Stagi Family

Our First Day

2006-08-24T22:29:00.001-07:00

Our First Day
Our first real day was on Monday (7-31) We woke up at around 9:00 and ate a quick breakfast of coffee and toast at Monica's house. Even though Monica was on Vacation in the mountains with her family she stayed the night with us and took us up to a small castle that is nearby. In Bellinzona there are 3 castles and this is the smallest one that is up higher in the mountains and overlooks the city. Monica's sister (Paola) is an architect in Venice, Italy and was actually commissioned to remodel parts of this castle. It was a major project that took her 3 years to complete. I will add some photo's in here later once I have time to finish up the last few weddings and then I can process the vacation shots.

After that we went to Biasca which is a very small town about 20 miles from Bellinzona. There are about 6,000 people in Biacsa and only about 17,000 in Bellinzona.
Biasca is where my Grandfather grew up and also where my Grandmothers mother is from, so I still have lots of family members there. We ate Lunch at Sidonia and Guliano's house and he cooked us a wonderful plate of lasagna. We also drank some of his own wine that he produced (they make a wonderful Merlot in Ticino) straight from the vines in his front yard. We had to finish the lunch off with some coffee (espresso style of course) topped off with some homemade Grappa. Sidonia and Guliano don't speak any english but Monica was there to translate, and since they speak with such emotion and hand gestures you can figure out pretty much what they are saying. They both came to Santa Cruz maybe 15 years ago but where exactly as I remembered them. Guliano is such a happy, joyous man he just brings a smile to your face.

After that we went back to Monica's and she went to be back with her family on Vacation. She left us with the keys to her sisters older car so we could cruise it around.

We took a quick nap for about an hour and then headed back in the car to Biasca.
I got a little lost and got on the wrong freeway first but after about a 30 minute delay were on the correct road. We arrived back at Sidonia's and they took us to another relatives house for dinner (will have to add the name back later when i remember :)

We had another wonderful meal here with fresh vegetables, fruit and some more meats like Carne Seca and Carne Cruda and Prucittio. It was a very refreshing meal with lots of protien and very few carbs. Most of our meals in Switzerland were very similar and we loved the food, it was so fresh.

A few other family members came by after dinner so we stayed awhile and ate dessert and drank a few more coffee's with Grappa.

More to come later,
Mark

European Vacation

2006-08-24T22:29:00.000-07:00

More about our whirlwind trip

Before I start forgetting things I am going to write down my memories from my trip.

The trip started out on a coffee filled whim one morning. I was just sitting at my desk about to start working and my wife kept asking me when we are going to take a vacation. I kept saying things are too busy right now maybe we should wait until next year and she wouldn't take that for an answer. I opened up my calendar and started to see that next year was getting very busy for weddings already and we might not have more than one week off to travel. Looking at this summers schedule August, September and October were full but I did have 2 weeks at the end of July to take off. I told her "let's just take off to Europe for 2 weeks" and she got all excited.

So that began our journey. Over the next week we had to get expedited passports for her and Andrew (lisa's cousin who lives with us), call Delta Miles to redeem our miles we have accured over the last few years for 3 FREE round trip tickets :)
and a day after getting the tickets were off to Zurich, Switzerland.

Since we were using mile tickets that were secured last minute our trip out there was pretty interesting. We flew out at 6:00 am from San Jose to Portland Oregon. Then a few hours later flew back to Ca to LAX. Then after a few more hours waiting at LAX flew to Ansterdam and a few more hours wait to our final detination of Zurich, Switzerland.

After arriving in Zurich we had one hour to find the main train station and catch our train to Bellinzona (about a 3 hour train ride to southern Switzerland).
Luckily the people at the airport spoke english and showed us where to get a train at the airport to the main Zurich station. When arriving at Zurich we had about 10 minutes to find the next train and got on that one no problem. The only thing was we didn't know that we got in the first class car and when the ticket guy came by he had to move us to the 2nd class section. (we learned so much about train travel on this trip, more to come about that later when I talk about the experience we had a few times in the Milan station trying to get in the right seats).

After about an hour we had to get off in a small little station and transfer to another train that left in a few minutes, that was pretty hectic but we did barely make it onto the final train to Bellinzona. We arrived there on Sunday at 8:00 local time and were greeted at the Train station by my Cousin Monica and her mother Sodonia. They took us to Monica's house in Bellinzona where we stayed for the next week. They also had dinner ready for us outside and it was a wonderful spread of meats (Carne Seca), fresh tomatoes, and good Swiss cheese. It was a wonderful, fresh meal and so great to be greeted by family that were all so adorable and hospitable. One thing that this trip did teach me is that people really make the difference in your life, a vacation without all of the wonderful family and friends that we met wouldn't have been the same at all.

