Winter is Coming: Where are the bright lights? If you watch Game of Thrones or the 100, your viewing consciousness is filled with ominous warnings that “winter is coming.” Such a term signals that a certain brooding darkness is coming. Of course, those of us in places that […]
What does your travel eye see when you are filled with wonder? As you travel about you and snap photos from every angle, what does your eye take in? What does your mind take in? So many things stay in our periphery but we should strive to bring […]
The Wacky Perils of Navigating Gas Stations in New York City: Keep Your Mace Handy I do not drive. I have never had a driver’s license in my life. I did once get a driver’s lerner’s permit when I lived in Washington, DC. However, that ended badly […]
Twin Peaks is Being Revived: Let’s all Cue up our Eerie Mystical Dreams A few weeks back at a team business meeting, we were huddled around our portable heater device. I found it funny that some of us went around walking around with a heater. New York office […]
How to walk the city streets of New York Ok. Get your mind out of the gutter. This post is about how literally to walk on the streets of New York. I recommend you pay heed and use a cheat sheet if need be going forward. […]
Photos: Archeological signs in El Valle de Antón, Panama Part of what my son loves about travel is discovering old cities. He has inherited my sense of trying to be like Indiana Jones. When we visited Panama City, he had a grand time in the old city […]
Experimenting with Nightime Photography in Australia This past summer I had the grand opportunity to go to Australia. It was winter there and the conference I attended was a bit somber due to the downed Malaysian flight. Thus, while Australia is a beautiful country with stunning landscapes […]
I’ve Got the Monday Photo Blues I often lament about the Monday blues and how it is really Wednesdays that send us into a tailspin. Basically Monday through Wednesday is often laden with emotional rollercoasters. This Monday I am happy. I am happy because I do not […]
Ask a stupid question day: should we be walking around with our mouths wide open? News from the weird There are 94 days left to the year. It seems just like yesterday it was day 1 of the year. Did you know that it is world heart day as […]
Traveling the world with my son: seeing the struggle, resilience and endurance of people As a girl who grew up in deep poverty in the South Bronx where crack was plentiful and milk was not, I learned a thing or two abut resilience and endurance along the way. […]