San Diego in January

San Diego is a beautiful city. And when you're coming from 20 degree weather with snow on the ground, it's even more beautiful.

Geoff and I were out in California for a long weekend to visit his sister, who lives there. 70 degrees and sunny is MUCH more enjoyable than what we've got going on here in Philly.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, blogosphere! Wishing you and your families a wonderful holiday filled with family, friends and laughter.

xoxo
Jessica

(This is from an ugly sweater party. I promise I don't dress like that normally.)

Lull in blogging

Part of it is due to the fact that the shutter broke on our camera and had to be sent back to Canon to be fixed.

Part of it is due to the craziness of the holidays.

Part of it is due to spending too much time on my other blog.

Part of it is due to laziness.

Back soon, I promise.

Phillies versus Yankees

I do NOT want to talk about how the game went. Or how the series is going. Or about Cole Hamels.

All of that aside, here are a few pictures taken at Game Four of the World Series at Citizens Bank Park over the weekend. Geoff and I took pity on my sister and father, who are both Yankee fans, and brought them to the game with us. We should have known better ;)

Go Phillies!

We are the champions, my friends

The National League Champions, that is.


(Image via Philly.com)

Okay, I'm going to tell you right now that the likelihood of me posting with any regularity in the next two weeks is slim to none. Why, you ask? Well, because the Philadelphia Phillies are going to the World Series for the second year in a row!

And my husband and I happen to be season ticket holders, which means lots of time spent at Citizens Bank Park, lots of screaming, and very little sleep. I'm already a zombie this week, after being at games on Sunday and last night, and it's only going to get worse from here.

However, a small price to pay for victory. Bring on the Yankees!

Honor and dedication

This past weekend, Geoff and I visited my sister in Washington D.C. More pictures to come of our rainy weekend, but here's my favorite shot. It was taken at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. If you've never seen the changing of the guard, please add it to your bucket list. It's a must see.

Fall fun

This post is long overdue, but better late than never, right? Geoff and I went out to Bethlehem a few weeks ago to visit his grandmother, Grace. We had a great day, checking out the Celtic Festival in town, going apple picking, walking her dog, and enjoying some nice meals. Here are some pictures from the day.

Side note re: I ♥ Faces

Okay, I know the point of I ♥ Faces is for photographers to have fun, learn something, and get eyeball on their photos. So, I should probably be nice. But this has been brewing for a few weeks, so I have to say something.

The instructions for I ♥ Faces' weekly challenges are pretty simple. Create a new blog post with ONE picture that goes along with the challenge for the week. Include the I ♥ Faces button, or a link to the site. Oh, and make sure your photo shows at least one face.

Not too tough, right? Well, every week I make sure to click on as many entries as I have time for (keeping the blogger karma going) and comment on the ones I really like. I can't tell you how many posts:

1. Don't have any faces shown. Hello people, it's called I ♥ Faces, not I ♥ Pretty Scenery.
2. Don't link back to the original post. Come on, these people are providing us with a great site, you can't oblige them with a linkback?
3. Ignore the challenge rules. Like this week, the description clearly states: "If you'd like to incorporate a "blue" expression on the face, that would awesome as well, but please make sure that the color blue is a strong feature of your photo as well." Well, apparently to some people, those rules don't apply. Because I saw at least one black and white photo with a picture of a person who looks sad. Not the kind of blue this challenge was going for.

I know, I need to get over it. But it's been one of those days, and I just needed to vent. Vent over now :)

I ♥ Faces - Week 38 - Blue

Well, it's a good thing for I ♥ Faces, because it's the only posting I'm doing these days. I was hoping to take a new picture for this week's challenge, but I ran out of time.

So, I'm going to submit this shot of my favorite little model, Jack. This was taken a few months ago, before he was walking, when his favorite thing to do was to climb up the stairs. He'd go up, someone would carry him down, and he'd go up again.



I figured this works for the blue challenge since he was rocking his ADORABLE blue plaid shirt. What a stud.

Check out the rest of this week's entries at I ♥ Faces!

I ♥ Faces - Week 37 - Completely Candid

This week's I ♥ Faces challenge calls for "Completely Candid" shots. After doing a bit of browsing through my Flickr account, I came across a picture from a friend's wedding that I posted about earlier this summer.



I know it's not the best picture out there (or even the best one I've taken), but I love that she's so into the music and dancing. I've never seen a bride get this down and dirty on the dance floor -- it was so fun to watch!

Check out all of the other entries from this week on I ♥ Faces!