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Memory Monday: TWA Hotel @ JFK’s Terminal 5

by eandl | Nov 18, 2019

When we landed in the US after a 14 hour flight from Seoul, we had been awake for 18+ hours, and had another 8 hours to endure at JFK before our final flight home. Since we were flying from Terminal...

Memory Monday: Japan and South Korea manhole covers

by leandra | Oct 28, 2019

One of my favorite things about travel is discovering art in unexpected places. I photographed these artistic manhole covers in Tokyo, Hamamatsu, Osaka, Minoh, and Seoul. It's worth slowing down and...

Memory Monday: Cocktails @ The Zetter Townhouse Clerkenwell

by leandra | Jun 27, 2016

I found this bar listed in an article on excellent bars several months before our trip and planned to surprise Eric here for birthday-eve drinks. Upon arrival we grabbed an open couch near the door...

Memory Monday: a year in the garden

by eric | Jan 5, 2015

In May, just before we left for Bali, I built a wire trellis to support several climbing plants including moonflower, cardinal climber and passionflower. Starting in early June I took a series of...

Memory Monday: tracking down teapigs!

by leandra | Nov 10, 2014

On our last visit to London, the hotel we stayed at had teapigs tea in the room and I absolutely fell in love with the peppermint tea. On this visit, I was determined to get my hands on some to...

Memory Monday: Canyon Road art galleries

by leandra | Oct 27, 2014

On our last morning in New Mexico we filled up on a great buffet breakfast and walked a few yards to the start of Canyon Road to admire some of the galleries. I think Eric had assumed there would be...

Memory Monday: Wayfarer’s Chapel

by leandra | Aug 25, 2014

In August 2004, Eric and I had just moved to North Carolina. We had some time off before school started so we took a trip out to Los Angeles to visit my brother who had graduated from college and...

Memory Monday: parking discs in Copenhagen

by leandra | Jul 28, 2014

Upon walking around downtown Copenhagen, I quickly noticed that all parked cars had these little wheels on the dashboard. I never saw a parking sign explaining this until we were out near our hotel...

Memory Monday: dinner at TAPA

by leandra | Jul 21, 2014

For our last dinner in Bali, we knew we didn't want to hang out in the strip mall next to the hotel so we searched Trip Advisor for a nearby place with good reviews that would have pickup service...

Memory Monday: Den lille havfrue

by leandra | Jul 14, 2014

A very touristy thing to do in Copenhagen is visit the little mermaid (Den lille havfrue). The brass statue is located along the water, surrounded by throngs of tourists trying to get a shot of her...

Memory Monday: bulldogs in Athens

by eandl | Jun 30, 2014

Ten years ago this July, we did a little exploring in our then hometown of Athens, GA to see how many of the decorated bulldogs we could spot. We photographed 21 different bulldogs and on a sunny...

Memory Monday: making a shell pendant

by eandl | Jun 24, 2014

We did a bit of beach walking in Sengiggi on Lombok and Candidasa on Bali and one of my favorite finds were these jewel-like purple shells. My goal was to find at least one intact that I could turn...

Memory Monday: my temporary friend

by eandl | Jun 16, 2014

If you ever have the opportunity to travel around central Bali then you will likely see the Balinese long-tailed macaque (called 'kera' by the locals). The most popular place to have an experience...

Memory Monday: $120 worth of caviar in my belly

by eandl | Jun 9, 2014

The first time I ever tried caviar was on a cruise ship at 17 years old during the captain's cocktail hour. The only thing I remember about the taste was how salty it was. Fast forward many years...

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