Slurp Ramen Bar (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

I didn’t go to Russia to eat ramen. I love ramen, but when in Rome… so I ate lots of (really amazingly delicious) beef stroganoff while in St. Petersburg last summer. However, there was a ramen place, Slurp Ramen Bar, near where I was staying that had excellent reviews. The price was right (about $4 or half the price of most ramen in Japan and about a third or a fourth of the price of decent ramen in the USA), and I was hungry. The verdict?

This ramen would have been really good had it been hot enough. It wasn’t even warm. I’ve had intentionally cold ramen before, but this wasn’t that either. Instead, it was somewhere between warm and cold which just didn’t work.

Posted on May 15th, 2020 under Saint Petersburg. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, Nikon D500, ramen. Comments Off on Russian Ramen

Killing @ 2019 Metal Magic Festival

@MetalMagicDK

Posted on May 8th, 2020 under Denmark. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, concert photography, killing, metal, metal magic festival, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Killing @ Metal Magic

Posted on May 7th, 2020 under Arizona. Tags: grand canyon, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D500, snow, winter. Comments Off on South Rim of the Grand Canyon

Posted on May 6th, 2020 under Other. Tags: las vegas, night photography, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Las Vegas

@satyricon #geflemetalfestival

I’ve gone longer periods of time without live music. In the 90s, for instance, I would go months without seeing a live performance. That had a lot to do with how busy I was with my career and young family though. Over the past decade I’ve become accustomed to live music a few times a month and nearly everyday in the summers.

I’ve only been to a couple live shows this year and haven’t been to one in three months now. That was OK because I had so many lined up this summer. But now all of those have been cancelled so I’m chomping at the bit. I’m even toying with the idea of flying to Mexico in November to see Satyricon at Mexico Metal Fest (which also includes Kreator, Mayhem, Sodom, Nile, Destruction, Pentagram, Tankard, and 1349). Of course, Mexico Metal Fest may get cancelled too so for now I’m just trying to be patient and hope that 2021 returns to normal.

Today’s photo was taken at the 2019 Gefle Metal Festival. I wasn’t planning on going to the 2020 edition because it was the same weekend as Metal Magic. In 2021 Gefle Metal Festival will not clash with Metal Magic so I may be making another trip to Sweden.

2021 Gefle Metal Festival Lineup

Posted on May 5th, 2020 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, concert photography, gefle metal festival, Nikon D500, satyricon. Comments Off on Insatiable desire for live music