We spent eight glorious days in Japan with Ari and Hannah exploring Tokyo, Hakone, and Kyoto by foot, e-bike, bus, subway, taxi, and bullet train.
Read MoreFive of my black+white fine art architectural travel photographs were selected by jurors for a show called “Architects as Artists” at Honolulu’s Downtown Art Center.
Read MoreOn a pre-Covid-19 trip with my wife to Turkey, our departing flight to Cappadocia through Istanbul (the world’s largest airport) was delayed for over an hour. So… despite running breathlessly through IST from one terminal to the next, we missed our connection. The good news: we got rebooked a few hours later on a flight departing at 1:15 in the morning.
Read MoreNot just any market. This is the Edirnekapı Kuş Pazarı, otherwise known as the Bird Market, which takes place every Sunday in Istanbul. Hundreds of men gather here (I didn’t see a single woman) to buy and sell pigeons, which go for anywhere between the equivalent of $3 and $300 U.S. dollars.
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