My fall 2018 trip to the United Kingdom included a few days in Brighton. I was brought up visiting Atlantic City in the summer, so I'm always curious about beach resort towns, and I had heard and read a lot about Brighton. It's still a little bit dodgy in parts, but I found the pebble... Continue Reading →
This is my preferred walk these days: Along the Coronado waterfront, under the amazing Coronado Bridge, whose gentle curving sweep takes my breath away no matter which direction I'm traveling in (to Coronado, from Coronado, or under the bridge, like above). From there I continue on the bike path past the golf course on to... Continue Reading →
Coming in for a landing ... My fall 2018 trip to England started with this low swoop into Heathrow Airport, outside of London. It was an amazing trip and this photo will always represent the magic of travel for me. With a few keystrokes (and a bit of money) you can be whisked off to... Continue Reading →
Coronado Classic. I see a lot of VW wagons around town, including two (a light blue one and a light green one) in one of my building's parking lots. This red beauty was parked on the streets and I just had to snap her, cropping out the license plate to protect the innocent. Coronado is... Continue Reading →
Oh, London ... you have stolen my heart many times now. I particularly like this photo taken on the Millennium Bridge on a chilly October Sunday. Obviously there was a race of some sort, but my favorite part of the photo is the woman at the far right, mysteriously hiding her identity. Is she a... Continue Reading →
Bookstore cats I have known and loved. I suppose the tradition of bookstore cats started as a practicality ... a good mouser is worth his or her weight in gold. But I find any bookstore cat I happen upon to be a charming addition to any shop, and this one—Twice Sold Tales in Seattle, WA—had... Continue Reading →
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 →
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