Monthly Archives: October 2009

30 Oct

Prelude to All Hallow’s Evening

Prelude to All Hallow’s Evening

To celebrate the oncoming “holiday,” for two days my company is housing what has been officially dubbed “Halloween Happenings” in which we have acquired the …

 
By Jess Smith
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29 Oct

Mirror, Mirror in the Sky

Mirror, Mirror in the Sky

Nearby the neighborhood of West Queen West stood this very angular skyscraper. It seems pretty irregular in design – to take a steel tower and …

 
By Jess Smith
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28 Oct

Perambulate

Perambulate

Time had elapsed; the evening was coming to a close. There was no definitive way of telling how we got here or why. All we …

 
By Jess Smith
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27 Oct

Sunset on the Cove

Sunset on the Cove

One amazing thing about living so close to water is the myriad of colors you have the joy of viewing night after night. The vibrancy …

 
By Jess Smith
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26 Oct

Curiosity Didn’t Kill This Cat

Curiosity Didn’t Kill This Cat

On a brief weekend strut through the Cove, there were many a feline to be seen. I have a sneaking suspicion they are keen for …

 
By Jess Smith
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23 Oct

Somewhere Out of Provincetown

Somewhere Out of Provincetown

Last Summer I went on my first whale watch near Massachusetts Bay. We did very well that even the announcer was verbally ecstatic every time …

 
By Jess Smith
Filed under: Animals, Explore, Nature, Travel
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22 Oct

One Last Night with The Family

One Last Night with The Family

It’s an absolute fact that my Zia e Zio are the coolest people I know – and we’re blood relatives so that’s just amazing. They …

 
By Jess Smith
Filed under: Dining, Europe, People, Portraiture
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21 Oct

The Colosseum: Desaturated

The Colosseum: Desaturated

From across the ancient grounds of Palatino, the Colosseum can be seen from many an angle. Walking along Via di San Bonaventura, Chris and I …

 
By Jess Smith
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20 Oct

The Colosseum

The Colosseum

There’s not too much that can be said about this structure that hasn’t already been said and I don’t want to sound like a broken …

 
By Jess Smith
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19 Oct

Symbology

Symbology

Symbols can be quite interesting – little masters of trickery wavering between the boundaries of the esoteric and exoteric. A well-known image of our time, …

 
By Jess Smith
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