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The Purple Rose theater in Chelsea, Michigan is a delightful surprise. Nestled near the Pinterest -Worthy downtown, the small performing group is a wonderfully creative organization that I had never heard until recently. This is a bit of a shock to me, because I have lived in Michigan all my life—Spring Lake, Grand Rapids, Dearborn, […]
by Kate Dernocoeur, Guest blogger The name “Casablanca” is familiar nowadays, but the place actually started out as the ancient city of Anfa. When the Portuguese arrived in 1468 and blew Anfa to ruins and later built a military fortress there in 1515, they called the village that grew up around it “Casa Branca” […]
by Kate Dernocouer, guest blogger Seventeen days is too little time to make a person expert about a place, but it’s more than enough to have made me fall in love with this northwestern corner of continental Africa. That lyrical name — Morocco! — piqued my curiosity for decades. The way the word rolls off […]
Last winter I had a chance to go to the new nine billion dollar Epic Universe theme park in Orlando and would love to share what I saw. Since I hadn’t planned to do a blog post the images are a bit random. I wasn’t new to Theme Parks. I had taken my now adult […]
by Judy Bereza, Guest Blogger The Guilded Age lives on in downtown Chicago. This former “Marble Palace”has been reborn as the Driehaus Museum. This remarkable house museum was the highlight of a recent visit to Chicago. The house was beautifully decorated f or Christmas, an additional treat for visitors. The history of the house is […]
GARDENS OF GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE, JAPANESE TEA GARDEN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA by Linda Laughter, guest blogger Last spring, we had the opportunity to visit the oldest Japanese Garden in the United States. It is like a peaceful island in the busy city of San Francisco. The gardens are a complex combination of paths, ponds […]
I have mixed feelings about Cartagena, Colombia. On one hand it is a vibrant coastal city with an historic walled area, lots of things to see and to do, gorgeous beaches and an abundance of South American charm. The historic old city, where I stayed on a Photography Tour last March, is overrun with […]
Going to local markets in foreign countries is an activity I particularly enjoy. Actually I have enjoyed visits to places like Eastern Market in Detroit and other US cities too. The food and the people can give one a sense for what the culture is like while providing a myriad of photography opportunities for folks […]
I loved the street art in Bogota, Colombia. Relished it. The largest city in this South American country explodes with colorful buildings, street poles, old warehouses and even a wild labyrinth. There’s a reason for these incredible high quality bursts of color. In 2011, a 16 year old boy, Diego Felipe Becerra was shot by […]
A restful stopping point on the photo tour in Colombia last March was an Ecco Lodge called Cannúa Ecolodge. It was a change of pace, a chance to reset the energy level between busy urban destinations. Cannúa Lodge is nestled in an area about 50 miles from Medellin and at times made me think of […]
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