While I definitely wouldn’t call myself a shop-a-holic, I do appreciate finding interesting, creative, artistic and sometimes just plain weird things when I travel. Whether its something for myself or for friends and family, if I see the perfect gift, I often find myself digging for my wallet even if I’ve just made a solemn promise… Read more
The hotel where I stayed in Lisbon was located on a major pedestrian street just off of one of the city’s main plazas. The kind of street that is filled with souvenir shops, currency exchanges and outdoor cafes with menues in English, French, German and oh yeah…Portuguese.Central pedestrian area in LisbonThis street also always had some… Read more
About a week or two ago, I wrote a post about a little photo challenge I gave myself while in Paris. The challenge was to take photos based on a specific color scheme. This post is part 2 where I focused on finding scenes of Paris related to the color blue. Here’s a few favorites that… Read more
It’s Batizado Week!! For those of you who do not know the Brazilian marital art of Capoeira, batizado week is an event full of workshops, music, international visitors and parties which ends with a festival and graduation ceremony. If you’re not a capoeirista you may wonder what this has to do with my blog or why… Read more
When you travel long enough, many of the museums around the world begin to look alike. There’s the glitzy fine arts museums, the ultra chic modern art museums, moody and hip photo exhibits and the underfunded but well loved community museums. It’s not to say they are not important in their own right, but if you… Read more
