Photo Essay: Bikes in Shanghai
Just as the laundry hung out to dry on eletrical cables, parking signs and telephone booths, the prevalence of bikes in the streets of Shanghai struck me as so [...]
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May, 2012
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May, 2012
Photo Essay: The Dry Goods Market in Shanghai
Outrageously kitschy and cute - baby ponytail holders at the Dry Goods Market in the Nanshi District of Shanghai. Being an indoor bazaar, the Dry Goods Market is indeed [...]
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May, 2012
Photo Essay: A Market in Shanghai
A tea shop - my favorite photo from our stroll through the market in Nanshi, the Old Town of Shanghai. This area used to be the old walled city of [...]
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May, 2012
A Lane House in Shanghai
I really should have started my Shanghai series with sharing photos of this lane house in the Jing'an District, as it was the first place my friend took me [...]
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May, 2012
Photo Essay: Laundry in Shanghai
It struck me that in Shanghai laundry is everywhere, except the strict business area along the riverfront. Otherwise, in any halfway residential area, laundry is hung out to dry. [...]
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Apr, 2012
Photo Essay: Shanghai’s Former Jewish Ghetto
Old meets new in this view of Hongkou rooftops sharing the sky with the top of the Shanghai World Financial Center, built across the Huang Pu River in Pudong, [...]
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Mar, 2012
Photo Essay: Maple Sugar Festival in the Indiana Dunes
Going to the Maple Sugar Time Festival in the Indiana Dunes is one family tradition I started when the kids were little. Since we missed it last year, my [...]
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Dec, 2011
Photo Essay: Christkindlmarket Chicago
Even though I don't celebrate Christmas, in December a visit to the Christkindlmarket downtown Chicago is obligatory - mainly because I can find favorite German delicacies there that I [...]
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Dec, 2011
Photo Essay: Lincoln Park Zoo
My 11-year-old son is off from school already this week, and he wanted to go to the zoo (Who knew?). So yesterday we spent the morning at Lincoln Park [...]
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Aug, 2011
Road Trip Report 12: Mesa Arch Photo Essay
Mesa Arch @ Canyonlands National Park My son has this view as a wallpaper on his computer. I have to admit I always thought it was fake until I [...]
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Aug, 2011
Road Trip Report 11: Arches National Park Photo Essay
To quote my daughter: "This is cooler than Monument Valley." Some whining from my sons was involved because we were "hiking again" until they realized the arches offered climbing [...]
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Aug, 2011
Road Trip Report 7: Death Valley Photo Essay
Driving into Death Valley from the east on SR190 at sunrise - about 5:45 a.m. Going lower. Badwater Pond - salty rather than poisonous as it is fed by [...]