London Calling: November 2014 (Part 1)
In recent years, Museum of Photographic Art’s (MOPA) annual international trip has become a yearly tradition we have really enjoyed. A few » Read more
Nihon-Go! Part 3: Alone & at home in Japan
Tuesday, October 14, 2015 The final third of my 2 week trip to Japan included a rarity, a couple of days to » Read more
Glorious Guanajuato: November 2014
“If you like San Miguel de Allende, you should really visit Guanajuato.” How many times did we hear this last year, on » Read more
A wonderful blur: 2014 highlights
We’re not superstitious, but 2013 was not a good year for us, being deeply marked by the deaths of both of Steve’s » Read more
Nihon-Go! Part 2, Kyoto
It had been 20 years since we spent any significant time in Kyoto, the historic capital of Japan for over a millenium » Read more
Nihon-GO! Part 1: Art pilgrimage to Naoshima Island, Japan
Preparing for this trip to Japan required both mental and physical origami. The mental gymnastics? Only coordinating 3 different itineraries (for Steve, » Read more
South of France summers: On Jean Cocteau’s trail
The South of France seems to summon the very essence of summer: blue skies, sidewalk seating at cafes, winding narrow back roads » Read more
White sharks: Guadalupe Island, Mexico
Rolling, rolling, our boat, the Horizon, tosses us from side to side as though possessed as it plows its way southwest from » Read more
Enigmatic Iceland: Part 3
We had been planning our second trip to Iceland for 3 years, ever since the organizers of the radiology meeting we were » Read more
Enigmatic Iceland: Part 2
We found Reykjavik and Iceland to have both some surprising culinary delights, as well as a certain repetitive monotony. This post will » Read more