Winterthur Musikfestwochen

We were pretty excited to go see Iron & WIne at a free festival in Winterthur... we started early with some delicious brews in the sunshine and watching the various sound techs and groupies meander about.

Iron & Wine was a huge disappointment, and I think I'm being pretty generous in my assessment. WTF. Why would someone take wonderfully fragile songs and make them into elevator music drenched in saturated never-ending saxophone solos? I just don't know.

But we had a ton of fun - caught a solid rock 'n' roll act (Fai Baba) at the Albani club toward the end of the night. I was glad to see my new lens work so well in a poorly-lit club... this will be fun.

 

Molly starting to get animated about sound checking

The kids have the right idea

so close

grill masters

Fai Baba @Albani

Urban swimming

Summer came back for an afternoon today. The Letten is a favorite spot for bathing right in the middle of the city, busy on sunny days even midweek. I stopped there briefly on my bike ride home to test out the new extra super insane wide angle lens. I think I like it.
 

Schweizer Bundesfeier '11

We celebrated Swiss national day by participating in the swiss national sport of grilling in our neighborhood park. The lamb was delicious, the beer was cold, the people interesting... I took some of the pictures, the rest of them are by Elizabeth.