You ought to be in pictures…

From Deirdre Fitzpatrick/ Sacramento:

It’s not over until it’s over and in Beijing….it’s nearly over.

Photographer Andy Ireland and I headed out to the Birds Nest tonight to shoot what we call the “ins and outs” of our story for nearly 30 Hearst stations.  It’s our last assignment in Beijing.

Let’s just say the people of Beijing are in a festive mood as the games draw to a close.

Olympic Show and Tell…

From Deirdre Fitzpatrick/ Sacramento:  

Most of you don’t know this.  But I love photography.  

It’s been a passion since I was a kid.  My parents still have the first picture I took. I was four. My dad let me hold his camera on a trip to Central Park in New York City.  I promptly took a picture of a fern.  That was back you counted the pictures left on the roll and rationed out how many you’d take of relatives you didn’t like.

I took 3500 pictures of my son during his first year.  I’ve joked that he thought he was one of the Brangelina Bunch.

I’ve taken 500 pictures since I arrived in Beijing.  Here are a few of the more random shots that haven’t found a home in the blog or my slideshows yet.

 

16 year old gymnastics star Shawn Johnson.

Imagine being 16 year old Shawn Johnson.  She’s barely old enough to get behind the wheel of a car but trust me, she drove this news conference.

The McCafe at the International Broadcast Center.

A frothy Mc Latte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love lattes.  The love me.  Ronald McDonald, on the other hand, I hadn’t spent much time since childhood until I discovered the McCafe at the International Broadcast Center.

 

Cup of corn at the Beijing McDonalds.

 Also on the menu at McD’s?  The cup of corn.  It’s steamed corn and it’s McTasty.

 

Sleeping on the job in Beijing.

And finally, this cab driver looks like your Hearst Argyle Olympic Team feels!