There are some places in this city that are pure magic. The New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx is one. And this spring they are hosting "Chihuly Nights," a twilight evening series with live music and an illumination of Dale Chihuly's glass exhibition. Nightfall and the first installation I see is a blue stone glass …
Roadtrippin’ with Finn
Tonight Finn and I make our way to Jersey City. It's his first road trip and sleepover. Chester and I are traveling to visit his family in Western PA, and rather than leave Finn alone with a cat sitter he's staying at the loft with Andy. I've been harness-training him in anticipation of the big …
every day is a journey
Can you imagine traveling for a living? Or at least writing/shooting pictures for a living while traveling (or vice versa)? It's something I've heard other people succeed at doing but haven't tried it myself. A colleague recommended I check out the New York Travel Festival this weekend. It's an event designed for travel industry professionals and …
Siem Reap: Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm
The road to Angkor Thom passes over a causeway lined with devas (gods) on the left and asuras (demigod/ demons) on the right. The gates lead to the last Imperial city, where Bayon temple --most noted for the smiling faces of Buddha--sits at its center. The bodhisattva statues should be one of the …
Cambodia, A Sunset Tour
Flashback March 2016 Tonight I booked a sunset tour of Tonle Sap and the floating village of Chong Khneas with its houses, markets, villages & schools. I am solo, with a tour guide and driver. As we begin our journey, we stop to admire a landscape vista of lotus flowers, a significant flower in Buddhism …
Refuse, n.
mondays and thursdays| red plastic swirls in the wind| trash can wanderlust
