City and Color

If you haven't heard City and Color yet, you need to! I went with Alexis and some other friends to see them play at Slim's. It was a great show!

Adam and Carrie Poytress

I got to be a part of Carrie and Adam's wedding. The entire day was super fun, and it was the perfect wedding to kick off 2009! You can see more photos in the SLIDESHOW too. 

Tango anyone?

The wedding was at the Rockwood Women's Center, which is a really cool spot. We took some shots before the wedding right on the edge of Rocky Nook Park. 
So many funny stories!

Wedding wedgie? Haha. There are so many layers and parts to a wedding dress, and so many people help to get it on, that I'm surprised that this hasn't happened before :)

Carrie and Adam were cool with seeing each other before the wedding so that we could do all of the portraits before the ceremony and have less lag time before the reception. This is a cool way to do it if the other tradition of waiting to see each other at the alter is not your thing. They still made their first viewing special though.
Rockwood is just around the corner from the Santa Barbara Mission, so we jumped over there for some of the group shots.
There was a service going on, so this was the loudest inaudible noise I've ever heard.
They moved the ceremony inside because it was raining the day before. It ended up being a nice day despite the threat of ominous weather. 

These shots were taken outside in the dark, but the available light made for some cool scenery.
I love Rockwood's space for a reception. It has a perfect set up for a dance party!

Janna works with Carrie and is a friend through Reality Carp. Her and her husband, Devin, are leaders in the youth group with my best friend Ryan. Here they are getting down at the reception!

Um, yeah... They used a sword for cutting the cake! They had cheesecke (my favorite) with serve your own toppings. So tasty!!
Filling the shopping cart:
Wow, right?

Carrie and Adam are an amazing couple! I was stoked to be there for such a fun day. I also love that they are in New Zealand kicking off their adventure together the right way :)

Obama!

I went to Civic Center to meet up with Mark, Joanna, and thousands of other people to watch Barack Obama become the first African-American President of the USA. All of the people there made a cool environment, but it would have been way cooler to watch it live from D.C. Go Obama!

Is Drinking Beer Art?

I went to the MOMA to check out Tom Marioni's performance art exhibit with some friends. The performance is titled, "The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art." Basically it is a random social mixer with free beer! Part of me was not sure about this "art," but at the same time, there were so many social outcomes that were apparent that I think Marioni is really onto something. Did I mention that there was free beer? 

Novato Skatepark

I took a short break from the photo editing to get some exercise today at the Novato skatepark. I went with my new friend Mark from Denmark. I'm really out of shape!

We met Jeff, who was riding his bike when we got there. He let me take a few photos of him riding around.


This park has a few connected bowls that were really fun.
Look, it's me! I was SUPER into skateboarding growing up, and I still love it, but I can't bust tricks like I used to. I guess I'm getting old?
Mark doing a shuvit.