For over 18 years, I lived in downtown San Diego, and while the next line in the song "Downtown" is "You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares ... so go downtown ..." it's really not like that anymore. In fact, it's a little scary. But here are two photos (above and below)... Continue Reading →
Last post, I mentioned the view from Fort Mason Center in 2014 during the final Comic-Con sponsored APE event (look at my previous post for all the gory details). Well, here it is. That's the Golden Gate Bridge off in the distance from Fort Mason's Festival Pavilion. Hard to believe this photo is two years... Continue Reading →
We sure do have some bee-u-tee-full sunsets here in San Diego-land. This one was taken after a Happy Hour excursion at my favorite Coronado restaurant with one of my favorite San Diego friends. We were driving back to my place and saw the sun setting as we got into my friend's car and decided to... Continue Reading →
You can pretty much see all of these photos in my UK 2022 Trip Diary posts (scroll down for them), but I wanted to single out a few of my favorite photos from each destination in that trip, before I lay it to bed. It was such a great trip, it's been a bit tough... Continue Reading →
Normally around this time of year I make my annual trek to New York City. I love NYC in the fall, but the last couple of trips (2019 and last year), I mistimed it and got there before the autumn foliage was in full-bloom color mode. This time of year is also "book season," with... Continue Reading →
The third and final week of my trip to the United Kingdom began with a return to London from the quaint small city of Bath, where I had spent the past three days … To read parts one and two of my trip diary, click here (Part 01) and here (Part 02). As always, where... Continue Reading →
Palm trees and lifeguard stations are two things that will always be synonymous with Southern California in my mind. This atmospheric sunset was taken more than a few years ago in Santa Monica, when that beach town used to be on my list of yearly visits. Sadly, that's no longer the case, so I'm glad... Continue Reading →
The second week of my epic 2022 trip to the United Kingdom saw myself and my friend Laurel back in London just as the official 10-day mourning period for Queen Elizabeth II kicked into high gear. Our daily mileage also really kicked in during this part of the trip, so I’m including what we walked... Continue Reading →
I used to go to Santa Monica a lot. In fact, it was the first place I visited in California, way back in 1991. Then it was filled with bookstores, all along the 3rd St. Promenade. Now? There's only a couple. The giant Barnes & Noble is gone, all the smaller ones like Midnight Special... Continue Reading →
Three years in the making! Once in a lifetime trip! All that hyperbole is true. And in the end (which should be about three posts from now, including this one), I had what may amount to the best—and longest—trip of my life. I began planning this trip pre-pandemic in early 2020. While I had been... Continue Reading →
Last time I featured a photo from the Farmers Market in Los Angeles, and wrote about how the old and the new were co-existing peacefully, side-by-side, with both the market and The Grove, a trendy mall built right next door. Here's an example of that in-play in Northern California. This photo from San Francisco (just... Continue Reading →
I apologize for the gross, punny title. This lovely photo was taken many moons ago at the Farmers Market in Los Angeles, and is also from my filter period, when I used a filter on just about every photo I took. This is from my beginning years on Instagram, way back when. I've since learned... Continue Reading →
Either the luckiest of lucky shots or the most accommodating seagull ever, I'm not sure which it is ... maybe both? This is one of my all-time favorite photos that I've taken and it's one of my most favored spots in the world, on the south bank of the Thames, right by Westminster Bridge and... Continue Reading →
One of the best examples of neon in Coronado is this amazing sign on the Villa Capri Motel, opposite the legendary Hotel del Coronado on Orange Avenue. I'm told they don't light it up at night anymore, so I feel lucky to have gotten this shot a few years back, taken—I think—when I walked up... Continue Reading →
"You and I travel to the beat of a different drum," the song goes and I'm always reminded of it when I see this photo I took near the Crissy Field area along the bay in San Francisco quite a few years back. I suppose "You've Got to Dance Like Nobody's Watching" would be an... Continue Reading →
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