Albuquerque — The internet prepares one for two contrary emotions surrounding the rental of an RV. Because you have spent the weeks between reserving the thing and actually picking it up with a growing sense of dre...
Collingwood — Two summers ago, up north on Georgian Bay, came a moment that I still remember. In the foggy dark of early morning, I seemed to see a musical staff in the sky above the eastern horizon. Suddenly the...
Chicago — I travel for a living, and as such, have acquired a rich collection of friends who also travel all the time, frequently, or with reckless abandon in the rare moments they’re able to sneak away for a b...
New york — I am not usually walking near Union Square on a Friday night, but my hair had just been platinumed, and my arms were full of baguette and brioche from a favorite bakery, and the city sidewalks, busy s...
Darkhan — When someone passes, it’s tradition to hold a funeral right away. Mourners convene at the home of the deceased’s family and offer support, and eat after the burial. It’s several days of family coming ...
Tokyo — In most every travel journal, blog post or memoir I read from a new visitor to Tokyo, one of the things that the author never fails to mention is how much they dislike the Shuto Expressway, the networ...
Ewing township — I was listening to Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane today and it was a show about secrets, that if you share them, they shrink in power. My story isn’t a secret, it’s just something I experienced. Ev...
Torquay — My gym has a Christmas tree and a sea view. Oh . . . and Happy Holidays!
Barcelona — Catalans have a weird obsession with shitting. In Barcelona a typical way to say you hate something is to say: “Me cago en….” which is literally, “I shit on”. I’ve heard people finish that sentence ...
New york — I have no idea what this thing is, Russian nesting dolls sliding down a candy cane? Or maybe it’s that Festivus pole that everyone’s talking about (just kidding, no one’s talking about that). Maybe t...
Kansas city — The train store in that shopping mall was not beglamoured by Christmas lights. No baubles, ribbons, jingle bells, evergreens. Not a place for children. None of the usual aural suspects, either. No ch...
Ewing township — A lot of my work is inspired by architecture, either medieval Gothic (think Sainte-Chapelle, and later, Tres Riches Heures), or by the cast iron buildings of SoHo. This particular work was of an imagi...
Salt lake city — These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air. And like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn tem...
Tulum — We left snowy -25C Saskatoon yesterday morning at 7am and arrived in Tulum in the dark. We woke up at 9am in +25C to jungle and breakfast sounds. My body has relaxed so much already no longer needin...
Darkhan — The Shonhoodoi Circus School gives children in Darkhan who have been orphaned or who are left with very little, a chance to learn the circus arts. A woman and her husband run the school and teach the ...
London — I’m on a quest to do some unusual things in London to celebrate what a great city it is. One of them is to visit the bells and bell ringing towers for the English nursery rhyme, Oranges and Lemons. A...
London — Last night my son and I went to a film première! There was no red carpet, but it was in a building right next to the famous O2 on the Greenwich Peninsula, so the setting was quite grand. A friend - ...
Honolulu — The wind is cool against my forehead, the grass rustling underfoot. It must be near closing time because the light is fading. Little American flags whisper to me. I wander down an emerald aisle, apol...
Honolulu — It’s funny how time moves you, not just into a future you never expected or a life you didn’t plan for, but how it utterly changes your view of the world, the things that touch your heart, or what you...
London — A perfectly clear day in London today meant I had a beautiful blue winter sky overseeing my lunchtime walk. A sunny day like this is just what these conservatories were made for. Hang on! I am cons...
Boston — He is a glorious, crazy, free spirited boxer that occasionally comes to visit me. Or more to the point shows up at my apartment and makes it his own world for the time he is here. He is gigantic but...
Aireys inlet — It’s heading toward 38C (100F) this afternoon, so best to get today’s walk out of the way early. Pictured is the Split Point Light seen from the Cliff Top Walk. Since walking is supposed to help ke...
York — If I posted a photo taken today you’d see why I needed to carry this one, taken last time I crossed Lendal Bridge six weeks ago. I needed it to get me through this miserably wet Wednesday and I’ll ne...
Chantilly — “Are you going to be okay?” I could barely choke out the words. I felt more than saw him nod. Barely, at first, then with an admirable bit of strength. “Why do you want to spend time with me?” He ...
