Omaha Daily Photo

We need some tropical weather!

2008-05-28T22:43:00.000-06:00

Omaha is not what you would call "tropical". We have our really hot and muggy days in the summer, but the majority of the time, "tropical" is what we dream of when vacation comes to mind. This week has been rainy and today is actually pretty chilly, so here's a reminder that summer is really on the way!

El Oso Perez

2008-05-26T14:36:00.002-06:00

So, it would seem that last September I kind of dropped off the face of the earth.....or at least the Daily Photo world. I'm terribly sorry to have left without warning. Today's photo of a sloth at the Henry Doorly Zoo is to represent my hibernating through the winter and abandoning my poor little blog here.
I still take photos pretty much every day, and have more than made up for my lost blogging time on flickr.com.
Now that I have some business/login issues taken care of I would like to restart my city photo blogging. There are still many great things to take photos of in this city. And as another update: I have two new cameras since I left here!! I received a Canon Rebel XT and a Canon G7 for Christmas, and I couldn't be happier!
So, I don't expect anyone to still be checking in here, but if you do, I hope you will accept me back into the daily city photoblog world!

Animoto=Amazing

2007-09-18T02:05:00.001-06:00

Check out my new video! You guys have to try out this site!

Heaven will have a chocolate fountain!

2007-09-14T11:38:00.000-06:00

No celebration should be called complete without a chocolate fountain, and some great fruit to dip in it! This was part of the dessert table at the banquet that I mentioned yesterday.

Centerpiece....

2007-09-12T23:53:00.000-06:00

My church, Core Community, held a banquet on Sunday in honor of our campaign to create a community center.
Our vision is "To acquire a community center to serve the city that would also provide worship space. We envision a space that is a hub of multiple communities - artists, musicians, the physically needy, businessmen... Leadership forums, regional training, music venue, art gallery, social mercy..."
You can learn more about it at our website: www.corecommunity.org

Still celebrating....

2007-09-11T00:37:00.001-06:00

Wow, those shots look HUGE!! These were enjoyed recently to celebrate a friend's birthday. Yesterday we celebrated with fireworks, today with shots....we will see how we can celebrate tomorrow!

Long overdue video....

2007-09-10T02:07:00.000-06:00

I promised a looong time ago to post my little video of the 4th of July fireworks, but I didn't know how to post it until now finally Blogger has a little video button. So, here are some fireworks to start out the week with a bang!

Back to Ribfest...

2007-09-06T07:18:00.001-06:00

I kind of got ahead of myself....this is the stage where my friends played at Ribfest last month. The stage was amazing, and it was great to hear them on such a big scale. I'll post a video soon so you can all hear this great band that i keep talking about. In the meantime, go to www.myspace.com/chrissaubmusic where you can hear his songs. He even has a new single on myspace that won't be out until September 15th when his newest CD is released. If you are in Omaha, check out his schedule on Myspace and go visit us!

Omaha at night....

2007-09-03T20:40:00.000-06:00

After a concert the other night I was walking around downtown with a new friend. The weather was beautiful, and everything looked so pretty that I just had to take some photos. We walked around the lake on this path you can see here. Well, I walked along the rocks on the side of the path, and was reminded of the times my dad took me there when I was little. I loved to walk on those rocks, but my dad didn't so much like the fact that they drop off into the lake. Well, I never fell off then (or now), but I did sit down on them to take this picture. There are ducks on the lake/pond, and they swim up close to the rocks when people feed them bread crumbs. So, this is my take on a "bird's eye view" of Omaha's skyline.

Ribfest

2007-08-30T22:20:00.000-06:00

Here is another shot from Ribfest. These booths were in the bottom corner of yesterday's photo.

Update: Oops. I looked closer....these booths were actually to the RIGHT of the booths in the bottom corner of yesterday's photos. :-) There were a lot of booths!

Storm clouds rolling in....

2007-08-29T23:10:00.000-06:00

The last week or so has been full of thunderstorms. I love to watch and listen to storms. My friend, Chris Saub, and his band played at Ribfest. I'll post more pictures in the next few days of the booths close up, but I love this one of the clouds coming in. As soon as the band finished packing up and got on the road, it started pouring.

A question of Black and White...

2007-08-23T10:20:00.001-06:00

Most of my photos lately have been of music events, so I decided to give you a break from that and show you a little bit more of the city. This photo was taken at Village Pointe. It was not so many years ago that the most frequent dining that went on in this area was done by cows. Ok, well, really I don't know what exactly was there, but there wasn't much. Now, however, you will find a beautiful and classy shopping, dining, and entertainment area. During the summer, there is an open area where you can bring a lawn chair and listen to live music. My friend Chris, who you have read about before, has played there a few times. The area really is quite pretty, with flowers and sculptures in the roundabout driving areas, like the one in the picture.

