Point Loma
The view from the track and field facility at Point Loma.
Posted on April 6th, 2011
Weekend Doodle
I was sitting at my desk Saturday, waiting for the rain to ease up so I could go out and make some photos. I've had this umbrella photo around in a couple of forms for more years than I care to say. Sometimes this happens. I'm undecided. Should I go further with this? Well, Saturday I was doodling and finally finished the photo (for now). And yes, the umbrella was pink!
Posted on February 21st, 2011
Tomas
The morning we left the Dominican Republic large waves from Hurricane Tomas pounded the Malecón in Santo Domingo. This area is usually calm and waveless. Down graded to a tropical storm, Tomas still caused serious flooding in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Posted on December 1st, 2010
Random
Sign I liked. (Outside a casino in Juan Dolio)
Scene I liked. (Inside Catedral Santa Maria de la Encarnación, built between 1521 and 1540.)
Photo I like. Could be titled "Photos and Rat". When some workers saw I was interested in the photos they had cleared out of a building and piled on the sidewalk, they really got into showing them to me. They gave me a few choice 5x7s.
Posted on November 30th, 2010
On the Road
Maybe it's the Margaret Atwood I've been reading? When I look at this photo I think of a post-apocalyptic world.
Posted on November 29th, 2010
Hoops in Constanza
Basketball is the second most popular sport in the Dominican Republic after baseball. A couple of these kids were really good! Can you name a Dominican player in the NBA? (Al Holford Atlanta Hawks. This season he's averaging 16.4 points and 9.5 rebounds a game.)
Posted on November 28th, 2010
Parque Central
You don't see many gringos in Constanza so the local kids were curious about us. They practiced their English on us and we worked on our Spanish.
Posted on November 27th, 2010
Two Views of Constanza
Inside Lorenzo's (our favorite restaurant in town).
Street scene.
Posted on November 26th, 2010
Motoconcho
Small-engine motorcycles are the most common way to travel in the Dominican Republic. It's not unusual to see three and sometimes four people riding on one. I took this family portrait in Constanza, a farming town in the mountains north of Santo Domingo.
Posted on November 25th, 2010
Juan Dolio
Playa Juan Dolio is the place to go for a day trip and a break from the city. (see November 7th post)
Posted on November 24th, 2010