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Vo’s Cafe

Rubin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:39:06 +0000

During my previous stay in Minneapolis, Star5 and a few others informed me that I should seek out Vo's Cafe in San Diego, and his legendary Skaht Sauce. Additionally I was to order the mock duck potato dish.

Vo had moved from Minneapolis to San Diego in search of nicer weather, but stated he was thinking of possibly moving back to Minneapolis due to better business. When I told him what group of people led me to his little hut, he instantly remembered and said he missed them.

The mock duck dish was no longer on the menu, but he said just for me he'd attempting to make it again. The food was great and I rather enjoyed the sauce. He wouldn't share with me the recipe. Charming fellow.

Photo Competition Number 1, results

Rubin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:04:14 +0000

The competition was close was close, but not so close. Both Alanna and I feel we did quite well in our abilities to photograph things and were very happy with our results. Out of the total votes, Alanna won by a 19 point lead.

Alanna
Text		11
Portrait		6
Black and White		8
Place of Business		14
Corner of Stockton & Post		7
Challenge 1: A Fib		2
Challenge 2: Intent		2
Challenge 3: Purple		5
Total		55

Rubin
Text		12
Portrait		2
Black and White		9
Place of Business		0
Corner of Stockton & Post		1
Challenge 1: Machinery		5
Challenge 2: Intellect		4
Challenge 3: Mark di Suvero		3
Total		36

To see which of the photos were mine and to view in a larger resolution, check out the photo album or just play a slide show. Alanna's batch can be found on here.

All in all we were very happy with the challenges this competition made us face and plan to do another one soon.

Lincoln Reservoir Black & White

Rubin — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:40:29 +0000

Lock Rock

Rubin — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:27:00 +0000

Burstein’s Dirty Liquid Secret

Rubin — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:31:56 +0000

Photo Competition Number 1

Rubin — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:44:37 +0000

Alanna Simone and I challenged each other to a photo competition, spurred off by an SFZero task. We had a total of five items to shoot, plus we gave the other 3 extra special challenges, for a total of eight photos each. After a week we got together and reviewed what we shot.

At first we thought it would be fun to throw the photos online and see if our friends could guess who's were who's, but quickly agreed that would be too easy. What we decided on was just to ask friends to vote on their top picks with no labeling on which photos were who's. So here we are, ready to ask you to take a look and select which ones you fancy the most. In the end we'll post the results if we feel like it, and most likely throw the photos online with more information.

Review and vote now!

Photo by publicenergy / Dave Wild.

Tataki

Rubin — Sat, 09 May 2009 10:38:20 +0000

Nicoles

Rubin — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:18:00 +0000

Ghostly

Rubin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:09:00 +0000

Celina Copper Bottom

Rubin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:38:00 +0000

The One Photo of Omaha

Rubin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:12:00 +0000

Kitty Cat Club

Rubin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:11:00 +0000

During my last visit to Minneapolis, I was introduced to this spot called the Kitty Cat Club. The building felt like it was setup as some sort of old factory, as much of the infrastructure for industrial devices were still part of the ceiling and walls.

The decor is a clash mix of a secret agent movie and a hunters lounge, and the lighting is simply amazing.

All and all I enjoyed the one night I spent there, and look forward to returning.

Morley with Hans The Moose

Rubin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:50:00 +0000

A Runner’s Dream

Rubin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:55:00 +0000

David Fine and His Lazy Eye

Rubin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:44:00 +0000

This is David Fine and His Lazy Eye…

This is David Fine attempting to counter balance His Lazy Eye…

Will and Qarly’s Hair

Rubin — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Flash

Rubin — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:25:00 +0000

I was testing out the built in flash on my camera. I don’t know why but I find this to be an extremely intense photo.

False Profit’s Stimulus at Cell Space

Rubin — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:38:00 +0000

The new Ardent shop space, a work in progress

Rubin — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:12:00 +0000

Reed Unsettled

Rubin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:05:00 +0000