Streets of Guanajuato, Mexico
Ashland and Guanajuato share a lot of things in common–art community, university town, valley nestled in mountains, large tourism industry, etc. One thing Guanajuato has that Ashland doesn’t (does any place other than Guanajuato have this?) are the underground roads. Guanajuato’s tunnels sometimes have daylight overhead like the portion of the road in today’s photo.
The tunnels were originally put in place to reduce flooding and a river of water (and sewage) ran through it until 50 years ago. A dam was then built and the previous water channel was converted into a road for vehicles and pedestrians.
August 13th, 2014 | Tags: buildings, guanajuato mexico, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600 | Category: outside of ashland, places | Comments Off on Subterránea Miguel Hidalgo
La Oreja de Van Gogh (Guanajuato, Mexico)
My first night in Guanajuato and I hadn’t eaten much all day. They don’t serve food on airplanes any more, and I even slept through the drink and nuts they sometimes provide. So I wasn’t going to last long walking the streets of Guanajuato on an empty stomach. I saw the Pirates and Marlins on TV, rain began to fall again, and my decision to eat at this place was decided.
I don’t speak Spanish. My waiter didn’t speak English. Guanajuato style enchiladas sounded good. I ordered an Indio to go with it, thinking it may be an IPA. The waiter seemed to ask if I wanted tomatoes in my Indio. With that I changed my order to Sol. A chicken leg came with my enchiladas.
Frescos on the walls were in a Van Gogh style, and the live music hit the spot. The rain came down so hard that the TVs stopped working. I waited until the rain weakened a bit and then headed back to my hotel.
August 12th, 2014 | Tags: food, guanajuato mexico, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, photoshop photomerge | Category: outside of ashland, places | Comments Off on Enchiladas Mineras, Guanajuato style
El Meson de los Poetas (hotel) in Guanajuato (Mexico)
This is my fourth time staying in Guanajuato and each time I have lodged at this hotel. This was the first time I ascended to the very back of the property for this view though. Today’s photo is basically a reverse angle, taken a couple hours earlier, of yesterday’s photo.
August 11th, 2014 | Tags: guanajuato mexico, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600 | Category: outside of ashland, places | Comments Off on El Meson de los Poetas
blue bird house (tree swallow)
August 9th, 2014 | Tags: beatty, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, wildlife | Category: outside of ashland | Comments Off on What are you looking at?
Wehrmacht @ Musichead (Medford, Oregon – 7/10/14)
It’s been nearly a month since Raptor and Wehrmacht buzzed through Southern Oregon. Other than the one photo I posted earlier, I hadn’t looked at those photos until today. Looks like I have a dozen or more decent ones that I need to process…
I’ll get to the rest later. For now I will leave you with this one of the end of the evening. Wehrmacht has a tradition of calling members of the audience to the stage at the end of their set. This makes more sense in venues with a large stage. Musichead’s stage is barely big enough for a small band, let alone audience members and a 5-piece band. However, that didn’t stop Wehrmacht from packing the stage. James Lind, of Sylent Storm, did a fantastic Paul Di’Anno impression as the guest vocalist on this Iron Maiden cover. Members of Raptor can also be seen on stage in this photo.
August 8th, 2014 | Tags: concert photography, musichead, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600, raptor thrash pdx, sylent storm, wehrmacht | Category: outside of ashland | Comments Off on Wehrmacht @ Musichead (July 10, 2014)
Denver, Colorado rainbow
I’m away from Ashland again for a couple weeks so I will be dipping into the archives or sharing photos from my trip to Mexico for the time being. Today’s photo is from my stop in Denver yesterday (enroute to Guanajuato, Ashland’s sister city).
August 7th, 2014 | Tags: denver colorado, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, rainbow | Category: outside of ashland | Comments Off on Rainbow from Coors Field
Tomorrow night features the return of Exhausted Prayer to Southern Oregon. I wish I could be in two places at once, but I will be in the front row at Coors Field (enroute to Mexico) instead of at Club 66.
Today’s photo comes from last night’s show which also featured Penitent.
The August 6 show is all ages and will begin shortly after 5 p.m. so bring your kids and have Uzi make you dinner before the bands hit the stage.
August 5th, 2014 | Tags: Base Kamp Awesome BKA, burney chair, concert photography, Nikon D600, Tamron SP 24-70mm Di VC USD | Category: only in ashland | Comments Off on Penitent, Burney Chair, and Exhausted Prayer @ Club 66 tomorrow (8/6/14)
August 4th, 2014 | Tags: flowers, landscape, mt. ashland, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000 | Category: only in ashland | Comments Off on Mt. Ashland wildflowers
There is a four band metal show in Medford tonight. RattleheaD (SoCal) and Deathblow (SLC) are the bands travelling through.
RattleheaD has had this show listed as August 4, but I understand they will be playing August 3, not August 4, at Musichead. Things will get started about 6 p.m.
August 3rd, 2014 | Tags: concert photography, deathblow, musichead, rattlehead, sylent storm | Category: people | Comments Off on RattleheaD, Deathblow, Sylent Storm, and Insanity’s Reign @ Musichead tonight
