Friday, November 13, 2009


Inspiration rut, over! Thanks to these two Parisian beauties as captured by iksus. I finally have my ticket for Paris and the French Riviera in order, and so the upcoming trip seems real. Finally. So I figure it's time to start the heavy surfing again for pre-travel dreaming. These to fairytale-like images are as dreamy-delicious a place to start as any, right? They're like windows looking out on an ever so slowly fading memory, softening into a fuzzy-fabulous dream.

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Location: Paris, France ★
Photo courtesy of iksus

Tuesday, September 8, 2009


My visit was too short, but definitely sweet. And I don't know what it is, but I really dug the Radio City Music Hall sign. Day or night, it doesn't disappoint; me, anyway.

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Location: NYC, New York ★
Photo courtesy of -=Funk=-

Tuesday, August 25, 2009


I've heard of singing in the rain and dancing up a storm, but never dancing in a storm. Looks like fun! Certainly picturesque.

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Location: NYC, New York ★
Photo courtesy of The Club Creatures

Friday, August 21, 2009


I reeeeally hope it doesn't rain over my quick upcoming trip to NYC. But if the sky does happen to open up and let loose, a gorgeous keepsake capture like this would make it well worth the wet.

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Location: NYC, New York ★
Photo courtesy of Catherine...

Wednesday, August 19, 2009


Dang.

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Location: NYC, New York ★
Photo courtesy of debchusid

Monday, August 17, 2009



I hella heart Flickr.

In helping me prep for an upcoming trip to the Big Apple, a good friend made the following photo request - "There's this neon sign somewhere in Hell's Kitchen on a cross that says 'sin will find you out' - I just can't remember where!" It only took two baby seconds on Flickr to find it out. Photos, address and cross streets, everything!

I am now ready to venture to New York in search of sin and a sign, in Hell's Kitchen, no less.

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Location: NYC, New York ★
Photo courtesy of insunlight

Wednesday, August 12, 2009


Not one of Eiffel's per se, but related. And just as lovely.

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Location: Porto, Portugal ★
Photo courtesy of GuiRC

Monday, August 10, 2009



Gorgeous! I've always wondered what other stunning structures Monsieur Eiffel designed. I love the striking similarities in steel that this bridge shares with its grand Parisian cousin, La Tour Eiffel.

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Location: Cantal, France ★
Photo courtesy of Anne_Seb_Yoann

Saturday, August 8, 2009


Speechless.

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Location: Paris, France ★
Photo courtesy of naughtyblue

Friday, August 7, 2009



One of the places in Paris that I'm looking forward to exploring for the first time is La Défense. On each of my prior Parisian adventures I've stuck close to the center of town and Paris proper, leaving the outer limits for a later date. I think the time has finally arrived!

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Location: Paris, France ★
Photo courtesy of GlobeTrotter 2000

Thursday, August 6, 2009


The weather in San Francisco has been sort of strange today. Overcast and bright, but dark. If you can picture that. No rain, and not cold, but not an ideal day to be outside. My idea of museum weather. Thus my selection of this moody and moving photo in the Musée d'Orsay. Wish I were there.

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Location: Paris, France ★
Photo courtesy of kuchingboy

Monday, August 3, 2009



This ethereal image is not unlike the essence of my weekend. A total blur. A fleeting memory. Gone too soon. But thoroughly enjoyed.

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Location: Paris, France ★
Photo courtesy of said&done

Sunday, August 2, 2009


A lovely evening in Paris with a delicious view to dessert. No wonder these men are smiling.

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Location: Paris, France ★
Photo courtesy of pixelrolf

Friday, July 31, 2009


I wonder when I'll finally get around to scaling the tower. It would be nice to see it from a different, off-the-ground angle, like this one. Pretty. But pretty high, I assume. And open-air. Which I'm not sure will help or heighten my fear of heights! Guess there's only one way to find out.

