365 Photo Project - Day 237

Taken: August 25, 2010

Location: Santa Rosa, CA

Shot this through my windshield with my iPhone 4 while I was driving through Santa Rosa.  Not the kind of thing you see every day, even up here in wine country.

365 Photo Project - Day 193

Taken: July 12, 2010

Location: Santa Rosa, Ca.

365 Photo Project - Day 175

Taken: June 24, 2010, approx. 2 p.m.
Location: Santa Rosa, Ca.

This is what most photographers would call a mistake. I was sitting at my car at a stop light and thought this would make a great image. Only the red light was about to turn green, there was a car behind me and I had my camera set for the previous night when I was trying to capture a sunset shot. So this was one shot and out. I suppose I could have went around the block again and tried a second time but wouldn't you know it, I was heading for the Apple store to pick up my new iPhone 4, having dutifully reserved it in the middle of the night last week.

A friend pointed out to me that a vintage shot overexposed is kind of serendipitous and you know, I think I will have to agree. I'm traveling South as I write this and won't likely post this until I'm down in LA over the weekend. Further, I'll have limited access to the Internet for the first few days in the City of Angels so bear with me. I'll be shooting for sure. I hope the images will be worth the wait. I should get the weekend's shots up by the end of the day on Sunday.

I did get my that iPhone 4 and it's very wonderfully cool, let me tell you. Warms that old gadget heart of mine for sure.

365 Photo Project - Day 109

Taken: April 19, 2010, approx. 6 p.m.
Location: Santa Rosa, Ca

And now for something different.

I attended a pre-opening of Santi Restaurant, which just moved from sleepy Geyserville to Santa Rosa, just a bit south on the 101 as the crow flies.  Santi will always have a special place in my foodie heart. It was one of the first regular dinner stops for my husband and I when we first moved up here. Made some friends, ate some great Italian food and made many good memories there.

A combination of events have made our visits to Santi rarer these days. For one, we moved to a different part of town, a couple places opened closer to us and well, we're not eating out as much anymore.

It will be nice to have a reliable place in Santa Rosa now, a town that's still finding its culinary identity. With Santi now in the mix, they'll do just fine.

I shot this with my K100D using the external flash. Edited lightly in Photoshop.