Statue of Liberty
On our trip to New York City, we rode the Staten Island Ferry, which goes right past the Statue of Liberty. We decided not to visit the statue itself due to long lines and limited space viable to actually climb it. Plus, you have a much better view of it when you ride the Staten Island […]
Houston Downtown
A few more photos from our drive around Downtown Houston. I found the sight of palm trees among all the skyscrapers quite amusing. All the big cities I have visited so far have been in the north. I found myself having a strange desire to go to California.. Houston seemed different than other cities I have […]
Skyscrapers of Glass
I traveled to Houston for the first time to visit my Aunt and my Grandma, who both moved there some time ago. I love traveling to new places, and I especially love big cities so I was definitely looking forward to exploring downtown Houston during my visit. I didn’t really know anything at all about […]
Long Branch Trail
A new Greenway is coming to the city! And this one runs right through downtown. The old industrial side of town that has been crumbling for years is finally getting a new life, and this trail will help to connect everything together. The old tobacco factories are being converted into loft apartments, businesses, research labs […]
Skyscraper Search
I’ve always been a city child. The landscape of the countryside is pretty, but the wide open spaces, the lack of humans, and the absence of buildings, all makes me feel unsettled after a while. I had never given New York City much thought until recently, and when I visited, it seemed obvious that I […]
NYC: On the Street
A collection of random shots I took while wandering the streets of New York City. Most of the pictures I didn’t frame of even stop to think about. I just snapped away as I walked. One of the many glorious city pigeons I saw! My favorite thing about our visit was just roaming the streets […]
New York City
I’d never spent much time thinking about New York City. But a few years ago I got the idea that I wanted to visit during Christmas time. And as the years went by, my desire to visit this city grew and grew until the next thing I knew, I was buying plane tickets this past […]
New York City Christmas Sights
For the past few years it has been a dream of mine to visit New York City during Christmas time, and a few weeks ago, I was finally able to! It was our first day there and we just wandered through the city, taking in all the sights, with no particular goal in mind. It was […]
Train Watch
One windy autumn Saturday, my husband, sister and I went for a walk downtown. A few minutes into the walk, a train could be heard in the distance, so we raced over to the tracks in front of a local coffee shop to watch it go by. (Krankies Coffee) We waited and waited, but the train didn’t seem […]
Construction Zone- Part Seven
It’s been almost three years since I started this Construction Zone series, and by the looks of it, it is finally nearing the end! The city is building a Diverging Diamond interchange as a part of a brand new major road that is being built. In order for the road to be completed, a bridge for the already existing railroad […]