Call me crazy but after one full week of being home from the last trek, I traded sunny, warm LA for rainy, cold Dallas this week. But the trade off is visiting my beloved parents and eating the best home cooked Vietnamese food in the world. My mom has spoiled our taste buds for life, so if I’m a …
Keeping Up With the Rubenses
 Before you moan “oh no, not another museum story” and click away from me, let me say that this is more about architecture and somewhat more interactive than a typical museum visit. As much as I love loitering inside a museum on a dreary winter day, I’d much rather peek inside the homes and studios of artists. The voyeur in …
Nature’s Art
 So I’ve unpacked one of my suitcases and downloaded most of my photographs to my backup PC at home. Unfortunately one of my memory sticks forgets how to work so it looks like those photos can only be viewed from my camera. In reviewing my pics, though, I realize that I haven’t blogged about that one perfect snow day I had …
Roaming on Empty
 Are you one of the lucky people who know where you belong…you’ve made your nest in the world and are happily roosting there? Or were you born with winged feet, constantly pulling up roots before they take hold?  In my case, I’ve tried to clip those wings and make a home in LA for some twelve years now. That’s over a decade …
Bitchin’ To Be In Binche
 So yesterday I was so excited to post pics of the Gilles that I really didn’t do the city of Binche any justice. Let me rewind and retrace my steps now that I’m a little less sleep deprived. Binche is about a 45-minutes drive  outside of Brussels, and when you reach the city, it appears to be a quiet, …