Morgantown — Subject: Chloe Breed: Golden Lab / Golden Retriever mix Talent: Aid in the Event of Epileptic Seizures Sometimes the rescuer needs rescuing. Chloe’s original owner suffered from epilepsy. Chloe i...
Totland bay — The Isle of Wight has been a favourite holiday destination for our family over a number of years, either camping for a couple of weeks or on day trips from the mainland. The island has some wonderful...
Stockholm — House music is by far the biggest music genre of 2013, and have been for some years. Since Beyonce’s Who Run the World, produced by Diplo (originally for his own song Pon The Floor). Dancehall is the...
Yeşilüzümlü — On Sunday afternoon we drove out of Fethiye, up into the pine hills for Uzumlu. Sunday is picnic day in Turkey and pulled off the road, especially near the springs which offer a constant flow of water...
Addis ababa — It is really hard here to get in the holiday spirit. It has been mainly sunny and pleasant for 2 months and there is no christmas decoration (or menorah) to be found anywhere, unless you check the 5 s...
Lawton — and some made you big and some made you small? and some made you tell strangers that you’re going to blow your head off when you get home.
Seattle — If you’ve considered seeing The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, DO. This is me, with years of working in theaters, seeing tons of good and bad movies, and slowly learning how to articulate it, endorsing...
Tucson — Informed by my education and reading, I have abandoned the fallacy of the so-called “Great Chain of Being.” Humans, for all our uniqueness and impact, do not command over all the other lifeforms on th...
Telluride — Stone is a fundamental reference point for the concept of fixity: set in stone, permanent, immovable. Yet from ancient times humans have been carting heavy stone from place to place. The Inka trans...
Bangkok — I spent some time living in Bangkok, arriving at the tail-end of a ‘red shirt’ revolution that predictably solved no problems and pockmarked the urban landscape with bullet holes. After Buenos Aires ...
New york — Unsilent Night is a performance art piece where the audience are the performers. The composition Unsilent Night is distributed to participants (originally as cassette tapes), who are given one of 4 pa...
Passaic — Fought off the Communists and Nazi’s as a teenager when they invaded her homeland. Fought off disease as she gave birth in a Displaced Person’s camp. Fought off life’s challenges to provide for her po...
Barcelona — Yesterday (Monday), my neighbors threw a wrecker of a Christmas party. They hung some mistletoe in the doorway, put some hot wine on the stove top and encouraged guests to arrive with tacky presents....
Kula — Each human dwelling place has its stories; this one’s no exception. This image tonight brings me in mind of things both warm and cold… Looking at the house as I walked uphill after taking the trash...
Montreuil — In April 2008 we spent a week in Doudeauville, northern France, during which time we visited Montreuil. This is where I spotted this freshly-painted front door. The bold contrasting colours are just...
Viroqua — I was once a white paper, an idea; the sperm and womb of tech. I became silicon, transistors, resistors, and caps. Like my father before me, I am made of metal, but I have no mettle. In slavery, ...
London — I wonder if they can get drones to still push these around?
Athens — Three film crew friends (an A.D., a costume designer and a script supervisor) met for brunch on a Sunday morning but none had any; for they were brought together by their love for the finest, they con...
Gentofte — Don’t mind to walk. It feels not lonely nor empty. Walking streetlights helps to sort your head. To be brave is easy. It is the one and only way around now. When you feel so loved and so darkened by d...
Charlottesville — Succumbing to Murica’s favorite sport.
Los angeles — View from my office window at CHLA, love to see the hollywood sign, somehow the sun on the hills and the sign itself fills my office with warmth. The Griffith observatory is to the right, looks wonde...
New york — Of course, there’s a sign that says “no photography” next to this piece, which is in the new MOMA Ileana Sonnabend exhibit that will open to the public on the 21st. It’s an interesting piece, polished...
Salt lake city — It lines every pine needle, every blade of grass, every diamond in the chain link fences in a delicate sheath of ice. When the sun musters enough strength to get through the fog to your eyes, you find...
Accra metropolis — Recently I met a young man who told me the one thing he loved to do was to travel. Now I am consumed by wanderlust. Heaven knows I am hatching a plan to travel. To write. And never to look back. My...
Tübingen — We went hunting alongside the river. There were so many delicious animals to be hunted: swans, cormorants & coots for instance. The smell of gunpowder was heavy in the air because of our incessant...
