Sunday, December 18, 2022

Residential area in Ivins, Utah

Photograph from November 2022. This is in Ivins, Utah. Looking up towards a geological feature called Red Mountain. On the other side of the mountain is Snow Canyon State Park. 

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Belagio casino in Las Vegas

Photograph of the reflecting pool in front of the Belagio casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo taken in November 2022. 

Some place called Casino 36 in Berlin

Photograph of some place called Casino 36 in Berlin, Germany.

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Hrazdan River and Lake Sevan in Armenia

Sign for the Hrazdan River near Lake Sevan in Armenia. 

Having a beer on the shore of Lake Sevan in Armenia

Photograph from July of 2017. View from the shore of Lake Sevan in Armenia. 

Gavin Newsom at the Balboa Cafe in San Francisco

I was in San Francisco in July 2016. I was there for one day when I ran into Gavin Newsom. He was sitting at the table next to ours. We had a debate as to whether or not it was really him. I didn't believe he was at first - but it was him. I snapped a photo of him sitting at a sidewalk table, enjoying a cocktail, at the Balboa Cafe

Saturday, May 28, 2022

Saturday, April 30, 2022

Easy Rider filming location: Las Vegas, New Mexico

Easy Rider. One of the great films of the 1960s, and one of few road trip stories in American culture where the characters travel from west to east. During my summer 2021 visit to New Mexico, I just had to find an Easy Rider filming location to visit... And indeed, I found one in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The image above is from the jail scene in Easy Rider. This is the scene where Nicholson is released from jail on the public intoxication charge and agrees to travel with Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Here's the scene on YouTube: "Here's to old D.H. Lawrence." Nicholson says as he has a drink on the sidewalk here. 
Nicholson in Easy Rider - scene filmed in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Here's the same location in August of 2021. The jail in the film is a place called Tito's Gallery. 


KMRD 96.9 radio station sign in Madrid, New Mexico

KMRD 96.9 FM sign in Madrid, New Mexico. You can listen this station online

North Gate Boulevard near Gleneagle, Colorado

View at dusk from a boulevard leading into Gleneagle, Colorado. 

Friday, February 18, 2022

January 1st 2019 in Berlin - lots of used fireworks

The remains of fireworks. This is a few from New Year's Day 2019 in Berlin, Germany. 

"Where is Buck?" sticker in Iceland

Sticker I spotted on a beach near Vik, Iceland. Something related to this fellow on Instagram. 

Swans in the Vltava River in Prague

View of some swans on the shore of the Vltava River in Prague. The Charles Bridge is in the background. I took this photo during my 2018 visit. 

Churchill statue in Prague

Photo of a statue of Winston Churchill in Prague. I took this during my brief visit to the city in 2018.


Saturday, February 12, 2022

Garden of the Gods outside of Cerrillos, New Mexico

View from the Turquoise trail outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico. This is a spire at a rock outcrop known as the Garden of the Gods.