Travel: Amsterdam Canals
My last two posts pertained to Venice, which was the first half of a canal-themed trip that partner Carol and I recently took to celebrate the New Year. It’s now…
Travel: Venice – An Aging City
Some cities have no counterpart because they are so unique – and Venice easily falls into this “one-of-a-kind” category. As I mentioned in my last post, cars don’t exist in…
Travel: Venice Canals
I described in my last post how partner Carol and I were about to embark on a canal-themed vacation: Five nights in Venice followed by another five nights in Amsterdam. …
Travel: Prague Canal
This post will be short-and-sweet because partner Carol and I catch a flight in 12 hours for our first vacation in 14 months. The trip has a definite canal theme,…
Rue de Paris
Marie Antoinette would have been flabbergasted by the news. For the non-history buffs, Antoinette – the daughter of Holy Roman Empress Maria Teresa and the wife of King Louis XVI…
Wintry Capitol: U.S. Capitol Building
I am pleased to report that notwithstanding last week’s tumultuous midterm elections, the U.S. Capitol Building is alive and well. Whether Congress will actually accomplish anything in its hallowed halls…
1st Ave and Pergola Seattle Washington
Any longtime Seattleite knows Pioneer Square is Seattle’s original downtown. (This needs an asterisk, however, because as those who have ever taken the Underground Tour know, the present-day Pioneer Square…
Image of the Week: Edinburgh Rooftops
Let’s make it a threefer! Two posts ago, this devout Anglophile finally got his act together by featuring an image from the United Kingdom. (It was a shot from London…
Image of the Week: Bath Vista
I’m on a roll! Since I had never featured an image from the United Kingdom until my last post, I thought I would follow it up with another. Let me…
Piccadilly Circus in the A.M.
Shame on me. Even though I’m an unabashed Anglophile, to date I haven’t featured a single image from the United Kingdom in any of my posts. Time to fix that!…