Dallas is an improbable city. In many ways it seems to have sprung up by accident. Unlike most major cities, Dallas does not have a navigable river. The Trinity River is a mess. Most of the time it looks like an innocent little creek, but every once in a a while, it floods into a …
It was a charming little shithole: a small town whose rustic beauty belied its backwardness. Anywhere else in the country, it would be filled with mobile homes and mini malls. But in the verdant mountains of Northern New England, it was more like Disneyland combined with a Currier & Ives print: hillbillies living in once …
In the mid-1800s, a large number of Germans settled the Hill Country between Austin and San Antonio. Since then, they’ve assimilated with Texan/American culture, but they still celebrate their German heritage. No where is that more evident than in the town Fredericksburg. Back in 2009, I drove down there with a couple of friends. We …
I went to visit my parents for Christmas back in December 2009, After several years of living in Texas, Vermont was quite a shock to my system. Still, it was a beautiful place, on a sunny winter day, I took my camera and walked around downtown Montpelier, getting pictures from State and Main to the …
Any good city needs an impressive skyline, and Boston is no exception. The Boston skyline isn’t as tall as that of New York or even Dallas, but it’s got a lot of pretty buildings that give the city a distinctive profile. And while the best views come from afar, I got some nice closeups throughout …
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