Dinner at Pan Asia! | With Aaron and Jerry ~ November 12, 2008

 

Dinner at Pan Asia! | With Aaron and Jerry ~ November 12, 2008

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From November 12, 2008

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As you may know if you've watched some of my older videos, I've been taking photos of food since before it was commonplace to do so.

These are photos of dinner at Pan Asia, a restaurant that no longer exists. It was a sushi Chinese fusion restaurant located in the South Phoenix area at 2485 E Baseline Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85042.

In these photos, you can see the sushi roll that contains shrimp. We did order other menu items, but the sushi roll was the most visually appealing, which is why it’s featured in the photos. The folder containing these photos was titled Dinner at Pan Asia with Aaron and Jerry. Although we didn’t take photos of ourselves, this was a special outing where our schedules aligned, and we enjoyed a meal together. We returned to this restaurant several more times until, like many restaurants, it failed to maintain the quality of its food relative to its prices and eventually closed.

Audio: "Home Videos" from a commercial royalty free pack that I acquired.  

Volunteering at St. Mary's Food Bank! ~ October 25, 2008

Volunteering at St. Mary's Food Bank! ~ October 25, 2008

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From October 25, 2008

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This is a collage of the mini vid and photos taken during the volunteer event at St. Mary's Food Bank where we helped sort donations.  

Audio: "Green Green Garden" by Chris Haugen from the YouTube audio library.

 

Volunteer Spotlight: Childsplay’s ‘Getting Near To Baby’ Shines in Target’s Storybook Season!

 

Volunteer Spotlight: Childsplay’s ‘Getting Near To Baby’ Shines in Target’s Storybook Season!

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From October 19, 2008

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These photos were taken during the volunteer event where I participated alongside Target volunteers to stamp copies of The Velveteen Rabbit with Target bookplates and distribute one book per family. The event took place before the performance of Childsplay’s Getting Near to Baby on Sunday, October 19, 2008, at the Tempe Center for the Arts. Volunteers were also able to enjoy the play afterward.

In the photos, you can see a bit of the behind-the-scenes action, the stage, one of the volunteers with copies of The Velveteen Rabbit, how the stamped bookplate looked, and a glimpse of the landscaping and sky at the Tempe Center for the Arts.

Audio: "Almost A Year Ago" by John Deley and the 41 Players from the YouTube audio library.

Light the Night Walk 2008!

 

Light the Night Walk 2008!

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From October 18, 2008

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The 2008 Light the Nigh Walk took place on Saturday, October 18th at the Tempe Town Lake Beach Park. It was the 10 year anniversary of the walk benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The Walk with also celebrates, honors and remembers those touched by cancer. The walk itself was 3.2 miles and started at 7:30 PM.

On this occasion I participated along with Target Volunteers who provides us with a Light The night t-shirt, balloons, and Target branded goodies. Texas Roadhouse restaurant was on hand with a complimentary BBQ dinner for registered walkers from 5:30 PM - 7 PM.

Audio: "Lament (Golden Light)" by Devon Church from the YouTube audio library.

Roosevelt Row Harvest Festival!

 

Roosevelt Row Harvest Festival! 

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From October 18, 2008

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These are photos from the 2008 Roosevelt Row Harvest Festival that took place on October 18, 2008 from Noon to 7 PM. 

Roosevelt Row is downtown Phoenix’s walkable arts district, home to art galleries, restaurants, bars and boutique shops in a landscape dotted by colorful street art.

Popular events in the neighborhood include the monthly First Fridays Art Walk and annual festivities such as the Harvest Festival you see on these images and more. 

Read more about this: https://www.visitphoenix.com/greater-phoenix/phoenix/downtown-phoenix/roosevelt-row/

Audio: "Harvest Time" by Silent Partner from the YouTube audio library.

Do You Vote? 2008 General Election Ballot ~ Arizona

Do You Vote? 2008 General Election Ballot ~ Arizona

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From October 17, 2008

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Do you vote?

These are photos that I took of my 2008 General Election ballot in Arizona, the last time I would vote for any of the two major parties for president of these United States of America.

One thing that I really liked about voting during the time I lived in Arizona is that you could be enrolled in permanent early ballot. 

Audio: "Solar Power" by Ashley Shadow from the YouTube audio library with the speed lowered by half. 

 

Welcome to No Tan Diario Chronicles!

 Welcome to No Tan Diario Chronicles!
El Diario no tan Diario de Kirby. 

The "No Tan Diario Chronicles" blog feature myself, family, friends, & includes a multitude of events at various points of Kirby's life, who is also known as Kirbs, Kirbster, El Kirbster, & others depending where and when in life we've met. 

It includes moments I've enjoyed and/or have been passionate about throughout my life include: Volunteering, Diversity & Inclusion, Art, Crafts, Video Games, Gardening, Cooking, Recipes, Music, Movies/TV, Graphic Design, Social/Online Media and Communications.

When the blog was originally created it was just titled as Elkirbster, hence the URL for it being https://elkirbster.blogspot.com/. Over the years I've updated the title multiple times. Multifacetico was one that was used for a lengthy time until coming up with the title, "No Tan Diario Chronicles. El Diario no tan Diario de Kirby." This most recent title is one that I finally felt captured the essence of what the blog was meant to be.

In early 2024 I decided to update the name to the corresponding/companion YouTube channel, which really is now the main place to upload with the blog an addition. With that update, I wanted the URL to match as well. However, I couldn't figure out how to do that without manually updating or re-posting every entry. Still, I wanted to keep the URL, so here we are now with this solution.

Beginning with 2025, non-video blog posts will be exclusively on https://notandiariochronicles.blogspot.com/, while YouTube video blog posts will be posted on both.