Chasing The Blue Beyond

1/31/11Reprint  James Michener had proclaimed it the most beautiful island on this Earth. Still, it's not where you go, it's who you go with. Particle Accelerators are  OUT, Island paradises are IN "Ive just been shot Bob" ..."Me too Ed" His speeches leave me speechless- He is the most interesting man. Another Day in Paradise

An inexpensive window to a great location! Everyone has a photographic memory,  but not everyone uses film.  Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs. -  Ansel Adams .  Cha Ching Second Sale.Here in Las Vegas, Your analog eyes see a digital world, Peter Lik, Jeff Mitchem, Michael Carr, Art Wolfe, and then there's  Lowe Jr: All of Rodney's compositions are photographed on Professional Fuji Velvia film, using either his Toyo 4x5 AII, ArcaSwiss 4x5 f-line or ArcaSwiss 8x10 f-line field cameras.

What happens on cruise ships happens in Vegas. Selling Art. My first piece called,Toward The Light, shot of The Grand Tetons in Wyoming by Master Photographer Rodney Lough Jr. These images are stunning.  Here is Imagination, somewhere on Idaho. God's Garden-CA

A Virtual Room Of My Own How often have we wondered what lies beyond the next door. Rooms by their very nature are crowded places.Life is  a series of rooms, and who we get stuck in those rooms with, adds up to what our lives are. One day.One room...for that matter One Day One Ship.   Traveling is a Life Sentence--We yearn for journeys like prisoners dream of rooms without bars. And we all want time off for good behavior . I am the smartest guy in the room even when I'm not in the room! My Nine rooms of Joy and Happiness-- The Basement: Nostalgia and Memories The Family Room: Your nearest and dearest The Living Room: FriendSHIPs The Office: No Place like work when your at home The Bathroom: some BODY image The Bedroom: Intimacy and relationSHIPS The Kitchen: Nourishment and the division of chores The Kid’s Room: Parenting The Attic: Expectations That's why I am attracted to the sea. There is a certain comfort in the space of the fjords, neither past nor future. Somewhe...

Reprint/ 1/17/10 The Sun Also Rises   Dear, Hotel @nyware, I soon discovered that life in remote Key West was like living in a foreign country while still perched on the southernmost tip of America . Have fun up North doing battle with The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Ed Reif Tight Is Right Ernest Hemingway loved it. "It’s the best place I’ve ever been anytime, anywhere, flowers, tamarind trees, guava trees, coconut palms...Got tight last night on absinthe and did knife tricks."   Key West Accords Truman spent 175 days of his presidency at the Little White House in Key West. Took a walking tour of the grounds. I was at : Wickhams Cay 1, Road Town, "Never go on trips with anyone you do not love" "That is what we are supposed to do when we are at our best – make it all up – but make it up so truly that later it will happen" Roll Video

Headlines- Q Balls by choice I resemble  those guys. In the beginning, there was Michael.Jordan was the poster guy for the perfectly bald man. He made shaving cutting edge. He took 'the shaved skull' from social outcast to rock star chick magnet status. The follicly challenged started doing the numbers . Shaved head= Shiny, Smooth and Sexy. You could count on being noticed. Just ask Me no hair Is bald beautiful? Perhaps. Is bald a high end haircut? Maybe. One thing for sure,(Listen up Blue Man Group) Bald is a hair color. If you want to make the statement that says, I run my own life. Shave your head and join the Union! Guy Laliberté, founder of  Cirque du Soleil is a card carrying member Me no hair is a walking, breathing billboard and bullhorn that shouts, "I've got other plans" to the "Have a nice day" retail speak, and the SNL's (Saturday Night Live's) flight attendant "Ba-Bye" sketch. Be Brave and Shave! "Getting Kojack-ed...

Headed To Oz Reprint 1/15/11 Starting First Leg Monday Los Angeles/San Pedro, California, USA Are We Clear-Crystal! Fly a Russian MiG-29 at Mach 2  or Take A World Cruise in Zero Gravity- I'll take things that I know for $60,000 Alex. Ports of Call: Mooréa, Society Islands Bora Bora, Society Islands Nuku'Alofa, Tonga Auckland, New Zealand Napier, New Zealand Christchurch/Lyttleton, New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand Melbourne, Australia Brisbane, Australia Darwin, Australia Bali/Pedang Bay, Indonesia Kuala Lumpur/Port Kelang, Malaysia Yangon/Rangoon, Myanmar Cochin, India Marmagao, India Mauritius/Port Louis, Republic of Mauritius Durban, South Africa Cape Town, South Africa Bom Bom Island, Principe Takoradi, Ghana Lisbon, Portugal Oahu/Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands Rarotonga, Cook Islands Lautoka, Fiji Tauranga, New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Picton, New Zealand Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Sydney, Australia Cairns, Australia Komodo Island, Indonesia...

California Years / Santa Monica / Pacific Landfall Harbor Without Moorings A Zen sailor comes ashore in Santa Monica and discovers that dry land moves too—only the currents are traffic, ambition, memory, and the difficult art of staying put. See Full Landfall Show Story The pier was a gangway that went nowhere. The ocean kept moving. I was the thing expected to stop. Landfall 01 California arrived as light before it became a place. 34° 01′ N / 118° 29′ W After years of measuring life in ports, gangways, watches, and departures, Santa Monica felt like an island that had forgotten to detach from the continent. The Pacific was there, performing its ancient work. Behind it, Los Angeles accelerated in every direction. The sailor in me trusted the water. Water announces its intentions. It darkens. It rises. It changes pitch against the hull. Dry land is more deceptive. A road looks still while carrying a current. A building ...

World Cruise / 2011 / 365 Days / Route Archive 365 Days Around the World Once Around Without Leaving the Ground See Full Image Show Text "There is no doubt about it, the exhilarating state of mind that travel can evoke, when everything seems suddenly fresh, vivid, intensely interesting, and memorable." World Travel Archive Requested image added directly into the Blogger HTML. Journey by Numbers One Year, One Moving Map 364 Days Traveling 130+ Blog Posts 50+ Destinations 6 Continents Epic Journey Route From Pacific Paradise to African Safari to European Coasts Polynesia Australia & New Zealand Southeast Asia India & Myanmar ...