Cairo — Coming back from lunch I heard the sour cry of X, who was dying. On my couch, I read the notes on Arabia by Bekir Bey. It’s three o’clock. Death of an English lady who became Muslim. The Catholic and...
Lawton — you think, “i’m so alone, and the world is so quiet around me,” but you really aren’t. you have the universe at your fingertips, an instant connection to someone else - also silent and lonely - who is...
Culver city — The Museum of Jurassic Technology is a truly wonderful place, where the real and imagined exchange places.
Collingwood — A common source of amusement for my wife and I - birds who genuinely think they are human. Criteria includes: walking on pavement. walking on roads. walking parallel to lines. being a bird. not flyi...
Tokyo — Amazing, our ability to cast our thoughts and senses to a different place and time, despite our bodies being where they are. I stopped for a moment to appreciate these two escapees, in seats on the m...
Beijing — English is such a brilliant language. Even when it isn’t used correctly, you still get the gist of what is being conveyed. And I’m going to try to use the word ‘oldster’ in my daily conversation. It c...
Beijing — I was unfortunately sitting on the wrong side so didn’t get a view of the Great Wall of China, but I did get to see the deserts and mountains surrounding Beijing.
Nanjing — An ingenious way to keep your hands warm.
Florence — It is a city from the old world, the one with merchant princes rising from textiles to titles, with artists and architects rediscovering Roman techniques to construct theories, domes, and marble cathe...
Beijing — You are indeed here!
Beijing — A handy way to remember which car was ours. And a reminder of the eighties and my brother’s favourite tv programme.
Hong kong — Capturing the past so we don’t forget. San Tin village, Hong Kong
Hong kong — I love spying on the world from a hotel window.
Nanjing — I love stars. And I love maps. Carved in stone, this Chinese consellation looked like an ancient map.
Shenzhen — This is the ‘village’ that my father grew up in. It’s changed a lot. My father tells me stories of his childhood - of a tiny fishing village, surrounded by fields. I saw these boys playing in the st...
Shenzhen — This is what happens after hours at a hotel. We arrived at one thirty in the morning, checking in, after a delayed flight and long taxi queue. Tired and a little cranky, this sight put me in a happie...
Shenzhen — Whilst on my trip to China, I found myself in Shenzhen, the city my parents are from. It was too good an opportunity not to visit my father’s childhood village. Our driver was pleased to be able to sp...
Barcelona — This is going to be my first Christmas away from home - ever. I’m thirty, I’ve traveled quite a bit but I always come home for Christmas. I’m at once impressed by how Christmas unravels in Barcelona (...
Beijing — The roads in China are chaotic. I can’t see any system in it. And the scooters seem so precarious and antiquated in a road full of upwardly mobile cars.
Beijing — That little bright spot above the flag post isn’t a blip, but the very bright and beautiful Venus. I’m in China for work and we’ve just arrived. I’m on a trip with my colleague, who just so happens t...
Massillon — My partner is the world’s best Cher impersonator and I enjoyed this rare, quiet moment in the dressing room while everyone was on stage. It’s a fleeting calm, like when the snow first falls and everyt...
Wellington — We think this artist is going to be famous. I guess it doesn’t matter what we think. Whether someone becomes well known and successful is not up to us, but I do like Negin Dastgheib’s paintings, the n...
Aireys inlet — I searched on the internet for a collective noun for jaguars and was told “There is no collective noun specifically for jaguars since jaguars are solitary creatures. The only time you will see more th...
Isle of arran — A few minutes after visiting this tree. I hollered to my friend “I’m in fucking Scotland!”. It was one of the few times I was happily aware of the fact, and completely enthralled in the difference and...
Kayaköy — We went and visited a friend’s house after the market. He had recently moved onto a large property in the village, with fruit trees and grape vines and a sparse square of spinach. I went to pick some ...
San francisco — Flying into SFO, I realized I didn’t have to turn off my phone. I snapped some super-optical zoomed photos, but it was neat after years of enjoying this to take pictures. Usually, I have too many oppo...
Barcelona — This was meant to be a picture of the fish aisle, but I didn’t want to seem like a tourist or get elbowed to death by little Catalan grandmas, so I took it here, in a less crowded space. Barcelona is...
