The day after Thanksgiving I went for my last hike of 2011 in the Catskills with Matt, Carrie, Franklin and Arthur. It was rather spontaneous, I first proposed the plan that Sunday to Matt, still itching to make use of newly purchased camp gear from our Arizona camping trip earlier in November. We decided on camping 2 nights and hiking a combination of 2 trails – the Wittenberg-Cornell-Slide (WCS) and the Phoenicia East Branch (PEB).
Recently, I’ve returned from an amazing trip from Las Vegas, Nevada to Phoenix, Arizona, stopping in Supai, Grand Canyon and Sedona. It was my first time to all these places. I have so many photos and insights to share, but first here are some panoramas I took with my camera.
While in Florida this October, I stopped by Crestview, to visit Stacey, one of my closest friends since high school. Crestview is a small Air Force town, sitting right on the outskirts of Eglin Air Force base, so I did not expect much as far as tourism goes. Her husband, Danny, suggested we check out the Armament Museum on base, I thought it would be a huge snooze-fest. I knew next to nothing about jet mechanics and history of aeronautics. Fortunately, Stacey is a former jet mechanic for the Air Force (yes, a female jet mechanic) and lucky us bumped into the museum’s director on the way in, who generously gave us an enthusiastic exclusive tour! What I thought would be a quick 15 minute fly by turned out to be a very thorough walk through. It makes such a huge difference when you are able to learn first hand from people who are so passionate about their field!
My road trip to Nashville, Tennessee ended with a high note – a trip to Hatch Show Print! This print shop is renowned in the print world, it is the oldest running letterpress shop in America. The front serves as a gift shop, the back as a studio and print shop. My friends and I were also very lucky to get a small private tour of the entire space by the manager, Jim Sherraden! Read on for more photos!
The sky gently rains to remind us that it’s time to go home…
I never thought I would be one of those victims you would read about in the ‘safety’ section of travel guides. It has been a little over a year since I was drive-by-robbed in Ho Chi Minh City, Việt Nam, and since I made one of the best decisions in my life.
Here are some of my favorite photographs of a few of the many vegetables & fruits I’ve encountered during my month long stay in Dominica!
Originally purchased in a gift shop for scuba diving, this disposable waterproof camera from Polaroid (yes, that Polaroid) failed to provide any photos past 3m, but did provide a lot of fun, anticipation and anxiety having to wait weeks to view these. None of these photos have been edited (with the exception of some cropping). Either the bits of sand and water helped create the grainy filter or the machines at my parent’s Walgreen are tragically hipster. We live in an age of instant gratification and waiting for this film to develop was well worth the wait. More photos after the jump.
Caribbean towns are know for their colorful facades and Dominica is no exception. Singularly, you may think these color composites were chosen by a blind man, but collectively, they help bring life to the streets. Here’s a collection of some of my favorite color combinations from the capital of Dominica, Roseau and around.
The Colonial Zone (Zona Colonial) of Santo Domingo is full of history and the architecture shows it. There are churches with a mix of Baroque paintings, Gothic ceilings and Romanesque sculptures. Patterns are always a characteristics I look out for; they give history, ambiance, balance and are used for more practical purposes. Here are a few of my favorite from the area.
Reminiscences of good times in the Dominican Republic.
A brief recollection of my road trip this February through March via photos of shapes and textures from a few of the places I explored.
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