Seeing the world through yogurt-covered glasses
I’m so sick of hearing about your damn no-gluten diet |
May 11th, 2012
Generally, I’m a really easy going guy, with an amazing patience for cultural, spiritual, and personal relativity. I grew up in a multicultural family and internalized the belief that different peoples, and even different people in the same family, can live happily with different beliefs.
Despite this,...
I’m so sick of hearing about y...
Dear Mother-in-law, I Have a Job!
Dear Mother-in-law, I have a job! I know that you’ve been worried about my state of employment for the past few years. Well, let me correct that, I know that you’ve been worried about my state of...Notre Dame
This entry is part 18 of 19 in the series April in Paris We tried like hell to get a good picture of this beauty, and failed just about every time. I think the main problem is that our small stock lens just...Allée 29
This entry is part 19 of 19 in the series April in Paris Another attempt to bring some small detail into focus while still showing the surroundings to which it relates. This was in le Jardin des Plantes and...Flowers
This entry is part 16 of 19 in the series April in ParisThis is a picture Jessica took in le Jardin des Plantes, actually. It almost looks like a painting! ...Amélie
This entry is part 17 of 19 in the series April in ParisSo, we sat in Les Deux Moulins, the café made famous in the movie Amélie, and I wanted to get a picture of Jessica doing Audrey Tautou’s famous...Ma Bourgogne #2
This entry is part 14 of 19 in the series April in Paris This is the other picture I took at Ma Bourgogne. It’s only about the 17th time I’ve posted it anywhere since I love it so much. For...Ma Bourgogne
This entry is part 15 of 19 in the series April in Paris This is one of my favorite pictures from our trip to Paris. It’s the first time I tried to isolate a part of the image, the name of the...Lewis and Clark
This entry is part 13 of 19 in the series April in Paris Nothing special, just a fun trip exploring in Eastern France and Jess thought it’d be funny to take a “Lewis and Clark” picture....Famille Babé
This entry is part 11 of 19 in the series April in Paris This statue was just so beautiful. There was a lot going on at the family crypt of Famille Babé, and I couldn’t capture it all. But I wanted to...
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I’m John Metta, writer, hydrologist, programmer, Irish flute and banjo player, cyclist, brewer, and a digger of all things tech, and all around friendly guy. Nestled snugly in the Columbia River Gorge in a town called Hood River, I survey the world as my own personal playground. Circle me on Google+