my path to photographic glory

I don't remember if I posted about it at the time, but Schmap, maker of online travel guides, used a couple of my photos in the last edition of their Minneapolis guide. Now the third edition is out, and it has four: the Skyway System,  Lake of the Isles, and two of Lake Calhoun (this one's my favorite).  I don't get any money from this, but it's exciting to see my name in the credits.

go jerry sanders

San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders--a Republican who during his campaign supported civil unions for gay couples but not marriage--announced this week that he would sign a city resolution supporting marriage equality. In his announcement, he called civil unions "a separate-but-equal institution," spoke of his daughter, friends and staff who are gay, and said he "couldn't look any of them in the face and tell them that their relationship, their very lives, were any meaningful than the marriage I share with my life Rana." Here's the video, if you'd like to watch him tear up.