Forgot the Name of This Hotel But it Doesn’t Matter

Posted on July 7, 2010 - Filed Under Photography | Leave a Comment

I was sorting some old photo files and found this hotel interior. It was in Trenton, New Jersey, I think. Or was it in Hong Kong, or New Delhi or London? Dunno.
Home Sweet Home

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Meet the Beetles: The Goldsworthy Spire in Golden Gate Park

Posted on July 6, 2010 - Filed Under California, Photography | Leave a Comment

Took a walk through San Francisco’s Presidio a couple of weeks ago and saw how artist Andy Goldsworthy managed to create beauty out of destruction. Cypress bark beetles made a feast of some 150 Monterey Cypress trees and Goldsworthy built The Spire from those felled trees to celebrate the history and future of [...]

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Sri Lanka Doorman Turns 90. Has Worked At Galle Face Hotel Since WWII

Posted on February 20, 2010 - Filed Under Photography, Sri Lanka | Leave a Comment

A happy 90th birthday to K. Chattu Kuttan, the doorman at Sri Lanka’s Galle Face Hotel. He has worked there since 1942 when he witnessed a Japanese Zero crash land on the hotel grounds. I have stayed in the grand but musty old hotel a couple of times. In its days of  glory The [...]

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Up From Baja: Point Lobos Migrates North

Posted on September 2, 2009 - Filed Under California, Photography | Leave a Comment

Don’t know much about geology, but what I am learning defines me, in the nature of nature, as the insignifcant biped that I am.
Paid a visit to the Pinnacles National Monument. Not recommended during the summer as the temperatures regularly hover around the 100F mark. The best time to go is in the cool spring [...]

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The Hello Kitty Gate

Posted on April 22, 2009 - Filed Under Photography, Taiwan | Leave a Comment

Gate C3 at Taipei International Airport with a play area and piped in music that is not to everybody’s taste…unless of course you are a nine year old girl…or my daughter, who is 32.

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