Last weekend, we attended an event called Raleigh Wide Open. I teased you with one of my SOOC shots on Saturday, but haven’t had a chance to process the photos until now. There were thousands of people downtown and tons of activities…from food, to street performers, exhibitions, retail shops and music. We really enjoyed listening to the music – this band in particular had incredible soul. The lead singer managed to get the guy on the left to get up and dance while she played. Meanwhile, this little boy danced with his mother. As we walked away from the band, I heard kids...

I’m in the airport right now waiting to board. On my way to the terminal, after dropping off my rental car, two guys on the rental car shuttle struck up conversation. It turns out they were going to be on the same flight and were trying to determine how full the flight might be. Conversation then turned to my purpose for being in California…First assumption, I must live in the Sacramento area and be flying back to school (tons of colleges in my home town). Their jaws literally dropped when I said I’d been out of school for nearly six and a half years (yeah yeah, I’m...