Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

I recently made my way back to San Francisco, a place I called home for few years back in the early 2000s. Sometimes it's hard to realize what you miss until you leave (cliche, right?). Having moved back to the Washington DC area and now going back to the Bay Area this time around provided me an opportunity to revisit some of the familiar sites I knew and loved, but with a different eye this time and a camera in hand.

Sailing Across the Mediterranean

I managed to break away recently to take a trip to the Mediterranean. It was an amazing trip that opened my eyes to some of the most historical sites in the world. While I only had a small taste of some of these sites, I definitely plan to make my way back to Europe soon to see even more sites that I missed this time around. Here are some pictures I was able to snap along the way. BTW - the cat pictures in this post were of a stray in Santorini (not Elmo!)...

Fun in the Sun

When I was younger, it was a yearly summer tradition to head to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware for the week with my family. I remember packing weeks in advance in my excitement to build sand castles, eat boardwalk fries, and of course, play tons of carnival games. As we grew older, it became harder to get us together to go. Luckily this summer, we were able to sneak away for a long weekend to revisit a place we had so many fond memories of. Hopefully this time around, the kids were able to create some memories of their own, in hopes of carrying on a tradition of ours. It's always good to have a photographer around, right?

Montgomery County Fair

I can't recall the last time I attended a county fair. Yesterday was probably the first time in over 10 years that I've attended the Montgomery County Fair in Gaithersburg, MD. Things have certainly changed since I last went, but some things still stay the same - cotton candy, carnival games, farm animals, and of course the ferris wheel. Thankfully, I had my camera to take photographs of this Maryland tradition.