The Human Form

Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto


This month's photo contest theme on Boston.com is "The Human Form." (http://www.boston.com/community/photos/raw/2011/03/march_contest_theme_the_human.html) The goal is to capture the beauty of the human body in a portrait or photograph. This past Friday, I joined friends at the 'Stars on Ice' show here in Boston. Ever since I was a child, I have been fascinated by figure skating. I was never allowed to ice skate, but I would watch figure skating for hours on end and choreograph routines in my head. So given all of this, when I had a chance to join my friends for a chance to see a live show, I counted myself in! I was also psyched because I had gotten a new telephoto lens for Christmas (thanks Mom and Dad!) and had not yet had much opportunity to break it in. Now I had my chance and I have to say, I was quite pleased with the results. I am having trouble choosing which photo I want to submit to the contest, so I am posting a few of the contenders. Opinions are welcome!

Sasha Cohen


Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto

A Steaming Pot of Soup...

I love to cook...and if it were not for the clean up afterward, I would cook a heck of a lot more than I do now. I really enjoy making soups, pot pies, mexican dishes, and lots of other good stuff. For this item on the photo scavenger hunt, I had to photograph a steaming pot of soup. Voila!!! Looks good, doesn't it?

BUT.....the end product that I was cooking this night was NOT soup! (Although if I stopped cooking at this point, I could have indeed had soup for dinner). Instead, I kept boiling it...and boiling it, until much of the liquid was gone. I was not making soup...I was making chicken pot pie instead! And boy was the end product good! Don'tcha wish you had some???

And if you are wondering why I am posing with my pot pie in front of my computer with a picture of my friends on it, it is because they cooked the same recipe on the same night, all the way down in Tennessee!

Show me a Sign

During the month of February, I kind of halfheartedly took part in a photo scavenger hunt. I did not get nearly as far as I had hoped. But even though I was not online or behind the camera as often as I liked, that's okay.

So back to the scavenger hunt. One of the items was to show a sign at a museum. It just so happened that I had plans to go to the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton with a friend of mine and her daughter. The museum was beautiful and we had a great time. Funny enough, while we were at the museum, I ran into some other family friends of mine who I had not seen in well over a year! I absolutely LOVE when I have "small world" experiences like this, especially since this particular museum was no where near where my friends or I live! So not only was I able to get one of the scavenger hunt items, I also had a great time with ALL of my friends!

The Truffle Fairy Strikes Again!!!

Random acts of kindness can really make one's day. The other day I was in a bit of a grumpy mood when I got to the office, however my chagrin quickly turned to a grin when I saw that overnight, the Truffle Fairy had visited my office and left me a treat! Thank you Truffle Fairy! You know who you are! ;)