Memorable Places Web Design and Photography

Memorable Places Web Design and Photography
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Please allow me to entertain you with an excuse as to why our very own web site is STILL awaiting a remodel...

Storytellers have on occasion told a parable about an old cobbler wherein they ask the question: "Why does the old cobbler have no shoes of his own?!?!!". The expression refers to the fact that an old cobbler was so busy working on stuff for his own customers that he never got around to pounding out the leather needed for making footwear for himself.

So what does that have to do with a site devoted to doing websites and photography for others?
Simple...

This old parable applies to our situation at MemorablePlaces Web Design and Photography wherein we have been so busy making websites for our customers, and doing photography for the local newspaper and other clients that we have just not had the time to re-do our own website.

So, why would we as webmasters neglect our own website? The answer is the same that of the old cobbler's... There are only so many hours in a week and our children and customers must come before our own needs - including putting together a new site for ourselves.

In the meantime, please visit the websites of some of our clients and the other websites we have created over the years.

Here are just a few examples from the present to 'ancient':

	Los Banos Mayor Mike Villalta asked us to put together a VERY simple re-election website for him that included only his supplied text and a photo/header.
Los Banos City Councilperson Elizabeth Stonegrove asked if she could use our photography on her campaign website. She chose one of the shots that I took at the Los Banos Community Center groundbreaking for her profile pic on Facebook.
	*The Los Banos Chamber* of Commerce has entrusted us to design and build their official website! We are honored to have been selected. On September 22 we put their website on the air! We provided the design and photos and they provided the text!
*M & M Italian Restaurant and Lounge* M&Ms now has a brand new website - developed by us - to help them attract new customers and showcase their menu. The site is a photo-rich website and it is one that we are prety proud of!

4-5-12 - The Los Banos Tomato Festival Website The Los Banos Chamber of commerce asked us to develop another website for them. The Los Banos Tomato Festival website has just been deployed! The Tomato Festival will have fun and games for the kids, cooking demonstrations, vendors of all kinds, lots of entertainment, and much more.
	The Los Banos Soroptimist website is now on the air! We are proud to support the Los Banos Soroptimists and are happy to have donated (pro-bono) the website construction (sans text) and photography for this website to the local Soroptimist organization.
The Los Banos Rotary Club Website is now on the air! Not just because I am a member, but because I believe in the Rotary mission; we are proud to continue to support the Los Banos Rotary and are happy to have donated some of our time and effort to the website's construction. We also provided a very large number of the the photographic images, most of the graphics, and some of the news stories included on the site.
	The Soroptimist Sierra Pacific Region Soroptimist website is now open! We are proud to support our Regional Soroptimist organization and are happy to have accomplished the website construction and some photography (sans text) to the regional SI organization.
Guesthollow.com is a large website devoted to homeschooling. We developed and maintain Guesthollow.com pro-bono as a way to to give something back to the homeschooling community. Guesthollow.com features free curricula and supplements, pintables, timelines, schedules, and more. We present educational material and home school reviews, blog posts, and much much more. Guesthollow features HUNDREDS of free homeschool items (most of which we have developed ourselves) , information, and links to other outstanding homeschool resources, GuestHollow is a great resource for those who wish to supplement their home school or public school materials.
	A web presence devoted to the City of Los Banos California, OurLosBanos.com features information of all kinds about our city. Another pro-bono developed website, it features info about LosBanos parks, weather, churches, recreation, public safety, and a Los Banos blog with opinions on What This Town Needs. There are also news features and much more. You can read more about the Los Banos Ca. site here. Our Los Banos first went on the air in 2006
The Los Banos Henry Miller Wild West Weekend: This website was contracted to us by the Los Banos Chamber of Commerce. The site was developed to inform people about the event which commemorated the founding of Los Banos. The event itself lasted 2 years - Here is the original splash page we made as well as an example of an original inner page. Note the cool mouse-overs...
	The It's A Wonderful Life Webring: This award winning site about the movie "It's A Wonderful Life" has been featured in print media including Yahoo Internet Life Magazine and several newspapers! It is devoted to connecting websites of different fans of the movie. We even have one webring member who was a star in the classic film. MemorablePlaces owns, designs, and has operated this site pro-bono since 1997
Jardine's Custom 1911 Gunsmith: Jardine's Custom Gunsmithing manufactures beautiful, supremely accurate, and highly reliable custom 1911 handguns. John Jardine is a master pistolsmith who has enjoyed a well-deserved reputation for simply outstanding work since 1965 when he apprenticed under a truly legendary 1911 handgun expert - his uncle Armand Swenson. John has been a client of ours since 2001
	Los Banos Window Fashions We have developed a site for the nice folks over at Los Banos Windows Fashions. This site was designed with the look the customer wanted and features the products that turn ordinary windows into something special if not extraordinary. LBWF has been a client since 2007
Tactical Intervention Specialists: Former Police Sergeant and SWAT Sniper Mike Miller designs equipment such as rifle slings for police, military, and others. Mainly involved in designing precision rifle slings, TIS is well known in the high powered tactical rifle and police/military sniper community. If you would like to read more about TIS's success please click here to see the letter that the president of Tactical Intervention wrote about us and how we helped his business. Mike has been a client since 1999
	Civilian Marksmanship Program - (CMP) The CMP is a multi-million dollar nonprofit who is responsible the disposal of government surplus rifles We built a 200+ page informational and photo rich resource for the CMP detailing the M1 Garand Rifle's Nomenclature and Accessories as well as Detail Stripping and Assembly of the M1 rifle. CMP asks for and receives additional help from us on occasion and we debugged and revamped their main site page a while back. Most of the work that we did remains on their M1 pages as it was when they took control and responsibility for it. [We did content generation - photography and text.]
Germino, Amaral, and Jordan Professional Law Corporation - We recently completed this website for a Los Banos Lawfirm that practices civil litigation, family law, immigration issues and much more. Los Banos Lawyers .comhighlights four local Los Banos Attorneys who do a full spectrum of litigation.