pope's wall of fame

kind of impressive actually

looking through

three floyds brewery, illinois

sails in the water...looks like a toy but i was in a helicopter

boats on a roof

it's all about the light and the lines

in a small suburb outside of rome, the 50th church to be built for
the jubilee of AD 2000 in 1994. pope john II commissioned a jewish
architect, richard meier to build this, which caused a stir as did
the final design!

construction camouflage

in rome when a building is under construction they build a set around
it and paint it to look like the surrounding architecture. Then they
sell the ad space to pay for it. Awesome.

a sculpture I can identify with

oui, paris

bass balalaika

balalaika is one of my favorite words

just another fountain in rome

complicated simplicity

holy cathedral, batman!

happy bike

twisted spoke... a bar no more

row your boat with music and beer

you can see everyone on the boat in the bell of this horn

indeed

a bit of history

so i left paris the first time in 1991. for about a year in paris
this was my c-bar, all the foreign legionnaires would show up and
sing drunken songs, it was a safe, fun place to hang out and play
darts right in the heart of 'downtown' paris. so 15 years later it
takes me like an hour to find a place i once spent several nights a
week (to my credit there was a lot of construction going on). so we
arrive late, last call late, but i try to go in a certain door, and
they let us in asking 'how long has it been since you've been here?'
the entrance door and the space has totally changed. the crazy thing
is, as i tell them the years i was there and who i knew, recognition
starts to play on the bartender's face. it turns out this italian
woman (see picture) not only knew some of the people in my stories,
but one of them had been there only hours before! life has some very
cool moments.

a sacred heart waits for me on my favorite hill

sacre coeur, montmarte, paris

creepy ass sculpture in st. peter's basilica

Detail of monument of Pope Alexander VII, with skeleton and hourglass.

Heading back towards the entrance, between the Chapel of the Column
and the left transept is the monument to Pope Alexander (Chigi) VII
(d. 1667) by Bernini, 1671-78. The door below symbolizes the Gate of
Death, above which a skeleton lifts a fold of red marble drapery and
holds an hourglass. He is flanked on the right by a statue
representing Truth or religion, who rests her foot on a globe —
specifically placed upon the British Isles, symbolizing the pope's
problems with the Church of England. Three other figures represent
Charity, Prudence and Justice.
The left transept contains the altars of St. Peter's Crucifixion, St.
Joseph (pictured at right) and St. Thomas.

my favorite office thus far

that was my desk

trees, rocks and sky

on the wind

there's a red paraglider in this shot... sure the castle is cool, but all i wanted was to paraglide, from the second i saw it.

three days and 97 miles later (on a bike)... i found someone to take me up and got to jump off a mountain at over 5,000 ft. It makes me giggle just thinking about it.

austria