Experience Albania: Travel, Pictures, History, Culture

I’ve been here for a long time … the DC area, including Georgetown, downtown, and the Mall (as in the area that extends from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial) have been my stomping grounds for over a month. With a side trip back to Minnesota, this unplanned trip back to America has been such [...]

“Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.”

Check out my new ‘Questions’ page, which you’ll find at the top of my website’s name along with ‘Blog, ‘Pictures,’ etc.
I’ll be adding material and photos to this page as often as possible.
Also, if you want to get in touch with me regarding Albania, my organization, photographs, etc., please leave me your email address [...]

These photos were effortless. I simply kept my camera out and stopped whenever I saw something beautiful.
Pansies:

Trees in bloom around Georgetown neighborhoods:

Here and there:

All photographs were taken in the Smithsonian National Museum of American Art. It had been my list and I’m happy I finally got to it yesterday.
True, it is a musueum filled with art, but the walls were also decorated with quotes from artists of all avenues. For me, reading their words, the backdrop to sculptures, [...]

I’m back in Washington, D.C. after a great trip home to Minnesota.
Not sure how long I’ll be here, but while I wait to return to Albania it looks like my camera becomes a companion once again.

(4 couples) +

(2 chefs [Dave+Angie] x 3 homemade pizzas) +

(consumption + big bites / digestion) +

(couples photos x 4) +

(goodbyes) =

Perfect Way to Spend a Night Back Home

My days in Minnesota are winding down. I head back to Washington, D.C. tomorrow and will be back in Albania hopefully within a week and a half or so.
Times flies when you come back home for a two week visit. I’ve seen so many great people, spending days and nights over lunch and dinner dates [...]

I went over to my grandparents’ house the other day for a visit and lunch and much, much more. I can’t exactly explain what the ‘much, much more’ is, but there’s something about seeing them and being in their home that really brings me back in time. Four hours flew by and before I knew [...]

Next door to the new Guthrie, the Mill City Museum is sleek-meets-historic (or the other way around?):