Clifton — … taking a nap with the fan on, and window cracked open on a frigid snowy Saturday is SO delightful*. Since I’ve no place to go (and because I’m exhausted from a late night holiday party) let it sno...
Sevenoaks — I had the day off work on Friday, so I was able to go and buy the Christmas Tree to put up in our small house. My daughter was home from university, so we let her decorate the tree while I put some l...
Barcelona — I’ve been in Barcelona for about 2 years now. I remember arriving and being haunted by the feeling that I was going to get “stuck” in Barcelona. Unlike most of the tourists that wander through Barcelo...
Chigasaki — Somehow or other (dream logic — it doesn’t translate to the real world) I had ended up as an 8th member of AAA. I was good. The singing, the dancing, I was good. I was part of the group and it was am...
Tokyo — Located close to Kita-sando Station, Cafe Flattie the Stand is an Oceanian style cafe. They also have many kinds of Australian beer & wine.
Strongsville — …you’re the recipient of their warped behavior, and wonder what just hit you. Then you know, you just KNOW, you won’t let it happen ever again. Because you can’t ever expose yourself to such debris,...
San francisco — The inimitable Brittany Shoot and her husband were going to join several of us for dinner on Wednesday night. She had forgotten she had a class she had to attend, and thus we needed to taunt her with ...
Woodcliff lake — First thought that popped into my head was the question of if there was more salt on this parking lot or in the food we eat in a year. Note: both could use less sodium.
Strongsville — My first post here - thanks for ‘extending’ the moment! Career interests in media and mass communication - exploring various tools in new media publishing. Discovered your site with @Medium post. Ch...
Kahului — Balanced between this, and that… between here, and there. On certain days I am that rock—upon which are anchored two teenagers, a grandmother, a schizophrenic aunty, and all the other multifarious ...
Wailuku — Echoes of indigenous Hawaii’s monarchic system remain today. To my eye, much of it is ritualistic, although the mere fact that organizations exist to perpetuate not just the name but the reality of wh...
Cairo — Cairo. Mosque of Hassan. Round lobby - pendants in stalactites - long ropes hanging from above. We wear slippers of woven palm. Mosque of Ibn Tulun, nearly destroyed, was chosen by Ibrahim Pasha to b...
Kolkata — A friend of mine in Kolkata runs a fashion design company. She comes from an upper-class family, and as such has access to the resources required to start such a venture without too much trouble. Tha...
Tübingen — You know what movies are, don’t you? They are dreams, revealed through technology. So we meet every thursday to watch other people dream. We’ve done so for years. To my total amazement you cried when...
Bangkok — You can make a lot of judgements about a city based on how the animals who live there are treated. It’s not an absolute metric for civilization, of course, but as a general rule, the places I’ve been...
Seattle — He was filled with electricity and impulsiveness, but wanted to wear fun and colorful clothes like all the kids in the lab. “I bet I would look awesome in some bright purple jeggings!” he thought. So...
Al abageyah — Wednesday, back to Cairo - under palm trees nearly all the way. The dust which spreads at their feet is speckled by the sun coming through the apertures between them - a field of blooming beans perfum...
Mount lemmon — You ask, Where is home? I tell you, I have traveled and uprooted the comforts of place and food, left the casual confines of cohabitation and of marital security, disabused my body of habits of though...
Fethiye — I wonder how one can be so filled with the beauty of places, and feel just as alone, walking up these roads. Heading home to tea and soup, plastic bag with carton of eggs and sack of sugar clutched in...
Washington — Throughout the day and the evening friends, acquaintances, even strangers would ask, “Were you outside at 2pm today? Wasn’t that the most beautiful light you’ve ever seen?” The cloud pattern seen ab...
Canton — I’m one of those types of people that has never been 100% comfortable with my surroundings or felt 100% at home. When I turned 21 I couldn’t wait to get away from my hometown, on Cape Cod, and after ...
San francisco — It’s probably the geeky history major in me, but I love researching in the library. The tedious process of going up to outdated computers (well, in this case they were shiny macs, so maybe the outdate...
Tokyo — Sometimes I go to work by bike. Meiji Dori street is always crowded, even at midnight.
Athens — Interior detail of this very interesting building I had photographed last year, completely unaware of its hidden beauty. Today, this abandoned building was opened for the sake of a film production and...