Steve Chevalier

2012-02-05T14:12:00.000-08:00

My newest addition to the collection. It's a Traveler! About the size of a mandolin when it's in it's case. No issues with the airlines so far!! People who see it in it's case often ask me what it is and don't believe me when I tell them this is a fully functional, 6 string, rock and blues guitar. Since the picture I've upgraded the pickup to a 1957 Gibson reissue. Much better!

2012-02-05T14:05:00.000-08:00

Amanda took this picture of me while we were at Smyly's Crab Shack. She was able to get a job interview out of this visit. She insisted that I post this picture, bad hair cut and all. Honest! The blue in my hair is from the dance floor lights!

Cajon Drum

2010-09-09T08:29:00.000-07:00

I built this "Cajon" (spanish for box) drum a couple of weeks ago from a kit from Music Makers kits.

It was fun to build and now that it's done, fun to learn how to play.

2010-02-16T09:55:00.001-08:00

Back home (at least for a few weeks) after being on the road for over two months for work. It's great!!

A pic of my back yard during the summer.

2010-02-13T09:36:00.001-08:00

It's not so bad having a weekend off in Paris. Figuring out the Metro was cool and saw a couple of sites. Will do a bit of the same tomorrow. Here's a couple of photographies from today.

My last week on the road. Visiting Corp headquarters.

2010-02-12T09:09:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of pics from the taxi ride to the hotel.

Current Projects

2010-02-10T14:09:00.000-08:00

My line of work has changed even though I still work for the same company. I'm in London this week in a training session for our European site managers to work with them on implementing a process for Infrastructure Security Baseline (a set of standards for running their data centers). I've learned a lot this week from a very smart group of professionals.

Next week I'm in France to work with the team there on our Disaster Recovery test. We are testing our primary European Data Center recover plan. I'm sure I'll learn as much from the talent there.

The images is Chiswick High Road, picture taken from my hotel room.

More recent pics of my kids

2010-01-13T08:09:00.000-08:00

It's great that I'll get to see them both over the next few weeks!!

The yard is looking good

2009-07-08T16:51:00.000-07:00

Candyce is doing some great stuff in the yard!!!

July 4th 2009

2009-07-08T06:32:00.000-07:00

Our new neighbors really know how to celebrate this holiday.

Back in time

2006-08-13T08:48:00.000-07:00

I found a couple of pictures of me when I was a teen. Too bad we can't stay young.

I think I was 19 and these were taken on the beach near Salisbury beach, NH. This would make the year of the pictures around 1971.

There's a slight differance

2006-06-06T22:50:00.000-07:00

I still have room for improvement. July 2005 vs April 2006 (aka, 70 lbs later);

My family-My Kids

2006-05-06T09:55:00.000-07:00

Amanda

Erik

Stuff about and by Steve Chevalier

2004-06-12T19:25:00.000-07:00

Welcome!

So, how would I describe myself?

Father; not always the best one but I've learned that the most important thing to me is my family and friends and that I always want to do the best I can at the moment and better every day.
IT Professional; I've made most of my living during my IT career as either an AS/400 technical person and a manager. I am currently working at Technicolor in Camarillo, CA and am the manager of the AS/400 Technical Services Team. We support 11 AS/400s located in North America and Europe.
Tai Chi teacher/enthusiast; I have been practicing Yang style Tai Chi for about 15 years and teaching for 12 of them
Musician; I play guitar (bass and 6 string, jazz, blues and some classical). I also mess around with other instruments.
Kind and compassionate person; Although I am not close to perfect at this I strive to have these as dominant qualities.
Someone who still struggles with the question "what will I do when I grow up". Even at age 54.