Patty & Kevin

OK, so this post is a little late, but better now than never. My family and I went down to Burke, VA the weekend of July 15,2006 for Patty Merida & Kevin Tracy's wedding. We had a blast. It was my first time being in a wedding party. I have known Kev and his brother Jim since the summer before kindergarten as well as fellow groomsman Patrick Hatcher. It was a great reunion to say the least. Some highlights of the trip were Jim's dog Achilles, his brand new son Joe, meeting the Merida family, Poo-Pa's nasal hair speech, Father Dan's mass, Jim's killer best man speech, the post wedding beer party in my parent's room, the one and only Uncle Jack, and of course paying a visit to Pat's Steaks in Philly on the way home. I hope to have this much fun at my wedding. Wait a minute - I am already married!

Links:
Bill's Pics
The Official Merida-Tracy Site

Diddy

Friday night was a long one. I shot an extended interview with P. Diddy a.k.a Sean Combs. I got to Diddy's crib at 7pm and didn't leave until 7:30am on Saturday. We shot 65 rolls of Kodak Double-X B&W negative film. That's a lot of film - about 12 hours worth. Kodak was happy and we got some in-depth stuff with Diddy. It was a challenge for me to shoot a dark skined dude in the corner of 2 white walls, but I have been doing lots of praying to the film gods and hope that it comes out cool. I'll post up when I know when & where you can catch it.

The Stallion Has Arrived!!!

After 10 months of waiting, my new road bike has finally arrived! Back in September I went to Smart Cycles in Norwalk, CT where the Italian master frame builder, Antonio Mondonico, fit me for a custom road bike. Antonio has had an amazing career making the finest steel frames, which have graced the podiums of The Tour de France and Giro de Italia. The closest I will ever come to standing on a podium is the steps of the old Millwood train station on the North County Trailway!!! Nerveless, I am really lucky to have this frame because it fits me like a custom suit and it is one of the last frames the master ever built - Antonio retired after making this batch of frames.

So, the birth of The Stallion went like this. Antonio comes from Italy to Smart Cycles to fit me. Antonio goes back to Italy and makes the gorgeous steel frame and fork. The frame was then shipped back to Smart Cycles and Alex sent it out to California where it was painted matte black with silver pinstripes. Then the frame was shipped back to Smart Cycles. Alex did another fitting session with me to get all the components set up correctly like the saddle height, handle bar height, etc... Then he assembled it and now I ride it!

Here are my pictures of The Stallion:
Bill's Mondonico Pictures

Bold Moves

Well, if you have been reading this blog you know that I have been shooting a series of 50 short documentary films for The Ford Motor Company. All the content will be broadcast on Ford's web site and a new film will be released every week. The first film was launched a few days ago. Here is the link:

Ford Bold Moves