Ziada

I can't believe that I never did a blog posting on Ziada!  I know I uploaded some pictures of her on Facebook, but I forgot to do a blog post!  Well... let me tell you, Ziada is a new friend of mine since moving to San Francisco.  A few months ago, we got together one afternoon in downtown San Francisco at Starbucks and we ended up spending the whole afternoon together talking about life.  We had pizza for lunch and went shoe shopping, but in the end, discovered I had a pair of cute heels for her to wear.  Funny how that worked out!  

About a month ago, Ziada and I got together over in the East Bay this time, and went to Alameda and did a photo shoot.  We shot each other!  It was a whole new experience being on the other side of the camera lens.  It was so windy and sunny and we were trying to figure out what to do in these conditions.   At the beach, there is all this tall beach grass and little sand dune type areas.  I had Ziada kinda squat down in it to get a cool shot.  I looked to my left and my right and in almost all the tall beach grass sand dune areas, were couples making out!  I thought I was the only one who noticed and wanting to respect there special moments, I didn't say anything to Ziada and then realized she saw the same thing!  We thought it was kind of funny that there were a handful of couples on the beach making out in the grass.  I guess it's the thing to do in Alameda on a nice sunny afternoon!

So, here are some photos of Ziada.  She is stunning!  Oh, and here a link to her website!   www.zftphoto.wordpress.com.

The tall beach grass and the harsh direct sunlight.

Ahhh!!!  These next few pics, are some of my most favorite pictures of all time!

Such beauty!

Ziada the photographer!  

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Raas for a Cause!

Back in May, I attended a ShowIt workshop here in San Francisco.  That's where I first learned of Jasmine Star, and where I first met Nicole Chubb Ralston!  We volunteered together to help set up the workshop for the ShowIt crew.  Ever since then, Nicole and I've become friends!  Through Nicole, I've met some other fun and fabulous people.  Check out Nicole's website!  http://chubbphotos.showitsite.com

Last Thursday, Nicole and I went to 111 Minna Gallery to shoot the Raas for a Cause event for her friend Rakhi.  Rakhi put together the event for the second year in a row.  Check out the Raas for a Cause website:   http://www.raasforacause.com/.   The purpose of the event was to raise money to benefit charities dedicated to helping underprivileged children around the world.  Taken from the Raas for a Cause website, "Raas is a festive dance originating in Gujarat, India.  Raas is an energetic dance performed with sticks, called "dandiyas." Raas is not only easy to learn, it is intoxicating. And if you have been to a traditional Raas festival before, get ready for a creative twist on your favorite festival style dance."

Here are some photos from Thursday's event.  Everyone had a great time!  And I got to wear the Sari that my Indian Grandparents sent me via my Mom and step-dad Jim.  They had gone back to London to visit them in June.  Who would have thought that I'd ever have an event to wear my beautiful sari???  I felt so beautiful in it and it was an adventure just getting wrapped up in it! 

Raas for a Cause 2010

Raffle tickets and Dandiyas

Sponsors

Raas!

Rakhi and Chandani

Nicole, Rakhi and me.  :)

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Visiting friends in Sonoma

Matt, Biskey and I went to visit our friends out in Sonoma this last Sunday.  It had been cold in the city and we decided we needed to experience some summer weather!  Little did we know that the next few days in the city would be the hottest San Francisco has experienced ALL SUMMER LONG!  My car read 95 degrees yesterday.  Boo hoo on me, but that's just a little too hot.  I have leather seats in my car and when the sun has been roasted all day long on my seats, my skin practically melts as soon as I sit down.  Anyways, we had gone out to Sonoma for some warmer weather and we had a lovely time playing fetch with Biskey and Flicker, dangling our toes in the pool, watching Cillian be a little fishy, having a nice lunch with Nancy and Niall and then going into town for some ice cream, although I opted for hawaiian shaved ice and pop rocks! 

On our way home, we thought we'd stop off at Matt's parents and have dinner with them, but before we could do that, we got stuck in race weekend traffic.  Ahhhh!!!!  We went a whopping 2 miles in 40 minutes.  I guess that's not so bad considering folks in China were stuck in a 64 mile traffic jam!  After we made our way passed the race traffic, we made it to Matt's parents house and we had some yummy take out pizza for dinner.  I went with Matt's dad to pick up the pizza and I think that was the first time we had spent one on one time together.  Matt suggested I go so we could have some bonding time and we sure did.  :)  After dinner, we had some strawberries and ice cream for dessert and watched.... wait for it.... two episodes of Khloe and Kourtney Take on Miami!  I couldn't believe we were watching that as a family together!  (There's a story behind why Matt was intrigued to stop and watch it with his parents and sister, but that can wait for another time!).

Here are a few snapshots of Cillian, Biskey and Flicker from this last Sunday.  Fun memories!

Cillian wadding in the pool.

 Flicker going after his toy!

Biskey and Flicker playing fetch and seeing who gets the toy first.  I love their ears!

Sipping on his sippy cup after his nap.

Sitting in momma's lap.

Smiling for the camera!

Flicker waiting to be let inside.

Biskey is so cute!

Still waking up from his nap, but all cute and ready to go get ice cream!