Juxtaposition in Tokyo

I had the pleasure of visiting Tokyo back in April.  It's such an amazing city, everything is so refined, so well thought out and designed.  One of my favorite aspect about the city is how well the traditional culture and the modern culture blends together.  There is a cohesion, a mutual respect.  It's a beautiful balance.

Hang in there kiddo

A self portrait.

Hurricane & Turkey can't keep me down

Since the last post, I've survived a hurricane, a week without power and two Thanksgiving meal. Isn't that medal worthy or something?  Anyhow, continuing on with Puerto Rico, Old San Juan part 2.


It's embarrassing to admit but I really like walls & doors.  I don't know what that means but it's becoming apparent that a large percentage of my photos are walls and doors.  I foresee professional help in my future...

As beautiful as Old San Juan is, there is an air of desolation, parts of town seem like they been abandoned altogether.  Upon closer examination a lot of the colorful buildings are actually for sale and peering into the windows you often see the buildings are run down or abandoned.

This last photo might be my favorite from the trip.

Streets of Old San Juan

As promised, the first of many installments of my trip to Puerto Rico back in August.  I stayed close to Old San Juan and spent a couple days just walking all around the city.  On the island, time seems to slow down, everyone is relaxed and friendly.  The streets were filled with colorful buildings, aromas of food carts and music that move your feet.

I met a friendly guy on the street who told me more about the architecture and history of the old city.  Apparently all the bright pastel colors were added later to attract tourists and the cobble stones had corral mixed in so they have this beautiful blue sheen to them.

 It's really a beautiful city to walk around, everywhere you look there is a colorful building.  It's like a storybook.

More to come, stay tuned...

Weekend Getaway