Gift-a-Portrait: 2013

Grand Prix of Houston - Day 1: The Main Race

IZOD Indy Car Series, Race 1

October 5, 2013

Reliant Park

Houston, Texas

Grand Prix of Houston - Day 1

Pro Mazda Race, USF 2000 Race, and IZOD Indy Car Series Qualifying

October 5, 2013

Reliant Park

Houston, Texas

Dallas in Monochrome

These are from a recent trip to Dallas. I did a quick walk around downtown, because I was short on time. All in black and white, and some in long exposure. Be sure to check out the rest of the photos below.

Coffee and Cars September 2013

Houston Coffee and Cars

September 7, 2013

Vintage Park, Houston, TX

Today is the first Saturday of the month, which means that it is the day for the monthly Coffee and Cars, which consequently means an early start to my day. Today started out nice... perfect weather to be outside early in the morning. Downtown Houston looked amazing in the distance (taken on N 610). 

Shoreline Boulevard

Corpus Christi, TX

August 10, 2013

Dianne and I drove to Corpus Christi for Cupcake Meet 17, but we arrived very late. Too late in fact, that majority of the cars already left. So, after taking a few photos, we decided to head off to the beach to take a stroll and to enjoy the beautiful weather.

Quick Trip for BBQ and Some View

June 22, 2013

Lexington, TX - Somerville Lake

For Dianne's 27th birthday, we decided to stay in town, but ended up driving an hour or so for some barbecue and awesome lake view. 

Michael

Whole set after the jump. 

Quick Tour of Seoul

On our trip back to Houston, from the Philippines, we had a 10-hour layover in Incheon Airport. So, being the adventurous (self-proclaimed) selves that we are, we decided to get a glimpse of Seoul, which was an hour away. We could have opted to go adventuring to the extreme by taking the rail, but we opted for the safer 5-hour day tour. We really did not want to miss our flight back, and we also wanted to avail of the airport's free showers before hopping on to the 11-hour long sitting.

Coffee and Cars - August 2013

Houston Coffee and Cars

August 3, 2013

Vintage Park, Houston, TX

Click on the link below for more photos.

Bike

These are just random photos from my adventurous ride around my area last Sunday. I have only planned to post these photos on instagram, but I couldn't resist posting them on the blog. So, I guess, enjoy? Enjoy!

Butterfly Dress by Hani

Dress by Hani Balagtas

For the rehearsal dinner before our wedding, Dianne wore this beautiful dress created by her very talented friend, Hani Balagtas. The dress was a gift from Hani for the wedding, so in return we did a photo shoot with the dress as a thank you gift. Some of the photos have already been up on Hani's blog for a week now.

I don't know much about textiles and dresses, so if you want to know more details, visit Hani's blog. 

Summer Trip

May 19, 2013 - June 10, 2013

About six weeks ago, Dianne and I went on a rather short three-week trip for our church wedding with family and friends in the Philippines. As much as I wanted to thoroughly document the whole trip, I did not get the opportunity to take pictures of everything that really mattered. I really wish that I took my camera with me everywhere I went during the trip.

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Today is Dianne's birthday, thus the post. I printed these photos to be displayed at the entrance of our wedding reception. Unfortunately, the wedding coordinators did not give enough effort to put the photos up. On the bright side, I get to post the photos, for the first time, here on the blog. :)

Happy birthday, Dianne! :)

Coffee and Cars - February 2013

Houston Coffee and Cars

February 2, 2013

Vintage Park, Houston, TX

This past Saturday's meet was unofficially the "first" meet for the year, since the January meet was spoiled by rain. Fortunately, last Saturday was welcomed with a cool and sunny morning, which was very favorable for both cars and people. There was a phenomenal turn-out of a wide variety of vehicles in pure Houston Coffee and Cars fashion. The spectator attendance on the other hand was equally, if not more, impressive than all the previous C&C that I have ever been to.