I think I’m going to just bite the bullet, deal with the weight, and carry my Nikon D300 with me every day now. Even though I’m still in the early stages of learning how to use it, I can see that it more consistently is giving me the results I want.

What’s funny – and is probably more about me than the camera – is that 2 years ago I had the Nikon D80 and sold it because I found it difficult to use. Now I have the D300, with far more options and settings, and I’m finding it an absolute joy. Maybe I’m just more ready for something like this now.

Anyway, here’s the crowd at Uno Mas last night. ISO bumped up to 1600 but with the dim lights best I could do was a 1/8th second exposure. So a little bit of blur but I’m quite pleased with how it remains relatively noise free.


A number of new dishes added to the Uno Mas menu so we sampled most of them. Below, they’ve taken the Spanish ham platter and added three Spanish cheeses to them. The one on the bottom right is Manchego, don’t recall the names of the other two, but we were told that the one in the middle actually costs more than the Serrano ham.

This is the lamb shank.


The Spanish roast suckling pig was the clear winner of the night. This is made fresh every day and for now they are only making 6 portions per day.

And some glazed tuna.


I’m told that since their official opening last week, Uno Mas has been booked solid every night. The manager, Yuri, told me about some upcoming specials they’ve got planned – Saturday and Sunday afternoons all you can drink (wine, cava, sangria) for $280; a “paella hour” where the staff will walk around with huge vats of their great paella; a late night tapas menu serving until 2 AM.

After that, over to Amazonia, here are some shots of perennial fave Icebox (but with a substitute rhythm guitarist). They were trying out lots of new material last night; their cover of Neil Young’s Rockin’ in the Free World was quite nice.









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