By Andy Denton on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 11:04 am
Wes, Kari, Grace, and Abby came to visit this weekend. It was so much fun. They arrived on Friday and we were able to see some small parts of the town. We ate and listened to music on the green at the Promenade, visited Charlotte’s children’s library, ImagineOn, at at Pikes, went to Elevation Church, ate at the Penguin, the Roasting Company, and enjoyed our last meal together this morning at Krispy Kreme.
The girls are so wonderful to be around. They are always so happy, cheerful, and incredibly endearing. (Continue reading…)
By Andy Denton on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 - 8:30 pm
Who would have thought that my best and worst haircuts of my life are now far behind me? And tragically these are by far my favorite pictures of myself. Ha!
By Andy Denton on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 12:36 pm
I snapped this photo last week in Beaufort. At first it didn’t look so cool. But, after a few edits with Photoshop, I think I have my newest painting for my house. I’ll be printing this on canvas soon. The only problem is, which rendition is best?
By Andy Denton on Friday, November 30, 2007 - 11:58 am
Here are some of my favorite pictures from this fall. These are just a handfull of the bazillion photos we took of Grace and Abby in DC and Beaufort. These girls are so much fun to be around. Great medicine!
I can’t believe that I’m an uncle again. My brother Wesley and his wife Kari welcomed Abigail Leigh Denton. She’s a beautiful, healthy baby girl. At birth she was 8lbs, 10oz and measuring 21.25″. God is good!
As the band Live put it…
I don’t need no one to tell me about Heaven. I look at my daughter and I believe!
By Andy Denton on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 9:27 am
What a great weekend!
On Friday, my brother Wesley got in the car early in the morning and started driving to my house. From DC to Charlotte it’s normally about a 7 hour drive. With Wesley’s busiest day ever (his press release was the front page of DrudgeReport on Thursday), it actually took him 9.5 hours. But, that was understandable.
When he arrived at 7:30 on Friday night, the fun began. I planned a fun filled, but no-stress weekend. That evening we ran up to Creation for dinner. If you haven’t been there, I highly recommend it. Then we rolled over to the Gallery Crawl in NODA. There, we first hit The Rat’s Nest where the Loose Lugnuts were playing. We hung there for a little bit, then checked out Dolce Vita for a bit, then rolled home to prepare for a big day on Saturday.
Saturday morning Wesley’s good friend, Brian, drove into town and joined us for the rest of the weekend. When he showed up we jumped into the car and headed over to the US National Whitewater Center, conveniently located here in Charlotte. This is a brand new facility, and it was quite impressive. We had a blast. After a short instructional, we were on the water and rafting class 2, 3, and 4 rapids. We were on the water for about 2 hours, of which Wesley and Brian spent a few minutes each outside of the boat being rescued. Ha!
After a long afternoon rafting, we bolted over to the Pengiun to refuel. Pitchers of beer, fried pickels, and one of the best burgers you’ve ever put in your mouth was just what the doctor ordered! After going home and watching a movie, we went out to Cabo Fish Taco for some dinner, then called it a night.
Sunday, we slept in then rolled over to Kenilworth Park to play disc golf - 36 holes! The first 18 were great. The last half was a bit taxing. (Thanks for Jared joining us to keep us honest on the scoring.)
By Andy Denton on Monday, January 1, 2007 - 6:16 pm
Every since my buddy Yerg purchased a pop-art styled painting of Jeff Buckley from a local artist for $500 I’ve been on a mission to figure out how the artist creates his work. The pop-art is more of a shadowed, posterized effect. So, I started playing with Photoshop until I figured out an easy way to create the same effect.
I loved Yerg’s paintings, but couldn’t see myself paying a guy $500 for something I could do myself… or almost myself. I got pretty close. I played around a few times with Photoshop’s image adjuster, then I read a few onlinetutorials. Today, I think I figured it out.
It still takes a bit of work in Photoshop. And, I imagine that the painter still has to do some sort of photo transfer or tracing from an overhead projector to get this on canvas. But, I’m pretty excited at getting this far.
I think I have my new family project. The photo above is of my parents. My goal is to add each one of my brothers. This should make for some incredible wall art.
You can’t hide from it “There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.” –Polybius (Comment)
Robert Scoble, step AWAY from the keyboard! Twitter is down. Scoble must be awake. (Comment)
Charlotte, NC - best real estate market! Based on these listings in my neighborhood, it looks like I have over $125K in equity in my home. That’s a 55% increase on my investment in just 5 years. Amazing! The real estate bubble is no where to be found in Charlotte. (Comment)
I snapped this photo last week in Beaufort. At first it didn’t look so cool. But, after a few edits with Photoshop, I think I have my newest painting for my house. I’ll be printing this on canvas soon. The only problem is, which rendition is best?
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