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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Christina's Summer 2010 Norcal Visit

Well, Christina's time here in sunny California hasn't ended quite yet, but I thought i'd like to share some of the activities we've done so far.  Unfortunately the photos are all out of order and actually progress from most to least recent, beginning with a fly fishing event.

This past weekend, Christina joined a few Dartmouth Alumni, including myself, at a Dartmouth Alumni Association of Silicon Valley's fly fishing event.  Here, Christina and I learned how to fly fish and attempted to look as good as we could.  Let's just say our form wasn't the best and our attempts at casting could be described in one word: failure.  I had no idea how hard this sport was.  I just thought you threw the line out and waited for a fish to bite.  I couldn't have been more wrong.  I had no idea there was SO much finesse involved with casting, and that almost now arm power was required to cast my line quite a distance.

The day before our fly fishing extravaganza, Christina and I went out for an afternoon of tennis, which ended up being a blast.  Despite Christina have loads of fun smashing balls into the courts next to us forcing me to run and pick them up, I had a blast trying to capture my sweetie playing the sport I had grown up around and that ultimately changed me as a person.

The week before the previous two events are a jumble of various activities.  I will let the photos do more of the talking now as I am becoming quite drowsy and cam't seen to writ....

  Getting Started

All tangled up

Fishing!



Me being taught how not to fish like a noob

Christina getting ready to play some tennis















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yummy dim sum

not such a free spirit at all.

Fruit market

Delicious chips and salsa at Aqui in Cupertino, CA

Christina and my mom laughing over some girl talk at Crustacean in SF, CA

Christina snapped this photo of me playing with our neighbor's 7 month old black lab, Shadow

Indifference

Puppy!



Shadow walking Christina.

A really pretty bed on display at Anthropologie in Santana Row

2 comments:

  1. I really like the Free Spirit shot, and the Indifference one! Also, the texture in the chips and salsa is really good and contrasty (the dry vs the wet and whatnot).

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  2. I fail at tennis, but the pictures are great!

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