Braving the heat.....

2007-08-22T14:22:00.000-06:00

Here is part of of the crowd who braved the incredible heat to stay outside and listen the music at the Taste of West Omaha. The blue and white striped tents housed some of the different food vendors who participated.

Rock Stars!!

2007-08-21T11:07:00.001-06:00

Here is Lemon Fresh Day again, along with my beautiful friend and amazing business mentor, Aileen. She wants to be a rock star and she put on a great show up on stage - for one song at least.

A Taste of Lemon...

2007-08-20T11:19:00.000-06:00

Here is another shot of Lemon Fresh Day at the Taste of West Omaha event. They put on a great show. I'll post a shot of the crowd tomorrow.

Singing at the Taste of West Omaha

2007-08-16T10:52:00.001-06:00

Here is my friend, Danny Garcia, singing with Lemon Fresh Day at the Taste of West Omaha. Roja, a Mexican restaurant is in the background. The stage was set up in the parking lot, and there were many food booths from different vendors, and tables set up all around the lot. According to the event's website, despite the extreme heat, over 15,000 people attended the weekend 2 day event on August 4th and 5th. It was definitely hot out there, but it was a lot of fun. When the guys played the sun was pretty much right behind them, so I didn't get great pictures of the stage, but some of the closeups came out alright.

Lemon Fresh Day...

2007-08-15T01:20:00.000-06:00

Lemon Fresh Day played recently at the Taste of West Omaha, and I will be posting a few more photos in the next few days. Also, more about the event tomorrow.

I actually watched another band!!

2007-08-14T22:53:00.000-06:00

I have a couple of friends who laugh because the only band I go to see all of the time in Omaha is the Chris Saub Band. Well, I recently went to a couple of shows of another band - Lemon Fresh Day. They played a couple of weeks ago at the Prestige World Class Lounge. We had a great time at the shows, and I got some fun shots of my friend Danny in the band.

Hello, again!!

2007-08-13T23:50:00.001-06:00

I have posted a photo of Myth before, but I had to show them off again! Omaha is getting cooler all the time - and this place is one of my favorites! Brian and Joanna, the owners in the picture, are fun and friendly, and extremely COOL! If you are in Omaha, you have to head on down to the Old Market, stroll around and take in the sights, then grab a table at Myth and cool off with one of their tasty martinis. On Thursdays, you can sit back and listen to some of Omaha's finest musicians.

*Now, really, if that didn't merit a comment from a certain lurker out there, then I will have to draw on some creativity that I don't think i have in me!! :-)

Band shot at the concert...

2007-07-26T23:50:00.000-06:00

Here you can see more of the band! The horn players joined in on the recording of the last album, and it is great fun to see them live!

It's been toooooo long....

2007-07-25T23:43:00.000-06:00

Here is my friend Chris (Chris Saub - I have shown pics of his amazing band before!) playing in an outdoor concert at the Village Pointe stage. They have an outdoor concert series in the summer, and it is a great family event. There were a LOT of people there that day!!

*PS - I have started a business! I am super excited, but that has kept me a bit occupied lately. I'm starting to get back into a routine again, so I will hopefully once again be joining the faithful daily posters! No promises - I will take it one day at a time.....:-)

A few more fireworks......

2007-07-09T18:18:00.001-06:00

Thanks for the comments last time! Here is another shot of the fireworks from the 4th.

Happy 4th of July!!!!

2007-07-04T23:21:00.000-06:00

I was lucky enough to watch the fireworks from the roof of Harrah's Casino, in Council Bluffs across the river. On the left is Omaha's skyline. It was an amazing show!!

Snake spit....

2007-06-30T12:14:00.001-06:00

....because really, what's more fun than getting spit on by a snake???

Worth the wait!

2007-06-21T01:06:00.000-06:00

It was great fun watching the kids wait for these buckets to flip! They would get so excited and would all scream as they saw the bucket start to tip over.

Sorry again, about the wait! I've been having internet issues this week. However, I do have good news!! I finally bought Photoshop Elements. I'm so glad I did. I didn't realize it had so many capabilities. Now, I can do a little more to my photos that pass them through a quick crop and enhance in iPhoto. So, bear with me as I learn how to master Photoshop!