I was born in San Francisco and grew up in the Bay Area, mostly in Redwood City on the Peninsula, 25 miles south of the City, on the east side of the mountains that separate the bay from the ocean. During my teens, on warm weekends and hot…
The El Rancho absolutely has the charm of yesterday. It was built in 1937 as a place for movie production companies to stay while filming in the nearby desert. It has maintained both the movie and western themes. …
Reiner’s grave in Poland used to be unmarked, but I’ve made three trips to this beautiful country to fix that one error of war. My upcoming posts will highlight the progression of my research here to learn Reiner’s fate. In…
Late afternoon, 1969: Western Pennsylvania, headed west on a Greyhound, on a trip whose purpose I no longer remember. The picture seems to me like a moment poised between past and present, future uncertain. If I knew the exact spot, I really…
Australia is a vast country, and, if you have ever been there and traversed it in some way, you will appreciate the sheer size and expanse of this island continent. The best way I have discovered to see the true beauty of this country is to drive…
A friend recently sent me a link to a great collection of color travel photos from the 1930s and the 1940s. Photos are derived from the private kodachrome collection of Charles W Cushman. It’s a fascinating collection of photos!…
Years ago, when I was in elementary school, I remember one of my teachers showing my class a photo of some really interesting and eerie looking trees. Being quite young at the time, I thought the picture was really cool, but unfortunately…
The United States has some of the planet’s finest scenery and boasts dozens of great drives. From the California’s Pacific Coast Highway, to Montana’s Going to the Sun Road, to Newfound Gap Road in the Smoky Mountains, there’s scenic drives in…
The North Cascades Highway (Washington SR-20) offers the northern most route across the Cascade range in Washington state, just south of the Canadian border. The eastern (and highest) part of the road is…
I was born in San Francisco and grew up in the Bay Area, mostly in Redwood City on the Peninsula, 25 miles south of the City, on the east side of the mountains that separate the bay from the ocean. During my teens, on warm weekends and hot…
The El Rancho absolutely has the charm of yesterday. It was built in 1937 as a place for movie production companies to stay while filming in the nearby desert. It has maintained both the movie and western themes. …
Reiner’s grave in Poland used to be unmarked, but I’ve made three trips to this beautiful country to fix that one error of war. My upcoming posts will highlight the progression of my research here to learn Reiner’s fate. In…
Late afternoon, 1969: Western Pennsylvania, headed west on a Greyhound, on a trip whose purpose I no longer remember. The picture seems to me like a moment poised between past and present, future uncertain. If I knew the exact spot, I really…
Australia is a vast country, and, if you have ever been there and traversed it in some way, you will appreciate the sheer size and expanse of this island continent. The best way I have discovered to see the true beauty of this country is to drive…
A friend recently sent me a link to a great collection of color travel photos from the 1930s and the 1940s. Photos are derived from the private kodachrome collection of Charles W Cushman. It’s a fascinating collection of photos!…
Years ago, when I was in elementary school, I remember one of my teachers showing my class a photo of some really interesting and eerie looking trees. Being quite young at the time, I thought the picture was really cool, but unfortunately…
The United States has some of the planet’s finest scenery and boasts dozens of great drives. From the California’s Pacific Coast Highway, to Montana’s Going to the Sun Road, to Newfound Gap Road in the Smoky Mountains, there’s scenic drives in…
The North Cascades Highway (Washington SR-20) offers the northern most route across the Cascade range in Washington state, just south of the Canadian border. The eastern (and highest) part of the road is…
