waiting for the straight talk express

Sitting in an airport for 3 hours before a candidate's arrival can make your mind wander...

pink

Elizabeth Wang is 8 and she has broken 80 on the women's tees. I don't know much about golf, but that's supposedly very good. She's won numerous tournaments, so I headed out there at 6:30am to meet her last week.

stabbing

Charles and Berkie's son, Jesse, 22, was stabbed to death last Thursday night by a bartender that is "well known and has a bad temper." They were torn up but tried to keep composure around me. Although Berkie was initially apprehensive about the press, I think she found some sort of refuge and clarity in talking to someone her son's age and eventually opened up to me.

Mile High Music Festival

Here's my take from the Mile High Music Festival the past two days. It was exhausting but fun.



Here's the video I slapped together the morning before Day 2.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/videos/detail/mile-high-music-fest---day-1/

Pikeville, KY Dips

Catching Up -- This is the series of diptychs I shot during the American Diversity Project. The idea was to show a contrast between the wealth in Pikeville and the poverty in the surrounding areas, but it ended up branching out to a more general theme. The Web site has been up for a while now, but check it out if you haven't yet.

The multimedia is pretty impressive.

Emote

Xcel energy announced today that 47,000 customers would have their power turned off if they didn't act fast. This happens every year, but due to the dipping economy this year it was 140% above the amount cut off last year. Theresa and Cherise got the notices a couple days ago, but were able to contact an organization that helps low income families in situations like this. So, even though they both recently lost their jobs and had to recover from debt, they were still in good spirits.

Sans Pick Axes

Tonight, in the penthouse suite of an old folks home, the city held a town hall meeting between two young leftists and a whole room full of middle-aged concerned citizens. The two stood up in front of them in the stuffy room and pleaded their cause to set up a Tent City called Tent State University in the downtown City Park in non-violent protest during the DNC.

O

The Obama campaign opened a new office in Denver today. So they had a party.

hats and politics

from a local senate candidate debate...

nationals 2

I endured the vehicular earthquakes again today. It was the final day of the Mile-High Nationals. I know I make it sound bad, but really it's a unique slice of American life. I was happy to spend 8 hours in the hot sun strapped with gear I didn't use. At least I got Mexican food in the press room. And candy.

Here is the video from Friday.