Tverskaya Cyanotype
Ah, Moscow: the never-ending greyness, the lousy weather, the winter depression, the bad air… I doctored up this photo in honor of all that. (Sorry about the lack of posts…
Ah, Moscow: the never-ending greyness, the lousy weather, the winter depression, the bad air… I doctored up this photo in honor of all that. (Sorry about the lack of posts…
Found this at http://www.lokis-laughter.com/ The River One day, three men were hiking and unexpectedly came upon a large, raging, violent river. They needed to get to the other side, but…
Having at least a basic proficiency in some foreign languages is essential to traveling well and understanding the places you visit or live in. Though traditionally taught in a classroom setting, the modern traveler has some very interesting new resources for solo study of a foreign language, including two new web sites demonstrating some very innovative teaching methods. (more…)
I just got pulled as an editor’s pick on Blogged.com! This is pretty much the first site review I’ve gotten so I’m very pleased.
Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, is one of my favorite places in the world. It’s a thin ribbon of a park following Minnehaha Creek down a narrow river gorge. Paths run from the Falls until the creeks slows and broadens, and floods into the Mississippi. In a deep spring flood, much of the park may be under water; in an August drought, the shore can gain 25 feet of beach, as this photo shows. (more…)
Happy Women's Day! Awesomest holiday ever. Tony gave me a bottle of the incredibly high quality, $120-a-bottle absinthe we've been ogling for two years at Azbuka Vkusa, and I finally…
Small gallery of heavily reprocessed photography, conveying extra stylization, of images shot in Russia. This picture is of a group of aging Communists gathered outside Red Square who I happened…