I've been watching New Year celebrations around the world on t.v. as I wait out the last five hours of 2010 in balmy Chicago. (Yes, that's right; we reached 60 degrees Fahrenheit today.)As I'm prone to do on major holidays, I like to think about where I spent the New Year in … [Read more...]

When I lived in Asia, I just loved dining al fresco. There was something about a sub-tropical climate that lent itself more to dining outdoors than somewhere like Chicago, where I live now.So my heart skipped a beat when I found this slide among dozens my mom took at the … [Read more...]

I've probably scanned about 600 slides and have 300-400 more to go. Since the rest of the boxes are actually marked (all from Japan), I've probably scanned the entire lot my mom took in Cambodia.Before I embarked on this grand project, I imagined finding slides of noir Hong … [Read more...]

Happy Boxing Day to those who celebrate it in Great Britain and Commonwealth countries (plus Austria).Although this photo has nothing to do with Boxing Day, it's a fun shot my mom took in London during the summer of 1967.Because without London, there'd be no Boxing … [Read more...]