Some random photos and things:


Food and Cooking:
I am a huge fan of Thai food, in particular the spicy Tom Yum Gai soup.
Here's my own recipe.

My wife Jen and my dad buying food at Arthur's Avenue in the Bronx


Music:
Jen played principle harp with the Sarasota Opera for several years.
Jen playing in the pit
Me, my mom, Jen, and my Dad
Me on the beach
Jen with a friend at a costume party
Opening night at the opera

Some other music related pics:
Jen ready to play her Masters recital
Jen at the Alice Chalifoux harp program in Camden, Maine
I demonstrate proper harp technique
Me playing a recital at Carnegie
Me playing piano with a friend in Italy
A weird drumset I played


Cats:
I have had 3 cats. Sadly, Luigi passed away in 2004, and the Orfman died in 2005.
The Pepster is still with us.

Pictures of Pepina:
Pepina checking out some Thai peppers
In the entertainment center
Jumping up to grab a ribbon from the peephole
Pepina, a giant spoon, and a wine barrel. Really!
When we just got her

Pictures of Luigi:
Luigi's binge drinking technique
Luigi at Christmas
When we just got him
Lounging on the counter

Pictures of Orfeo:
Big Yawn
Antlers for Christmas
Orfeo and Jen
Right when we got him
Deep in Sleep
Surveying our herb garden
Trying to fit in the box

Mixed Pictures:
Pepina and Luigi laying around
Waiting for handouts
Up on the cupboards
A bunch of creatures on my floor
Caught!
Pepina and Luigi as small kittens
A weird sleeping arrangement

Picture of my Iguana and its giant cage


Fishing and Camping:
Jen, my brother Richard and I would take a trout fishing trip every season.
Rich and I at camp on the bank of the river

Rich with a striped bass we caught off the coast of Long Island
My dad, Rich and I ready to scale and cook it

Some pics from a rafting trip on West Virginia
Eating breakfast on Beauty Mountain
By a dam exhaust on on the New River

Jen and I took a month long camping trip in our minivan with our two cats after we moved to Arizona
The cats staying warm in the back of the van
Mountain vista in the Tetons
Jen making pasta in Glacier National Park
Jen in Olympic National Park
A tree in the Hoh Rainforest
The Hoh River at sunrise
Christine Falls near Mount Ranier
Luigi surveys the damage at Mt. St. Helens
Jen hugs a tree
Mark in the Ravenswood vineyards


Photography:
Jen and I enjoy outdoors photography while hiking.
Some shots from beautiful places and interesting things:
Igauzu Falls in Argentina: Photo 1
Igauzu Falls in Argentina: Photo 2
Igauzu Falls in Argentina: Photo 3
Sunset in Arizona
The Bullock Fire on Mount Lemmon (from our back yard)
A Delta rocket takes off from Florida
The same rocket after a minute
Satellite crossing a star field


Family and Friends:
Jen and Carrie, flute player
My mom and me
Jen and her sister Jillana
Jen and her sister Jillana at the Grand Canyon
Me picking oranges from Jen's Grandparent's yard in San Diego
Me, Jillana, and Jen's parents on the beach in San Diego
Some friends from Telarc at Jim's wedding
Me and my folks in Napa Valley
Me and Jen's dad when we announced Jen was pregnant
My brother lounging at Picacho peak
Ernesto and I on the Tigre Delta in Argentina
My friend Rob from Telarc, and his wife Tammy and son William
Rob, Tammy, and Jen when they visited Arizona
Jen and I at Christmas
John, Jillana, Jen and I at Christmas
Family shot with morning hair
Playing Christmas carols with my brother
Jen and I at Christmas


Homebrewing:
Making our own wine has been a tradition in my family ever since I was young.
Jen, my brother and dad with grapes for a fresh batch
My dad, brother and I with the barrel

Making beer is also a hobby.
Boiling the wort for a Belgian Trippel with my Dad
To the secondary fermentation stage
Ready for bottling


Audio Recording:
I used to do audio recording as a job.
Hard at work in college
Operating the DSD recorders on a Telarc recording session
Recording cannons for the 1812 overture
A Telarc holiday party
A Telarc-DSD photo for Mix magazine
A Telarc session for harpist Yolanda Kondonassis: Tom Knab, Yolanda, and me
A Telarc session for harpist Yolanda Kondonassis: Erica Brenner, me, Yolanda, and Jurij


Other Stuff:
A harp I built for Jen
Another harp I built
An adobe pizza oven I built with my Dad
A pumpkin I carved
A funny tombstone in, well, Tombstone
I turn 21


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