Sammich (Ashland, Oregon)
pastrami on baguette w/ russian dressing, swiss cheese, and slaw

I’m not a big rye guy so I have had my pastrami sandwiches at Sammich on a baguette instead. Good stuff.

Posted on January 6th, 2014 under only in ashland, places. Tags: food, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600, sammich. Comments Off on Sammich (part 5)

SOU Women’s Basketball
Bree Park with the between-the-legs dribble

This post is another in the continuing saga of restoring photos posted on souraiders.com to their more complete selves.

SOU Men’s Basketball
Jeff Bush

SOU Women’s Basketball
Carly Meister

Posted on January 5th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on The Whole Picture (part 3)

Cold Blue Mountain
Ashland, Oregon

Cold Blue Mountain, a band from Chico, California, is scheduled to play at Club 66 next Friday night (1/17/14). Today’s photo is of Ashland’s own cold blue mountains from last month’s snow storm.

Posted on January 5th, 2014 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: club 66, cold blue mountain, mountains, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, snow, winter. Comments Off on Cold Blue Mountain

SOU Women’s Basketball
Autumn Durand

Last night the Southern Oregon University Women’s Basketball Team bumped their record in Ashland to 7-0 with a win over Northwest Christian. Tonight (5:30 in Riehm Arena) they go for 8-0 against Corban University.

Posted on January 4th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU’s Women’s Basketball continues unbeaten streak at home

woodpecker

This bird (a Northern Red-shafted Flicker) has been waking us up recently with pecking (sounds more like drilling) on the side of our house.

Posted on January 4th, 2014 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D600, wildlife. Comments Off on New alarm clock

SOU Men’s Basketball
Tim Weber

Nearly a month ago the Southern Oregon University basketball teams played in Ashland. Today they return to action in Cascade Collegiate Conference games against Northwest Christian University at the Bob Riehm Arena. The women play at 5:30, and the men follow at 7:30 p.m.

The men’s game will be on TV (KDRV Newswatch 12). The winner will be in first place in the Cascade Conference.

Posted on January 3rd, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Raiders return home beginning tonight

Jimi’s Image – Tribute to Hendrix @ Club 66

A few nights ago Club 66 had a couple of cover or tribute bands on the bill. I didn’t know if I’d make it back from California in time to attend, but I did so I headed over to Club 66 @ 9 p.m., the supposed start time.

One of my pet peeves with the live music scene in Southern Oregon is that shows rarely start on time. If it was just five or ten minutes, it wouldn’t be a big deal, but frequently the first band won’t go on until more than an hour after the advertised start time. I have never encountered this elsewhere in the hundreds of shows I have been to in other states and countries. The shows I’ve been to in Eugene and Portland have all started on time so it seems to be an isolated issue in Southern Oregon. I no longer go to shows at Johnny B’s for this reason. Too many times I showed up at the scheduled 9 p.m. only to have to wait an hour or two for the first band to begin. A couple times I left rather than wait. Now I don’t bother going at all.

Anyway, everything appeared to be set up and ready to go for Jimi and/or Janis (Joplin impersonator Pearl Moon) at 9 p.m., but neither took the stage. At 10 p.m. the guy I was talking with had done enough waiting and he split. At 10:20 Jimi finally hit the stage, but I had to leave at 10:30. I would have come back to see the end after running my brief errand at 10:30 had they not jerked the audience around by starting nearly an hour and a half late. Instead I left for good. Too bad as it may have ended up being a good show. I’ll never know.

Posted on December 31st, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: club 66, concert photography, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Jimi and Janis @ Club 66

SOU Wrestling
Brock Gutches takes down Simpson’s Brady Beamon

The SOU Wrestling Team won’t be wrestling in Ashland again until January 16. Over the next two days, some members of the team will be competing in the Midlands Championship in Evanston, Illinois.

Posted on December 29th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: brock gutches, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, wrestling. Comments Off on Midlands Wrestling Championship

snowy backyard in Ashland, Oregon

I’m sure it’s a white Christmas somewhere, maybe even in Ashland, but in Santa Barbara, no one even considers the thought. Today’s photo comes from the snow storm that hit Ashland almost three weeks ago. It still hadn’t fully melted when we left for California on December 21.

Posted on December 25th, 2013 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: christmas, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, snow, winter. Comments Off on White Christmas