End of the Season

Owen you can look at your long hair in this picture if you miss it .

The Queen of Palm Beach

The Queen is actually feeling better now after a few days under the weather - rumor has it she's up and about.

Anger

nger...

just got off the phone with a person who would like to be included in the program here... during this conversation she insisted upon reminding me 3 times that i had not returned her phone call last week. The 4th time she mentioned it, the rush of words out of my mouth shocked even me.

The Impossibility of February

Thanks Whitney for introducing me to Maira Kalman. I love her work.

A Friday in February

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha

We'll Live Like Kings

For the past few days the same little story has been playing in my head. A few years ago Ryan was on a hockey team with a kid named Whitfield. He was a funny kid, always smiling. One day, in the middle of hockey game (a really tough one) between shifts, out of breath, panting and recovering on the bench, Whitfield leans over and shouts "reuther...grab the water bottles...we'll live like kings." I guess I like this story because it reminds me that life is what we make of it.

The Addy Awards

Congratulations Patty on your two recent awards. How amazing to receive the Judge's Choice award 2 years in a row. We are so proud of you.

Addy Awards honor Palm Beach County's best ad agencies
Published February 19, 2007

The advertising market in the Palm Beaches shined brightly this pastweekend, with several ad agencies earning top nods at the annual Addy Awards gala. Themed "The Creative Spirit of Advertising," the Advertising Federation of the Greater Palm Beaches competition lived up to its tagline, with several agencies earning kudos from the judges and organizers. The event was held Saturday night at the Jupiter Beach Resort & Spa. Among the agencies winning their share of the 25 golds given were BFW Advertising, which earned seven golds and Best of Show (print), and FC Edge, which took seven golds and Best of Show Interactive and overall best ofshow. The other best of show winner was Creative Solutions (for broadcast).

Other gold winners included Battle Media Lab (with four); The Boner Group (two); and Creative Solutions, Evans Advertising & Design, Palm Beach Media Associates, Scott Velozo Graphics, and Table 13, each with one gold. The AdFed Student Chapter at Northwood University also earned an award.

Aside from golds and bests of show, each judge named his own "Judge's Choice Award." A brochure from Table 13 Design in West Palm Beach for theBusiness Development Board of Palm Beach County received the nod from McKendry.

That each judge felt strongly about a different piece of work spoke to the strength of the creative this year, McKendry said. Table 13's brochure was exceptional. Few are the brochures that carry a theme through the creative product.

"It was outside in, rather than inside out," he said, "which is untypical for a brochure."

Thanks

Thanks everyone for support and well wishing yesterday. Results all good.

The Food Shack

Suffering withdrawal symptoms from the Food Shack...and remembering the shackatizers... Tripletail Ceviche with apples, capers, tomato peppers, orange juice and radish... corn shrimp fritters with tomatillo, mango salad with honey-chili lime sauce...and of course... the fried tuna basil roll served on spicy fruit with wasabi dipping sauce. It must be lunch time.

The Breakers

Another photo sans hat.

February at the Beach

Who says you can't make a sun hat from a handkerchief ?

From Wikipedia...

A handkerchief is a square of fabric, usually carried in the pocket, for personal hygiene purposes such as wiping one's hands or blowing one's nose, but also used as a decorative accessory in a suit pocket. Richard II of England is said to have invented the handkerchief. Historically, white handkerchiefs have been used in place of a white flag to indicate surrender or a flag of truce.

Rivals Meet Again

Star Ledger Article

Seton Hall Prep (10-5-4), which has averaged 0.66 goals in three games against Infante this season,dominated play in the second, but the first-year Delbarton keeper remained unflappable. Junior forwards Ryan Reuther and Nick Passantino and senior Mike Tahan of Seton Hall all saw great chances turned away by Infante in the second, when Seton Hall held a 16-7 shot advantage.

This was the most competitive game weve played against Delbarton in three meetings this season, Seton Hall coach Peter Herms said. But their goalie played outstanding. Someones going to have to catch them on a bad night in order to do some damage because they have the best team in the state right now.

According to Reuther, a few adjustments at intermission made the difference in keeping the game close. We were able to stop their breakout and didnt allow them much freedom up the middle, Reuther said. We limited them offensively and were able to generate a lot more in their end.

Waiting

after many, many hours in the west palm beach airport, i was finally able to fly home.

Arc of Venus

Rainbow in the mind

Unseen arc of Venus

Across an empty sky

KC

" Each dawn from my porch I look east to rising Venus, the silver morning star. As I return at day's end I gaze west where now she's the golden evening star. And although I've never seen it, I can trace the arch of her transit against the horizon, in my mind's eye, as sure as the sun's." KC

Happy Valentine's Day to One and All

Snowed In - Snowed Out

"The storm grounded hundreds of flights and forced the closing of schools and businesses from Kentucky to Maine. "

Silence

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows
Quite overcanopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with elgantine.

Shakespeare

Comfortable with Uncertainty

"....life itself is inconvenient. Wholeheartednes is a precious gift but no one can actually give it to you. You have to find the path that has heart and then walk it impeccably. In doing that, you again and again encounter your own uptightness, your own headaches, your own falling flat on your face. But in wholeheartedly following the path, this inconvenience is not an obstacle. It's simply a certain texture of life, a certain energy of life." Pema Chodron

Owen's Goal

so now i know why the professional photographers make so much money on hockey photos. this is the BEST photo i was able to take at O's last game. the game where he shot a beautiful goal from the blue line. way to go o-bear.

Recently

"... we do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our touch, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience which reveals the human spirit..." ee cummings

Full Moon, Maybe

"...if you can meet with triumph and disaster
and treat those two imposters the same..."

O-Bean

Growing up way
too fast
mr. o
awaits a ride to
a party on saturday
night, in this call
he is learning
that he has
to walk to
the end of the road.

Flowers on a Thursday

a
festival
of
light
pink
on
a
thurs
day.