Travel & Life Vignettes
The Colosseum, or Flavian Amphitheater. When I thought of Rome from half a world away, the Colloseum came singularly to mind. But the amazing thing we found of Rome is it’s richness of piazzas, parks,…
This long post is not even half of the things we spent our time enjoying in Rome, just the ones that came out nice in pictures. Not to mention the Colloseum, the Vatican, and the…
Victoria from the deck of the Port Angeles ferry. The Empress, right on Victoria Harbor. Here we spent our honeymoon some 30 years ago. With fall soon to become winter, the sun sets early between…
Crossing the Puget Sound aboard the Edmonds to Kingston ferry. White tail deer strolling along the water in front of the Washington Harbor cottage we rented. Charming, and quiet, streets of Port Townsend. We had…
These picture won’t mean much, unless you’re in them. The Waits, two disguised. One as Princess Leia. One as Yoda, before he found his zen. Why we don’t do selfies. Daryl at Ampersand. Chef Proprietor…
We love the Northwest in the fall, but we thought mid to late October was pushing it weather-wise. As it turned out, we caught it just right. Washington is the Evergreen State, as any drive…
A staycation after leaving the workforce. Picnic dinners and lunches on the beach and just doing what we want — between packing and the like. Here are some of our favorite images. Picnic dinner…
The opening lines of Robert Browning’s “Rabbi Ben Ezra” – a constant companion for our more than 30 years together. Grow old along with me!The best is yet to be,The last of life, for which…
We flew from Bali to Sydney, once again going through Bangkok. Here we are leaving the coast of Thailand, with the winding Chao Phraya River in the distance. We stayed at the Park Hyatt Sydney.…
We flew Asiana from Honolulu to Inchon then Thai Airlines to Bangkok on the double-deck A380. On the A380, we flew first class on the top deck. The all-white color palette was a bit of…