That was our trip there and I will write down more a little bit later.

Haven't posted much family stuff lately :(

2006-06-21T15:10:00.000-07:00

Things have been so busy with wedding season and things to do around the house I haven't had much time to update the stagi family blog. When I started this I wanted to start posting family photo's and info and just haven't had time, but I am going to try to start back up later this week.

One thing I also want to do is start to create a family tree and post my progress online, so if there are any other Stagi's out there in the world that happen to find this blog, please post a comment or email me with who you are, where you are from, family members, etc... any info you feel like sharing would be great.

New site with list of Bay Area Wedding venues

2006-06-10T12:58:00.000-07:00

New site with list of venues

There are so many beautiful locations in the Bay Area to get married
and each has their own unique flavor and style. To
help all of our Brides out there we have created a website that
showcases some of our favorite locations in the area. This is
still a work in progress and we will be continually adding new
locations and adding more photo's and information about the venues
here. If you have any comments about a location please email me
mark@wedclix.com.

Here is the Bay Area Wedding Location Guide

-- Mark

A few more freebie sites we found

2006-04-19T17:30:00.000-07:00

If you are looking for a computer check out:
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They have a bunch of good computers to choose from

There are 2 new sites we found for laptops since
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If you want a new LCD check out:
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and last but not least if you want a free iPod check out a new one we found:
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We already have a few free ipods but I figure you can never have enough :)

List of Freebie Sites

2006-03-18T07:44:00.000-08:00

There are so many free products that Freepay offers (and a few other proven legit sites) I wanted to create a list of sites:

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now trying for free laptop

2006-02-19T11:40:00.000-08:00

I am still Trying to get my Free Laptop, so anyone out there that needs a laptop and wants to get it for free, signup under my link here:
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Gratis Network (the company behind the Free iPods offer) is now offering a free Laptop!
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There are many to choose from and all are great laptops like a nice Apple iBOOK.

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got my 2nd free product

2006-02-03T11:06:00.000-08:00

from the same company as I got the free video iPod I got a 4GB free iPod nano.
They have a bunch of different sites and you can complete each site one time.
(per household). There is one more iPod site I am trying to get for the 60GB version, and also next a free laptop (apple iBook, I can't wait)

Click on my links to help me out.

I am now trying to get a 60GB version from their other site
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Check out more information from my site on how these programs work:
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The next free site I am working on will be for a free laptop, that one might take awhile since you need to also refer 20 people instead of 5, but I can be patient for a free laptop.

Here is the link to signup
Free Laptops

More info for Free Laptops

Updated our wedding site

2006-01-31T20:06:00.000-08:00

We have updated our Stagi Imagery website to now have a newspage with press releases and other news articles about our wedding photography. On this page we will post all of our awards and accolades along with news about what we are doing and the wedding photography industry.

View the newspage here:
Fine Art Wedding Photography News

Here are some of the featured links from the page:

Stagi Imagery Newsletter

WPPI Awards Press Release

Zookbinders Album of the Year 2005 Award

Wedding Photography Blog Archive

Promotional Calendar

-- Mark

We are now on Apple iTunes

2006-01-28T23:04:00.000-08:00

We are now in Apples iTunes music store! Our Podcast with apple
has been approved and you will now be able to download slideshows from
your events directly through Apple's iTunes music store. These
will be available as video podcasts that you can download and then play
on your computer or on a Video iPod.

Check out our Podcast

There is just one sample video online now and more to be coming in the next couple of days.

If you are getting married this year, check out our new PodProofing products available to add on to any wedding package.

-- Mark

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I got my first free Ipod!

2006-01-28T08:57:00.000-08:00

Finally after a few months I got my first free ipod from freeipods.com
It is a nice black 30GB video iPod and looks really sweet.
I am now trying to get a 60GB version from their other site
Free premium iPods

Check out more information from my site on how these programs work:
Free iPod information

The next free site I am working on will be for a free laptop, that one might take awhile since you need to also refer 20 people instead of 5, but I can be patient for a free laptop.
Free Laptops

You can also get free mac mini's

2005-11-13T09:06:00.000-08:00

Get a new Mac Mini Computer for FREE!

