Serra Shiflett Videos

This is a video of how snow affects Portland, Oregon, where there are no snow plows and nobody owns shovels or snow blowers, so the smallest amounts of snow (by New England standards) simply brings the city to a screeching halt. I've been out of work for the entire week and yesterday was the first day with over an inch of snow! Most days this week the roads were actually pretty much bare, but still nobody was out and the ones who were all had chains on their tires. It's a completely different mentality, and I find it quite amusing... Click here for Quicktime movie (in a new window) Runtime is just under 2 minutes Technorati Tags: snow winter portland oregon ice snowboard west coast headsoff serra shiflett

Chad and I went on our first vacation together that didn't involve visiting friends or family... just taking time to relax. We got to use a week of his parents' time share, and decided to trade into a spot in Mexico. Fortunately, or unfortunately, the time shares in Mexico all tended to be pretty ritzy, and in the middle of tons of other crazy resorts. I'll post a series of videos but this one is just about the resort... Click here for Quicktime movie (in a new window) Runtime is 2.5 minutes tags technorati : Puerto Vallarta Mexico vacation sun headsoff Serra Shiflett

This is some footage from the town an hour up the coast from us that was slightly less tourist-focused, but still pretty crazy. One thing about Puerto Vallarta itself is that its ALL about the time shares. You can't walk 4 steps without being acausted by yet another guy trying to take you on a time share tour, but not saying so up front. Well, we were actually invited into the restaurant in this video and were at first like "no, we're not interested" because we thought it was a time share. When he said he was just inviting us into his restaurant we decided to give it a shot. We were, after all, looking for a place to eat. But once we were settled in, he came up trying to get us to go on a time share tour! I guess the restaurants have some kind of symbiotic relationship with the time share guys. It does bring in business! The irony to all this is that on our last day there, we had a few hours to kill between checking out of the resort and catching our plane home so we actually TRIED to go on a time share tour, figuring if we could make a couple hundred bucks in our down time then why not? As it turns out, after ALL that hounding, we're not even eligible to go on the tour because we're not over 30! You'd think they'd get that out of the way right up front... hah! Click here for Quicktime movie (in a new window) Runtime is 1:10 tags technorati : Puerto Vallarta Mexico vacation Bucerias flea market sun headsoff Serra Shiflett

I did a lot of horse-related activities as a kid, first attending and then counseling at a horse day camp and working at the ranch in exchange for lessons. During my years of chemo and weakened immune systems, I was technically not allowed to go back to work with horses, and since I've been in Boston I've realized that I miss them! So, when presented with a chance to go on a multi-hour trail ride that included breakfast, lunch, and swimming in a waterfall for just under $50 each we decided why the heck not?? Click here for Quicktime movie (in a new window) Runtime is just under a minute tags technorati : Puerto Vallarta Mexico vacation horses horseback riding sun headsoff Serra Shiflett

Looking back, this was one of the most authentic-feeling moments we had on our entire vacation. Click here for Quicktime movie (in a new window) Runtime is 50 seconds tags technorati : Puerto Vallarta Mexico vacation bus guitar sun headsoff Serra Shiflett

After the horses we decided why not step it up a notch and try riding a dolphin? unfortunately, we weren't allowed to have video DURING the experience since they make a killing off selling photos by what they call their "mexican paparazi" (one of which is featured below, the one and only that we purchased). But you can still see some dolphins :-) Click here for Quicktime movie (in a new window) Runtime is a minute and a half tags technorati : Puerto Vallarta Mexico vacation dolphins swimming with dolphins sun headsoff Serra Shiflett

we decided to make Merlin a ramp so he could climb up to our loft bed in the morning. its pretty sweet. Click here for Quicktime movie (in a new window) Runtime is 4:30 Technorati Tags: Techhonrati tags: cat walk, loft bed, cat

I'm taking a film class this semester. yeah - film, not video. I've never worked with film before and its a little wild. I thought I'd show you my first creation. It's based on a funny little children's book called "Watch me", in which the character (a young child) begs her parents to watch as she slides, jumps, rides a bike, etc. At the end there is a bike crash. I have changed the story a bit in places. Well - ok it really isn't the same story, but it was fun anyways. Click here for Quicktime movie (in a new window) Runtime is 1:54 Technorati Tags: Techhonrati tags: watch me, jumping, sliding, riding, 16mm, film

We went to Porter Square for lunch and saw that an SUV had driven into the book store.

We had a good experience with craigslist the other day, and here is a video about it. Click here for Quicktime movie (in a new window) Runtime is 2:55 Technorati Tags: Techhonrati tags: foamlove seatserra shiflettmike machenrysteve garfieldheadsoff