If Looks Could Kill

Of the hundreds of photos I have taken in the last several days, this is the one of which I am the proudest. There's a story there that I'll tell you sometime. In the meantime, aren't those eyes to die for ... or because of?

Blue Skies

The sky is blue again today, finally, which makes photography a lot more fun. Usually, there has been an infernal white sky, which overexposes and wipes out what might otherwise be a reasonable photo. Happy dancing here to that old tune ... blue skies smiling at me ...

I Wish!

These physics professors are doing karaoke. Karaoke is huge in Vietnam. Huge like we went to a dinner and karaoke broke out. Or we went to a departmental ceremony for a 55th anniversary, and they asked the husband if he wanted to sing something. I can't do karaoke. I just can't.

Train of Thought

War ... barbed wire ... barbs ... thorns ... roses ... beauty ... peace.

Not Too Juicy a Rumor

I have always loved watermelon, but I'd never had watermelon juice until I went to Hong Kong in 1992. This is the watermelon juice I had last night. They still only have seeded watermelons here, which are in my view more flavorful than the seedless ones, which means this was pretty tasty juice. It was a bit more expensive than a beer would have been but definitely worth it. Oh, yeah, that more expensive means about $1.50 as opposed to $1.00 for a beer.

In Another Life Perhaps

Looking up at the front of Hue's Best Western Indochine Palace hotel. I'm not sure I could ever be persuaded to stay here. I don't feel rich enough. I would be like a child playing dressup and tripping while wearing Mommy's high heels.

Preventing Rain

We left the hotel to walk to dinner last night. Wind was, literally, howling. We looked at each other and decided that rather than risk being caught in a mighty rain, we would check out the bar-cafe on the hotel's ninth floor. I took this photo with the point and shoot that goes everywhere with me. The view was great. The food was okay. The beer was overpriced. The wind continued to howl. No, it never rained.