Monthly Archives: March 2008

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An American In Paris

March 13, 2008 – 11:40 am

This week my wife and life partner and best friend Doreen is celebrating one of those birthdays (you know the ones…they tend to be evenly divisible by five or ten…or both…or a product of the two). I thought about how to mark the day, and I came to a very good decision: I would schlep her off to Paris for a romantic getaway. Thanks to my hero and mother Judy, who, without any hesitation, signed up to watch Max, Sam and Walter, we were able to make this happen.

So we jetted off to Paris a couple days ago, and we’re having a wonderful time. In just over 36 hours we’ve managed to cover about a dozen miles of the beautiful streets of this city. Here are some photographic highlights.

First of all, Doreen is the consummate travel partner, art historian, and human GPS.

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Next, the sights of this city can take your breath away.

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Finally, who knew you could use your wifi-enabled laptop in the very shadow of Notre Dame? Poor old Quasimodo must be rolling over in his grave.

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PS: Don’t worry; I had nothing but my camera on this venture. My laptop is ensconsed in our hotel room. :)

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Bonjour Events (my friend Rose)

March 9, 2008 – 11:09 am

My good friend and partner in many awesome corporate events Rose Lanham has gone solo with an exciting new venture, Bonjour Events. I wish her all the best. I’ve worked side-by-side with Rose in the most stressful situations you can imagine, and she’s always graceful and professional.

If you want to work with somebody for your personal event, your corporate event, or just need a shoulder to cry on when your event (or your event planner!) has you spinning out of control, I encourage you to contact Rose. Go check her out her brand new website at http://www.bonjourevents.com/.

Here are a few words from Rose herself:

Rose Lanham is an event producer with over 12 years of experience in sports and corporate event marketing, most recently as the Natl. Events Manager for Yahoo!’s advertising sales division. She wants to share some of the tips that would have helped her along the way and hopes you find this site to be a useful community for sharing ideas. Perhaps like you, Rose was always attracted to event planning and volunteered at every opportunity to learn more and gain new experiences. Knowing a career in event management was her plan, Rose pursued a role at the Atlanta Olympic Games Yachting division, experiencing first hand the importance of precise event logistics and the stamina it takes to work in this industry.

By steve | Posted in Event Photography, Family & Friends | Comments (0)

Into The Woods: Opening Night!

March 8, 2008 – 10:13 am

A hearty and heartfelt “Mazel Tov” to our son Max, his castmates, their awesome director Mary Bettini Blank, the talented orchestra, and all the parents and friends of the Burlingame High School drama program. The show is a fun, irreverent romp and is very entertaining. We are, of course, deeply prideful of Max’s performance as The Narrator. Check out some delightful scenes from the show here on my website.

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Dog people

March 6, 2008 – 7:45 am

Doreen and I think it’s funny it is when people become deeply bonded, and identify broadly with their dogs. Margie and Ginny, you know we love you! :-) Throughout our dear Milo’s ten years on this planet (all but a couple months spent as our family dog), he was a fixture in our lives, but was a little aloof, not unlike a cat. When Milo passed away last spring, we were heartbroken. But we decided maybe we wouldn’t betray Milo’s memory by getting another dog. When Sam and Doreen saw Walter in a pen at the Peninsula Humane Society, he was maybe all of six or seven weeks old. It was love at first sight. I begrudgingly (at first) agreed to come meet him, and it took just a moment to understand.

So dear Walt is a part of our lives now, as his first birthday approaches. And it seems he has turned us into dog people. We adore our children, we’re proud of our careers and our accomplishments, but it seems Walter is the only thing we talk about sometimes. And that feels just fine.

Oh, and about Walter’s name. We are all huge devotees of The Big Lebowski. And because of our shared admiration for John Goodman’s performance as Walter Sobchak in that brilliant film, we decided to name our puppy “Walter”. Funny thing is, he really has grown into that name. If you know him, you know what I mean.

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Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers

March 3, 2008 – 8:02 am

I am working for one of my corporate clients this week in Palm Springs, and to celebrate their successes, they hired Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers to entertain the troops tonight. Ziggy is a wonderful, impassioned performer, and his band was super tight. It was delightful, and I think everybody there realized they were given a real treat.

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Babies everywhere (Feb 2008 edition)

March 1, 2008 – 7:47 am

This week I had the privilege of doing another extensive children’s photo shoot for my friends at Babycenter.com. This one was editorial in nature, providing well over 100 different photographs to illustrate the developmental stages which parents can expect through their child’s early life. I was given pretty much free reign to art direct these, and we had a blast shooting them. My team delivered magnificently (a shout out to Dame Susie Poulelis, especially!), and we had the opportunity to work with dozens of wonderful kids and their families.

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