food review: The Acropolis, PDX

[Food Review] The Acropolis, Portland, Oregon by Reviewer Rob [Origninally posted on Instagram 10-30-16] Man, That was so RAD! I’m here in PDX for the weekend on super secret Reviewer business and was hungry for a big filling dinner so I stopped into this roadside steakhouse called the Acropolis because it looked cool and then it’s an amazing stealth strip […]

Donald’s Mischief Defender

Melania on AC360 by Reviewer Rob No one’s really defended Donald Trump’s Access Hollywood tape, unless you count his girlfriend Rudy Giuliani, until Melania stepped forward yesterday on CNN with Anderson Cooper. It was painful to watch but elicited a lot of sympathy for the statuesque penthousewife. What else could she do? Her whole future is tied to the Donald. […]

movie review: SNOWDEN

[current events] In SNOWDEN Director Oliver Stone returns with pop culture intrigue reviewed by Reviewer Rob In Oliver Stone’s movie SNOWDEN it’s implied his lead character had co-conspirators in the NSA. This is unfair to the viewer because although the screenplay was a work of fiction the real Snowden was emphatic that he alone should have the target on his […]

antique gear: the Zeiss Ikon Contaflex

[Collectibles] IG post: my new old camera outdated cameras are only one of my obsessions by Reviewer Rob originally from an Instagram post here Newly acquired: an early Model Contaflex from the German company Zeiss Icon. Looks like the fixed lens version they came out with in the beginning before interchangeable lenses were included. It’s attractive and serviceable in working […]

photolog: Meegan’s Ink

[Skin Art] Meegan Had Some Sweet New Tattoos Talking ink: Low Gallery in Barrio Logan at a mid-summer show during ComicCon by Reviewer Rob I had both my Nikons hanging on my neck this night with the goal of playing around with their capabilities. The D5200 and D5300 were set on their fastest ISOs for a shoot at Meegan’s art […]

photolog: Mojave Desert In Yucca Valley & Pioneertown

[Photo Log] From last month’s Mojave roadtrip to Pioneertown three selected pics by Reviewer Rob The geography out there is exceptional. Lots of wind, dusty air, but the sky was impressive. Clouds would form and grow quickly. Then they’d disappear, blown away down range. I want to go back out there soon with my 600mm fixed focal lens and shoot […]