France

I went to France with 3 of my college photographer friends for 2 weeks.
We made a counter clockwise tour of the country and were lucky to be in Paris for Valentine's Day, Nice for Mardi Gras. We saw a concert in Paris, visited my friend Alisa in Renne, toured Mont St. Michel, took a night train to the south, bumped into an old Minnesota Daily colleague along the Mediterranean, had an amazing hike in Eze, sniffed perfumes at the Frangonard factory, and wrapped up the trip in Lyon. Here are some favorite features from the sojourn.

Birdman outside Notre Dame.

Royal guard in Monaco.

Guy sleeping on bench in Lyon. Benchwarmer?

Shoeman in Paris.

Jet trail and the French flag.

Tent dwellers on the beach.

Old man and the sea.

 A couple in Montmartre.

The small and the tall

This is my friend Katie's son Payton, 2, at our annual Day After Thanksgiving Get-Together.

All in a day's work

Michigan’s Chris Diehl cries out in pain while wrestling Minnesota freshman Mike Thorn. Thorn won 7-5 helping the Gophers to a 29-6 win over the 17th-ranked Wolverines.

Junior forward Gigi Marvin scores a power-play goal to put the Gophers up 1-0 in Saturday’s 4-0 win over North Dakota. Marvin recorded two assists in the game as well.

This is Thundapurr Drummer Boy, a cat that traveled all the way from Windpoint, Wis., to St. Paul, Minn., for a cat show. Very smug.

Money money money

A photo illustration for a story on how governments (such as Kenya's) have privatized natural resources to keep the economy afloat, leaving water to be bought by private businesses (like the Nairobi Water Company). And yes that's all real cash, and no I didn't really pour the water on the money. And no I didn't get to keep a single dollar, unfortunately.

Men's gymnastics

Here are some photos from a gymnastics meet I covered recently. I am not quite sure how they do some of the things they do but it makes for some good pictures.