Updated April 10, 2024 This photograph of the roofline of the Colegio de San Francisco de Salas, in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, is a personal favorite of mine among the thousands I have taken in this beautiful UNICEF World Heritage colonial city. Photos of San Miguel are some of the easiest photos you can…
Agnete and the Merman? Who could that be? A Danish folklore ballad inspired a statue that proves that the famous Little Mermaid is not the only “mer-life” statue that should go on your Things to See in Copenhagen list. Folklore and Fairytales—Perfect for Copenhagen Every visitor to Copenhagen knows about and wants to see The…
The Amsterdam Westerkerk, or Western Church, is a much beloved symbol of the Dutch capital. The crowned spire of its tower, the Westertoren, is the tallest church steeple in town, and you can see it from almost anywhere in the city center. It has been a beacon, a time-teller and a source of reassurance for…
Multnomah Falls, Oregon’s #1 most-visited natural attraction, is just a short 30-minute drive from the urban world of Portland. And a place apart. Beware, she is a siren designed to pull you off the highway. Photo of the Week Multnomah Falls is a temptress. Inexplicably female in her feathery beauty, she captures you first with…
Every family has its holiday traditions. In mine, it’s a Christmas cocktail. Every year it’s different. But always yummy. The tradition started when my brother-in-law, Matt Worrix, decided to invent a cocktail for a big family celebration. It was such a hit, that it continued. Every Christmas, Thanksgiving or family birthday, Matt would invent a…
Stolpersteine are small, only noticed if you happen to be looking down. But these “stumbling stones” hold large pieces of the individual and collective memories of those the world lost to the Nazi Holocaust. Photo of The Week: Stolpersteine There are many monuments great and small to the millions of Europeans lost to the Nazi…
At the rear of the Panteón Municipál, the city cemetery in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, is a columbarium, the wall of nichos where the urns of ashes of those cremated are interred. It holds memories and tells stories. It also tells us about cultural differences and ideas about life and death. I like Mexican…
On how a photo presented itself to me in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and reminded me to pay attention. To look up. To look down. To listen and smell and feel the air. To notice the “little things” that can turn any trip into a rich and fulfilling adventure. On Noticing the Little Things…
Mexican handicrafts come in all types and styles. In our Photo of the Week, Otomi dolls for sale in a doorway in San Miguel de Allende show the wonderful sense of color, the embroidery tradition and the hand-sewing skills of their Otomi Indian creators. This is Mexican folk art at its most authentic. Otomi women…
The most famous bridge in Amsterdam is lovely, but the “Skinny Bridge” is not really all that skinny anymore. There’s a reason Amsterdam is called the “Venice of the North.” Riddled with canals and the Amstel River as it is, it has more bridges than any other city in the world… yes, far more than…
