Category:Travel
Blowing in the wind: I can still hear the sound even though it was many years ago. This was a supply tent, slowly being torn apart by the howling winds, laden with sand, ferocious enough to pit glass. The lighter items had long since disappeared, never to be found. Such winds were relatively rare but we were constantly needing new tents yet always hesitant to deploy them in case the ‘big storm’ came and we ran out of replacements. It […]
For Valentines Day I thought I’d post a picture of Paris, the City of Lights. Seine Twilight is a view over the River Seine from the Pont de la Concorde. Valentine’s Day is also my wedding anniversary. In New Orleans, eighteen years ago today, I married my beautiful and talented wife, and then I took her to Paris where we lived for the next two years, seeing in the new millennium before returning to Houston and starting our family. Happy […]
Today’s photo is of a New Orleans French Quarter Door. Or is is a window? This is one of four similar doors at 612 Dauphine. I was drawn to its weathered appearance, as though its had a hard life and been neglected for many years, shown no love or tenderness, a silent witness to all that has passed before and through it. According to Realtor.com 612 Dauphine is an 1,811 sq ft single family home built in 1916, was listed […]
Reverend Zombies House of Voodoo can be found at 723 St. Peter Street in the New Orleans French Quarter. I’ve never been inside but it has rave reviews on the internet. Apparently, New Orleans Voodoo is rooted in West African Dahomeyan Vodun, and mixed with elements from French, Spanish and Creole cultures. Nope, I don’t really know what that means either. New Orleans voodoo is related to but distinct from Haitian Vodou. The Reverend Zombies House of Voodoo is owned […]
Today’s daily photo, Angkor Face, is quite obviously from Angkor in Cambodia. At this point I don’t know which temple complex this face is from as I’ve misplaced my notes but its probably one of the gates to the ancient city of Angkor Thom. I took this back in ’92. I’ve always meant to go back but not yet made the opportunity. Back then it was still fairly hazardous, Siem Reap was overseen by the United Nations (UNTAC). The agreement […]
So today is Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day, Mardi Gras, Carnival. In 2012, Will Ferrell was the King of the Bacchus parade in New Orleans (who roll through uptown on the Sunday before Mardi Gras). This is my favorite photo of when he rolled by and I think a fitting way to celebrate the day. According to the International Business Times, Shrove comes from shrive meaning to confess while Carnival derives from ‘carne levare’ meaning ‘to take away meat’. In Poland, […]