Gratis Network (the company behind the Free iPods offer) is now offering free Mac Minis!
Just click the link here Free Mac Minis

Yes, you can really get a free Mac Minis. A marketing company called Gratis Internet has been giving them away to anyone who is willing to try an advertiser's offer, and get five friends to do the same.
This is a great way to get an iPOD for only a little bit of time signing up for an offer and whatever minimal cost is associated with the offer. One thing you can sign up for is netflix.com which is only 9.99/month. Just use it for one month and then cancel. Then all you need to do is refer some friends and you get a free iPOD. You don't even have to pay shipping to get your free Mac Mini. So basically for $10 and using netflix for a month you get a brand new free Mac Mini.

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Check out the new Mac Mini specs from apple's site at:
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The site has been getting lots of press, too. Wired.com has written about it, as have many other sites, like NYU's daily student newspaper, NYUNEWS.COM.

Here is some more info on the new Mac Mini:

I think Apple’s new Mac mini will be a huge hit. The combination of its size, looks (both inside and out), functionality and price point (not much more than an iPod!) is bound to make a lot of people give one a try and switch.

What’s even better than cheap though? How about FREE? All you need to do is

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and a couple months later a free 80GB Mac mini will find its way to your home.

This may seem like it’s too good to be true, and potentially a scam, but it’s not. This offer is from the same people that did freeipods.com, and there are plenty of reports online from people who’ve received their free iPod through that service. The way it works is that the company behind this gets money for every online offer completed, and getting 10 referrals will make them enough money to send you a Mac mini.

Here is more information on the Apple Mac Mini

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At Free Video iPODS

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Now what's the catch!?!?

The catch is pretty reasonable. The deal is sponsored by Gratis
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percent legitimate.

You sign up and then accept just one offer from
one of Gratis Internet's partners. For example, I was going to try out
Blockbuster's new NetFlix-like DVD rental service anyway. So I chose
that one. There are other offers from Columbia House, eFax, The Wall
Street Journal, Citibank, Circuit City and 15 other
companies.
They give you a referral code and a URL that will link to
it. You can put that link on your Web site, your email signature and so
on. Just don't spam anyone with it.
When ten people have done exactly as you have they ship you your Mac. That's it!

It's true, it looks like a pyramid scheme. And obviously not
everyone is going to be able to scare up the ten people who want to
climb aboard. I dunno. Maybe I'm one of those unlucky ones. But the
worst that will happen to me (besides a little wasted effort) is that I
signed up for Blockbuster, which I was going to do anyway.

I think it's a pretty cool deal. If I get my free Mac I'll mention it here. Why don't you give it a try?

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Skeptical? Here's some press coverage from last year about Gratis Internet's Free IPod Giveaway:

Please return here and click on MY LINK when you're done reading.

Free iPODS

2005-10-21T15:59:00.000-07:00

Anyone looking for a free video iPOD check this out:

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Check out the new video iPOD specs from apple's site at: Apple.com The site has been getting lots of press, too. Wired.com has written about it, as have many other sites, like NYU's daily student newspaper, NYUNEWS.COM.

Here is some more info on the new video iPOD:

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Time for the world¹s best music player to take the stage for another encore. In 30GB and 60GB(1) models that hold up to 15,000(2) songs, full-color album art and up to 25,000 photos(3), the new iPod makes the most of your music and more. Yeah, you¹ve heard that tune before. Only now, you can watch it, too. With support for up to 150 hours(4) of video and a 2.5-inch color display, the new iPod lets you take music videos and TV shows on the road. More and Less

The new iPod boasts up to 20 hours of battery life(5), five hours more than before. Plus, you get a bigger display and one more iPod color ‹ sleek black. But here¹s the kicker: At under half an inch thin, the new 30GB iPod takes up about 45 percent less room than the original iPod. Even the new 60GB model is 10 percent thinner than the fourth-generation 20GB iPod. More features in less space? Sounds like iPod. Stopwatch animation Hold Everything

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* Up to 20 hours of battery life(5)
* Holds up to 25,000 photos(3)
* Holds up to 150 hours of video(4)
* Plays video or photo slideshows on TV via the optional Dock
* Apple Click Wheel
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Studio is Done!

