What happens when a designer
has free time and too many things to enjoy.
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Halloween night at the club. A face over the board, still deciding.
Chess Night
Second DJ and Chess. Tighter portraits, a thicker crowd.
DJ & Chess, Feb
Music in the room, games on the tables. December 16 and 17.
DJ & Chess
Heads down over the board while the room keeps moving.
Players over the board
A club night that was allowed to look like a party.
Christmas Party
The first public night. A win over the board, and a room that already felt like a club.
First day in SCC
A quieter night: books, boards, and faces held in low light.
Book & Chess, Sep
Hapjeong, Drunken Jungle. A player reaching for a piece.
Book & Chess
New Year's around a board: December 31 into January 21.
New Year's Chess
A wider room: chess, cards, and enough space to see the whole table.
Chess & Uno
A night built so more people could sit down. The pictures are mostly the crowd doing that.
No Barrier Night
Los Angeles, 2024. The Pacific, a garden path, rocks above the water.
Lalala adorable scenes in LA
Los Angeles, 2024. The pier after the light drops.
Santa Monica Pier at dusk
Eastern Sierra, 2024. Tufa in a lake that barely moves.
Still Mono, still water
San Francisco, August 2024.
Sci-fi like moments in SF
Washington, June 2024.
So many Wa! moments in WA
Hong Kong, 2025. Candy-colored towers, a chop stall at night.
Warm lights in Hong Kong
Thailand, 2024. Fruit stalls, a ferry window, red in the shade.
Red, blue, and white. Thai!