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Location: Paris, France ★
Photo courtesy of cliff.chung

Thursday, July 30, 2009



I'm inspired to take a break today from the scenic Seine shots and views to La Tour Eiffel in favor of a little flavor, or six. As prettily pictured above. If you're not familiar with French macarons, you really need to get with the program. They're little bites of crackly, chewy heaven and the best are from the house of Ladurée, founded in 1862 in Paris, which created this part cookie, part cake, ganache-filled all-crack treat at the turn of the 20th century. If you've had one or when you finally do, you'll understand the reference to hardcore street drugs. And while there are other reputable dealers in French macarons, both inside the confines of Paris and around the world, I've never had anything nearly so delicious or addictive as at the source of genius, Ladurée. No trip to Paris should be without a hit, I mean a handful, of macarons from this historic Parisian pâtisserie.

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Location: Paris, France ★
Photo courtesy of neonriot

Tuesday, July 28, 2009


Like the Eiffel Tower as pictured in this wonderful photograph, my trip to Paris is just coming into view. Planning is half the fun of travel, and I enjoy it nearly as much as the actual trips themselves. Is that strange? I don't know about you, but I'm never nearly so happy as when I'm mapping out my next escape.

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Location: Paris, France ★
Photo courtesy of -hadlo-

Monday, July 27, 2009


My god. Where has the time gone? I have really been neglecting this blog. As well as my workouts. But the latter is none of your concern. Lucky you! Here's to getting back on track. The focus for now being Paris, as that will be the site of my next international escapade. And nothing is more inspiring when planning a trip of one's own than thumbing through the memories of fellow travelers. Take this dreamy interpretation of the Parisian cityscape. Old and new at the same time. I love it!

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Location: Paris, France ★
Photo courtesy of Americo Duarte Santos

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Buongiorno! Back from the most serene city in the world, and will return to my virtual vacationing for Vivaca ... Soon. Once I'm caught up with everything else I've fallen behind on, while I was away. Which is a heap, at the moment.

Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of Yours Truly

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

This was my answer to a question on luck and photography for another photog's blog. Thought I'd share it here, too. Seemed an appropriate post for St. Patrick's Day.
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There are many moments and places that I feel fortunate to have captured with my camera, but one that stands out in particular is a delicious door I encountered on a tiny island in the Bay of Kotor. Having come to Croatia for two weeks before going back to Budapest for one more, I was looking forward to doing a number of day trips from my home base in Dubrovnik. I am obsessed with Venice, one might say, and had my heart set on visiting the tiny town of Kotor, an UNESCO World Heritage site and former outpost of La Serenissima. The weather wasn't what I'd hoped for on the designated day, overcast and drizzling a fine mist, but it was my one opportunity to see this special place and so I set off for Kotor anyway on a chartered bus tour. Alone with my camera and strangers from all over Europe, I broke away from the pack of friendly Brits I'd attached myself to as everyone clamored into the pint-sized Church of Our Lady of the Rock. It was so beautiful outside and as the doors to the church closed, I found myself enveloped by a stony and almost palpable peace. While I was anxious to head inside and learn the story of this artificial island and its charming little church, I couldn't help but linger a few moments more outside to study the mystic - no, more like magical - sea green door before me. None of my fellow tourists had given it any notice, let alone the long second look it so dramatically deserved. Surrounded by weathered white to gray blocks of stone, it was mesmerizingly beautiful. Although I could have stood there studying the door indefinitely, I ultimately broke the spell by snapping two quick pics before passing inside. The church and its door remained in my mind's eye but melted or morphed into something of a surreal dream. Back in Budapest, I returned excitedly to the Castle District, where but two weeks before I'd seen some of the most stunning wooden doors anywhere. I had in mind a particular door in dark green that I couldn't wait to see again, and re-shoot. With their intricate design, larger than life size, and patina of peeling paint, the Castle District's old doors were an architectural travel photographer's dream. I'd been quite ill that first week in Budapest and had only had the energy to take a few test shots. But I wasn't to finish the job. In the city's haste to renovate and restore, I was horrified to find that all of the doors I'd fallen in love with only two weeks earlier were now freshly painted. No peeling. Still beautiful, but lacking the unique character that came with their aging and cracking coats. In frustration, I photographed my green door and its neighbors, and went home disappointed. Until, in reviewing all of my images from four weeks abroad, I rediscovered the green door from Montenegro. If I'd taken no other pictures in that entire month, the lucky find of this special door would have been more than memory and reward enough for the trip. I thank my lucky stars that I had my camera, batteries charged, to preserve that place and that moment - and above all that door - for myself, for my friends, for my family, and for you. It's a pretty wonderful door, isn't it? It looks like luck itself, perhaps.
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Hope you enjoyed this peek behind The Green Door.
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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Argh! Backlog of work to tackle, in anticipation of my upcoming trip to Italia. Never enough time in the day for all the things I'd rather be doing. Like surfing Flickr for inspiration and images to post here. More soon, soon. I hope.

