On May 8th, 2012, TAXIING BY THE ENTERPRISE…
…was a pretty cool thing to see as we made our way down the tarmac and spied the space shuttle casually hanging out on the back of a…
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On December 7th, 2011, THE LIGHTED GRID OF LA…
…beginning to emerge as the pilot announces our descent into the city somewhere over 29 Palms, then Palms Springs, then the endless Inland Empire – welcomes me back…
On October 21st, 2011, FROSTY FLIGHT TO WARSAW
…on the connecting flight from Amsterdam, seated by a drafty exit row window with -53 degrees on the other side, had me all bundled up in almost everything…
On September 19th, 2011, AMBER AIRPLANE SUNSET…
…was what we were treated to as we descended from the boring grey top landscape of clouds, into a thin sandwich of ethereal clouds full of a glowing…
On September 16th, 2011, BYE-BYE ISTANBUL…
…my kindly taxi driver said as I took a few last pictures of the city from the back seat of his cab on the way to Ataturk Airport…
On July 28th, 2011, CIAO ROMA, CIAO, CIAO, CIAO…
…was sad to say this morning at 10:15am as we took off from Fiumicino, USA bound for a couple of weeks before returning to bounce around Europe for…
On July 12th, 2011, DÜSSELDORF…
…with welcome chilly drizzly weather – after enduring a few sweltering days rubbing up against sweaty sun-burnt tourists in the sticky blazing Venetian sun – is where I…
On January 17th, 2011, LANDING AT FIUMICINO…
…feels like coming home now (with Alitalia yesterday afternoon) – approaching from the north over fields and farms of Lazio is especially welcoming – making me want to…
On November 15th, 2010, ROME FROM ABOVE…
…is the view that I am enjoying as we prepare to land at the remote Roman airport of Ciampino this morning, especially a view of the suburb Centocelle…
On November 10th, 2010, CORVIALE…
…is a massive Corbusian housing block designed by a team of Italian architects and built in 1972 in the southwestern outskirts of Rome – and I have recently…
On October 7th, 2010, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE’S ‘ITALIAN JOURNEY’…
…an account of his hastily planned 1786-87 trip south to escape his humdrum daily obligations in Germany and luxuriate in the Italian culture he had been dreaming about…
On September 14th, 2010, TERMINAL 2E AT CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT…
…is one of my favorite places to be if I’m going to have a longish layover (and makes LAX or JFK feel like the portal to a penal…
On September 13th, 2010, WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…
…is where I’m flying out of tonight to return to Rome via Paris and even though this airport is a serious pain in the ass to get to…
On September 6th, 2010, ON MY WAY TO ROME…
….through that horrible place known as ATL and can’t wait to get to the other side.
On September 2nd, 2010, LEAVING NEW HAMPSHIRE…
…flying out of Manchester Airport, and sad to say goodbye to Summer, Peterborough, Bicycle rides into town, MacDowell, Schelling Studio, Willard Pond, Silver Lake, Hedgehogs, Wild Turkeys, Deer,…
On July 23rd, 2010, OVER NEW HAMPSHIRE…
…where I am about to land in Manchester on my way to Peterborough, I saw the most remarkable suburban settlement nestled in a dense New England forest right…
On July 14th, 2010, CENTRAL PIVOT IRRIGATION…
…as viewed somewhere over Oklahoma on the way to Tulsa this afternoon. (more info)
On June 29th, 2010, LANDING IN JUNE GLOOM L.A…
…this morning, at last, after spending 8 hours in the Atlanta airport waiting (a) 2 hours for a lighting storm to end, and then (b) 3 hours for…
On June 22nd, REDEYE…
…is usually how I go from LA to NYC, as I am today, often just for a night and making the most of my first day with back…
On June 12th, 2010, FROM ABOVE…
…anywhere…but happens to be approach to SFO.