winter rising 2

Here are the Phoenix snaps from the second leg of the STAN FRAN + PHOENIX trip. Can you guess where the majority of the snaps were taken at? Sorry. I didn't take these. The other office employee on this journey took these... the camera on the phone was confused because night was not dark (due to the signs) and day was not light (due to the dark). The coworker has a good eye ...usually. But before I hammer him too badly, check out the first three photos by yours truly. A little shy of the old camera-phone mastercraftsman quality some may see on flicker or other sights.

It really is a pitty that the Bruder project did not turn out better on the old phone. This project rocks! From what I have heard from those who have met the man, he is a great person to talk to and get to know. Unlike a famous Tucson architect that I visited a couple of years ago... "May I take your picture?" "Um... nice try, but no." Speaking of EGO, read the first day on the job story of one Danny L in the office of one Petey E. in the book BREAKING GROUND. That story jives one hundred and ten percent of my recollection of Pete in PDX back in the late 80's or early 90's. He came to the Rose City to give a lecture at Portland State on his work including the Wexner. I found the lecture interesting and visually a blast... some of my friends couldn't enjoy the show at all because the man seemed to be a gynormous __________. You know you may have a problem with the old ego if people can't even look at your slides without calling you names because of the drivel spouting out of your pie hole. (Although I have been there to, so...)

Speaking of names; the photo at the top is called "Tuscon: Cars, Poles and Mountains" I was visiting my mother after the Phoenix leg of the trip. I almost killed her in the rented Infinity FX on a lonely Tucson road. Needless to say, I am stocked up on guilt for the next six months. A little word of advice for you: if your madre is talking non-stop about any subject you can think of, and you have a fast car, and you are looking at the colors coming alive in the mountains due to the morning sun, you may want to keep your eyes on the road and not on the mountains. AND you may want to zip your lip instead of saying to your mother, "You were talking non-stop. Of course I didn't see the small red car." Just a heads up for all of you with mommies.

Disclaimer: I love my mother. No, really, mom, I do. This blog is intended to entertain as well as satisfy my desire to have people look at me and listen to me. Maybe if you would have spent more time affirming my worth as a child... just kidding. Mom, your sense of humor is what I love the most about you. And no, this is not a Cover Your _____ statement.