12.29.2004
12.27.2004
12.21.2004
12.20.2004
persian party
Persians (Iranians + parts of Afghanistan and central Asia) celebrate the last night of the autumn season (tonight). We call this night, which is the longest night of the year, Yalda.
This year we celebrated it one night early with a bunch of friends, as it had coincided with the birthday of a friend, hence a b-day party that we also considered as our Yalda party.
These photos are from last night.
12.15.2004
12.10.2004
12.08.2004
12.04.2004
the reunion tower
The Hyatt Regency Hotel and Reunion Tower, from the reunion station. Dallas, Texas.
11.30.2004
11.28.2004
11.27.2004
11.25.2004
11.23.2004
11.22.2004
shopping season
All you chic girls and guys, it's shopping season again. Remember, there are at least four shopping seasons per year in this country and this one is one of the four most important ones. You cannot afford to miss it!
Persian Gulf
Opposing National geographic's recently published map, which puts the fake 'Arabian Gulf' phrase in parenthesis next to the authentic name 'Persian Gulf'.
Photo courtesy of Pars Times and NASA.
arabian gulf does not exist.
arabian gulf does not exist.
arabian gulf does not exist.
Photo courtesy of Pars Times and NASA.
arabian gulf does not exist.
arabian gulf does not exist.
arabian gulf does not exist.
11.20.2004
golf
It has been cloudy here for more than two weeks now and often rainy and chilling. I like mildly cold weather but not many locals share this taste with me. Especially not the fans of our neighboring golf club. This photo was taken in a nice and sunny September afternoon.
11.18.2004
11.17.2004
Don Alfonso
Don Alfonso was Dora's father. Dora is my close friend Ahmad's Columbian girl friend. Both Maryam and I like Dora and her sweet parents very much. On Monday, he died of a heart disease that they knew about for some time. The couple were green card holders. Normally they spent most of their time in Columbia and traveled to the US only for a month or two every year but this time the INS officer in the airport warned them that if they do not stay long enough they might loose their status. So, this time they stayed a few months. He and Dora's lovely Mom were going to finally go back to Columbia in a couple of weeks and were very excited about it. Don Alfonso was going to have his heart operated the first thing after they get there. Too late, unfortunately.
We got to know them during their visits in the past couple of years and spent some quality time with them. The man was a lot of fun to be with. He is gone know and we all miss him. Tonight was the visitaion ceremony. He looked so calm in his coffin.
Adios Don Alfonso.
11.15.2004
persian night
Our Persian Cultural Society held a Persian Night celebration tonight. There were lots of poetry, music, and games. Many of the Iranian families that live in the DFW area (the Dallas & Fort Worth metroplex) showed up. It was a very humble party, as you can tell from the pictures (just look at the chairs below), but it was a big success for our organization. Things went reasonably as they were planed. Did I mention that I designed the 24 pages bilingual booklet of the program and chose the poems that were to be read during the event? Maryam (my wife) designed the flower baskets used to decorate the stage and recited a Hafiz poem.
This is after the show, when all the audience had already left.
11.13.2004
fall in dallas
Since an undeclared contest for posting fall scenes is going on in the photoblogsphere, I decided to let you'all know that Dallas too has a fall season. Well, sort of :-)
11.11.2004
11.08.2004
reflection
This is a 2" exposure, only for the first few milliseconds of which the light was on. Since my resources are very primitive, I had to ask someone to turn off the light very quickly after I clicked. We tried it several times but accidentally, the first one turned out to be the best. This is the original color photo and has not been toned or anything, only noise filtered and cropped.
11.06.2004
11.05.2004
11.04.2004
11.03.2004
11.02.2004
Why is democracy sometimes so impotent?
[update 1:01 am] Maybe it is not democracy that is impotent. Maybe it is just the old trick of scaring people to get their vote that comes handy once and again. Lets just hope that America and the world can stand another four years of the coalition of religious fundamentalists and corporate special interests in the White House. Lets stay positive.
[update 11/03/04, 21:10] here is a photo that goes with the day's mood:
from wideangle.ca
[update 1:01 am] Maybe it is not democracy that is impotent. Maybe it is just the old trick of scaring people to get their vote that comes handy once and again. Lets just hope that America and the world can stand another four years of the coalition of religious fundamentalists and corporate special interests in the White House. Lets stay positive.
[update 11/03/04, 21:10] here is a photo that goes with the day's mood:
from wideangle.ca
10.31.2004
Holloween especial
Dracula caught consulting devil in the dead of night.
There is someone behind the window...
10.30.2004
Happy Halloween
State fair of Texas, October 9, 2004
There was this guy in the Fair park that carved pumkins. I wish I new his name. This is one of his settings.
10.28.2004
Route
A few minutes ago, I went out to take some shots of the orange moon. That didn't work but I came back with this.
[update: 10.29.04] I cropped the image today. Chpped off about one third of the top.
And my favorite photo of the day
From Daily Snap
10.26.2004
Horse carriage
In fornt of the Marriott hotel, Legacy Town Center, North Texas.
and my favorite photo of the day:
From The streets are alive...
10.25.2004
Loft
This is an artist friend's loft in South Side, Dallas, where we had dinner last Sunday.
And this is a view of the Dallas down town from south.
The Reunion Tower can be seen behind the dish.
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