Above and Below
The Houston Galleria is a great place to go shopping, except at Christmas. I wouldn’t dream of attempting to navigate that mall during December. With three stories of shopping though,…
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Architectural photographs from Tim Stanley
Travis High School
Many of the sunsets I take are from a local high school down the road. It’s a nice place to shoot, since the westward view is clear and unobstructed from…
Read MoreWalkway to the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower was created as a centrepiece for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, a World’s Fair which celebrated the centennial of the French Revolution. The engineer Gustave Eiffel, had a permit for the tower to stand…
Read MoreCastle in the Trees
Windsor Castle is much more than what you imagine when you think of a castle. It’s a large fortress made of many buildings set, within a beautiful, landscaped complex. An…
Read MoreNew Attractions at HMNS
I always enjoy visiting a museum, but science museums are my favorite. We are fortunate that Houston has a great one with the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Located in…
Read MoreWatching Over St. Paul’s
Add St. Paul’s Cathedral as one of those buildings to revisit when I return to England some day. When we arrived, there was a service in progress, so we were…
Read MoreWindsor Up Above
If you enjoy taking a lot of photos while on vacation like me, then you end up with a lot of “good” photos. Sure, you might have a group of…
Read MoreInside the Raindrop
Visiting the Raindrop Turkish House in Houston is an interesting experience. In the short time I had to visit there last year, you could tell it was a center that…
Read MoreCloning New York
Everyone who goes to “The Strip” in Las Vegas plays the role of a tourist. It just can’t be helped. You take your pocket camera or camera phone and snap…
Read MoreA Chip Off the Old Block
One thing that I was constantly amazed from the structures in Europe was the attention to detail in the stonework. We were told that generations of stone cutters might work…
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