Lunch

Samples at Sante Adairius Rustic Ales with Lee

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Magnolia

Dinner and beers with Travis

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Flower

Spring has come to California

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Flowers

Mt. View Adobe Building

Not to be confused with Adobe Software.

Super Resolution Gate

This image is 72MP generated from 8 lower resolution photos that were scaled and merged into a single photo.

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Window

Tile window at the Adobe House in Mountain View, CA

Abandoned Google Bike

Saw this Google bike abandoned less than a block from the train station in Mountain View.

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Speedway Stout Vertical

As one does on a Tuesday evening before heading out for a different epic sour tasting.

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Nondescript, yet nicely appointed

The unfortunate thing about mass market hotels is that they all all have basically the same furniture.

Office

I'm in the office at SmugMug HQ this week. Had great food and conversation with coworkers, wrote some code and didn't fall asleep on my desk. Also didn't take many photos :(

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Waiting

I volunteered to take an alternate flight to San Jose. Delta gave me a $500 credit and booked me through LAX instead of Seattle. Oddly I ended up arriving nearly 20 minutes before my bag that wasn't re-routed. Airlines make no sense to me.

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Beer

Having a beer while waiting for the afternoon of travel to begin.

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BDPA

I've been volunteering my time teaching kids about PHP, MySQL and other misc web technology. Curious who these kids are? Lear more about the program here: http://www.bdpa.org

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Putt Put / Mini golf Olaf at Social Ice in Rochester, MN

From Social Ice 2015

Imperial Bar

There is so much awesome at Social Ice, it's hard to describe it all. Instead, here's a simple shot of the Star Wars Imperial Bar.

From Social Ice 2015

Doorway

In the alley between Broadway and 1st Ave, this doorway leads inside the University mall building.

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Carving Ice Sculptures

In preparation for the outdoor ice bars for Social Ice in Rochester - an annual tradition.

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From Social Ice 2015

Alley behind the Doubletree hotel

I liked the steam vent blowing but didn't capture what I saw.

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Mural on CJ's Bar

This panoramic shows the beautiful color from the northern wall of the building formerly occupied by CJ's bar. It's slated to be demolished to make room for another tall tower.

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Oskar

Calculating the area of a paper airplanes wing while trying not to laugh about how much tape does or doesn't weigh. You kind of had to be there.

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Measure twice, cut once

Reworking Oskar's science fair project required precise measuring and folding.

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Xavier at Lunch

Headed to Z Pizza for lunch with the boys on President's Day.

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D'Sievers Live at Rochester Civic Theatre

Live Jazz

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Gretchen

Listening to live music

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Blowing Bubbles

Xavier makes bubbles

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Flowers

Valentines flowers for Gretchen.

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Sunflower

Valentine love

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React.js Training

Kim clued me in to this training with Frontend Masters. It was a one day covering React.js. Mostly I learned about ES6 and Flux. Well worth the trip up. @ryanflorence presenting

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Oskar doing homework

Social Studies geography quiz prep

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Skyway to "nowhere" or Failure

This skyway links the Holiday Inn to the 300 block of Broadway South. I stopped to capture this cliche image and a man came up behind me and said he could tell I was looking for an artistic shot. Being the introvert that I often am, I tried hard to avoid conversation. This failure results in a boring skyway shot without the interesting man who likely would have been happy to be the subject of my photo. Do better tomorrow.

Incidentally, this skyway has it's own page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SkywayConfRoom

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Repairs

In a fit of frustration, this instruction page was torn up. It made for an interesting puzzle to reconstruct it and a nice time with Xavier (who is being shy, not crying or anything in this image)

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Pencils

The last two weeks have been all about homework. Getting it done and getting it turned in. Due to snow and ice today, I didn't get to walk around and do much shooting.

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Mural on back of Creative Salon

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Doorway

There are some curious dark corners in Rochester, this door is in the alley of the in the 300 block between Broadway S and 1st Ave SW,

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Newts / City Cafe

Things look different in the alley

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City Market / Olive Juice Studios

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Xavier eats snow

Snapped some shots during the sledding party at People of Hope today.

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Self Portrait

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Made some Pizza

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Plastic Bag circa 2015

The explosion of reusable shopping bags has led to these replacing the signature single use plastic bag littering the landscape.

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Like

Today was all about Facebook. Working the SDK and API and fighting with code left behind by my predecessor.

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My Mom Is Awesome

Alphabet pasta makes for a great toy and tool for self expression. Xavier used it to share his love for Gretchen.

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Creepy Corridor

There are some tunnels you should not go down. Taken in the subway of Rochester, MN

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No rest for the weary today

Another light snow today. This snowy bench wouldn't provide much comfort anyway with the crazy cold and wind.

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Words Players Theatre

This old building has been repurposed as a theatre. The fire escape exits the rear of the building.

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Sunrise on Rochester

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