Home to the oldest lighthouse on the West Coast and an abandoned prison, Alcatraz Island is now managed by the National Park Service. Each year, more than 1.3 million people visit “The Rock”, the federal penitentiary that once housed America’s most notorious criminals. Here are three shots of Alcatraz from my August trip to San […]

I never thought I’d say this, but I’m jealous of all the places that got snow last night!  It snowed all along the East Coast of the US.  Europe received snow from the UK to Berlin.  Here Somewhere-in-the-Middle-of-the-US it’s above freezing and no snow is predicted for at least the next ten days.  Darn!  I […]

In this post I mentioned that portions of the western side of Lake Lenexa have many large trees growing deep in the water.  With snow covering most of the water in this shot, it’s hard to tell that there’s thin ice and water below, but it stretches from the sign to the depths of this […]

Building on the whole “in your face” cigarette warning concept, this is a shot of the backside of a carton of Marlboro Golds purchased in Switzerland and enjoying a lovely fall day outside in a western suburb of Paris. You Might Also Enjoy: Paris:  Smoking Kills Other Paris Posts

Many of my colleagues — not just in our Paris office, but throughout Europe — smoke.  They are adults capable of making their own decisions.  I don’t judge.  But, I do cherish every one of them and cigarettes are just really, really bad for you. So it was not surprising when my lovely colleague, Isabelle, […]