Galleries

  • Ugly faces of Pont Neuf

    As you pass under Pont Neuf, the oldest standing bridge on the Seine River in Paris, you see a variety of grimacing stone faces. They’re called mascarons and there are 381 of them. They might be satyrs, sylvans and other forest deities. Or they might be caricatures of friends and enemies of Henry IV. Here are my favorites:

  • A weekend in London

    In 2014 I had a quick business trip to London and did some touristing. Here are a few highlights beyond the usual sights, from an email I sent to a friend who was visiting a few weeks after me: Fat Tire Bike Tour – highly recommended. You end up hitting a ton of sites in a…

  • A quick trip to Hong Kong

    A quick trip to Hong Kong

    In 2013 I visited Hong Kong for the first (and so far only) time to do some interviews. I did some sight-seeing over the weekend and took way too many pictures. Here are my 92 favorites:

  • Seattle a decade ago

    Seattle a decade ago

    Guy approaching me on the street with a ragged bouquet of flowers: “Hey, buy some flowers for your wife?” Me: “No, thanks. She’s 3,000 miles away.” Guy: “That’s cool – I just pulled these out of a dumpster.” That was 10 years ago in Seattle. I talked to him for a while and he told…

  • Galta Monkey Temple

    Galta Monkey Temple

    The first time I went to India, in 2008, I picked up the paper and read about monkeys that were raiding villages and stealing food and medicine. I’m pretty sure I read that they were stealing human babies, too, although now that I try to find an article online about it I’m having a rough…