This Christmas I got a gift from Liz, that I should have bought myself a long time ago. A point and shoot camera. Its tough to call a camera as useful as the Canon G10 a “point and shoot” because it is hardly that. 14.7 megapixels. Dials for ISO, exposure compensation, and shooting modes as well as a hot shoe and a gigantic review screen on the back make this arguably the best digital point and shoot available.

From a less techy perspective, the size of this camera will allow me to more realistically achieve my goal of carrying my camera with me at all times. Something I believe every photographer should do, but something that is difficult to practice if your only cameras are gigantic professional SLR behemoths. Admittedly over several years of calling myself a professional photographer I grew tired of always carrying my “work” camera with me and started to associate my down time with not having a camera. Creatively, I felt like I was lacking something and I longed for a point and shoot that could fill that gap.

Liz came to the rescue. Here are some pictures I shot over the holiday weekend - all just snapshots.


Liz on Christmas morning. Lebanon, PA.


Glasses on dashboard. Interstate 78 - near Shartlesville, PA


Traffic approaching Throegs Neck. En Route to Long Island.


In the living room. East Setauket, NY


After dinner conversation. East Setauket, NY


Ted’s new puppy. Holbrook, NY


Turnpike rest area. Lawn, PA en route to State College.


Trailer in tow. Pugh Street, State College, PA. (moving services available only to girlfriend’s brother and close friends and family)


Fits one bedroom set. State College, PA.


Mike’s college house. State College, PA.


Staircase. South Philly

My house. South Philly.


Ninth Street. South Philadelphia.


Sunset, en route to Paoli, PA.



Josh’s new home. Paoli, PA


Josh’s new cat. Paoli, PA


Time’s up. Paoli, PA


In sync. Paoli, PA.


Thanks for the camera Liz.

Its been a busy end of the year business wise for me and I couldn’t be more thankful for that. But today, at around 6pm, I will be taking off for a few days to spend time with friends and family and just enjoy the holiday. Most of the gifts are wrapped, and I believe (a first for me before Christmas eve) all of the gifts are bought.

First stop, tonight will be Lebanon, PA. Followed by multiple locations on Long Island.

Here is the tree in our South Philly home. (yes, its a little crooked, leave me alone )

In August I moved around the corner from my old place, to a new house on Cross Street.
I love this new street for a lot of reasons, and one of those reasons is the wonderful corner bar - Grumpy’s .

Grumpys is exactly what you want in a good neighborhood bar. Friendly people, a pool table, draught beer, and take out sixpacks.

But now, they’ve really stepped it up. They’ve added to the already stellar list of reasons to love the place.

The largest Phillies flag I’ve ever seen outside of the stadium itself.

So now, before I head off to Citizens Bank Park for Game 2 of the NLCS against the Dodgers, I leave you with this 3 photo panoramic of the intersection of 9th and Cross Streets in South Philadelphia.