Random Past Posts
Cartagena: Caribbean, Colonial Colombia The movie “Romancing the Stone” was set in and around Cartagena, Colombia. Viewers were introduced to a tropical country full of emeralds and bad guys. Another lasting impression: Michael Douglas taught America to mispronounce "Cartagena" – putting a "NYuh" sound More...
Blythe and Tyler Life never turns out the way you imagined it, and sometimes that's a very good thing. My nephew, Tyler, grew up in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, and after college he found his way to Chicago to try his hand More...
Tikal, Guatemala: After Dark in the Great Plaza Over a thousand years ago, the temples and altars of Tikal’s Great Plaza were the site of gruesome rituals of human sacrifice. At night, there are no lights, and the low, scream-like roar of howler monkeys fills the air. It’s More...
The Way Out West: San Francisco and Santa Cruz, CA I was a week early and about a billion dollars short of being able to compete in the America’s Cup sailing race, which started Saturday in San Francisco bay. (I also lack the requisite sailing know-how). But the fog parted More...
Cuba (Part 9) El Bloqueo A brief, mostly-nonphotographic post before I finish the Cuba photography series. It's impossible to spend a couple of weeks thinking about Cuba in the year 2012 without some focus on the 50-year-old American trade and travel embargo. The most popular and controversial topic in American-Cuban relations More...