Rex Food Stall
Rex Food Stall, Tekka Center, Little India. December 2012 Nasi Goreng Ikan Bilis. December 2012. [from FB post: December 27, 2012] So I...
Carnegie Library
Apple Store (ex Carnegie Library), Mt Vernon Square. December 2021 Gutted Andrew Carnegie built libraries across the United States with his wealth, some of which were spectacular monuments to public dissemination of knowledge. The one in St Louis is still as grand as the New York Public Library. Another of them was in Washington, DC on Mount Vernon Square built in 1903. The library was extremely successful and almost outgrew its capacity immediately. Carnegie also funded
Costa Rica: Cahuita
THIS IS INCLUDED IN A LARGER POST ON THE ENTIRE COSTA RICA TRIP [see: before it was famous] Cahuita Beach, Costa Rica. December 1990...
Lancaster County: Chickies Rock
Looking up from the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail. December 2020 A place to return to (the curse of potato bugs...
Asir: calendars and museums
Al Jehl Museum, Asir. December 2015 [from FB post: December 31, 2013] Things you learn in other places. Do you know that most of my...
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
Macy's Parade, Broadway above Times Square. November 1988 Newcomers to NYC definitely have a punch list of things they want to...
Duhok: Zawa Mountain
Zawa Mountain, Duhok. August 2018 How Zawa Mountain saved me during the pandemic lockdowns Duhok City sits in a mountain valley in the...
dim sum
Dim sum, Ion Orchard. December 2018 Cantonese Breakfast "Dim sum", or more correctly "yum cha", is the brunchy collection of small...
Renwick Gallery
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute. December 2021 American Indian Portraits, George Catlin , National Portrait Gallery. August 2017 A silencing On a summer visit to DC, TFR and I visited the Renwick Gallery to see a recommended exhibit of famous American painter, George Catlin's, works. I rank it among one of the most impactful exhibits I have ever seen in my life. George Catlin was a fellow Pennsylvanian hailing from Wilkes Barre. Given he was born in 1796, I assume
Morocco: Ibn Battuta's Tomb
Tomb of Ibn Battuta, Tangier, Morocco. December 2019 One of my heroes [from: Encylopedia Britannica] In Egypt, where he arrived by the...
Lebanon: Union Canal Tunnel
Union Canal Tunnel, Lebanon. December 2020 [from FB post: December 15,2020] An engineering marvel in its time (1828) it was only used for about 60 years. It helped connect Philadelphia with Harrisburg. It actually goes under the hills that divide the waters that flow to the Delaware River (Tulpehocken Creek) and the Susquehanna (Swatara Creek) In the age of canals during the mid-19th century, the Union Canal connected Reading (and by extension, Philadelphia) to Harrisburg
Riyadh: Tuwaiq Escarpment
Tuwaiq Escarpment, Route 80, Riyadh-Taif Road. December 2014 [from FB post: December 19,2014] Also I visited the Tuwaiq Escarpment on...
NYU Kevorkian Center
Kevorkian Center, New York University. September 1988 How I got a job one day in New York City September 1988. In the months previous...
Duhok: Rooftop Bar
Rooftop Bar, Dilshad Palace Hotel, Duhok. October 2019 Everyone needs to unwind An enterprising young Lebanese Christian, RA, saw the...
Bahamas: Freeport
Day Cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Freeport, Bahamas. Winter 1990. Cruise to nowhere, literally Thirty years ago, time share companies...
Lancaster County: Jackson's Sawmill Bridge
Jackson's Sawmill Bridge (1878), Lancaster County. December 2020 [from FB post: December 15, 2020] The only bridge in Lancaster County...
National Gallery of Art: St Helena
St Helena, c. 1495, Cima da Conegliano, National Gallery of Art. December 2021 Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. June 2018 ...
Morocco: Christmas in Tetouan
Feddan Park, Tetouan, Morocco. December 2019 Fish Tagine, El Reducto Restaurant, Tetouan, Morocco. December 25, 2019 Christmas in the...
Vivo City - three views of Christmas
Vivo City. December 2011 [from FB posts: December 2011] Something to think about...I was in the UAE for a week. I was told me that...
Crossing the Strait of Gibraltar
.. Somewhere between Spain and Morocco, Strait of Gibraltar. December 2019 Passing between worlds without seasickness and a little help...
