
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 […]

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, […]