Julia + Sal : Tarara Winery in Leesburg, VA

Arlene and I spent Saturday afternoon with one of our favorite couples Julia and Sal at Tarara Winery in Leesburg, VA. These guys enjoy great food and wine as we do and we decided to have a picnic at the winery. A picnic in 50 degree weather? Why not. Bring your own cheese, sandwiches and grab a bottle of wine at the winery and you're set.  Tarara Winery makes some pretty good wine too (I haven't found many Virginia wines that I like).

Anyway, here's a set of this fun loving couple...let's call it "Loving to the fullest." Thanks Julia and Sal!

Julia + Sal : Preview

Check back tomorrow for photos of Julia and Sal's day at Tarara Winery in Leesburg, VA.

Meridian Pint - Washington, DC

Today I met up with one of my good friends RJ at Meridian Pint in the Columbia Heights section of Washington, DC.  I was a little flustered making my way to this place, since I had to deal with traffic and getting lost (I never get lost in DC).  Once I bellied up to the bar everything was all good.  Meridian Pint has a huge selection of craft beers on tap and service was pretty good.  The food was okay, but this is a place you go for the beer.  They even have taps at your table (downstairs) where you can pour your own beer.  The service was extremely friendly and their eco-friendly concept is always good in my book.

Always good times chatting it up about sports, stocks and strategy over beers...that how great ideas get started.

RJ took the last photo.

Diggy the Boston Terrier

Have you ever been inspired by something and applied it consciously? I think this is the first post where I actually did just that. I saw some photos on a blog post at Ali Harper Photography and wanted to do something similar. Ali Harper is an amazing artist!  I don't know her, but her blog site is pretty rad.

My brother and his Boston Terrier - Diggy, were troopers. They braved the cold and light mist to let me shoot. With all the construction around my brother's place, it made Diggy look like a junkyard dog.

Catching up with Friends

On Thursday I met up with some old college friends at Cafe Asia in Rosslyn. It's always a great time catching up with these folks. I can't believe I've known most of the them for 15 years.