The Calm After the Storm

July 13 was a pretty exciting social media day in Chicago. A thunderstorm rolled through the city, leaving a stunning double rainbow over the city in its wake. If you follow someone from Chicago on Instagram, I'm sure you gave it a double tap and a heart-eyed emoji. It was pretty spectacular.

Snow Covered Lakes

My first full day in wintertime Charlevoix. Woke with no agenda, here's a photo essay (provided by my iPhone) of the day. Tomorrow is a new day and with it comes new adventures.

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"Miraflores Sunset" My first day in Peru was spent just like all subsequent days would be spent: walking.  Katie and I had a day in Lima before heading to Cusco and we spent it in the affluent area that surround our hostel, Miraflores.  We meandered through the streets, admired the lovely waterfront, ate lunch at [...]

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"Acacia at Sunset" What with my story being featured on Bucket List Publications and my revamping of the VICDA website, I've been missing Kenya a lot lately.  This photograph was taken during my first trip to Kenya in 2006.  I was on safari at Amboseli National Park and became obsessed with this gorgeous acacia tree [...]

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"Christmas Sunset" On Christmas afternoon, Essie and I went for a walk.  Winnetka was quite while lit windows revealed Christmas scenes of kids still in their pajamas playing with new toys, friends and family laughing over a bottle of wine and all around happiness.  We walked to Crow Island, my elementary school, and, despite Winnetka's [...]