Chasing The Blue Beyond

A Man's Home Is His Wife's Castle . Very Gothic and Medieval  today in Arundel Windsor/Eaton This October May  2011 There will always be an England, even if it is in Hollywood.  In fact, it makes me think of Monarchs,  all the  knights in shining armor movies and Brothers Grimm tales of  Rapunzel,  princesses, royalty and CASTLES English castles  are such a common sight in the UK. I wonder what the upkeep on this brick and mortar version is.  If I had that kind of money I wouldn't come to England, I'd send for it.

In Venice, Italy they don't have streets,  they have canals.Today the water level reached onto the sidewalks-  and I got some canal cred- The Boats Of Venice I got a FB post saying "It’s like  Disneyland", and in fact that was my first thought, and Vegas, the Venetian my next-  Venice Italy is  however,   a city built on the water, a working, living city, and everybody gets around in boats. NO CARS! All the traffic is watewrborne-  All the emergency services--water ambulance , police boats, fireman; garage collection boats, Fidelity armored cash couriers. All the  delivery-boats that deliver goods of every sort;  and  all  the postal service delivering packages letters. So besides the stunning photos I took of the architecture and the canals, I was really amazed at the fact there were - I took a few shots- Venice Cash-Courier Boat Garbage Collection Police Boat plowing through the grand canal Water Ambulance Behind Me,Taxi in...

The Boats of Venice · Ed Reif EK Visual Essay · Venice, Italy The Boats of Venice No cars. No trucks. No ordinary streets. Venice functions because everything moves by water—people, police, ambulances, garbage, cash, supplies, emergencies, and everyday life. See Image Enter the Canals Show Text Working City Emergency Boats City Services Deliveries Companion Stories You do not simply visit Venice. You undergo it. The city is a painting that works for a living. No Cars Canal Traffic Water Ambulance Police Boat Garbage Barge Cash Courier Chapter 01 A City Built on Water Venice is not a museum with canals. It is a working, living city in which the road system has simply become liquid. Venice Walking Through a Painting Architecture, water, stone, reflection, and movement merge into one continuous visual system. “It is like I am walking through a painting.” Canal Logic Getting Lost Is the Route In ...

The Cruising Godfather: Declassified Files File CG-002 · Venice Gondola Dreams and Acqua Alta A floating city of masks, hidden routes, rising water and intelligence carried quietly through canals. View Surveillance Image Restore Briefing Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Series Classification The Cruising Godfather: Declassified Files is a literary persona: part memoir, part cinematic mythology, part intelligence briefing. The covert atmosphere is metaphorical. The voyages, ports, photographs and evidence are real. CODE PHRASE Opening Transmission Keep your friends close... Ed Reif 3.0 Translation Venice teaches a different version of proximity. Keep the routes c...

HMS Warrior- the first armor-plated, iron-hulled warship(1859) Admiral Nelson's Ship Victory- the Royal Navy's most famous warship, hard to believe that you can fit 800 sailors on deck. The Persistence of Dubai   Walking downtown towards the Naval Dockyard, Spinnaker Tower is a 560 feet high  landmark  and  the centerpiece of the redevelopment of the harbor Having just been in the UAE , The design is similar to the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, and I felt like the CAUSE was gone but the EFFECT was still there-like I was seeing a mirage! in the middle of a February day in the U.K. The Persistence of Dubai  -

It's The Year of The Horse, and  I am back in The United Kingdom, walking around Mayfair District, I noticed the Saudi Flag, cool. There is no such thing as bad weather only bad clothing-so I have dressed appropriately for the big chill. Winging it at The Domaine,  in Bahrain last week. This place has 5 star service and great food Taking  life with a grain of salt and a slice of lemon and a shot of Tequilla-The famous El Patron   at The Domaine, Bahrain  Walking on The Strand  on Tuesday, with the English Channel in the background : "I wanted to fly a  kite but it is over my head". Stay Thirsty My Friends! " God grant me the coffee to change the things  I can or give me the Guinness to endure the things I can't" English Leather-After a close shave