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So… I’ve been reading The Hunger Games on the train to and from work. All I could think about while hiking through the woods was Katniss Everdeen!

This past weekend Sangeeta and I decided to embark on a hike to Alamere Falls in Marin County. It was a beautiful day and the drive was fantastically curvy until we started going off road. In a BMW 3 series its a little stressful. Sangeeta looked even more stressed out since she was the navigator and she decided not to tell me that she had lost all GPS signal about 10 minutes earlier.

3 hours of hiking later, we reached the falls and it ended up being one of the world’s least impressive waterfalls but the trek there was challenging and we had a ton of fun. We had to jump 5 feet to get across the water. Both of us made it just fine but the guy behind us landed on a wet rock and his Nikon D300s went lens first into the rocks at full speed while he went into the water. He crushed his lens. I felt bad for him but having battle scars is the sign of all true photographers!

I will say though at the end after 9 miles, I was super hungry and really grouchy. We stopped over at Stinson Beach on the drive home and ate at a grill by the beach. It was awesome.

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 16mm f/3.5 Nikkor Lens

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It was my birthday about a week and a half ago. I turned 29 which means I’m in the last run of my 20s. Sad face. Anyway, my girlfriend and a few of my friends drove to Napa for the day to go wine tasting and shopping. My friends typically just hit 1 winery and call it a day but Brett and I are troopers (a.k.a. borderline alcoholics) so we made sure we hit at least 3.

Anyway it was a really fun filled day with great wine, good food and wonderful desserts. At the last winery, Brett and I were still going strong but everyone else pretty much K.O.’d on the outside patio sofas. I bought 2 bottles of the best Merlot I’ve had in a while, a Regusci 2009 Napa Valley.

On our way out, I saw this little Fiat 500 parked outside. There are a few more photos of our Napa trip on my Tumblr.

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor Lens

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This weekend my friends Erick and Christine from undergrad at the University of California at Davis tied the knot. It was an absolutely beautiful wedding at Casa Real at Ruby Hill Winery in Pleasanton, California. Sangeeta and I were really happy they invited us share such a special day with them!

I was trying to be good and get some amazing photos for them but they threw a curveball at their guests. They opened up cocktail hour BEFORE the ceremony. I had 2 rum cocktails, a whiskey soda and a glass of the vineyard’s sauvignon blanc shortly before the ceremony. Let’s just say I’m glad I managed to get this picture in focus. I figure the pro shooter got the perfectly framed version of this shot so I kept him in the foreground and made it an action!

There are a few more photos on my Tumblr.

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor Lens

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My writing might be a bit skewed on this one because as I type, I’m fairly drunk.

I love the lighting on this shot. The haze and the lens flare mixed with Erica’s smile just come together so nicely. We took this shot right before everyone jumped into the pool.

Erica writes a pretty sweet fashion blog. Check it out.

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Anyway so Erica is one of my closest friends and when she moved out to San Francisco, I was really bummed out. But then the house she bought has a pool. And her fridge is always stocked with awesome food. Let me just say that when I need to leave the city for a day, her house is my first go to spot!

Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor Lens

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So continuing with the ex-wife analogy (Part I Here), Erica refuses to admit that I’m ever right. We argued endlessly during graduate school about project strategy and she’s always yelling at me to pay attention or do something the proper way instead of the asshole way. True story, one time she was presenting and mid speech she stopped in front of the class to yell at me. I think I was chatting with my buddy in the back row while she was speaking. She still managed to get an “A” in the class which boggles the mind. That being said, I beat her in overall GPA though so boo yah!

The one rare moment where we were perfectly in line with each other was during a negotiations exercise for a corporate finance class. We were on the same team negotiating a LBO and together we psychologically, emotionally and intellectually destroyed our competitors (fellow classmates). During the review session, the guy actually pointed at me and told the class that he didn’t appreciate being cussed at during negotiations to which Erica replied, “oh god, man the fuck up.”

That was legit.

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Taken with a Nikon D300 w/ a 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor Lens

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