The Tunnels of Fort Pike
I did not know what to expect before I visited Fort Pike, close to New Orleans. Knowing that it was built in the early 1800s, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jackson 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 [...]
Orleans 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 [...]
Many 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 [...]
No 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 [...]
Texas 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 [...]
Castle 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 [...]
Bvlgari 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 [...]