Sun-Starved

Our Vitamin-D deficient adventures in Seattle (and elsewhere)

About T-Rex dinosaurs and sharing mixtapes with friends

I have been in San Francisco for the past week, exploring the city and falling in love with it.  And while in here, I embarked in a 28 photos x 28 days project with my photography school from Caracas, Roberto Mata Taller de Fotografia, where I started my photography studies back in 2004.   This entry is to show one of the photos I made for Day Uno. The assignment was to find a "T-Rex" (yes, the dinosaur!) and photograph it. Fortunately, my very talented and good friend, artist Ytaelena Lopez, has a piece with a cigar-loving, black and white and kick-ass T-Rex I couldn't pass or resist. Here's the photo of said gentleman.

 

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Also, and thanks to Ryan, I was introduced to Mixtape.me.  Here, people can create playlists and share them with the world.  Because Ryan and I are married thanks to music (we met back in 2007 on Last.fm), I now have a stronger love for it. Sharing music gives me a pleasure I can barely describe. Let's leave that to a small, 6-track mix tape I created to share with people.

Enjoy!

 

 

Ryan @ Last.fm (he listens to really great music, no wonder I ended marrying him, right?)

Valentina @ Last.fm

If you are in Seattle, you are invited to "Arroz con Mango"!

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For Cubans, Arroz con Mango (rice with mango), translates into "what a mess."  For Venezuelans, it's more about mixing this and that and putting it all together.  We use it mostly to talk about gatherings where you invite everyone you know, no matter how different they are. It usually ends up being a phenomenal experience.

I am framing all of the prints I have and putting them out for this show.  No theme or series in particular, just an Arroz con Mango with work I have done in the past seven years.  All the prints will be for sale. 

I am closing a chapter of my professional life by leaving SoDo and looking into moving the Studio to another neighborhood.  Come celebrate with me in my last show at the Orange Door Studios lobby gallery. 

The address is 1941 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134 (same building where Macrina SoDo is located).  The show will go from 6-9pm.

Nibbles/Drink/Music will be provided.  One print will be part of a silent auction that will benefit Aver School, the non-profit organization I work for. 

If you want to RSVP, you can do at the Facebook Event Page by clicking here: http://bit.ly/b8DiSa

Hope to see you there!