Wake-boarding anyone? I am far too old and wimpy to tackle something like this, but I do see people doing it a lot, almost every day when the weather is nice. But on a day like the one pictured above, that cold, grey water looks too foreboding to me. Want to see all my latest... Continue Reading →
I've visited Leeds three times now and loved it each time. This photo is from my last trip in September of last year. I had never seen this golden owl before, but somehow it seemed like a lost statue honoring Watchmen, which is appropriate, since the Leeds area is home to a particularly great small... Continue Reading →
Sometimes the best views are close to home. I am so incredibly lucky to live on such a picturesque island as Coronado. This is a short walk from my place and the Coronado Bridge is always a breathtaking sight, although we've had high winds lately, and driving across it is no fun when it's windy.... Continue Reading →
Last fall, I took a wonderful trip to England, which included the lovely city of York. Believe it or not, this was the view from my hotel window of Clifford's Tower, part of York Castle and it was taken on the first day I was there. York is an incredible maze of winding cobblestone streets... Continue Reading →
I don't go out at night a lot these days, but here's a shot from a recent walk home after a nighttime ferry ride. This is my neighborhood, facing the incredible San Diego skyline, and some nights—like this one—the atmospheric conditions and the lights of the city combine to make something really magical, like some... Continue Reading →
For my fiftieth Friday Flashback I picked this bucolic photo from the small village of Hay-on-Wye. One of the highlights from my fall 2018 3-week trip to the UK was my visit to Hay. Located on the England/Wales border (but decidedly in Wales as I was reminded on more than one occasion), this is the... Continue Reading →
2018 saw the passing of both Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, the co-creators of Spider-Man. The hero is one of the most recognizable and popular in the world, and a lot of that comes from Lee and Ditko's original 40 or so Spidey stories (38 issues of Amazing Spider-Man, plus Amazing Fantasy #15 and 2... Continue Reading →
This is my favorite part of London, on the South Bank, with the Millennium Bridge connecting the area around St. Paul's Cathedral to the Bankside area of the city, across the Thames. This is normally where I stay (right around the corner from the bridge) and it's such a vibrant part of an amazingly vibrant... Continue Reading →
I take the ferry from Coronado to San Diego 4 days a week, back and forth. It's an amazing way to commute (and includes about a half-hour walk each way, so I get some exercise in, too). On days when I get the smaller of the two ferry boats, the Silvergate (pictured here), it's even... Continue Reading →
The beach at Brighton in England was a revelation to me. While I knew of the existence of "pebble" beaches, I had never been on one before, so walking on this every-shifting pile of small rocks was a weird sensation, to say the least. The photo above shows the beach itself, facing the English Channel,... Continue Reading →
Sometimes you go looking for the sunset ... sometimes the sunset finds you. That was the happy case this time when I went for a walk at dusk in December and ended up behind the Hotel del Coronado. The sun set off a brilliant display of colors over the course of just a few moments,... Continue Reading →
This majestic shot of the Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern Museum in London is one of my personal faves from my September/October 3-week sojourn to the UK in 2018. The Tate is a bit high-falutin' for my taste (but I love their gift shops!), and it's certainly an amazing structure and a great reusage... Continue Reading →
We ease into the New Year with this lovely shot of my backyard, facing due east. I'm very lucky to have this as my view every day, and almost every day, that view is stunning. But sometimes, it's incredible. This was one of those days, as the sun started to set and two random walkers... Continue Reading →
One thing I will definitely miss this year: my annual trip to New York City. I've gone to the Big Apple almost every year since 1971 (God, that's almost 50 years now!). It started as a bus trip to go to comics conventions, but I quickly fell in love with the city outside the confines... Continue Reading →
Up in the air, somewhere ... I'm guessing this is the approach to the Portland Airport on one of my trips "home" to visit the "mothership" (Powell's Books). Portland is a little too quirky for me, but God, I LOVE that bookstore, and am totally fine going up just to visit that store once a... Continue Reading →
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