If you have visited Alcatraz, the island penitentiary about a mile off the coast of San Francisco, you might have heard a tour guide talk about how painful it was for the inmates to see and hear the sounds of San Francisco just out of reach. When I last toured Alcatraz, I experienced what the guard […]
The Sonoran Desert is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America. It is home to a variety of unique plants and animals, perhaps most notably the Saguaro cactus. Phoenix is the largest city in the Sonoran Desert with a population of more than 4 million. In 2007, the desert near and around Phoenix was […]
Just another beautiful day free from heavy winter coats and far, far away from the snow on the ground at home. You Might Also Enjoy: Other Snow Posts Other Palm Tree Posts
After wolfing down an extremely early breakfast, my camera and I had 30 minutes to walk through the French Quarter at dawn at a cafe au lait-fueled speed before the flight home. Even at that early hour, the second I left the air-conditioned lobby of the Ritz-Carlton, I felt as if I’d stepped straight into a sauna. Here is […]
Rooms at the conference hotel here in Phoenix were sold out when I went to make my reservation a few months back, so our administrative assistant booked me at a nearby hotel. Entering the Hotel Valley Ho is like walking onto the set of Mad Men. The mid-1950s architecture is decorated in tangerine and teal […]
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