Phototally[365]

Day 365, motherfuckers!

2009-09-02T00:41:00.003-04:00

Hey, what are you guys doing tomorrow? Nothing? Yeah, me either. I certainly don't have any pictures to take, or anything. Remember that blog we had? Yeah, that was fun. Little project, nothing major. I can't possibly wrap my brain around the fact that it's been a year. So, so, SO much has happened in the last year and I'm pretty psyched that I have this as a record. Hey, remember this? I thought I'd give a nod back to the beginning as we bow out. Pho365 has been a huge part of my life and I'm feeling lots of things as we wrap it up. Thanks to everyone who told us it was a stupid, impossible idea. I'd like to say now, that you can suck it. Thanks even MORE to those who read it daily or just stopped in now and then. I appreciate you.

Um, I'm not sure how to end this. So, I guess I'll just... end it. Over and out!

day 365: no looking back (the end.)

2009-09-01T21:53:00.004-04:00

man oh man - is it here already? is tonight the night? a little over a year ago i had a crazy idea to take a picture every day and blog about it. i was both a blogging and photography amateur so the adventure was ballsy. i enlisted a friend and not a few days later, we got started. that was sept. 1 2008 and now one year (365 days) later this is our final bow!

It's been fun, its been hard, we've had tardy posts and pictures both good and bad, but at the end of the day - i feel accomplished! I hope it's been entertaining. If you've got some time, do what this puppy is doing and look back to our older posts. you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll dance a little dance and you'll thank us for it....

snapped this little guy on my way home. he knew it was day 365, i'm convinced he was giving me a little pose. what a ham!

gnight, all!

It's the Great Pumpkin, Day 364

2009-09-01T03:46:00.002-04:00

Stanford put up this massive display literally overnight. I was there yesterday and had to stop by again today and I found this. It's called the Glass Pumpkin Patch and it's huge. The base is covered with thousands of little glass baubles and there are probably 100 blown-glass pumpkins spread around, not to mention the 10+-foot sculptures in the middle. At first I thought it was kind of gaudy and insanely pretentious (it is Stanford Shopping Center, after all) but upon further inspection it's really pretty amazing. Good work, SSC!

day 364: late day snack

2009-08-31T22:44:00.005-04:00

well, here it is folks. the eve of the completion of our 365 days project. I'm feeling all kinds of nostalgic, but I'll try to hold off the waterworks for you fine readers. to the picture...

this dude was INHALING, i mean - barely chewing, stuffing the food into his mouth as fast as he could INHALING this sandwich. It was intense. I stopped my walk to the train and went through the effort of getting my camera out to try and capture this feast on the street (on broken trees?) just for you all. Plus the light looked really beautiful, which helped.

I've been just as hungry as that many a times. But now I know it aint cute to look at. lesson learned!

Day 363 hocks its wares

2009-08-31T01:49:00.003-04:00

The step-sis decided to host a garage sale today. No one told me it was happening. I was awakened by the step-mom knocking to search my room for extra crap I had to sell. I didn't have any. My contribution was immortalizing the event, Pho365-style. You're welcome, family.

Day 362 draws smiling faces everywhere

2009-08-31T01:46:00.003-04:00

I passed a tiny outdoor restaurant right off Castro St. in Mountain View and saw these chairs with faces and bandanas attached. Super creepy, paparazzi-like, stalker-style I stuck my camera through the gate and snapped this shot. I have no idea what they're for but I think they're hilarious.

Day 361 and the secret garden

2009-08-31T01:38:00.004-04:00

The backyard is my favorite part of my dad's house. He and my stepmom have been working on it continuously since we moved in over 10 years ago and it's still a work-in-progress. The back corner is my dad's domain and it's where he keeps his vegetable garden. It's grown in size over the years and they decided to put in an arbor through which you could enter the very back corner where we had a table and chairs. The garden kept growing and eventually needed a second arbor which led to a path which led to the first arbor through which you could get to the back seating area. The table and chairs have been removed and we don't really the very back anymore but I really like the view through both gates, especially when the vines are in season.

day 363: the little things

2009-08-30T23:19:00.002-04:00

small things like this really get me sometimes. Just someone rockin their own homemade, tattered and torn american flag antenna ornament. love it.

day 362: all a blur

2009-08-29T23:13:00.004-04:00

back story behind this picture... I was trying to take a secret picture of this odd looking girl walking towards me on the street. My covert operation was foiled so i went to move the camera. and somehow while moving the camera managed to still press the 'take picture' button (multi-tasking, that's my game). This was the result. I'm feeling it! while i didn't get to capture the oddity of this lady, i now present you with this instead.

gnight all!

day 361: i think i know this game.

2009-08-29T23:10:00.003-04:00

alternative title option for this post: "i love lamp." clearly this poet needed to share some prose with us all via temporary construction walls. and i truly feel as if we're better for this shining piece of insight into his genius.

thank you, dickchicken artist. thank you.

day 360: back to the birds

2009-08-29T23:08:00.003-04:00

there is this one spot on the a street i walk by often where there is ALWAYS food. always, always someone's food thrown carelessly onto the street. Usually it looks pretty nasty and the presence of this food always goes along with a large presence of scavenger pigeons. it's pretty nasty and unsightly but its so very downtown (you knew i was gonna say that) at the same time. Here's some of the scavengers eating... idk.... bread? yum....