Monday, March 9, 2009


What's old is new again. Lovely capture of the Rialto.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of LomoBros

Sunday, March 8, 2009


Green. White. Red. It's the Italian flag! So cool. But then, it's a lomo; the cool factor is inherent.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of erase rewind

Saturday, March 7, 2009


This photo is so Venice Beach, California. The light and tone is perfect. Brings back memories of being a freshman in college at UCLA and heading down to Venice Beach for a stroll and a study break.

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Location: Venice Beach, California ★
Photo courtesy of Loulou H

Friday, March 6, 2009


Yes, I know how it feels and this definitely captures it!

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of blue_st

Thursday, March 5, 2009


Great perspective. I feel like I'm on the vaporetto, too!

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of eshadd1111

Wednesday, March 4, 2009


Beautiful light-and-shadow portrait of the Doge's Palace.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of Michele Ferretti

Tuesday, March 3, 2009


Love the lights and the fog! I hope I get one atmospheric night like this on my upcoming trip to Venice, this spring.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of Michele Ferretti

Monday, March 2, 2009


Sometimes camera shake totally works to one's advantage. Gives this image a certain shimmery feel, combined with the color. I like it.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of stephanie luke

Sunday, March 1, 2009


I've said it before and I'll say it again - there's nothing so wonderful as wandering the streets of Venice after the sun sets. Well after. As to this photo specifically, I love the perspective and the color. Sets a nice night tone and feels authentic. This is what Venice feels like, after dark!

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of Tunisien

Saturday, February 28, 2009


The slight tilt to the right makes it look as though all the boats slid down into neat little stacks against the canal. Love it.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of Kaluza_Klein

Friday, February 27, 2009


I know exactly where this is, because I have a similar memory of dining here one night on my very first trip to Venice. Things like that one doesn't forget; I don't recall if the food was any good, but the experience was surrealicious.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of yuco

Thursday, February 26, 2009


That door, the decay, the light ... Takes your breath away briefly, no?

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of kathleensulli

Wednesday, February 25, 2009


The perspective captured in this image really gives the sense of architecture overpowering the tiny people navigating the street below; successfully preserving that sense of awe one would undoubtedly feel if it were you walking down that street right now. Sensational effect. Literally.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of kathleensulli

Tuesday, February 24, 2009


Old cemeteries offer such incredible possibilities for iconic and haunting images. This angel in the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris is just a specimen. Love it. And can't wait to see this angelic statue in person - I hope, if I can find it as Pere-Lachaise is pretty huge - on my next trip to Paris, which I expect to be next year!

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Location: Paris, France ★
Photo courtesy of night86mare

Monday, February 23, 2009


Beautiful bokeh.

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Location: Helsinki, Finland ★
Photo courtesy of miemo

Sunday, February 22, 2009


Love the texture, vantage, and dreamy quality.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of szalai istvan

Saturday, February 21, 2009


What an awesome shot! This really gives the feel for being in the middle of one of Venice's smaller and more claustrophobic streets. The "light at the end of the tunnel" - so to speak - is wonderful. Love this picture.

