I drive a 14 year old, beige, Toyota Camry. It doesn't have hubcaps. It does have a huge dent I put in the rear bumper. I don't remember the last time I washed it. But I love it because it's paid off and (usually) runs. That's all that matters to me in a car. So when Kevin dragged me to the famous Enzo Ferrari museum in Modena, Italy I expected to be bored. Sports cars? Meh. To my ...
Dia de Los Muertos: A Playlist
This morning, I flipped on the radio while I was making breakfast. Our local NPR station was in the midst of a segment about the Day of the Dead, or "Dia de Los Muertos," a holiday celebrated across Latin America each year on November 2. By the name and proximity to Halloween, you might think the the Day of the Dead is dark or morbid, but I've always thought it was beautiful. It's essentially ...
The Italian Renaissance Through David and the Dome
I came to Florence expecting to love it, and the city didn’t disappoint. As an engineer, I knew I'd be impressed by Filippo Brunelleschi’s massive red brick dome, and as a history buff, I was excited to see the home of the Italian Renaissance. What I didn’t expect, though, was to be so thoroughly moved by Michelangelo's David. I'd seen pictures of this sculpture many times before, but there ...
EIT Elsewhere | Where to Drink in San Jose on Thrillist.com
I'm excited (or should I say, in the vernacular of the publication, stoked) to share an article I wrote for the snarky national food + travel website, Thrillist. In it, I shared some hometown love and some fine places to have a beer in San Jose, California. Check it out: Where To Drink in Downtown San Jose Note: The draft I submitted started off by taking a swing at San Francisco, and ...
Gondolier Under the Rialto Bridge, Venice
Click HERE to see a larger version of this photo. First up, one of my favorite photos taken near the Rialto Bridge in Venice, Italy--a gondolier navigating the busy waters of the Grand Canal. I was surprised by how crowded this waterway was. It was packed with tourist-toting gondolas and sightseeing boats, transit ferries packed with people, and industrial and commercial delivery barges ...
The Sunday Market at Marsaxlokk, Malta
I spent most of my recent visit to Malta on one of the Mediterranean nation's smaller islands, Gozo. I only had one full day to spend on the big island, the one they call simply, "Malta." There was lots to see on Malta, so I had trouble deciding how to spend my very limited time. Reading something about a big weekly fish market that just so happened to fall on Sundays--the day I ...
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