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2013
Despite the cold and the rain, Austin Texas was a great place to visit. George and I had a wonderful time exploring this capital city and thanks to my friend Dorie Dillard, our plates were most definitely full! George and I felt right at home in the SoCo section of Austin. Similar to Williamsbu...
11/25/2013
Currently on view at The Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York, is a dynamic and beautiful exhibit, celebrating the American love of the new, the big, the tough and the gritty at the urban heart of New York. Industrial Sublime focuses on the convulsive changes in the New York metropolis and it...
11/16/2013
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My good friend and partner in crime Debbie Gartner, has been seeing double! In a rush and probably tired, she somehow saw a post about my birthday from another year, and mistook my actual birthday which is on 1/11 for 11/11-which is actually Veteran's Day and not my birthday. So to all of you who...
11/14/2013
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Perhaps one of the lesser known but definitely one of the most interesting destinations in Peru and maybe all of South America, is Lake Titicaca and the Uros Islands. My visit took me to Puno, a small city on the Peruvian side of the Lake, 13,500 feet above sea level. YIKES! I now understand th...
11/10/2013
Who’s to say what PERFECT is? One person’s idea of perfection is another’s idea of too much, or not enough. Whether something is funky or flawless is less important than whether it feels right. If you can’t imagine it looking any other way, then it’s absolutely perfect.That, is my philosophy of...
11/07/2013
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It's no wonder that Machu Picchu is on of the world's Seven Wonders. Dating to the mid 1400's, this marvel of mortar free limestone and granite architecture is perched on a high plateau - 10,000 feet above sea level - deep in the Amazonian jungle. I chose to visit this time of year because the ...
11/03/2013
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