Friday Video: Muse-Supermassive Black Hole

New Project: Collage Thursday- Number 7909

I'm breaking out the old collage materials again. This kind of goes back to a style I was working with in my pre-computer days.

A little more simple and home made looking. The twist is that this is partially completed on illustration board then scanned in and tweaked in Photoshop. I don't want to title these because I end up paralyzing myself trying to come up with clever titles. Also this way the viewer can read their own ideas into the picture.

New Project: Everything Food In Tampa Bay

Everything Food In Tampa Bay is a brand new Facebook group that myself and area chef Patricia Pfeiffer have started. Here members can tell us about their favorite restaurants, discover area cooking classes, learn tips from professional chefs, find out about upcoming food festivals and wine tastings plus view food related photography and artwork. It's meant to be a positive slant on what's good in the area and not really food criticism.

Local restaurants are doing everything they can these days to stay afloat and adapt to the times. I'm hoping this will be an outlet for them to advertise by posting announcements and gain new customers.

And if those viewers want to buy some artwork, that would be nice too.

What's So Funny

Check out What The Duck-as far as I know the funniest and only comic strip about photography.

Chattaway-A Burger Oasis in St. Pete

Saint Petersburg’s historical Chattaway Drive-In started as a general store and gas filling station in the early 1920’s. Now it is like stepping into a 1960’s hippy’s treehouse-complete with fairies, quirky kitsch decor and a very beautiful fish pond.

It looks like an oasis from a distance-large trees and greenery completely surround and shade the ramshackle building inside.

The main draw to the Chattaway are the hamburgers, which annually appear on every “Best Burger” list in the Tampa Bay area. They’re big-but not too big- dressed with only fresh ingredients. The tomatoes actually taste like tomatoes, the lettuce is still cool and crisp. The meat is perfect. The bun can barely hold everyhting together and it gets a litttle messy but that’s why there are rolls of paper towels on the picnic tables.

Seating is mostly outdoors at the Chattaway, but the large unbrellas and natural shade seem to keep things comfortable.

358 22nd Ave S
St Petersburg, FL 33705
(727) 823-1594

Happy 4th

Friday Video: Marilyn and The Pixies?

I never would have thought of combining Marilyn images with the Pixies-but someone on YouTube thought of it.