Thursday

London

MMMM...bacon

Near Brick Lane, East London



Near Brick Lane, East London

El Saint Bono of the U2s

MMM...hot jellied eels, anyone? Broadway Market, East London


Monday

U2@Wembley Stadium, London, Night 2


U2 go really green for Iran during "Sunday Bloody Sunday"

U2 go Green for Iran


Either City of Blinding Lights or The Unforgettable Fire


City of Blinding Lights

City of Blinding Lights


Friday

U2@Wembley Stadium, London

Sunday Bloody Sunday, going green for Iran

City of Blinding Lights

The Unforgettable Fire

The Edge




Wednesday

Dublin sans U2

I'll Take You To The Barber Shop

Windmill Lane, old site of recording studio of some famous 4 piece musical combo

A somewhat interesting doorway, one I'll probably forget about

Oh, really? On some Guinness spittle encrusted pay phone?

While standing in the street to get this shot, driver yelled at me to "get the fook hell off the road"

Where your face plants at 2 a.m. after a few pints of Guinness

Dublin's most famous pub front, in tourist infested Temple Bar



Monday

Is Bono a knob?


Sign across the street from a bitter, ticket less neighbor of Croke Park stadium, where U2 played 3 sold out shows over the weekend.


Saturday

U2 in Dublin 7/25/09










Set-list is a little samey-samey but U2 play w/more energy than guys half their age. Incredible, what a crowd. U2 in Dublin freaking Ireland!


Tuesday

Vino Italiano a Los Angeles


I currently live in Milan and am enrolled in the Associazione Italiana Sommelier level 1 course. I plan to relocate to Los Angeles in early 2010 for work, and to complete levels 2 and 3 of the Sommelier course as well.

By virtue of living, working and studying in Italy off and on since 1991, I have an extensive knowledge of Italian food and wine: regions, producers, grape varietals, vinification techniques, terroir, abbinamenti (Italian food and wine pairings), and earned a Masters in Gastronomic Sciences at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Colorno, Italy, March 2007.

As a commercially successful travel photographer, published writer and author of two food and wine blogs with a large following, I bring a strong creative and intellectual aesthetic to the Italian wine community.

From working in a 400 year old salumeria in Modena, to leading guided tours of an acetaia of traditional balsamic vinegar, helping build a Southern Italian wine list in New York City and working in a shop specializing in Italian wines, I have had the practical experience and pleasure of working with a demanding and knowledgeable clientele

Listed below are links to my photography website, blog addresses, Twitter profile, a published article on Lambrusco and the cover image of Frommer's 2006 Northern Italy guide.

I would also like to list the following people as a reference:

Ceri Smith, owner, Biondivino Wine Boutique, San Francisco. I worked in her store two years ago.

Carlo Petrini, founder, Slow Food International. Spent a lot of time dining with Carlo and sharing view points about food and sustainability during 2006-2007, when I was studying for my Masters in Colorno, Italy.

Paolo Ferrarini, Director, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Colorno campus.

Warm regards,

Adrian Reynolds


www.adrianreynoldsphotography.com

http://culatelloblog.blogspot.com/

http://piccologastronomo.blogspot.com/

http://twitter.com/GnoccoFritto

http://www.tablehopper.com/2008/08/wino-adian-reynolds-on-lambrusco.html

http://www.frommers.com/bookstore/0471773417.html#

U2 Milano 07/07/2009




Great show, had field access. "Beautiful Day" was incandescent, so was "Unforgettable Fire". Stadio San Siro is LOUD!!!


U2 Opening Night in Barcelona 30/06/09





Absolutely stunning show...U2 brought dusted off old classics like "The Unforgettable Fire" and "Ultraviolet (Light My Way)", and revitalized "Where The Streets Have No Name" by teasing out a long intro and bringing back the red screens like back in the day. During "Angel of Harlem", Bono added snippets of "Man in the Mirror" and "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" as a tribute to Michael Jackson. The band even connected w/astronauts from the International Space Station, supposedly live from Outer Space. But it dragged on too long and was kind of lame. The Desmond Tutu speech was surprisingly cool and a little funny (the Arch's intonation perhaps), inserted as a segue between "Walk On" and "...Streets".

Bono seemed to have lost focus, or lost energy towards the end of the show, and the group as a whole botched "One", and had to re-start it in the middle. "Moment of Surrender" from No Line on the Horizon closed the show.


Thursday

Foreign bank accounts of Iranian leaders

Foreign bank accounts of
Iranian leaders

1) Ali Khamenei
- Sparkasse Bank (Frankfurt/Germany) Acct.# 234075617: DM 112.1 Millions
- Corner Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct. # 217824: US$ 97 Millions
- Banque Cantonale (Lausanne/CH) Acct. # 71713: US$ 73.2 Millions

2) Ali Akbar Hashemi Rasfandjani
- Union Bank Suisse (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 223870390: SF 532.5 Millions
- Societe Generale ( Z urich/CH) Acct.# 30064183: DM 477.2 Millions
- Sparkasse (Ciborg/Germany) Acct. # 2957132: DM 238.2 Millions

3) Mohammad Ali Tasskhiri
- Societe Generale (Geneve/Ch) Acct.# 500032654: DM 280.7 Millions
- Midland Bank (London/UK) Acct.# 832-150270: BP 12.2 Millions
- Dressdner bank (Dusserdolf/Germany) Acct.# 8354783: DM 48.3 Millions

4 ) Mohammad Golpayegani
- Credit Bank Suisse (Geneve/CH) Acct.# CEO7680: SF 85.7 Millions

5) Bijan Namdar Z angene
- Union Bank Suisse (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 314380320: US$ 141.7 Millions
6) Habibollah Asgar Aladi
- Corner Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct. # 3983BHK: US$ 180 Millions

7) Ahmad Jannati
- Midland Bank (London/UK) Acct.# 92114016: BP 54.2 Millions

8) Abdollah Nategh Nouri
- Union Banque Suisse (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 2102120321ND: USD 123.9 Millions
- Deutsh bank (Hamburg/Germany) Acct.# 03223486: DM 64.1 Millions
9) Mohsen Rafighdoost
- Union Banque Suisse (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 2183130687: USD 122.7 Millions
10) Mohsen Hashemi Bahremani
- Deutsh bank (Munchen 3/Germany) Acct.# 1732736: DM 370.7 Millions
- Credit Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 928530FC: USD 178.2 Millions

11) Abbas V aez-Tabassi
- Corner Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct.# FAH7272: SF 97.2 Millions
- Sparkasse (Hamburg/Germany) Acct #. DFH72251660: USD 216.7 MillionsÂ

12) Hossein Shariatmadari
- Midland Bank (London/UK) Acct.# 34414011: BP 37.8 Millions
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13) Mohsen Rezai
- Union Banque Suisse (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 442760430: USD 78.2 Millions
- Credit Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct.# FAH7967: SF 52.7 Millions
14) Massood Movahedian
- Commerz Bank (Koln/Germany) Acct.# 3528817: DM 287.8 Millions
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15) Kamal Kharrazi
- Corner Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct.# AMF4567: USD 18.2 Millions

16) Ali-Reza Mo-ayeri
- Societe Generale (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 50024814: USD12.6 MillionsÂ
17) Hossein Kordi
- Corner Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct.#14710025: USD 14.7 Millions
18) Abbas-Ali Forooghi
- Corner Bank (Geneve/CH) Acct.# 12930034: USD 10.7 Millions