Geek Fun in Houston

"Ahhhhhhhhh." That's what I say everytime I get to visit my true home, the Lone Star State. I've only been away a few short years, and I do miss it so (though in New England I'm experiencing, for the first time, a fascinating phenomenon called FALL).

This past weekend I had the pleasure of speaking to the good folks at HAAUG, during their fun and informative MacFest 07. It was nice to see many friends and talk Mac stuff! Chris Breen's disembodied head was a real treat, and it was a delight to hang 'round Mr. Ihnatko and Bob--I just love listening to all of these great guys talk about Apple.

I also brought along my girlfriend Kat from Fort Worth, and it was a real joy for the two of us to have quality girl time with Jean MacDonald of Smile On My Mac. A few more pictures will find their way to this blog soon.

Big kisses to Rex, Philip, and Doug for making me feel so at home (and Rex I'll be expecting pictures of that new Harley in December!).

Hope to see all y'all again soon ;)

Adirondack Balloon Festival

Amazing. Beautiful. Peaceful. Fascinating.

Those words don't even come close to describing what my husband and I experienced last weekend. We took both motorcycles up to Lake George and through the wonderful YML listener, Ruth Lind, we spent the weekend crewing for Gary's Balloon.

Click here to visit photo gallery numero uno.

Click here to visit photo gallery numbero dos.

Enjoy!

P.S. All images taken with a Canon Rebel XTi and a veritable Bag O Lenses they sent to me before I left! They made me a better photographer :)

A surreal moment

While teaching out at Photoshop World, I had a very surreal moment. As my friend Rob got ready to introduce me, he was standing right off stage and asked me if I was ready. He had that same black t-shirt with the big white STAFF on it that I used to wear back when I introduced speakers myself.

All of a sudden, it hit me that I'd accomplished a major goal in becoming a Photoshop World speaker (and I'm one of only four women who regularly teach there). Even though I've spoken several times before on the show floor, it wasn't until that exact moment in the classroom in the *paid track* that I felt it.

Unbeknownst to my husband, he just so happened to capture that exact moment for me. Way to go honey!

Below are a couple of other photos from the week. The first is of Bert Monroy and Scott Kelby, and the second is of photographer Jeff Schewe.