Postcards: Ambiance
A few shots from a handful of hotels I’m researching in Stockholm.
Postcard: Backseat Driver
Life truly is all about survival, relevance, and that never-ending quest to make some kind of mark others can relate to. Forging ahead in an attempt to stay one step ahead when, in actuality, everyone’s life path is different.
Stay your life’s course and once in a while, taking the backseat and helping others succeed can be much more fulfilling in so many ways.
Postcard Series: Balcony View of 2010
Fireworks photography from my balcony
Photo Essay: Snow, 23 Below, and Christmas Tidings
The snow-coated landscape looked eerily post-apocalyptic with wind whistling as we both trudged through knee-deep white powder. We’d occasionally catch swaying tree branches from the corner of our eyes. Like apparitions…
Covering Stockholm for Hemispheres
For its “One City, Five Hours” department, I wrote a Whirlwind Stockholm piece that takes you through Sweden’s cosmopolitan capital city in just five hours: crisscrossing iconic locations, digging into scrumptious Swedish cuisine, and partaking in fika like a local.
Notes on Poland and Final Notices
As part of its popular Notes from the Road series, I recently wrote a piece, Notes on My Polish Informant, for the Traveler’s Notebook about the very beginning of my love affair with Poland. A country that blew away all my expectations with the warmest of souls. Souls that suffered so much and know what …