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Balboa’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 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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Gently Lit
Is it a visual effect crafted by mirrors, gilt and a single fixture, or something more? We’re back at Palais Garnier, the Paris Opera House, where the sense of the theatrical is not confined to the stage. Here, we had…
Read MorePatterns
Barcelona’s Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya is situated in a building known as the Palaau Nacional of Montjuïc, which gives the impression of a majestic, enchanted castle; think Cinderella rushing down one of the exterior staircases. The building is, however,…
Read MoreWith Bells On
With blue skies, a gorgeous backdrop of mountains and happy beach-goers delighted to see you, wouldn’t you be smiling, too? For the many people enjoying Kits Beach this afternoon, the perfect summer day was made even more pleasant by the…
Read MoreVane
Kitsilano, Vancouver is a great place to visit or, better yet, live. Here, by the 137-meter Kits Pool, which enjoys a beachfront location and views of boats, Stanley Park, the mountains, city and more, we have our own weather vane….
Read MoreUpstairs, Downstairs
Urban renewal is nothing new; it was on Napoleon III’s mind when he placed Baron Haussmann in control of rebuilding significant portions of Paris more than a century and a half ago. Haussmann selected the site of the Opera House,…
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