Wonderful Machine is Wonderful

I stopped by to meet the folks at Wonderful Machine last month while I was in Philadelphia for the MLA. Turns out Neil Binkley, the voice of WM and all around great guy, was taking notes for their blog. I also had the pleasure of getting to know their innovative founder Bill Cramer and producer Amanda Hanley over a lunch that went so pleasurably long into the afternoon I missed two trains before I checked the time!

Read the story at:
http://www.wonderfulmachine.com/blog/?p=2005

Then go check out some hotshots at www.wonderfulmachine.com

Laos feature now on newsstands

The feature we shot in Laos last October for Travel +Leisure has hit newsstands! You'll find it in American editions of the February 2010 issue or here.





Also, our images from shoots in Vieques and Hotel Casablanca in San Juan Puerto Rico ran in the November 2009 issue of Travel +Leisure as part of their "Affordable Caribbean Hotels" feature.

We'll be posting OUR favorite shots in coming days!

What we ate when we got back to Singapore

Here's a menu of what we ate during our first 48 hours back in Singapore, with Kristine and Esme's visit as our excuse.

• lunch: phad thai and tom yam soup
• dinner: James's pizza, with kang kong and golden mushrooms

• breakfast: pork, fish, and vegetarian porridge at Ah Chang
• snack: dragon fruit and dark chocolate
• lunch: katong laksa, rojak and lime juice at 328 Katong Laksa (see above)
  
• snack: nutella tart and pear tart at Everything but Fries
• dinner: chilli crab, buns, sauteed kailan with garlic, tiger beer, and fried, stuffed tofu at Jumbo

• breakfast: Set 1 (kaya toast, eggs, iced kopi) at Toast Box
• lunch: popiah rolls, roast pork with rice, chwee kueh, carrot cake (savory), pork and red bean buns, and sugar cane juice at Tiong Bahru hawker center (see above)
  
• dinner: carrot ginger soup and salad, chez James

See how repentant we were by last night?