evergreen December 8th, 2009

 
 
 

Christmas trees are all over the place, especially here on the sidewalks at Whole Foods in Silver Spring, MD.

 
 
 

 
 
 

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velo yellow November 29th, 2009

   

Yesterday, approximately seven minutes after my family had finished eating our belated Thanksgiving dinner, we began the trimming of the Christmas tree — our meals were still being savored, and we had already moved along to the next holiday. I suppose, however, that is just the nature of things this time of year, always in a rush to what is next. Advertisers had already declared it Christmastime weeks ago anyway, and intrepid shoppers are already trading Black Friday war stories. And the tree process, which at one point was a day-long endeavor and involved sharp objects and getting inevitably covered in sap, has been distilled down to unpacking a single box, putting three pre-lit tree sections together, and plugging in an electric cord.

   

So, while the transition from turkey and Pilgrims to mistletoe and Elves did feel a little abrupt this year, I’m not complaining, as it did not detract from the pleasant enjoyment of trimming the tree with family. It’s an event which always pulls on my nostalgic heart strings. This year I shot a series of pictures with my old Pentax K-1000 that my father passed down to me awhile back. The series can be seen here (along with some other “bonding” shots from the weekend). My personal favorite ornament is the yellow bike pictured above. Having parents that were both avid cyclists earlier in their lives leaves you with some fun little velo tchotchkes. This bright yellow fixed gear ornament, complete with “true track geometry,” is no exception.

   

We’ll have to see how long I can keep the holiday spirit up. A trip the the White House Christmas Tree is always good for reinvigorating the cheer, and I’m sure it will be in order soon enough. Long time followers of Juxtaexposed will recall that the White House tree, or more accurately the yule log, was the topic of our first post almost two years ago.

   

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singin’ the post holiday blues December 29th, 2008

 

   
I am officially singing the post holiday blues.  Doing the whole “work” thing just isn’t as nice as relaxing with the family, eating/drinking, and getting/giving gifts.  I thought I’d put up this adorable little pup with a bow around his neck to try to bring some (minor) joy to others who are feeling a little blah today.  I found him last year around this time keeping guard in front of one of the uber nice homes (mansions?) in Kalorama.
   
… fortunately New Years is just around the corner, woooohoooo bubbly!

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1 Year Old! December 26th, 2008

   

Happy Birthday to Juxtaexposed.com!! It was exactly one year ago today that we first tried to figure out how to make a posting. And now here we are, 309 posts later, celebrating the one year anniversary.

   
Some other stats for those of you with mathematical brains:
- 309 posts: 84.65% post to day percentage, 118% post to work-day percentage  
- 497 comments: 160% comment to post percentage  
- ~10,455 Unique Visitors  
- 41,884 Visits (~4 vists per visitor)  
- Highest # of unique visitors in a month: 1,339 vistors in October  
- Most Popular Day of the week: Tuesday, 1,282 hits  
- Peak Hour of the Day: 7am, 26,394 hits  
- Top 3 Countries: USA: 351,574 hits, Canada: 2,210 hits, Australia: 2,155. (the Netherlands had a good showing at 1,459 hits)  
- Most frequent visit duration: 0s - 30s (71%)  
- Top keyword search: DC    

Thanks for coming and commenting! See you next year.  
  
Love,  
   
Lori & Matt

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blur move. December 23rd, 2008

 

   
What is better than messing around with Christmas lights, long exposures, closed apertures, and a zoom lens?  Not much my friend, not much.  Hey, that is even how we came up with our handy dandy logo (with a bit of color tweaking in PS).
   
…it is the little things…

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post post post turkey day hangover November 30th, 2008

   
The results of our first poll (28 votes) are in with stuffing and sweet potatoes tying for first place and taking in a combined more than 50% of the vote.  This comes as quite a surprise to me but the loyal juxtaexposers (sp?) have spoken.  Personally, I was pulling for cranberry sauce (carefully removed from the can so the lines remain, of course) which only received a single lonely vote.  Having just enjoyed three separate T-giving dinners over the past few days I can certainly understand how Turkey, the supposed Thanksgiving staple and infamous purveyor of tryptophan hangover, would not receive a vote.  By my second dinner I took a little bit of Turkey out of principle/tradition but come round three I let the turkey, both light and dark meat, be.
   
As for the photo above it has nothing really to do with Thanksgiving, or anything in particular, but I took on my day off before Thanksgiving and I like it.  So there.
   
Also, Bread for the City is still collecting donations for their Holiday Helpings campaign to help provide celebratory holiday meals for over 10,000 low-income families in the Washington, DC area.  Just $28 dollars can provide a much needed and greatly appreciated meal.  I donated, it felt good, and you can still by clicking here. Thanksgiving has clearly past but Bread for the City is still accepting donations to for holiday meals during the Xmas season.

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National Yule Log December 27th, 2007

We took a walk to the south lawn of the White House to see the National Yule Log and State Christmas Trees. It was very crowded, even for the day after Christmas. The fire burns until January 2nd, and it is fueled by trees from the National Park service that had fallen and been marked for removal during the year.

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