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Road Tripping: Columbus, OH – NYC

October 2, 2011
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Road Tripping: Columbus, OH – NYC

I can finally say that I’ve traveled across the US by car from one coast to another. Around this time last year, I was on a four-day road trip from Columbus, OH, to Los Angeles, CA.  Two weeks ago we drove from Columbus, OH, to NYC, stopping in Brooklyn, Hudson, Niagara Falls, and Cleveland. ...

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Flashback to my Journey into Art

March 21, 2011
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The clock at Orsay overlooking the Seine.

Ten years ago I embarked on a year-long travel around Asia, Australia, and Europe, visiting and meeting up with friends and family in various cities and spending a few months alone in France.  The mostly solitary period in Europe was an immersion of art of every kind, a feast to the eyes and the...

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Road trip across the US: Highlights and Tips

October 12, 2010
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A view of The Sentinel at Bryce Canyon.

I just returned from a 4-day, 2300-mile road trip across the US from Columbus, OH to Los Angeles, CA.  I’ve been on many road trips before – through Peru, Turkey, Spain, Brazil, and the islands of Indonesia, etc, etc, as well as countless drives from LA to San Francisco, yet driving across the US...

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A Photo Journey Through Peru

September 6, 2010
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Mom and daughter, Colca Canyon. Spirituality runs deep in Peruvian mountains.

Peru is a photographer’s paradise.  Its wide diversity of landscapes ranges from vivid blues of the skies and the very turquoise Lake Titicaca, to the earthy tones of Ica desert, the green jungles of the Amazon, the sacred sites of Colca Canyon and the Inca splendor of Cusco and Machu Picchu. All photographs are...

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A Venice Life

August 29, 2010
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Farzad and Ava at their fabulous gypsy cafe, Vardo.

What is it about Venice, California, that draws in the artistic, the spiritual, the bohemians, and the dreamers? Perhaps it’s the ocean, or the sunshine. More likely, it’s the palpable collective intellectual and creative energy of the community. Always bohemian at the core, the creative spirit that permeated Venice in the fifties and sixties...

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Unforgettable Tastes of Travels

August 11, 2010
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Caprese salad, unforgettable setting at Il Faro, Capri.

A highlight of every journey is the food we encounter in our travels.  Certain places leave behind memorable eating experiences and unforgettable tastes that stay in our minds long after departure. Southern Italy brings back the taste of freshly made pastas, plump, sweet mussels and the best tasting tomatoes in the world.  I yearn...

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