markphoto's photo blog » travel http://markphoto.org what a long, strange trip it's been! Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:14:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 fall foliage http://markphoto.org/2009/10/24/fall-foliage/ http://markphoto.org/2009/10/24/fall-foliage/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:01:11 +0000 markphoto http://www.markphoto.org/?p=1260 one of the advantages (okay, probably the ONLY advantage) of having a wetter than normal summer here in ohio is the results that we get to see in october (since god only knows when we will see baseball again around here this time of year!)

here are some photos from brandywine falls area and the north chagrin metropark.

to see more photos, here they are.

]]> http://markphoto.org/2009/10/24/fall-foliage/feed/ 0 pittsburgh irish fest 2009 http://markphoto.org/2009/09/18/pittsburgh-irish-fest-2009/ http://markphoto.org/2009/09/18/pittsburgh-irish-fest-2009/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:57:50 +0000 markphoto http://www.markphoto.org/?p=1118 trying to find the pittsburgh irish fest was not quite as easy as it had been in the past, but after heading east out of town, through a neighborhood, across the river, and behind a costco and other shopping, we finally found it. it did not help that the city of pittsburgh is preparing for the G20 summit in a couple of weeks, so there was a bit of construction. once we got there, we found they have a nice little setup there (except for a 25-minute wait TO GET TICKETS!). after we got in, the place was laid out nicely with the main stages on opposite ends and the main stage having picnic tables around and a lawn to sit on.

gaelic storm, always fun, was the first band we got to see, and of course picked on the browns (although there were a lot of clevelanders there). over to the other stage we went to catch scythian get the whole tent up and moving. then back to the main stage to catch the great sounds of slide.

slide was just such a GREAT combination of musicianship, energy (provided mostly by the whirling dervish known as daire bracken), very nice vocals by a 22-year old  dave curley, and some great soundwork by a very nice chloe nagle (who has the greatest accent that even sally said she could listen to for a long while).

for more pictures from the day, find them HERE

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