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Nike Womens Half Marathon 2012 – We’re In!

Thursday, April 26, 2012 Posted in running

I’ve had the experience of running in the Nike Women’s Marathon for the last three consecutive years. The first two with my friend Kathy and the last two via fundraising through Team in Training.

This year my friend Kathy wanted to do the race again, as did my friend Petra and we all decided to enter the random drawing as a team, meaning if any of our names got drawn we all got in. This morning I awoke to the good news that our team had been drawn. I’m so excited to have the chance to run this race with two of my friends and will be blogging more about training and the race itself.

One of the best parts of the race is getting the bling at the end in this case a Tiffany necklace handed out by tuxedo clad firefighters. My favorite necklaces so far from the past two years:

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Fish, it’s what’s for dinner!

Saturday, March 31, 2012 Posted in personal

A lot of the foods I liked as a child I like as an adult. Recently I took stock of what I was eating and decided that I wanted to both lose a bit of weight (which would be 20 pounds and would put me at a healthy and toned weight for my height) and eat healthier overall.

So after doing a bit of Internet research, now I’m following The Mediterranean Diet and have been for about four weeks.

The diet is a healthy lifestyle, yet the changes have been challenging. I miss certain sweets, though I’m doing well with eating them in moderation, a square of high cacao chocolate has been a great treat now and then. I’m happy I’m eating more fruits and vegetables, which I do enjoy and per the diet many meals have been completely vegetarian such as salad wraps. Red meat is in very small moderation on this diet, and while I’m not missing the taste of a burger now and then, I definitely miss the convenience of grabbing one when I see a burger place now and then.

Best of all though is the fish. I love seafood and sushi and the meals with fish are often the tastiest of the week. I hope this is a lifestyle change for me even after I have attained my goal weight.

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Debbie Lyn’s Costumes – Not Just a Prop, It’s an Attitude

Saturday, March 24, 2012 Posted in photography - general

I love costumes and costume shops. Over the last two years I’ve needed several costumes including two different Princess Fiona outfits (one a warrior version worn at the 100th Bay to Breakers last year, and one other the long regal princess dress version) and a Magenta costume for a special showing of Rocky Horror all bought from Debbie Lyn’s Costumes in Santa Clara.

So it was especially fun to hear the owner of the store, Debbie Owens, give a presentation to the Genuine Networking Association’s Mastermind meeting on how to use props to stand out at meetings and trade shows. I’d never worn a prop (camera around my neck nonwithstanding) to get attention, though I have enjoyed wearing a simple black hat occasionally for a special night out. Everyone had to choose a prop randomly from a large bag, put it on and do a mini presentation. It was a lot of fun and produced moments of glee like this one.

In a few weeks Debbie Owens’ staff and I will be working on a special photo shoot with costumes, looking forward to posting the results here.

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Tamayo Family Vineyards Engagement – Oakley, CA – Elizabeth and Michael

Saturday, March 17, 2012 Posted in engagements

Elizabeth and Michael met as children and attended school together for several years. After losing track of each other for several years, Elizabeth was delighted to find him online on Facebook and soon they met up and found friendship had turned to love.

The Tamayo Family Vineyards provided an amazing background for their engagement session. There was color everywhere from the orchard trees to the winery vines.

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Ben LiuMarch 21, 2012 - 11:09 am

Great work, Danielle! Good composition and lighting. You did a good job capturing their personality in these images as their emotions are clearly defined and visible.

Danielle StolmanMarch 20, 2012 - 10:10 pm

Michael, so glad you and Elizabeth received your disc and love your photos. I had so much fun photographing you both.

Michael J Banner Jr.March 20, 2012 - 9:48 pm

We recieved the dvd. Thank you so much they came out amazing!

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Tamayo Family Vineyards Engagement – Oakley, CA – Elizabeth and Michael Teaser

Sunday, March 11, 2012 Posted in engagements

Elizabeth and Michael were inspired to have their engagement photos to take place in an orchard with blooming trees. While driving in their hometown in Oakley they saw Tamayo Family Vineyards from the road and were delighted when they were given permission to have their photos taken there. I made sure to have Michael’s car, a Mustang, that he had spent much time working on, have a prominent place in several photos including this teaser image. Next week, more engagement photos will be posted.

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