Windows: Old

Old Windows, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Widows in the Old City of Dubrovnik. 

Windows: Room with a View

Room with an Ocean View, Montego Bay, Jamaica

This fabulous view of the ocean is from one of the bedrooms of the beautiful Jamaican Georgian style Rose Hall Great House near Montego Bay. Legend has it that Annie Palmer, who owned in this house at one time, was a "white witch" who murdered three of her husbands. This was Annie's view from her bedroom...

Street Art: V-J Day Kiss

The Kiss, Chelsea, New York City, USA

This mural of the vintage V-J Day Kiss picture (shot in Time Square in 1945) can be seen on 25th Street and 10th Avenue on the the not-to-be-missed-if-you're-in-NY Highline - a public park built on an old freight rail line. The mural is by Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra.  

Street Art: Mural on Bowery & Houston

Mural, Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA

Street artists Revok & Pose's Mural on the Bowery Graffitti Wall, 2013. The mural's been replaced but is a bit on the controversial side as the artists are suing Roberto Cavalli for using some of the images without permission in a clothing line. Graffitti has indeed come a long way.

I Could Live Here: Vanderbilt

Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park, NY, USA

I Could Live Here: Chateau

French Chateau, Normandy, France

I Could Live Here: Yellow House

Key West, FL, USA

I Could Live Here: Porch

Franschhoek, South Africa

My NY, NY: Empire State Building

Sunset on 34th Street and Park Avenue. View of the Empire State Building, Manhattan, NYC

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: I survived the 2013 A to Z Challenge!

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: Z is for Zucchini

Zucchini

• The marvelously versatile Zucchini is from Italy. The French call it "courgettes" and in South Africa they're picked very young and called "baby marrows".
• The Zucchini plant grows extremely fast and if you plant two Zucchini seeds, you should be able to have enough Zucchini for family of four for a season. 
• I can't wait to take pictures of the beautiful yellow Zucchini flowers and make a yummy Zucchini Flower Tempura afterwards (hopefully from this little seedling on the picture).
• Here's a couple more recipes: Zucchini Bread and Zucchini Fries

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: Y is for Yoga

Yoga

"Yoga is a way to restore our lost wholeness, our integrity as complete human beings, by unifying the personality around a center that is silent and unbounded." Alistair Shearer in his translation of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: X is for Xenodocheionology

Xenodocheionology

• Xenodocheionology (za-noh-doh-ka-NOL-a-jee)  is a noun meaning 'the love of hotels or inns.' The word comes from the Greek words xenos meaning stranger or guest and dechesthai meaning to receive.
• It is what I suffer from...
• This marvelous hotel is the Omni Mount Washington Resort, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire - one of my favorite hotels.

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: W is for Window Washers

Window Washer

• On the 86th Floor observatory of the Empire State Building, New York City. True bravery...

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: V is for Vintage

Vintage Cars

• I saw this beauty at the Rhinebeck Vintage Car Show (New York).
• Imagine taking a road trip in one of these.. marvelousness...

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: U is for Unbounded

Unbounded

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: T is for Tango

Tango

• Aahhh, the marvelous Tango....was first danced more than a hundred years ago in Argentina and Uruguay and soon spread to the rest of the planet.
• I took this picture in La Boca, Buenos Aires, where the Tango is everywhere...
• As teacher Cacho Dante says: "The tango is a feeling that is danced. That's why it is not choreographed, though it can have sequences, like all feelings. You can dance love, rage, happiness, pleasure, every mood. The tango is not a dance to demonstrate ability but rather an interpretation of feeling. It is not just moving your feet and posturing. The tango is Argentine, but it belongs to all those who understand its feelings and its codes.

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: S is for Spice

Spice

• I took this picture at the marvelous Spice Souk in Dubai, UAE. 
• As you approach the souk, the aroma hits your nostrils. I had to practice serious self control not to go wild buying every spice imaginable. I left with some lilac Frankincense in a round silver jar that smelled divine, Saffron (to make pretty yellow rice) and pieces of chocolate that looks exactly like little rocks...going to Spice Things Up a bit!

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: R is for Red Hair

Red Hair

Red hair is the rarest natural hair color in humans and the term redhead has been in use since around 1510.

It is believed that redheads have fiery tempers and sharp tongues...

Redhead Day is celebrated in the Netherlands every September. The two-day festival is a gathering of people with natural red hair. Marvelous...                                                                           

A ~ Z of Marvelousness: Q is for Quotes

Quotes