Red belly, blue belly

The red half of the city of Liverpool [Liverpool Football Club, a major club] played, and beat, the blue half of Liverpool [Everton, the 'smaller club'] last weekend. Although Everton is the older club, they haven't won nearly as many trophies as Liverpool. From a rivalry point of view, this is a little like having the Red Sox and the Yankees in the same city. The problem with this analogy is that then Liverpool would correspond to the Yankees as the more successful team...but the Yankees play in blue and white and the Red Sox play in red and white, so the analogy unravels.

Anyone, there was a thought behind these pictures of belly dancer Xandra: a blue session fading into a red session.

For whom the drum rolls

Baseball is not my thing [like a sport only slower]. Taiko drummers from Odaiko New England will be performing at the second Red Sox - Angels game tonight. So I may have to watch.

I was invited to photograph an ONE performance yesterday afternoon, at Avalon in Boston. They were performing for parents and students of Boston Arts Academy. What a cool way to spend an afternoon! Many thanks to Juni Kobayashi for the opportunity to shoot this event. Photos are here.