend, and on Sunday morning Devin proposed and obviously I said yes. 

Crab Eatin' at Tony and Jill's

I didn't even know I liked crabs. But when dinner at Tony and Jill's house is in your future, you pretty much know that everything will be good and in its right place.

Walls and Signs

Topsail, NC

Did We Just Become Best Friends?

"If I were an animal, I would be a wolf. And my best friend would be a horse." While driving through Virginia, we met that best friend. I was pretty much the third wheel.

Cheesy Sneak Peek

I hate. pictures of food. They never ever make it look delicious, and please stop taking pictures of your food and just live your life. But I'm trying to challenge myself, so here's a picture from the omelet-making that happened this weekend.

Lights on Lights on Lights

Always focus on light. 

I don't mean that as a metaphor, but yes focusing on the positive is a probably good idea. I mean that when you're taking a picture, focus on an area getting a lot of light.

Except when you are taking pictures of lights, in which case focus on something else.

When Kristen met Kristin

Disclaimer: This post has a lot of photos. That's my fault. It's because I'm having a hard time feeling confident in representing the participants in this transgender fashion show my dear friend Kristen brought me along to. (She is not transgender. She is a reporter on our local news station, and she let me tag along when she covered the show. Not that you can't be both transgender and a news reporter.) 

Due to my own ties with the SOF (Special Operations) community, both personal and professional, the person I feel the most duty to here is someone also named Kristin. Kristin Beck is transgender and a former SEAL.

Point being - the tremendous courage all the participants in the show displayed makes me feel the stakes are higher than usual for me, because the stakes are deeply tied in with the subjects' sense of self. Their aesthetic journey - granted, just one part of their journey - has not been an easy one. However, it's one worthy of knowing, I think.

How We Got Our Flag

So we were at the DC Pride Parade.