Blue Light District

So I turned 30! Three decades of life and great experiences. Feel good, strong and healthy. I am looking forward to anther great decade.

Kim took me out for breakfast, lunch and dinner and a sunset cruise around the cape. It was a great day spent with a great woman. What more could you ask for??

I realize we have been very quiet lately. We have both been working hard and preparing for the academic year ahead.

This past weekend we made a break for the beach north of Cape Town, Milnerton. It has been cooler than I remember this time last year. I am hoping it will pass and we get a couple more hot afternoons to laze on the beach.

Went on a GeekRetreat to the beautiful Stanford Valley just north of Hermanus this past weekend. I will be reflecting on the GeekRetreat experience on my work blog. We stayed in the amazingly peaceful Stanford Valley cottages.  We also visited the local craft brewery Birkenhead where we had a lovely tour and tasting-I never get sick of touring breweries although the tour is always the same!!!  Birkenhead even printed us some fancy custom labels!  Their lager is easily one of my favorite craft brews in South Africa – wish there was more availability in Cape Town.

Need some more practice with my stitching or an advanced photo stitching program – any recommendations? This was done with Photoshop after taking the photos with some intention of developing a pano.

I have finally gotten around to sharing my photos from my 2005 trip to the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico. I have always loved this set of photos and the trip itself was marvelous. We stayed in Chicxulub which is just east of the ocean town of Progresso. The city pictures were taken in the fantastic city of Merida.