Lou Reed's music, both as a singer/songwriter for the Velvet Underground and as a solo artist, changed my life and perception of what...

Notre Dame de la Daurade From Saturday until today The Gid and his brother Steven were in town to visit.  It was jam-packed with sight...

It doesn't take a particularly astute media observer to point out that Barack Obama has generated some extreme responses from the Ame...

Photo courtesy of Luis Morgado.   Please visit the link to see his other pictures of Lisbon's wonderful architecture. Cemetery of Pl...

Here's a little ditty for all you latter-day Egyptian Revivalists and cemetery groupies....  Back in 2009 I posted about the E...