I can’t think of anything to say about the place beyond spectacular.  The more I write, the less justice I would do it, so I’ll let the gallery do most of the talking.  They only give you about a minute in each location, so my framing’s a little rushed, but the subject matter makes up [...]

Yes that’s right, Safeway the grocery store.  I’ve had all kinds of grocery store observations brewing in my head since crossing into America but this particular location was exceptional enough to warrant its own topic without even mentioning all my past food shopping musings. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, Carmel is [...]

The real point of this post is just to highlight that I got some dope shots in the Monterey Coast and Monterey Aquarium galleries I put up this week, but I can tack on some bonus info. First, I started Photoshopping all my RAW files and surprise surprise they look better.  At first I thought [...]

Yawn. The exaggerated name of the brewery itself is a telling dress up of what’s really just a boring, overpriced watering hole.  The Monterey Coast Brewery is in Salinas, which is a good 20 minutes from the coast, basically trying to pretend it’s not in a dusty dried up town and probably only gets enough [...]

It’s about time I reviewed what I feel is the best band out of my hometown of Calgary.  For the most part a classic, if grungy bluegrass sound begging you to pull out the washboard and stomp your feet, the one digression is perhaps the most emotionally poignant song I know as it still almost [...]

“We shout that we are a nation of laws, not men – and then proceed to break every law we can if we can get away with it.  We proudly base our political positions on the issues – and we will vote against a man because of his religion, his name, or the shape of [...]