Revue

Finally 2008 is over and now it's 2009. I wanted to quickly look back at 2008 but instead of a long winded recap, I decided a "year in photographs" (with short blurbs) would be more entertaining. I managed to get lucky a few times with my camera and take some decent (unintentional) pictures.

Without further ado:

San Francisco at the Buena Vista -

After a touristy day of walking around San Francisco, the in-laws brought me to the Buena Vista. Back in 1952 the proprietors of this establishment recreated the famous Irish Coffee drink that was served in Shannon Airport in Ireland. It's really not that hard to combine coffee, whiskey, and sugar but it they do it with zest!

Laguna Beach: Joe and Katye's wedding -

My friend Joe got married in Laguna Beach over the summer at a beach house owned by the guy who invented the WhiteBoard! It was an incredible wedding and I learned that people don't wear ties at west coast wedding. I also found out that you can shut a wedding down early if/when the neighbors complain.

Havasupai, Arizona

I make an annual hiking trip to Arizona to visit my friend Chris. This past year we went to Havasupai in the Grand Canyon for a three day hike that covered about 25 miles. The hike the previous year destroyed me physically, so preparing and successfully completing this hike was a personal challenge.

Improv 1A

In the spring I took my first WIT Improv class with teacher Justin Purvis. The class was great and I recommend it to anyone in the DC, VA area. This was our group celebration picture after our showcase.

Palace of Wonders on H street.

After a three month hiatus, I started going to open mics again back in May. Nancy Drew and I found this sign off H Street near the Palace of Wonders on our way to a Live Humas in DC show. I like that it's a 'warning.' Good to know sign!

New York City

I was visiting my friend Brad in NYC for the weekend. After seeing the second to last show of Mother at UCB, we decided to meet up with some friends at a karaoke bar. This is a picture of our friend Camille who was so passionate about Madonna that she got up on coffee table in the middle of the room to rock out. The picture was taken about a minute before she kicked me in the face and bent my glasses.

Zzyzx: A town

This is a real town. No lie. Look it up. My friend Jason, his wife, Nancy Drew, and I drove across the Mojave desert on the way to the Laguna wedding. Side note - I took this picture hanging out of a car window as we sped past.

Idiotarod.

DC has a fun(d)raising event called the Idiotarod each year where contestants run around Dupont solving clues, some how raising money for local charities, and then finish at a bar. Each group picks a theme and dresses in character. Our theme? Zoolander. If you can't tell, I'm dressed as Mugatu. We won an award because I kept screaming "dance off" and getting other racers to dance.

This years winner:
The Rock that destroyed Chris's windshield

While beginning the hike in Havasupai, our group jokingly commented on the rocks that were near our vehicles at the trailhead. We thought we were safe because we parked on the other side of the road but on the second day of the hike, Chris received a note from the camping permit office saying that a rock had performed the following actions:
1) fell,
2) hit the ground,
3) dented the ground,
4) bounced,
5) onto his windshield.

This is the result -



I feel like this post should have been titled "Name-drop, place-drop, thing-drop."

Here's to a great 2009!