"Brothers Under the Bridge," Pittsburgh, September 2011

Between the bridge towers, originally uploaded by DC Products.

I didn't post much on the blog in 2011, but I still wanted to choose a best shot from the year. With two trips to Pittsburgh, and this concert capping a wonderful sixth anniversary day, I decided to go with it.

My gracious, giving and loving wife allowed me to spend part of my anniversary at the Notre Dame-Pittsburgh football game with three college friends. Afterward, we reconvened downtown (my three friends and one of their wives joining us) for appetizers and drinks before crossing back over the river for a Reds-Pirates game. The night ended with a postgame Steve Miller Band concert, which led to this shot.

Another great year.

Day 352 of 365

Jefferson Market tower

Just to make sure I see as much of the city at Christmas as I can, I took the PATH to 9th St. instead of Christopher as usual and walked up Greenwich Ave. One of the first things that caught my eye at the corner of 6th Ave. and 9th St. was the shooting stars on the lamp posts along the avenue. The Jefferson Market tower made for a rather obvious framing option.

Day 319 of 365

A little fall left in Pittsburgh

A few trees and shrubs still held onto autumn, as seen from my sister-in-law's porch in Pittsburgh.

Day 295 of 365

Farview Trail off the Old Mine Road

On my third day of autumn road tripping, I explored the southern stretch of the Old Mine Road along the Delaware River for the first time. Looking for the remains of an old camp resort, I parked at the Farview trailhead on the east side of the road and walked an hour up the hill -- crossing the Appalachian Trail -- and back down. Only then did I finally figure out that the poorly written account I'd printed out from the internet was talking about the trails on the western side of the road -- which go no more than a few hundred feet before they reach the Delaware. And sure enough, there were concrete steps and sheds and other remnants of a long-gone riverside resort.

Day 292 of 365

Autumn brightness

A burst of brightness in New York's Meatpacking District.

Day 277 of 365

Big Bucks outside Starbucks

A lazy shot. I could've gotten closer, but I shot this from the driver's seat of my car after I parked on Ninth Ave. because I had a 13x9-inch dish of shortbread brownies to take into work.

Day 247 of 365

Light of the full moon

I tried to move around to get the streetlight from the parking lot out of the shot, but was unable to do so. Still came out pretty well, I thought.

Update: Submitted for plants

Day 79 of 365

Color me home

A two-pic panoramic on Greenwich St.