Freret Street Fight Night

People gather in a shopping center parking lot once a month for an event that includes a Lady Gaga

impersonator in drag, 20 kegs of beer, a huge pot of gumbo, and some pretty intense boxing matches.

Against the advice of many, I decided to attend the fight night the evening after my bike accident.

I didn't work the lighting the way i really wanted to but figured I might as well post a couple of my favorites.

Afternoon Light

Willoughby

sitting on the stoop

Summertime and the livin's easy

photos taken with the Minolta X700

Scenes from Jackson Ave

When I direct people to my house I just tell them it's the one with the dying plant in front

Travis, a roommate, let me photograph him as he waited for cold medicine to kick in

Our backyard is a bit of an overgrown jungle filled with rusting odds 'n ends

Murray made pasta with peanut sauce in the kitchen after the Gogol Bordello concert

Creatures

Sorry for being a stranger to the blog world. I promise more photos from my life in NOLA soon.

Until then, here are a few images taken a couple weeks ago from an excursion with Emily & Renee to

Barataria Preserve in Jean Lafitte National Park.

Treasure Island

I should be packing. I'm leaving in a hour and my car is patiently waiting to be filled.

Instead I'm going through old expired slide film a Brooks student gave me last summer and blogging about an island in San Francisco.

I'm about to have a two day drive down to New Orleans with my sister and mother.

Emily and I just completed a lecture directed at our mother that during a road trip you need to relinquish control in order to be stress free. A great attitude to keep in mind during times of transition.

I'm so excited to be on the road again.

Emily & Renee

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