2005-10-15T16:51:00.000-07:00

The downstairs studio is done and looks really great. I am excited and have a appointment in a few minutes with a potential bride and groom. Here are some shots:

It's been awhile

2005-09-22T09:23:00.000-07:00

It has been awhile since the last post, the last month has been crazy with the move and trying to get settled in. We moved everything out of the old house at the start of the month and had about 4 days to empty out the old house and put everything into the garage and downstairs room since the painters were just getting started on the upstairs rooms. The tenant moved into Mabie Ct on sept 5th so we were running around like crazy fixing last minute things and getting the place cleaned up.

We are getting back to normal now and have at least the bedrooms now painted and some stuff moved in. The garage is still pretty full of boxes but at least the rooms are done and we have a place to sleep now (after camping out in the living room for a week)

Anyway here are some of the shots of the house before we moved in:
http://www.wedclix.com/almaden

as you can see every room had wallpaper and popcorn ceililngs that had to come off.

Here are few more shots that I took the other day after dinner, just hanging out on the deck. You can also see the kitchen here we just removed the wallpaper and painted it a light yellow color, so not a major change but much better without the blue striped wallpaper.
http://www.wedclix.com/almaden/sept05

It has been a lot of work to move in and get the new place in shape but really worth it. I love the view from the back deck, it is so relaxing to just sit there after dinner and take a few minutes to soak in the beauty that surrounds us. It gives us a nice refuge and forces you to just relax and slow down a bit.

We are still working on the downstairs and need to finish that wallpaper and paint, that should be done in about a week and I will post more "after" shots.

--Mark

A few more dancing shots

2005-08-10T22:07:00.000-07:00

Here are a few good dancing shots of michelle, goose and mom :)

A few wedding photo's

2005-08-10T22:03:00.000-07:00

Here are a few photo's from Jennifer and Chris wedding. It was a very beautiful wedding at the gardens at peachwoods, here are a few shots of the bridal party and jennifer and chris.

Jennifers rehersal dinner

2005-08-08T07:57:00.000-07:00

Here are a few shots of the rehersal dinner from friday, it was at chris mom's house and she decorated the place really nice with all Hawaiian gear. There was even Hawaiian singers and dancers.

Getting Mabie Court Ready to rent

2005-08-05T09:02:00.000-07:00

Everything is going smooth with our new house so we are now getting Mabie Court
ready to rent. If anyone knows of someone looking to rent you can see a photo online
Here

Got the House!

2005-07-26T23:18:00.000-07:00

Our offer for the new house in Almaden got accepted yesterday!
We are now in contract and will be moving again in 30 days
(it feels like we just got done moving, and are at it again)

Check out some photo's we will add more in the next few days:

http://www.wedclix.com/almaden

--Mark

House in Almaden

2005-07-21T19:41:00.000-07:00

Lisa and I have been looking at a House in Almaden. It offers much more space than our current house so we can have a presentation room for the photography business and also a larger home office space. It is about 34 years old and 2300 SF. It needs a little updating (all wallpaper on the walls and green tile) but we think it will be a good investement.

I posted a few shots on my site

http://www.wedclix.com/almaden

New site is up

2005-07-12T00:11:00.000-07:00

Just finished putting up the first few pages of my wife's new business site

Beads of Glory, custom handmade jewelry

She and a few partners are creating custom made jewelry and we just finished doing some quick product photography to get a small selection of images online for everyone to view. They have a bunch of items that aren't shown on the site yet, I just need to get some extra time to take the photo's of all of thier products. If anyone needs a gift for someone or is looking for bridal jewelry check out thier site for more Custom Jewelry

-- Mark

Dining Room is coming together

2005-07-11T19:58:00.000-07:00

We are now almost done with the dining room and today just picked up the table, chairs and a china hutch. Only a few more details and the room will be finished!

Here are a few photo's of the room:

Papa Chango and Mischa

2005-07-05T23:37:00.000-07:00

Here are a few photo's of Papa Chango and Mischa from Jessica's wedding.
Her wedding was in May but I have been so busy with clients weddings that I didn't even look at her photo's until last week. There are some cool shots and I will post them online later, but here are a few funny one's of dad and michelle.

-- Mark

Happy 4th of July

2005-07-04T09:05:00.000-07:00

I hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July holiday. Lisa, Drew and I are going to be headed over to Santa Cruz to hang out with my parents and have a little BBQ. Then we are going to check out some fireworks in Scotts Valley or maybe head back to SJ for the firework show here. Will try to post some fireworks photo's up later. Everyone have a fun and safe Holiday.

-- Mark