While waiting for school to start she was playing in the truck (it's cold today!) and I snapped this with my new cell phone. It has a 2MP camera in it, which is as big as my first ever digital camera back in 2001.
I was waiting to promote Uptake.com until I finished my first post there, which is finally done! Uptake is a travel search and discovery engine founded by Yen Lee, a former general manager of Yahoo! Here is more about Uptake from a press release that went out last week:
"In just six months since its public beta launch in May of this year, UpTake’s
travel search and discovery engine has grown exponentially. The travel
industry’s deepest and broadest database of hotels and attractions has surpassed
all other online travel search engines in terms of indexed sources, products,
and opinions. With this announcement, significant new industry partnerships and
$10 million in new funding secured, UpTake is thriving and growing in an economy
in which many start-ups are struggling.
Since its public
beta in May 2008, UpTake’s search engine has increased its total number of
indexed sources from 1,000 to 5,000 making its database of individual travel
sites nearly 10 times greater than any other travel search engine. The sources
indexed by UpTake include trusted sites like Expedia, Fodor’s, goCityKids,
TripAdvisor, Virtual Tourist and Yahoo! Travel."
The largest travel search engine! Pretty cool. Also pretty cool is that one of my blog friends, Whit Honea , asked me if I wanted to write (and post my own photos) on the Vacations Blog. Whit is the Travel Editor for Uptake and some of you may remember him from the first Interviews from the Daddyshack column I wrote at Quirkee.com . I am honored to have been asked to write about vacation destinations in Texas for Uptake! I was told the money wasn't going to be something I could retire on, but with traffic bonuses I have a shot at a sweet spot on a beach in Mexico swinging in a hammock and sipping margaritas by the time I turn fifty. (hint: spread the word about Uptake and click on my posts there!)
I'm really going to miss you. I wish we could have worked it out. We
tried and tried to make it happen but in the end it just wasn't a good
thing to stay together.
You were always very good to me and I will never forget you. Your style
and grace will remain burned in my heart for all of eternity. You were
very good to our kids and kept them safe, happy, and secure just by
your natural qualities that only you could provide. I could always
trust you to do the right thing by us. It breaks my heart that you are
leaving but I know I will be OK in the end. Having you in my life made
me a better person, a stronger man, a more loving friend.
Life will be so much different without you but I think in a way it will
be better. It's really hard for me to say goodbye, but it is for the
best no matter what other people say. They know how much I love you and
will eventually see that splitting up was the right thing to do.
I'll forever keep a special place in my heart for you. I wish you all
the best in your new life and hope whomever you end up with will treat
you like the beauty that you are.
A group of Texas members from the NSOP (New School of Photography) forum met in College Station to shoot one of another member's motorcycle races. Ted is a guy I grew up with in Dallas. He took 1st place in his last race of the season. Congrats Ted!
Ted sizing up the competition
Ted patiently awaiting his victims
"Awww man! I have to race Ted?"
Ted on the straightaway
Ted coming around the horseshoe
Ted taking the lead
Some random rider
Wheeeeeeelie!
He looks embarrassed following her on that tiny bike
Carving her name in the table at Koppe Bridge Bar & Grill in College Station.
