The Bright Sail

Shot in Soho

Was recently contracted to take some food photos again. I like the scallop shot the most — juicy and succulent:

Went to watch the Foo Fighters last night at NJ Swamplands Meadowlands Arena aka the IZOD Center. Originally, I didn’t want to go, because I dislike Jersey with a passion, I mean, who doesn’t? It’s the armpit of America.

Anyway, got the extra ticket from a friend who couldn’t make it and the concert turned out to be a 4 hour of pure solid R. O. C. K. Capitalized. David Grohl of Foo Fighters made sure everybody had a good time and got their money’s worth. He played all the hits of the years plus some new songs. It was just pure rockin’. Gotta hand it to the band.

If you are a fan and on the fence about seeing these guys in a concert, I would totally recommend going.

Due to some personal reasons, we have stayed in and around the city this summer. So, instead of heading out to the Caribbeans for some R&R, we took on friends’ invitation to camp inside Catskills State Park at the Beaverkill Campground. Other than that, we also headed out to Long Island and looking for sun and adventure, and we got both.

Check out the photos:

I think Chinese people has finally conquered Flushing, NY. There are now Chinese(Mandarin) lessons being offered by the city to whoever is interested in learning.

Some highly amusing quotes from the article:

“I was born here,” said Ms. Garcia, who is 44. “Why should I learn their language?”

“Why do you say two words for ‘bladder’? I have one bladder! For one bladder it’s two words?”

“Mr. Henton asked Councilman Liu to sponsor the lessons last year during a community meeting at which most of the comments were made in Mandarin. He feels a responsibility for the classes’ success; on Tuesday nights, he calls 40 people just to remind them to come.”

To my knowledge, I didn’t know they host community meetings, in Chinese, here in the grand ol’ U. S. of A. — with a councilman. I guess there is a first for everything.