The calm always follows the storm. After a harrowing evening which left us caked in mud and frozen to the bone, we awoke at a rest area on the I-80 to the most beautiful winter sunrise. Glistening frost hung on […]
Your Captain and First Mate are marooned. In the midst of a fierce battle with the Gods and elements, the good ship Camry ran ashore on the muddy banks of a far away and desolate land, known to the locals […]
Ready for more animals? I was too young when my family took me to the San Diego Zoo to remember it now. That being the case, I can certainly say that the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska […]
It’s morning in Omaha, Nebraska and we are officially stuck inside a frozen car. Thick fractal ice designs have formed an impenetrable wall around all the windows and doors, so I guess it’s blogging time. We arrived in […]
It’s almost midnight and time for a “real” night of sleep for once. That means more than 4 hours, but still in a car. We’re holed up at a rest stop about 5 miles from Meramec Caverns […]
It’s 4:45 AM, central time. I’ve finally picked up my fellow traveler. We’re in a parking lot outside the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO, waiting for sunrise. He’s napping and I’m working on photos. The “plan” for today […]
Welcome to Drive-By America: A Road Trip from East Coast to West Coast. Here you will be joining me on my cross-country drive from wet, cold, rainy Asbury Park, New Jersey to beautiful, sunny, sandy San Diego, California. We’ll […]
At twelve thirty one, post meridiem, wednesday, november twenty-third, year twenty-eleven, Aviva Lazar Hadzimichalis was born in a hospital in New Jersey. Though she arrived ten days late, she did so with unexpected speed and ease. Mom, Dad and […]
If you’re anything like me, you return from every trip with way too many images, most of which will be passed over once and quickly banished digital limbo, below the star-rating sorting cut, never to be seen again. However, […]
When you walk into a cathedral like St. Patrick’s in New York City, all preconceptions you may have about Catholicism are left at the massive, beautiful, intricately carved door. One thing is certain, religion, for all of its shortcomings, […]
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