Steve Garfield's Video Blog

The Carol and Steve Show : Aspen

Carol and Steve take you on a short tour of Aspen, Colorado. Enjoy the sights, snow and soup!

Vote: Your favorite Carol and Steve Show of 2005

Vote for your favorite Carol and Steve Show of 2005

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Watch the videos:
Movie repository - Text links to each video I made this year.
( Click on Play Page when you get to the repository )

Visual Video Archive - Pictoral directory of each video I made this year.
( Hover your cursor over each image to see the Show Name )

I made 168 videos this year, 53 of them were Carol and Steve Shows.

The Episodes:
Episode 53 - Christmas Lights 12/24/05
Episode 52 - Christmas Tree 12/20/05
Episode 51 - Talk and Walk 12/13/05
Episode 50 - Hanukkah Rocks 12/7/05
Episode 49 - Thanksgiving Leftovers 11/28/05
Episode 48 - In the Kitchen 11/22/05
Episode 47 - Our Amazing Race 11/17/05
Episode 46 - California - Wine Country Part 2 11/11/05
Episode 45 - California - Wine Country Part 1 11/2/05
Episode 44 - Nantucket - Restless for the Sun 10/25/05
Episode 43 - Nantucket - Bikes to Beer and Wine 10/15/05
Episode 42 - Nantucket - Bikes to the Beach 10/9/05
Episode 41 - Yard Sale - Part Two 10/4/05
Episode 40 - Yard Sale - Part One 9/26/05
Episode 39 - York's Wild Kingdom 9/20/05
Episode 38 - Beer Tasting 9/13/05
Episode 37 - Summertime Balloon 9/5/05
Episode 36 - North End 8/30/05
Episode 35 - The Rolling Stones at Fenway Park 8/22/05
Episode 34 - Apple Store Fans, Part Two 8/15/05
Episode 33 - Apple Store Fans, Part One 8/10/05
Episode 32 - Red Sox Fever 8/4/05
Episode 31 - The Porch, Part 3 7/25/05
Episode 30 - The Porch, Part 2 7/18/05
Episode 29 - The Porch, Part 1 7/12/05
Episode 28 - Burgers and Beans, Part 2 7/4/05
Episode 27 - Burgers and Beans, Part 1 6/27/05
Episode 26 - In the Bedroom 6/20/05
Episode 25 - Ravi, Sonia and Ortiz 6/12/05
Episode 24 - Beacon Hill 6/6/05
Episode 23 - Vegetable Planting 5/30/05
Episode 22 - Betting on Bo Bice 5/23/05
Episode 21 - Freezer Cooking 5/17/05
Episode 20 - Mothers Day 5/9/05
Episode 19 - The Clip Show 5/4/05
Episode 18 - Planting Pansies 4/25/05
Episode 17 - Car Wash 4/20/05
Episode 16 - Sandals 4/15/05
Episode 15 - Easter 2005 4/3/05
Episode 14 - A Day in the Life of Steve 4/1/05
Episode 13 - A Day in the Life of Carol 3/30/05
Episode 12 - Skiing Lessons 3/28/05
Episode 11 - NYC Extra 3/21/05
Episode 10 - Greek Wedding 3/14/05
Episode 9 - Irish Bread 3/9/05
Episode 8 - North Shore 2/28/05
Episode 7 - Shoveling is Fun 2/21/05
Episode 6 - Shopping 2/9/05
Episode 5 - Wine Expo 1/30/05
Episode 4 - New York 1/26/05
Episode 3 - Workout 1/15/05
Episode 2 - Oatmeal 1/9/05
Episode 1 - Reality TV 1/1/05

The Carol and Steve Show - Episode 53: Christmas Lights

A house in Boston, known as The Castle, had a Christmas display featuring 100,000 lights this year.

Carol and Steve went over to check it out. Carol sat in the car while Steve took movies. Enjoy!

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyful Festivus and Happy New Year!

Music:
Natalie Brown
Jingle Bells

Natalie Brown music provided by
The Podsafe Music Network

The Carol and Steve Show - Episode 52 - Christmas Tree

City dwellers Carol and Steve choose not to get a fresh tree for Christmas this year, and instead, decorate a tabletop metal tree.

Have fun watching them remember past vacations while hanging the ornaments.

This video captures a fleeting moment that's real.

Music:
Doug Boldt
Deck The Halls with We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Music provided by
The Podsafe Music Network

Technical Notes:
For this video I used a GL/2, with a Tota light, plus a wireless lav mic on Carol and a shotgun mic on me.

What I think makes this a nice video blog post, in addition to the content, is the high quality of video, combined with the clear audio, PLUS the sweet music bed.

These are the settings that my encoding and hosting service, vblogcentral.com uses for my video podcasts:

Video: MPEG-4, 500 kbits/sec, 15fps, 320x240
Audio: MPEG-4/AAC-LC, 128 kbits/sec

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The Carol and Steve Show - Episode 51: Talk and Walk

In this episode, Steve comes home late Sunday from a trip to Florida, so Carol and Steve go for a walk in the snow.

While Steve was away, Boston was hit by a surprise blizzard and thundersnow. It always snows when Steve is away.

During the walk the discussion turns to vlogging and Steve talks about how vlogs are not trying to be TV shows, they are just capuring fleeting moments of people's lives, that they may want to share with family and friends. It doesn't have to be a big blockbuster for everybody.

The Eliot School.

Music:
Cheryl B. Engelhardt
Talk Talk Talk
from the album
Shoes Off and Run

Cheryl B. Engelhardt
music provided by
The Podsafe Music Network

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The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 50 - Hanukkah Rocks

Music:
The LeeVees
Latka Clan
from the album
Hanukkah Rocks

The LeeVees
music provided by
The Podsafe Music Network

Special appearance by:
Thoroughly Modern Mille

Happy Holidays
from
Carol and Steve

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The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 49 - Thanksgiving Leftovers

This week, Carol and Steve have Ravi and Sonia over to help them finish up the leftovers from Thanksgiving.

Music:

Emerge by Population4
Podsafe Music Network
music.podshow.com

Special Guests:

Ravi and Sonia
DriveTime.RaviJain.org

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The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 48 - In the Kitchen

This week we're back in the kitchen, where the Carol and Steve show began. Carol and I discuss the future of the show, why coffee is hotter than pasta and whether or not everything goes on the web.

[ Run Time: 4:28 ]

Mentioned in this episode:
Ravi Jain.

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The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 47 - Our Amazing Race

This week we take a break and show you a video we shot last year, before we started doing the weekly Carol and Steve Show episodes.

Please excuse the lag between the audio and video in the intro. It was recorded direct to disk via QuickTime Pro and my old Powerbook couldn't quite keep up. Just think of it as looking at an old time movie. Works for me!

Steve says, "It's too early to define it," which refers to Michael Verdi's Vlog Anarchy.

The Carol and Steve Show - Episode 46 California - Wine Country Part 2

This week Carol and Steve continue their visit California's Wine Country.

Wineries:
Clos Du Bois
Geyser Peak
La Crema
J Vineyards & Winery

Support direct shipment of wine:
Free the Grapes

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