Dallas and Louisiana
Large metropolitan cities offer many different perspectives and angles from which to view things. Take this intersection at Dallas and Louisiana in downtown Houston. Each corner has a different view to gaze…
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Battalion Barrel
While in New Orleans, we visited two Civil War forts, the first here being Ft. Pike. Ft. Pike, now open to the public, was built between 1819 and 1826 as…
Read MoreJackson Square Reflections
The streets around Jackson Square are a popular destination for those visiting New Orleans. Open to pedestrians only, you will find artists, musicians and much more. Oddly enough, what was originally…
Read MoreOrleans and Bourbon
Wandering through the French Quarter in the pre-dawn hours, my friends and I came across the Tropical Isle at Orleans and Bourbon streets. The neon lights and flags made for a…
Read MoreMany Mummies
When you enter the mummy room at Hall of Ancient Egypt at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, you feel like you are in a Raiders of the Lost Ark movie. The highlights…
Read MoreNo Bling Here – Just the Real Thing
It’s always a treat for a once in a lifetime opportunity to see something out of the ordinary. Maybe it is a foreign land, a famous entertainer or a piece of art. Whatever…
Read MoreTexas Sunset
Recently, the time between my posts here has increased for various reasons. First, life gets in the way. There are family events and day to day things that need to…
Read MoreCastle Above the Town
Windsor Castle is located, as luck would have it, in the town of Windsor, in Berkshire, England. What are the odds? We have all seen the movies of the villages at the…
Read MoreBvlgari Comes to Houston
Bulgari is an Italian jewelry and luxury goods company. The trademark is usually written BVLGARI in the classical Latin alphabet, and is derived from the surname of the company’s Greek…
Read MoreThe Eye Across the Thames
The London Eye stands proudly across the river Thames from the London Clock Tower and Westminster Palace. It’s a short walk between the two and it made by thousands every…
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