I have just registered sole proprietorship of Crystal Martel Photography. Crystal Martel Photography will open for business, officially, May 1st, 2009. I’m excited for the possibilities, but it’s going to take a lot of work and dedication to get it up and running. I’ve been spending a lot of time building my [...]

[Read more →]

Today, is Earth Day. It is as good as any other day to start thinking about our impact on our environment. Consider making the greener, more sustainable choices throughout the day and every day. Today, I will begin biking to work again.

[Read more →]

Neil and I were up early this morning to participate in the 25th Vancouver Sun Run this morning, for the fourth year. Our time keeps improving, year after year. The day was grey and the threat of rain looming, but the rain hadn’t arrived by the time we finished. It was the [...]

[Read more →]

Neil and I have a good view to many late-night, drunken fights.  There have been man vs man, buddy, vs buddy, woman vs woman, women vs women, man vs woman (police were on-scene).  Today we saw our first gull vs gull.
Our place is a couple of blocks from the ocean; specifically, two blocks from the [...]

[Read more →]

But I like him scruffy. Tonight, Neil shaved off all of his facial hair. It was a sad night as I watched hair after hair give way to the teeth of the clipper and collapse lifeless into the sink. I quite prefer his bearded, moustached, soul-patched face. Now that he sits [...]

[Read more →]