Album: Universal Studios' Portofino Bay Hotel with Friends, December 27, 2003
Just some goofing-around shots from the spectacular Portofino Bay hotel, a short distance from Universal Studios Florida.

Album: Carlos' Birthday Party, December 21, 2003
Shots from the surprise birthday party for Carlos—drummer for Ádamas.

Album: Disney Parks with Friends, December 4, 2003
Some friends and I spent a day at some of the Disney parks. I still had my seasonal pass, but props to Emory (a Disney employee) who arranged admission for the others. Fair warning, this album was more about shots of us than of things at Disney. P.S. - Jeff had his digital camera along, too, and he put his pictures online as well, but he prefers his album stay out of the general public eye. If you want to see those photos, drop me a line and I'll point you to his album.

Album: Ádamas and Runnin' Blind at Reilly's, November 28, 2003
Local bands Ádamas and Runnin' Blind performing at Reilly's Lantern Pub near Universal Studios. Ádamas is sounding better and better every time I hear their stuff and are currently distributing their first demo. This was the first I'd heard of Runnin' Blind and, even without their bass player this night, they had a great sound.

Album: A History of My Vehicles (album to be perpetually updated, as required)
Admittedly, I've owned more cars in 15 years than a few people have owned in their life—an '86 Ford Mustang, a '93 GMC Sonoma, a '96 Saturn SL2, a '99 Dodge Stratus, an '01 Dodge Stratus, and my current '04 Pontiac Vibe which I truly intend to hang on to for a while.

Album: Clothing Don'ts, November 3, 2003
The youth department collects scads of items—especially clothes—to take on mission trips. Rosa decided to try out some!

Album: Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) Release, Tampa Apple Store, October 25, 2003
It was VERY cool to attend an Apple Store event for the very first time. I didn't bring my camera in since I was too busy with other matters, but I found these photos on MacMinute by photographer Jack Rowland: "The line for the Panther launch at the International Plaza Apple Store in Tampa, Florida began forming around 6:30 p.m. The doors opened right at 8:00 p.m to cheers an applause from the Apple faithful. Each person who entered the store was greeted with a handshake and a smile from the store staff. I estimate that more than 300 people were in line at 8:00 p.m. With a 10% discount on all hardware and the same discount on everything else in the store if you bought Panther, everything was selling at a brisk pace. I left around 10:15 p.m. and about 100 people were still in line, since the staff was controlling the number of people in the store."

Album: Holy Land Experience, October 17, 2003
An abbreviated excursion to Orlando's Holy Land Experience. This is, by no means, an exhaustive set of exhibit photos.

Album: Washington Trip, August 29-September 8, 2003
Photos from my fifth September trip (except for 2000, it's starting to look like an annual event) to visit my brother, his wife, and my nephew in Washington state. Riley's second birthday was the occasion.

Album: Pooling Around, Summers of 2001, 2002, & 2003
Has anyone put into words exactly why it's so hysterically funny to be holding your breath while every strand of your hair floats in a different direction and you try to keep your eyes open and smile as someone with a waterproof camera, doing basically the same thing as you, attempts to properly frame a picture without cropping off your head? Maybe we'll never be able to explain it, but one thing is certain—if I need a good laugh, all I have to do is glance at one or two of these!

Album: Disney Park Trips, February 21-22, March 16, & August 17, 2003
I've had seasonal Disney passes off and on the past several years and occasionally tool through the parks for a couple hours. This year, a friend also obtained a pass and we've hit the parks together from time to time. This album has photos of our visits to Animal Kingdom and Epcot in February (my brother was visiting so he and my parents also joined us two different days to go to these parks), MGM Studios in March, and another trip to Epcot in August—plus, some old bonus photos I found way back from June 6, 1997.

Album: Family Visit, April 11-13, 2003
Photos of, mostly, my cousin's kids. My relatives from southern California were visiting at my parents' house.

Album: Las Vegas NAB Trip, April 6-10, 2003
This trip was to attend the National Association of Broadcasters Expo. Most photos, however, are typical tourist photos of Las Vegas.