Archive for May, 2007
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
I See Hawks In L.A.
The telltale alarm calls of the mating pair of mockingbirds nesting somewhere in the next-door-neighbors’ tree alerted me and could only mean one thing: a hawk was too close for their comfort. So of course with cam in hand I went outside to see if I could spot the trespassing raptor, and by tracking where [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in animals, nature by Will
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Sorrento Snapshot
After a May 13 spent geographically bracketing Sorrento between the ruins of Pompeii and the beauty of Positano Susan and I returned to Sorrento to stroll through its old section over to the city’s cliffside overlook where I looked straight down and directly hundreds of feet below found this trio relaxing by the massive pilings [...]
No Comments » - Posted in travel by Will
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Baum Drops In
So yesterday morning the phone rings and its neither a telemarketer nor some misdialer looking for whatever credit union has a phone number that’s one pesky digit different than mine. This is remarkable enough in its own right. But even more surprising I find the person I’m speaking to is basically The Dude of bicycling [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in biking by Will
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Moved To Tears
During our last few minutes in Ajjacio on the island of Corsica Susan and I strolled back along the waterfront to the ship and in doing so passed this monument, which grabbed a hold of my heart and very much to my surprise brought tears to my eyes, moving me unlike any other monument I’ve [...]
No Comments » - Posted in travel by Will
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Notre Père Des Moineaux Du Jardin De Tuileries
Following up on my post yesterday on the lady who we found tending to the pigeons of San Marco Square in Venice, please allow me to now introduce you to Our Father Of The Sparrows who I found in Tuileries Garden on our way to the Louvre during our first full day in Paris May [...]
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Monday, May 21st, 2007
Too Good To Be True: The Obligatory Jet-Lag Story
Dang but I got suckered into thinking I had it beat. Shoulda known better. I managed to get some sleep last night, about five hours worth. Got up at around 7 a.m. this morning and went about my day unpacking and decompressing and catching up with Survivor and The Sopranos and the animals and such.
And [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in travel by Will
Sunday, May 20th, 2007
La Nostra Signora Dei Piccioni Del Piazza San Marco
Amazing how quickly things slip from your memory… at least until one imports the 2,840 3,183 photos taken over the last two weeks in Europe providing refreshment to recall capabilities. Case in point, allow me to introduce you to Our Lady Of The Pigeons Of Saint Mark’s Square who Susan and I had the marvelous [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in animals, travel, updated by Will
Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Home… But Where To Begin!
Well first off, what a pleasant homecoming gift to arrive back from 15 hours of flights from Paris to Atlanta to L.A. to find my urban bicycling editorial gracing the pages of today’s L.A. Times. Much appreciation to the Times’ Robin Rauzi for tapping me for the duty and for honing the piece, and nods [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in travel, writing by Will
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
Bit Of A Blow
Whew. Here we are in the port of Monte Carlo waiting to disembark and say farewell to our vessel, the Regent Seven Seas Navigator. We’ve covered 1,589 total nautical miles, but this last 142 from Corsica were the most memorable — not for the right reasons.
I’m hearing that the ship plowed right through the middle [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in travel by Will
Monday, May 14th, 2007
Roma Therapy & More
In the time since I’ve last logged on, we’ve done Rome in a sixth of a day (or at least as much as one can in four hours: Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Tomb on the Unknown Soldier, Colisseum and a lotta walking in between followed by a semi-private tour of the Vatican Museum and the [...]
