{PHOTO} Orlando: The Boats On The Water

This past Christmas, my family stayed at the beautiful Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Studios Orlando. It had a great Italian theme, which included this water view with gondolas and boats (permanently anchored).This was looking away from the main hotel, so this was the view from most rooms there.

In the distance, you can even see a little bit of the park.

{PHOTO} NYC: Need Your Shoes Shined?

It's not as sharp as I would prefer but I was busy taking pictures of something else and then had to hurry on. As I walked I spied this scene and just put the camera at my waist and fired off three shots hoping it would capture it without cutting off his head.

I just loved the pants rolled up, thinking it was quite the story. Who knows what kind of job this man has but here, getting his shoes shined, he's gotta roll up those pants and wait.

{PHOTO} Disney's Grand Floridian Resort at Twilight

Walt Disney World's Grand Floridian Resort, as viewed from the dock at the Polynesian Resort. I'm not sure which is more my favorite, the smokey gray/blue against the golden lights or the silhouette effect of the lamp.

What do you think?

{PHOTO} Inspired: Had I The Heavens' Embroidered Cloths

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,

Enwrought with golden and silver light,

The blue and the dim and the dark cloths

Of night and light and the half-light,

I would spread the cloths under your feet:

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

- William Butler Yeats

{PHOTO} NYC: The City Moves So Fast. . .

. . . .that if you stand still the people move by in a blur.

{PHOTO} STS-134: Shuttle Endeavour On The Launchpad

Endeavour on the launch pad, readying for its launch on April 29, 2011.

{PHOTO} Heineken: 2 Down, 2 To Go

I wonder how they don't slide off the table?

Is it your eyes - or just the alcohol talking?

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

{PHOTO} No Trespassing: $500,00 Reward

You wouldn't believe me when I say this photo session began with watching an escaped herd of cows be herded back to their home by a station wagon honking it's horn, then I wandered around a 132 yr. old graveyard, and ended the twilight hour by finding this abandoned square building.

I honestly thought a random homeless person might pop out to scare me half to death, just for kicks. 

After taking this, I pretty much ran back to my car having scared myself with my own over-active imagination.

{PHOTO} Disney Fans: Do You Recognize This?

I'll give you one hint:

It's in Epcot!

{PHOTOS} New York City: The Timeless Grand Central Station

When we were visiting New York City, my husband was incredibly understanding and insisted we make every effort to visit anything and everything we could to get some great pictures of NYC icons & this, most definitely, included Grand Central Station. It was an incredible architectural icon but the amount of PEOPLE was just amazing. We were there, bumbling around, as tourists, while everyone around us had a purpose and a place to be - quickly. It was amazing to see and beautiful in every way.

And my favorite - "The One Who Didn't Wear Black"