A Week in the Colorado Mountains
Nothing like a little nature to make you remember what’s important. I took a much needed sojourn to the mountains last week. I rented a great little house called “The Dressmaker’s Cottage. Leadville has always been one of my favorite mountain towns. Its weird and quirky and artsy Leadville was first…
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Sunsets and The Malecón
Two of my very favorite things about Havana! There’s nothing better than a sunset stroll along Havana’s iconic Malecón. Most of the photos are taken on The Malecón, some elsewhere and the really good ones are Leo’s ??
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FOOD GLORIOUS (CUBAN) FOOD
Before I came to Cuba for the first time, I was slightly traumatized by the culinary horrors I thought awaited me upon my arrival. Those of you who know me, know that I’m pretty particular about what I eat, OK I’m VERY particular about what I eat. Several people said they had been to Cuba…
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From Cuba to Denver—The Art Collection Grows
After two trips to Cuba, I’m now an expert in Cuban art—NOT. I feel like I’ve just scratched the surface of the amazing work being done by so many talented artists. In a short time I’ve been able to compile a great collection. So here it is ? Works by—Miguel A. Valdivia, Diane Lajeunesse, Edras…
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Street Art of Havana
Wherever you go in Havana, you can’t avoid an assault on your senses. Sights, sounds and smells permeate the city at all hours of the day and night. Sometimes the smells are heaven, cooking from a kitchen, a flower cart rolling by you on the street and other times less pleasant smells that make you…
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The Art of Cuba
Cuba-Forbidden, compelling and utterly unique. I’ve always had a fascination with places that are slightly more difficult to get to, they’re usually so much more interesting. In a world that’s becoming ever more homogenous, Cuba is as different as any place you’ll find. I’ve wanted to go to this elusive island nation for as long…
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Friends of Fairbanks
I met two guys from LA waiting for my flight from Chitina to McCarthy and we started talking about all the cool places we’d been to in Alaska. At one point in the conversation I told them that I’d lived in Fairbanks from September to March of 2013, because I wanted to watch it get…
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Wrangell-St Elias National Park—It’s Bigger than Switzerland !
Seriously, it really is bigger than Switzerland at 13.2 million acres its the largest national park in the country. The only thing more impressive than the park’s size, is its remote, untouched, pristine wilderness. It’s a 4 1/2 hour drive from Anchorage up the Glenn Highway to the Edgerton Highway. At the end of that…
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Anchorage, Alaska-The Return
Yesterday I saw the sun. It came out to greet me on my first day back in Alaska in three and a half years! Downtown Anchorage looks pretty much the same. That’s one of the awesome things about Alaska, while the rest of the world seems to be changing at a frenzied pace, Alaska (well…
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Bright Lights, Big City – Three Weeks in Gotham
The Blog is Back!!! Most, or some of you know I started this blog when I spent 2 years driving around the U.S. 2011-2013. It had a brief resurgence with a trip to Nebraska and then went dormant again. I thought it would be fun to post some of my favorite moments from my Bday…
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