http://www.caitlinchilds.com Wed, 12 Nov 2008 05:00:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My sister Elizabeth and her boyfriend Anthony came down to SR for a wedding this weekend. We went wine tasting in the Dry Creek valley area on Sunday. The leaves were turning a beautiful shade of red. But the best part by far was our visit to one of my favorite ... http://www.caitlinchilds.com/family-wine-cats-and-egg-hatching/ This weekend my friend Rigel and I went out to Spring Hill Farms' Peter Pumpkin Patch in Petaluma (say that 5 times fast!) with Rigel's 1 year old daughter Akasha. Akasha loved the pumpkins and Rigel and I loved the homemade Pumpkin ice cream. We took the opportunity to take ... http://www.caitlinchilds.com/pumpkin-patch/ This weekend was filled with friends old and new. I had a great time on Saturday night at the Section M reunion show at Daredevils & Queens, I took a lot of pictures, and made progress on my self-assigned task of getting less shy about taking pictures of people I ... http://www.caitlinchilds.com/photos-from-the-section-m-reunion-show/ This has to be the best mashup of internet memery and political humor ever. John McCain really should have known better to stand in front of a green screen by now, right? This too, is amazing. An LA improv troup brings "One Day More" from Les Miserable to a faux Obama ... http://www.caitlinchilds.com/why-youtube-is-so-awesome/ The benefit show for Free Mind Media was fantastic and I had a great time hanging out with so many awesome people. There were about a million bands and artists and we raised over 2 months of expenses for Free Mind in one night. I was honestly overwhelmed at the ... http://www.caitlinchilds.com/free-mind-media-art-music-benefit/ I just finished the design on the poster for the September 6th Polar Bears/Santiago show at Daredevils and Queens in Santa Rosa. I'm showing some art at the event too. Pretty exciting! [caption id="attachment_34" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Featuring the Polar Bears, Santiago, + more bands and a billion awesome artists!"][/caption] http://www.caitlinchilds.com/benefit-show-for-free-mind-media/ After leaving Arequipa 3 days ago, Elly and I booked a 2 day trek through the Colca Canyon. The bus ride was pretty brtual, 1am departure for a 5 hour trip on dirt roads. By the time we got to the town of Cabanacondor, the altitude was getting to me and I was ... http://www.caitlinchilds.com/nazc-peru/ After a late night series of red eye flights with a stop over in El Salvador I made it to the Lima airport to be greeted by my friend Eleanor, complete with a handmade sign bearing my name. Our day in Lima yesterday was fairly uneventful and didn´t really include much ... http://www.caitlinchilds.com/in-arequipa-peru/ While down in Bishop for my sisters wedding, I had the opportunity to check out a real California history landmark: the ghost town of Bodie, CA. Bodie had been a booming gold mining town in its day before being nearly leveled by a series of fires and ultimately abandoned. The ... http://www.caitlinchilds.com/bodie-ca/ My oldest sister got married down near Bishop 2 weeks ago. It was a great wedding and also served as a family reunion for both sides of the wedding party. I took a million photos, all of which are up on flickr. [flickr album=72157605835407435 num=10] http://www.caitlinchilds.com/sarah-wedding/