Jun 25, 2006
a lovely afternoon
sourina and i had the great pleasure of spending the afternoon with some of my mum and dad's friends that have been travelling through europe. now di and ken have some what of a reputation - a good reputation mind. 'lunch' with the Rocks is always a very long boozy affair, where you are entertained by stories from their travels to all the corners of the world.
di looking very serious - i can confirm that she is normally all smiles - it is just that this is my favourite photo from the afternoon
on this occasion we went to our local - the royal oak - and a lazy sunday afternoon lunch lasted until the staff told us they were closing... some time around 5 / 5:30.
but that was not the end of the afternoon, not with the Rocks around anyway. so a short trip downstairs and we settled ourselves at the bar along with the rest of the team for more afternoon enjoyment.
if you click here you can see some more black and white photos from the afternoon. all your favourite london faces are there also. you might even catch a glimpse of me!
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Jun 14, 2006
a whole lot of gossip
yes more of the world's best band the gossip - this time it was a whole lot more then anyone bargained for.
for those that have been to the infamous 100 club in london you will know how hot it gets in there. with a capacity crowd as there was tonight the temperatures on the stage are near on unbearable.
for those of you who have seen - or seen my photos of - the gossip you with know that their not so secret weapon, beth ditto, is a very large lady. and you can see from the photo below that tonight she was glammed right up in a de-sign-ner dress she had on from a photo shoot earlier in the day.
while the dress and the set they were putting on was nothing short of breath-taking, it (the dress) was not very conducive to a night of rock and roll. so as all normal front women do in these kinds of situations - beth took it off!
she then proceeded to belt out on the best sets that i have seen them play in her 'smalls'. was an amazing sight to see.
i have said it a mullion times before - i cannot get enough of this band. more photos from the gig can be found here
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Jun 2, 2006
swedish meatballs
i have heard it all before so please don't start. its not all getting 'rather serious' as some have mentioned. no one can hear 'wedding bells' a ringing. most other couples do it also. yes i know that there was a plane trip involved in this 'meeting'. but it is not that big a deal.... or is it.
after more then a year i have finally taking the step and headed over to sweden to meet sourina's family. and even though i know some of them will be reading this, let me just say that i had an amazing time not just meeting her family but in stockholm in general. it is such a beautiful city and despite the bad weather we managed to see quite a bit.
the picture of the church below is my first attempt at a High Dynamic Range image. click on it for more details about this process.
the sun did come out long enough for us to have a wonder through the old town which is really quite beautiful. still amazed by the amount of history that european cities have.
the second day of my trip i did face the ominous prospect of having all of sourina's family in the one location for her cousin's - kevin - birthday. fantastic i thought. up to 15 persian/swedes in the one room along with one kid from oz who could not speak a lick of persian or a lick of swedish - a fish out of water.
but in all honesty it was a brilliant day. i am totally hooked on persian food now and sourina's cousins were the cutest kids i think i have ever seen.
nelly - the shy princess
the rest of my pictures from sweden can be found here.
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Jun 1, 2006
the gossip antics
while the band were putting on one hellova show on the stage - there were some equally impressive performances going on in the crowd
my rock n roll queen
a clear example of why i should stay behind the camera
marky and cal
the rock god himself - luke charet
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