W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory, May 2018
Anytime I find myself in Tacoma, Washington, I make a point of visiting the W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory in Wright Park. The building is filled with beautiful, interesting plants (many with dazzlingly flowers)…
Rowena Crest, Oregon
At the eastern edge of the Columbia River Gorge is one of Oregon's loveliest spots: Rowena Crest and the accompanying Tom McCall Preserve…
Maryhill Museum of Art, April 2018
In the lonely high desert plains east of The Dalles, isolated on a ridge above the Columbia River, sits the Maryhill Museum of Art, with a delightful, eclectic collection…
Canemah Bluff Nature Park
In April 2018, Elaine and I walked the trails of Canemah Bluff Nature Park just south of downtown Oregon City. The sun was setting on a lovely spring day turning everything, even the newly bloomed camas fields, golden…
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, Portland
Year-in, year-out, one great spot to escape the rigors of city life, to relax and enjoy nature, is the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden in SE Portland...
Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, April 2018
Every spring in Oregon a magical thing happens: the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm near Woodburn opens its gates to the public for its annual tulip festival...
Garden District, New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is alive here, with construction trucks on every single street in a frenetic renovation spree; after the city-wide devastation of Hurricane Katrina, wealthy residents have flocked to this so-called "Sliver by the River"...
Wandering New Orleans
Who would have thought NOLA is a good spot to live? But it is, and further it can be one of the most interesting, fun, and yes, even heartbreaking locations on earth, certainly in the United States.
New Orleans Details
New Orleans, Louisiana, is an explosion of tiny but exquisite details, a shotgun blast of color, of aroma, of great food and music and architecture and vitality; it's a place like no other in the United States...
New Orleans Street Signs and Sidewalks
New Orleans, Louisiana, is famous for many things like food, music, partying, architecture, hurricane storms, hurricane drinks... and strange, beautiful, broken street signs that are made of tiles embedded into the sidewalks...