And incidentally, the narrowest streets in Venice are the Calesela de L'Ochio Grosso (at 53 cm wide, in Castello) and the Calle Varisco (at 58 cm wide, in Cannaregio). Both streets are on the big water- and tear-proof Rough Guide map of Venice I take with me on trips. Hard to find, but they're there!

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of Jordan Cox

Friday, February 20, 2009


In a word, gorgeous.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of Luka Skracic

Thursday, February 19, 2009


Wonderful mood and tone.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of Franie Frou Frou

Wednesday, February 18, 2009


Wow. Is that really the view from Ca'd'Oro? Why didn't I notice that before? Very nice.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of lionelF

Tuesday, February 17, 2009


I love the dreamy execution of texture in this image. Very effective.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of jandarmor

Monday, February 16, 2009


Bellissima! Pure poetry.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of DS*

Sunday, February 15, 2009


Looks like the weather we're having here today, in the San Francisco Bay Area. But do we ever need the rain! That said, I certainly hope the duomo in Milan doesn't look like this when I'm there, this spring. I want blue sky, benign white clouds, and sunshine!

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Location: Milan, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of hello.amx

Friday, February 6, 2009


I didn't know you could have a snowbow. Dreamy.

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Location: Paris, France ★
Photo courtesy of spiralo

Thursday, February 5, 2009


There are laundry shots of Venice, and there are laundry shots of Venice. This is one of the latter. Love it.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of alabamaoklahoma

Wednesday, February 4, 2009


What a fantastic perspective! Love it. Really gives you a feel for Piazza San Marco as the hordes of pigeons experience it. Supa cool photo.

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of and_you

Wednesday, January 28, 2009


My trip this spring can't come soon enough. I can't wait to return to this old and familiar city, and discover something new. This corner, for example. I know exactly where it is and I know it well, but I've never noticed or photographed it from this particular angle. One of the reasons why I love surfing through other people's pictures; no matter how well you know a place, there's always another angle that you'd never considered to make you see a city anew!

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Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of Yamil Salinas Martínez

Sunday, January 18, 2009


Sounds like the culture of Campo de' Fiori and other hot spots of Roman nightlife is about to undergo a major party-pooping change. I was just reading in this morning's paper about how Rome's new right-wing mayor has put into law stricter rules around alcohol after certain hours. Party all night long? No more. At least not out in public, drink in hand, on the streets of Roma. Oh, and nice picture by the way! The graffiti and stickered-up do-not-enter sign, and the light from the oncoming scooter; love it. Gives me a good feel for this bit of a city that I've not yet had the pleasure of seeing in person.

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Location: Rome, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of FLY

Wednesday, January 14, 2009


This photo may have been taken "with a poor Lumix Camera", but it's rich with artistic genius! Wonderful image. I love the reflection in the water. Both the black gondolas bobbing on a blue sky and the jumble of ochre and mustard buildings in the background. I know exactly where this is in Venice; it's a much snapped spot. And I think this is a unique image of the popular place. Very nice.

Your comments on this image are welcome, and encouraged! And a question for the photographer - Angela Lobefaro - if s/he is so inclined: Is there anything special about this moment, day, trip, or place beyond what you've shared on Flickr that you'd like to add or comment on here? Along with other vivaca visitors, I would love to know more!

Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of Angela Lobefaro

Tuesday, January 13, 2009


A friend of mine is reading a copy of City of Falling Angels that I gave to her to enjoy before our trip to Venice this spring. For some reason on my last trip there in 2005 I didn't visit the newly reopened Fenice theater. After the fact I read City of Falling Angels and now armed with some history of the theater and its place in Venetian history and society, I greatly anticipate a visit and tour. What a gorgeous theater!

Your comments on this image are welcome, and encouraged! And a question for the photographer - Michele Ferretti - if s/he is so inclined: Is there anything special about this moment, day, trip, or place beyond what you've shared on Flickr that you'd like to add or comment on here? Along with other vivaca visitors, I would love to know more!

Location: Venice, Italy ★
Photo courtesy of Michele Ferretti

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