CBS Boston: A Tour of the Taza Chocolate Factory

Posted: October 26th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: CBS Boston, Food | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

“The commute to a high school job had me driving by Mansfield’s century-old ADM Cocoa factory several times a week for a few years awhile back. What a heavenly smell, right? Wrong. I quickly came to believe that the production of chocolate is pretty foul smelling. Imagine my surprise, then, when I arrived at Somerville’s own Taza Chocolate factory recently, and the aroma was simply amazing. Not bitter and burnt like ADM or cloyingly sweet like at the Hershey theme park in Pennsylvania – no, this was something on another level: subtle floral notes, hints of spices, appetizing odors all around.”

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Photos: The Olson Pingrey Quartet

Posted: October 25th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Music, Other bands | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Way back in May 2010, I was asked to take some promo shots of Mighty Groove, a Boston wedding and event band.

Recently, the trombonist from Mighty Groove, Randy, asked if I could take photos of his jazz group, The Olson Pingrey Quartet. Here are some posed and live shots from their CD release at The Lilypad in Cambridge, MA on October 23, 2011.

I had a bit of fun with some of the individual portraits and put them together into a collage:

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