Tag: Cleveland

Week in Photos

Hey, friends.  Things have been pretty busy around here the past 7 days.  I’ve been editing lots of family sessions, and gearing up for several photo events in Cleveland starting next week.  How was your week? 

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Week in Photos

Howdy, blog friends! How has your week been?

Mine was chock full of excitement, starting with the wedding of my dear friends Tony and Andrea in Pittsburgh over the weekend, followed by me relocating to the countryside for part of the summer. The weather has been glorious in Pennsylvania and Ohio, so it was definitely a photo-worthy week.

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What I Want for Cleveland

People often ask me, “Why Cleveland?”  It seems that there is a strong polarity in people’s thoughts about this city — either they remember that many decades ago its river caught on fire (though, from what I understand, this was not entirely uncommon for industrial cities at the time) and that it’s been in decline for awhile, or they are die-hard Cleveland fans and paint an oh-so-sweet picture of it as a small town with a great work ethic.  I’m not saying that either of those things is totally inaccurate, but I do think an apt picture of present-day Cleveland has yet to be painted.  Perhaps that’s because it’s still morphing into what it will be.

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The Art of Surprise – Transformer Station

When I was a little girl, I would watch Sesame Street, and then play pretend, saying I was from New York. Growing up in the city of Cleveland, I loved everything about cities — the cracks in the sidewalk, the neighborhood trees, the parking lot around the block where I could ride my bike. I fell in love with life in the city, back when I could represent my age on one hand. Cities were my first and deepest love. And, the first time I ever went to New York, I thought I’d never want to be anywhere else ever again.

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