Concert Last Night

So last night I had the amazing opportunity to see Blind Pilot in concert, yet again. Since they're one of my absolute favorite bands, I keep falling in love with them over and over again each time I see them live. We were literally right in front of the stage, and managed to pick up their set lists! It was an amazing experience, and I would be selling the night short if I forgot to mention their openers, The Holiday Friends (whose album I purchased during the show because I loved them so much) and Laura Gibson. It was just an awesome experience.. Buy all of their music! You won't be let down!

Nikon D5100/San Francisco

Over the weekend, it was my little sister's 11th birthday. To celebrate, she chose to go to In n Out for lunch (which was a semi-problem for me because I haven't eaten red meat in over 2 years... but I ended up getting a burger in honor of her special day). Of course, being the photographer I am, I pulled out my camera to shoot a photo of Maggie digging into her greasy lunch. However, when I turned on my camera, all I saw was a crack shooting across the screen. My heart totally and absolutely sank :( The next day, my mom and I went to the local camera store to see how much a repair would cost. The cost didn't end up being the problem, but instead it was the time it would take to fix the camera. There was no possible way it would be done in time for my trip with the Fourth of July just around the corner, so I ended up upgrading my camera to a D5100 that they had on sale at Costco as an early birthday present (I'll be 17 on August 17th!). Naturally, I wanted to take photos right away. I was in luck because the next day (today) Andon and I took a trip to San Francisco to visit the well-renowned Haight Street (which has excellent thrift stores by the way). Here are a few of the photos I snapped over the past two days!

50 mm cameras shoot awfully close selfies... eek

The birthday girl

Stripey

Feet 1.0

Feet 2.0

Amoeba Music - The most vinyl discs and CDs that I have ever seen in one place

Typical Haight - graffiti and a smoke shop

Earth Song 

One of many stellar thrift stores

The view ain't so bad... although we were on a 45-degree incline when I shot this

I don't know why, but I loved the typography in the parking garage

DANGER

Today/Yesterday

Instagram-style

Organ at St. Mary's Cathedral

Black tea during dinner at Cafe des Amis in San Francisco. I ordered Grilled Sea Bass and it was PHENOMENAL. Highly recommended!

I loved this framed photo as well as the reflection of the "EXIT" sign on the glass at Cafe des Amis.

A quirky little balloon

My new necklace ($8 from Forever 21) as well as mixed prints.

St. Mary's Cathedral Architecture

Andon brought me to lunch at the Creamery Milk Shop where we both ordered specialty sandwiches. Mine was grilled chicken, spinach, and mushrooms on wheat and it tasted fantastic. I had such a great time seeing him this week... lots of just hanging out and enjoying each other's company. That's all I could really ask for. He makes me so happy =)

Another architectural shot from St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco.

The Men's Sperry Topsider boots that my mom bought me for $40... such a deal. They're awesome.

Christmas time is here

I have had a wonderful Christmas season this year. From the festivities to the family to the food to the gifts, it has all been smooth sailing for the past week or so. Here are some of the photos that I have taken in the past few days (most of which with my new 50mm lens!) Enjoy!

Home-made pumpkin bread... I could eat a whole thing of it if I wasn't such a health nut

New woodgrain rubber phone case from J. Crew

See's goodies: butterscotch creams, molasses chips, peanut butter patties

Mirror pic

Watch from Andon

New leather Clarks!

Attempt at an interesting Christmas tree photo... eh

da presents

Ham! I had none though... I'm decently meat-free with the exceptions of turkey, fish, and chicken.

Place cards that my grandma has reused year after year

My favorite table

Lori's Diner

Andon and Me... d'awww

Andon and Me again... plus my brother and my dad. Sup guys

Instagram

I love iPhone 4 cameras.. they take amazing photos, and the instagram app has pretty awesome effects too.. Feel free to follow me! My username is just "remainsimple"