1. Times Square. Also known as the biggest tourist trap on planet Earth.

    Had to go. Had to leave once I got there. Though my new wide angle lens for my iPhone did give my photos a unique perspective on the place.

    Looking at these pictures now and remembering how many people were there on a Saturday afternoon, I can’t imagine what it would be like on New Year’s Eve. I may be scratching that one off my bucket list…

    Photography by me, taken with wide angle lens for iPhone. April 2012.

  2. Fashion is subjective. With that said, he clearly put more time into his look that day than I did. Random man - 1. Me - 0. Photography by me. April 2012.

    Fashion is subjective. With that said, he clearly put more time into his look that day than I did.

    Random man - 1. Me - 0.

    Photography by me. April 2012.

  3. NYC street scenes.

    I never realized how pervasive the color yellow is in the city. It’s on cabs, construction equipment, the construction workers’ vests. And did I mention on cabs?

    Photography by me. April 2012.

  4. A couple more photos from Portland, Maine, on a rainy afternoon.

    P.S. I wasn’t driving, so this picture is legitimately safe.

    Photography by me. April 2012.

  5. The name doesn’t necessarily scream, “Yum!” But once you’ve had a taste of anything, and I mean anything, at Duckfat in Portland, Maine, you’ll be sold.

    My dad and I stopped by because of glowing recommendations from Lonely Planet and TripAdvisor and were not disappointed. Glad to be out of the rain my pops and I waited about 15 minutes for a table at the truly tiny restaurant (it only accommodates maximum 20 people) and watched plates of yumminess dance around the dining room.

    When we were finally seated, we let loose and ordered enough for four people. Are you ready for this laundry list?

    Me: golden beet and tangerine soup, housemade honey and cardamom soda
    Father: fig milkshake, fiddlehead (which is the curled head of the fern plant) and mushroom soup
    To split: a poutine (Duckfat fries topped with Pineland Farm cheese curd and housemade duck gravy), an oven roasted turkey sandwich with bacon jam, fontina cheese, pickles and pea shoots

    My soup reminded me of tomato soup and the soda was similar to ginger ale. Everything was astoundingly delicious, even the fig milkshake which my dad pretty much only tried because it sounded so strange. He also didn’t know what a fiddlehead was - we had to look it up. My favorite part of the meal, aside from the completely indulgent poutine, was the bacon jam on my sandwich. C’mon, I had to go with the bacon!

    Needless to say we ate like kings (or in my case queens) and left only crumbs.

    The restaurant is also a rotating gallery and sells the artwork on its walls. I’ve got to say, restaurants and cafes that do this have a place in my heart. However, the art on the walls was a woman doing various tasks who resembled a hedgehog with boobs. And the price was more than $600. Puh-lease.

    Photography by me. April 2012. I used the special food lens and film on Hipstamatic for iPhone (Loftus lens and DC film).

  6. Lighthouses!

    Let’s be real, who doesn’t love lighthouses?

    To me they just seem so romantic. So Nights in Rodanthe. So The Notebook. Yep, those are both Nicholas Sparks books and you can’t get much more romantic than that. I don’t even know if there are any lighthouses in those movies, but you get the point. They make you want to curl up next to a fire with a blanket, hot chocolate and a hot man. …Ryan Gosling.

    But I digress.

    Lighthouses seem romantic so naturally while on vacation with my father we decided to check some out.

    The big picture is of the Portland Head Light, one of the most photographed lighthouses in the country. So my dad and I kept up with tradition and took some pictures. If it wasn’t 45 and raining, we may have stayed longer as it really is incredibly picturesque. See, there’s even a water spot on my camera lens!

    Vowing not to get any soggier than our trip to the Portland Head Light had made us, my pops and I stayed in the car and viewed the remaining lighthouses from afar.

    Photography by me. April 2012. (But it felt more like January to this frozen Arizonan.)

  7. Old Orchard Beach’s pier very deserted on a cold, rainy Sunday in April.

    Photography by me. April 2012.

  8. Trying out my fisheye lens for my iPhone (it’s fabulous, get it here) at a very empty and gray Old Orchard Beach in Maine.

    Photography by me. April 2012.

  9. The creepiness that is empty fair grounds and arcades in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. That’s what you get folks for going before the season starts and in the freezing cold rain.

    Photography by me. April 2012.

  10. When you see a sign that reads “Max Brenner - Chocolate by the Bald Man,” you have to check it out. Right?

    I really don’t have a preference where I get my chocolate - the bald man, the tall man, the man in the gorilla suit. It does not matter, as long as I have a daily fix - however small or large my fix may be - I’m good to go. 

    I was a little disconcerted that Mr. Brenner was not 100% focused on chocolate making and had diverted into food. But when I bit into the restaurant’s juicy Kobe burger, all of my fears left me. It was perfectly delicious and even had waffle fries on the side, to boot!

    But what really made my little chocoholic heart skip a sped-up beat was the s’mores dessert. Not only did it have a ready-made s’more on the side but the canning jar contained a delicious deconstruction of a s’more with marshmallow fluff (be still my heart), graham crackers, chocolate mousse and a beaker of caramel on the side.

    It was heaven.

    If you’re in town, I dare you not to try it!

    Photography by me. April 2012.

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Traveling, shopping and eating my way around the world. Or as far as I can go! And sharing the tales of my travels with whoever will listen.

"Always roaming with a hungry heart..."

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