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In Conversation with… Producer Don Hahn – Sarasota Film Festival Photographer

Posted in Events, Sarasota area, tagged , , , on April 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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Although I missed opening night and Kevin Kline’s appearances, I’m photographing the Sarasota Film Festival this week (starting just after landing from Israel Saturday). Sunday’s In Conversation With… series featured producer Don Hahn (The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast). His documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty is in the festival and takes a look behind the scenes of Disney during their somewhat tumultuous ’70s and ’80s, when the studio was undergoing a rebuild process.

Don is well-spoken, personable, and brilliant… Both J and I were inspired by his words – encouraged to work hard at what we love to do and not only accept self-doubt and failure but to embrace and be better from them.

Anyway, here are some shots:

Producer Don Hahn at the Sarasota Film Festival

Producer Don Hahn at the Sarasota Film Festival

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04-11-10 – First Anniversary, Visit to the Ca d’Zan at the Ringling Museum

Posted in Random, Sarasota area, tagged , , on April 12, 2010| 4 Comments »

J and I celebrated our first anniversary yesterday. 🙂 Although I had to work and he had the Masters to watch, we found a bit of time in the middle of the day to revisit the gorgeous spot where we were married, the Ca d’Zan Mansion at the Ringling Museum. The rain subsided, and the scorching sun came out for our lunchtime trip:

Ca d'Zan

Ca d'Zan

Ca d'Zan

Ca d'Zan

Our wedding photographer, Craig Litten, has our slideshow posted on his site: www.craiglittenphotography.com.

What a great year it has been. 🙂

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Yafo Visit – Israel Cont.

Posted in Babies, My Family, Travels, tagged , , on April 5, 2010| 1 Comment »

Yafo is one of my favorite spots in the Tel Aviv area, maybe in Israel. It’s an amazing combination of ancient history new design, art galleries in narrow, steep alleyways and stunning views of the Mediterranean… just gorgeous and fun. There’s also the flea market, packed with people and cafes (as usual around here) and tons of great finds (most of which I had to avoid checking out too closely because there is no way to bring funky patterned chairs and vintage dressers home).

Here are a bunch of photos from our day in Yafo, starting with the flea market:

Yafo

Where’s Waldo (i.e. E) at the flea market…

Yafo flea market

More E at the flea market, posing in a chair I really wanted to bring home for future portraits. Oh, and note his adorable Beatles outfit (thanks on his behalf, Molly!) and organic Baby Star jeans:

E at the Yafo flea market

A super cute children’s/houseware store (photo taken for our friend Erin – I envisioned her accenting their possible future child’s room with this kind of stuff but thought it inappropriate to buy anything in anticipation…)

Yafo shop

Gorgeous handmade leather shoe shop:

Yafo shoe shop

Random antiques:

Yafo flea market

I just love the colors in this one:

Yafo

Loved this tree:

tree in Yafo

Stav and E:

Stav and E

More colors at the flea market:

Yafo flea market

And finally some of old Yafo:

J in Yafo

Not a shabby view from this restaurant…

Yafo

And one last shotof Dana and E overlooking Tel Aviv from Yafo:

Dana and E in Yafo

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Today in Tel Aviv – Shuk HaCarmel and more…

Posted in Food, My Family, Travels, tagged , on April 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Today Dana, my cousin Stav, and I walked around Tel Aviv, which always involves lots of food – eating at cafes, buying snacks at the market, and checking out the gorgeous produce pretty much everywhere. I am nearly falling asleep at the computer, so I’ll keep the musings to a minimum…

Lunch at family friend Roni’s bratwurst stand Frank’s (I didn’t even think I liked brats…):

Frank's

And escaping the wildness of the street fair at LovEAT Organic Cafe for some “cafe barad” (like a frappucino only amazing) and halva pastry deliciousness:

LovEAT

Radishes from Shuk HaCarmel:

radishes

Dishing out dried fruit and nuts:

Shuk HaCarmel

And one last shot for the day. This sight used to make me drool:

candy at Shuk HaCarmel

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Tel Aviv Beach – Israel Visit, Part 2

Posted in Babies, My Family, Travels, tagged , , on April 1, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Strolling by Tel Aviv beach yesterday (on my mom’s birthday), which is two blocks from the apartment, I snapped some shots that reminded me of my parents’ photos from the ’70s.

Tel Aviv beach

And our little man:

E at Tel Aviv beach

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