Halloween Post: Cemeteries 2012

Oct 25

The last time I wrote a post about cemeteries, I didn’t time it so well. It was not long before Christmas and I realize death and cemeteries, may not be most people’s ideal for holiday time merriment. But for me I oddly love cemeteries and I think they are always appropriate to write about. But, given… Read more

Beirut: A Personal Account

Posted in Beirut| Lebanon

Oct 23

Late Thursday night I put a post on my Facebook wall which simply said “Missing Beirut a little bit right now…”. I left Beirut about 4 months ago and even though not every day was easy there, I have so many things that I do miss about that city. So I casually threw up that post… Read more

Following the Music

Posted in Japan| Kyoto| Music| RTW

Oct 19

I had been following the mountain path for about an hour or so through the countryside of Kyoto, Japan. I had already spent much of the day contentedly wandering around ancient temples turned pink with thousands of cherry blossoms and through soaring forests of bright green, swaying bamboo plants. In my opinion the day was already… Read more

Paris en Vert

Posted in France| Paris| Photography

Oct 16

This is Part 3 of a personal photography challenge I took on while in Paris in August. Part 1 focused on subjects en Rouge, Part 2 was en Bleu and the focus of today’s photographs are all about the color of spring, of growth, of nature and of life: Green! Rodin’s Thinker hidden among the hedgesOscar… Read more

A Tale of Two (Surprising) Cities

Oct 12

Paris. Rio de Janeiro. New York City. Tokyo. There are certain cities you just expect to love even before you’ve visited them. They are iconic of a certain lifestyle, a certain culture, a certain “vibe”. You’ve seen them in movies, read about them in glossy magazines and heard about them in song lyrics and you just know… Read more