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Jimi Jazz was on my flight to NOLA

Neil — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:57:36 +0000

I went to New Orleans recently for work, and on my connecting flight from Dallas to New Orleans I recognized someone. I first saw him in the terminal at the gate and thought: “man, that guy looks just like Jimi from G. Love and Special Sauce”. Then, when I was seated, he passed me and sat two rows behind me. I was certain it was him… can’t be too many other guys that look like Jimi with his long, stringy red hair and thick mustache and beard. After we landed and de-planed, I asked him if he was Jimi Jazz… to which he replied “yeah, do I know you?”

He was a real mellow guy and didn’t seem to mind chatting. However, I talked to him for only about 5 minutes, because I didn’t want to be imposing and seem like an ass. I told him that my wife and I are big fans of the band and we had recently saw them play at the Hollywood House Of Blues. They were playing at the HOB in NOLA the following night… although I did not get a chance to go see them play while in town.

Photo courtesy of Jen Langman

Finally…. some Portugal photos for your viewing enjoyment

Neil — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:23:12 +0000

Most of you know that Mel and I just moved into our new place earlier this month, so I’d been super busy dealing with escrow and then unpacking and also working on various projects around the new house. On top of that, I shot a wedding this past weekend… and not to mention… I’ve been swamped at work with all kinds of fun projects going on.

Well, I have finally gotten around to posting all of my edited photos from my trip to Portugal this past April [read about that in this post]. Head on over to NeilBernhart.com and check them out! There are links to view the gallery, which will automatically transition through all of the photos for you… so just sit back and enjoy the show. If you want to see a specific photo again, there is navigation at the bottom.

Along with the Portugal photos, there are two other galleries for you to enjoy. If you’re really loving a specific photo (or photos!) and feel the need to decorate your space with it… there are links below each gallery that send you to ImageKind.com for you to purchase a print of your very own. And you can even get them matted and framed.

Please pass this on to anyone else that you think would enjoy them.

4 Days In Portugal

Neil — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:50:40 +0000

Well, it’s actually a 6 day trip, if you include the travel days. I’m writing this from the bar at the hotel I’m staying in… this is the only place that they have an internet connection, so I’ve been stuck drinking beer and surfing the net.

I’m in Setubal, which is about 30 minutes south of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. I spent the first three days working on the Wind Spirit, which is currently in dry dock just outside of town. The Spirit is one of 3 motor sail yachts that make up the Windstar Cruise line of ships. The ship on their home page is either the one I was on, or it’s sister ship, the Wind Star. There is also the Wind Surf, which has one more deck which more than doubles the capacity for passengers. The company I work for just bought the Windstar Cruise company. Our cruise division is growing fast, and that means I’ll be traveling a lot more than I have been.

On the ship, the previous owner, Holland America Line, had already planned on upgrading the systems. So, I got to assist in racking all of the new equipment (new servers and a SAN) to prep it for the new software being installed soon. Each of the three Windstar vessels as well as 6 of our other (Majestic America Line) vessels are getting the software.

With the work done, and no flights home until my scheduled flight on Monday, I spent the day photographing the sights. When I say I spent the day, I really mean the whole day. At 8AM I was in downtown Setubal shooting, and then went into Lisbon and spend 4 hours there, then back down to the docks of Setubal. I got back to my hotel at 8PM, so that’s a solid 12 hours of photography… oh yeah, and lots and lots of walking. I’m guessing I clocked in a good 12-14 miles of walking today. My legs can testify to that, they’re aching. And I’m guessing that excluding work-related photos of the systems on board the ship, I have about 350-375 photos to sift through when I return home.

So, I fly back tomorrow morning… and I can’t wait. I really miss Melanie, especially when I was walking through Lisbon constantly amazed at how beautiful everything is. Whenever I saw something spectacular, I thought to myself … “I wish Melanie was here with me to see this.”

And, Lauren’s soccer team “Black Magic” had their 3rd win of the season. I missed the game since I’m traveling, but Melanie and her mom went to the game to support the team.

Stay tuned for links to the photos that I deem fit for keeping. Just give me a few days or so to process them… I can’t just take photos and upload them, I have some special processing I do to them to make them super special.