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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Hold that Gift
Here at Holt Renfrew in late April, one shop window featured a fashionable play on the Mother’s Day theme. Retro washer, retro thinking, I thought – even as I was enjoying capturing reflections that blurred the lines between the tongue…
Read MoreMiami Style
Continuing with the Miami Beach theme today, Collins Avenue is also home to some nice style in a number of forms, ranging from this well dressed diner to the gleaming chrome Lamborghini driven by our restaurant. I’d have offered up an…
Read MoreArt Deco in Miami
If you like sunshine, sand, water and Art Deco architecture, Miami may be the place for you. This is just one of a number of gorgeous buildings near the beach.
Read MoreBalboa’s Shadows
Not being one for straight lines, I found the architecture – and its shadows – particularly appealing just inside the entrance to the Botanical Building in San Diego’s Balboa Park. If you have the opportunity to visit this beautiful city, …
Read MoreIn Transit
Trying the local transportation systems when visiting other cities can expand one’s insights beyond the obvious tourist haunts, and riding Paris’ Metro also provided interesting perspectives on people.
Read MoreSpinning Copper and Gold
While it may appear that a generous spider is spinning copper and gold from some form of enchanted web, this image actually reflects a happy collaboration between a sunny evening, a spider web, a maple tree and some interesting angles.
Read MoreLengths at Sunrise
I’ve included images before of Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood, and alluded to the wonderful Kits Pool. At 137 meters/449 feet in length, this is a salt water swimmer’s nirvana – all the more so for the breathtaking views everywhere one turns….
Read MoreNightfall
Close your eyes, and imagine a west coast sunset. Here, on the San Diego waterfront, we have early nightfall, just seconds after the sun dropped below the horizon of the Pacific Ocean.
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