Photo-a-day 2016.05.09

Chicken enchilada

The Monday special chicken enchiladas from Chuy's

I miss tex-mex

Photo-a-day 2016.05.08

Candid photographer

My beautiful friend curiousnotions whom I always try to meet up with when I visit Austin.
This time we did a mini photo shoot that resulted in this and many tips for me with portrait photography (which I did not utilize for this shot). Her latest posts consist of wonderful photos and her growing propensity for well-framed and composed shots. She's a natural at it, I love her photos and look forward to seeing more!

Photo-a-day 2016.05.07

Austin Chinese Choir

Concert by Austin Chinese Choir

This is my mother's choir that she helped form and been involved with since 1999. Wow!

Photo-a-day 2016.05.06

Overloaded tacos

Tacos from Torchy's Tacos - the chicken fajita and the "democrat". Overstuffed with meat (not that I'm complaining) and so obviously filling. Good start to my weekend in Austin =D

Photo-a-day 2016.05.05

Westlake Center

Seattle downtown retail core

Hello May!

Well May snuck up on me. So begins the busy sunny days.

April goals? Met!
Finished Necromancer by William Gibson (ok, technically finished on May 1st). Enjoyed it overall, but I had trouble following what was happening half the time. I can see how it was a strong influence for the Matrix tho.

Took long walks this month, though maybe not twice a week. Based on my fitbit history, I had long walks on the 2nd (Lake Serene hike), 8th-10th (ECCC), 16th (to U-Village), 18th (from Phinney), 20th (bike ride), 23rd (Greider Lake hike), 28th (downtown wanderings), 30th (from U-district)

Somewhat related, lately I've been practicing piano so much that I have actually memorized a couple piano pieces I started working on almost 5 years ago. Woot!

So with that... May goals!
Hard goal: seriously, clean out and donate/sell some of my crap
Fun goal: try a new restaurant once a week. Because I suspect I will be moving from my neighborhood soon due to rent prices...
Other mindsets: Be more curious of others instead of projecting myself.

Photo-a-day 2016.05.04

Iris

Photo-a-day 2016.05.03

Framing Mononoke prints

Made custom frames to accommodate some very pretty Mononoke Hime prints

Photo-a-day 2016.05.02

Sundown at the canal

Photo-a-day 2016.05.01

Clematis flower