Day 360 is asleep on the job

2009-08-28T06:27:00.003-04:00

Vegas: Day 4. The bro and I cruised the strip for one last time and had a celebratory last drink (or seven). We hopped between casinos and took advantage of the killer drink specials. Along the way we stopped in here (absolutely no clue which casino it was) for $1 margaritas and beers and happened upon this gentleman hard at work. There's nothing sadder than the dealers who stand by their empty tables just waiting for someone to save them from eternal boredom. But falling asleep standing up takes it to a whole new level. Soldier on, buddy.

Day 359 spins me right round, baby

2009-08-28T06:20:00.002-04:00

Vegas: Day 3. More strip-walking, sight-seeing, and mid-day drinking. We went back to the Bellagio because they have a floral gardens exhibit at the moment which is out of control. The atrium right off the lobby houses this massive ferris wheel which is lit with 2500+ light bulbs and surrounded by 10,000+ flowers in various arrangements, topiaries, tropical birds and amazing fountains. Aside from the fact that the Bellagio is unbelievably gorgeous, this exhibit is worth the nightly rate on its own.

Day 358 is as fragile as blown glass

2009-08-28T06:15:00.002-04:00

Vegas: Day 2. More ceiling! The front lobby of the Bellagio has a ceiling hung entirely with Chihuly blown-glass. It's lighted from above so the colors shine any time of day. It's so amazing it literally stops you in your tracks. Chihuly is one of my favorite artists of all time. If you don't know who he is, look him up. Right now. Seriously, you need to see this stuff. So incredible.

Day 357 reflects from above

2009-08-28T06:09:00.004-04:00

Vegas: Day 1. We checked into the hotel and then hit the strip (We were staying off-strip. Very off-strip.) for a few hours. Among the places we visited was the Mirage, home of the greatest Cirque show of all time: Love. I saw the show not long after it opened two Summers ago and wanted to see if we could get tickets to see it again. That part was unsuccessful but we did spend a good long time looking at the merch. I'm telling you, no one in the world is as over show merch as I am but this stuff is unbelievable. Even I would buy most of it. This ceiling hangs between the box office and the store (yeah, they have an actual store) and it's pretty amazing. The epitome of flashy, detailed decor: Vegas-style.

day 359: city cabs

2009-08-26T20:42:00.003-04:00

once again, i took a bus ride home because you really do get some great shots from a bus window! nothing beats walking the streets, but on a hot and humid day - the bus will do. (important note: buses = air conditioned). today's exhibit? a close up examination of the top of a taxi.

gnight all!

day 358: new york summer sunset

2009-08-26T20:10:00.002-04:00

sometimes after i get home, i'm wiped out. and what that basically translates into is literally fighting to find the energy to take a picture if i haven't already done so. but here i was able to capture a pretty spectacular sunset. enjoy!

day 357: the numbers

2009-08-26T19:59:00.003-04:00

j.j. abrams is behind this, i can tell. random numbers on a subway station wall, with no rhyme or reason to them? he's behind this and this is a code for time travel or at the very least something to do with polar bears (sorry, LOST reference.)

day 356: rockin it!

2009-08-25T22:02:00.002-04:00

it seems that if i see a pair of converses (or similar type of shoe) i need to snap a picture! I have at least 7 different pictures, from different days, of different converses. Here's an addition to the collection. Still love them. I think its because they epitomize youth, awesomeness and confidence in a single pair. obsessed!

Day 356 can't read the writing on the wall

2009-08-24T03:34:00.001-04:00

I know I've posted similar pictures in the past but, come on! Missing letters are always hilarious!

Day 355 drinks the rainbow

2009-08-24T03:30:00.002-04:00

BevMo had these pre-mixed cocktails in every color. Sounds gross, looks cool. Plus they're made in Israel. M'tzuyon!

Day 354 can see forever

2009-08-24T03:25:00.002-04:00

This is at the top of the Dish, an area of preserved land that belongs to Stanford. It's a 3+ mile trail that we frequently run or walk both for exercise and to get away from life for a while. I think I may have posted a picture from up here before but it's one of my favorite spots in the world and Friday was so clear you could see the Bay Bridge, San Francisco, and the East Bay. I'm still sore from running.

Day 353 #parkingfail

2009-08-24T03:23:00.001-04:00

Fail. Need I say more?

Ps. Sorry for the delay, internet has been out for a few days.

day 355: the bus

2009-08-22T18:44:00.004-04:00

new discovery! i love the bus. I love the people who get on the bus. I love the bus drivers and i love the erratic blue bus seats. its just a great (air conditioned) place to cruise around for a few hours.

day 354: sunny stroll

2009-08-22T18:23:00.003-04:00

sometimes sunshine is just what the body needs. friday was sunny and hot and gross. the brief moments i was outside were enough to make me willing to pay any price to blast my air conditioner for all of eternity.