On another purely frigid day, we went to the Biltmore. I was taken with it, much more than I expected to be. I’m the one that said, “That’s it? It’s kinda crappy…” when I saw the Cinderella Castle at Disney World. But as a devotee of Frederick Law Olmstead and historic architecture, I found a…
A Winter’s Day in NYC
It is sweltering in the south this time of year. I went back through some of my photos of a subzero day spent in New York City. December 23, 2008. Hope it cools you down. Portrait of Josephine Baker at the Museum of the City of NYFantastic exhibit on Paris / NY of the 1920s…
Strange days…
Today the deep-seated cold that has been chilling my bones finally lifted. It reached the 60s, and the outdoors was a welcome sight. So I took a book that I have been re-reading out to the square, and purposefully sat out of the line of tourist traffic. The idea was to quietly sit on a…