Medium Format - Take Two

Take two! This time around since Jonathan has been sooo swamped with exams and all kinds of other law school craziness (three...more...days...), I ventured out a little further than just Capitol Hill with the yashica d. A few photos are just from walking around Georgetown after running an errand or two, but most are from a long walk I took along the Potomac River and GW Parkway last weekend (it's actually a portion of the Mount Vernon Trail). It's such a beautiful little hike and a really great way to get out and see a few different views of dc. If you're ever here visiting, I highly recommend renting a bike from capital bikeshare and checking it out!

LOVE using film as an excuse to get outside. Happy Sunday everyone!

Little Joys

Poketo stick up weekly calendar = making my Wednesday morning.

LIST LOVE

Oh. Sweet. Weimaraner

You know, I don't even think I really have to say anything for this post. I believe that the pictures will speak for themselves. 

Oh.

Sweet.

Weimaraner.

First - "luna" love (never gonna let that ball out of his sight). 

Then - yep, he's dead asleep (although, not actually dead - I checked...multiple times).

Goodnight!

Cocktail Tuesday & Tiresome Tuesday Combo

Don't judge, but tonight it was time for a cocktail. Nothing went wrong, actually it was quite the opposite! I had a really nice day. It was beautiful here in DC at 70 degrees, I continue to feel more and more every day the true blessing my job at OLAS has been in my life, and I even got my butt out of the house and went to my cardio dance class. All, good! Still though - I was craving a good cocktail. Here's the recipe I found to go with the ingredients we had in the house:

Ingredients:

• 1/2 oz Bulliet Bourbon
• 1/4 oz Grand Marnier
• 1/4 oz Vya sweet vermouth - {I didn't have any sweet vermouth, so I substituted a splash of lemon juice and water}
• 1 oz orange juice
• caramelized orange wheel for garnish - {I just used a regular ol' orange slice}

Preparation:

1. In a cocktail shaker, add Bourbon, Grand Marnier and sweet vermouth. Add orange juice and ice.
2. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds, then strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a caramelized orange wheel.

{If you want to know how to do the caramelized orange wheel} : For the caramelized orange wheel, cut one orange wheel and toss in granulated sugar to coat. Place on aluminum foil or other nonflammable surface. Using a hand held propane torch, lightly caramelize the sugar by passing the torch flame 1-2 inches over the surface 

What is it about a cocktail that makes everything seem fancier and more delicious? :) It was scrumptious. 

Also, we've got a quick little edition of Tiresome Tuesdays... although it's been ages since I've actually done a tiresome tuesday post. Jude would very much like to know when Jonathan is going to stop with this studying for finals nonsense. He believes that it's very obvious from this photo that life is much better just cuddling here on the couch.

*Happy Tuesday everyone*

Medium Format Mosey, day one

It's been a while since I've been out to do some shooting (ahem, photographs), and even longer since I've been out to do some shooting with the much loved Yashica D. Tammy and Ashley loaned me this gem of a medium format camera early in our friendship, and dodged every attempt I made to give it back to them all the way up until they moved back to Texas... where they dodged me one last time! My goal for this super sweet and generous long term loan? Uh... USE IT. {love you guys btw}. 

I dusted it off a week or two ago and took a long walk around the hill to soak up some dc sunshine - it felt so good to be out and shooting film again. Not to mention the fact that I finally have the iphone 4s and therefore have access to a built-in light meter app (thank you, thank you, thank you technology). Let's just say that in the pre iphone 4 days when I was lugging around the canon slr to act as light meter, it was a little less freeing and a little more cumbersome and annoying. I'm excited to get back out and play around with it a bit more, now that I've learned to push the film a little and am seeing how accurate my light meter is for this particular camera. Half the fun in photography is developing the relationship with your equipment :) I'm ready to dig in. Here are just a few shots from day one, medium format mosey, 2012. 

...and judebear. obviously.

Easter Treats - Foods and Otherwise

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; ²⁶ and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” ²⁷ “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”

John 11: 25-27

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you've all been able to take a little time this weekend to focus on what the resurrection truly means for those us of who believe. Something our pastor said this morning that really stuck out to me, was that while we would all probably say that we want to be a part of a miracle, none of us really want to be in the situation that necessitates a miracle {amen to that!}. Sometimes, things have to get hard, hopeless and desperate for God to intervene in a big, big way - and while that can be kind of scary, I hope it brings you a little of the hope it brings me this easter. He is Risen!

All things considered, it's been a pretty low key easter weekend at the Mayo house. By low key, I really mean that Jonathan has been overwhelmed with the amount of work and study he's had to do, so it's been a weekend of all day study for him, and a weekend of chill time for me. Yep, I'd rather be me right now too ;) I took a spin class, sun'd and read in the park (the weather's been gorgeous), did some photo editing (the Yashica D Ash&Tam "left" got dusted off last weekend, and oh how I forgot how much I love medium format film - photos to come soon), and then cleaned everything.we.own. One of the other things I finally found time to do, was make these delectable little treats. Bananas, peanut butter, and chocolate? No contest, amazing.

I can't even begin to describe to you how easy these were to make, or how good they are. You freeze them and they're like little ice cream bite snacks. YUM. 

So, other than eating my weight in peanut butter banana bites (no amount of spin classes will make up for it), we had yet another treat this weekend! One of Jonathan's best buds, Mason, came up with his girlfriend for an impromptu dc visit, and we couldn't have been more happy to get to see them! Unfortunately because of law school insanity, we weren't able to spend more than an evening together, but it was just what the doctor ordered. We had a late night dinner at Cava (a very yummy greek tapas place down the street), followed with a little wine, easter treats, and fun conversation at the house. Wish we could have spent more time with you guys -- be sure to come back this summer! Happy Easter all, xoxo