A rusty rapier, a red guitar, and record collection lay strew about the chapel in various states of honor. A turntable sat on the pulpit, backed by an aging Led Zeppelin poster and belting the sounds of Pink...
I gasped as the car skirted the edge of Loch Ness. Leni looked over and cracked a joke, “Did you see the monster?” I wasn’t sure. For a second, I’d seen something through the trees. I know what...
What do you know about Ireland? Dublin is there. They’ve got beer and cliffs and a lucky stone. Chances are, you know somebody who has been there; maybe that somebody is you? This week, I got a first-timer’s...
“Where do you write?” the man asked, half covered in mud from the volcanic hot spring. He’d seen the camera and pack accompanying the curiosity of two Americans in a remote South Pacific forest. “For today, Travel Channel,”...
NADI, Fiji— Prop wash and rotor blades ricochet away from Fiji’s international airport. 5,500 miles from Los Angeles, Fiji International’s ribbon of tarmac is an asphalt oasis on the never-ending blue backdrop of the South Pacific Ocean. The...
The roar of gasoline and metal woke me as a nameless rider bolted through the middle of the Mojave Desert. A mile from the nearest road, I could still hear the blast of the motorcycle’s pipes echoing through...
Dry fingers ran over the frets like powdered bone as I laid down a busted blues lick on top of the Joshua Tree. Someone had left the guitar here, propped against a dead plant in a nameless California...
How do you determine the greatness of a photo? Is it the composition? The lighting? The technical ability involved in the shot? For me, it’s something different—it’s the shot’s ability to capture a moment. That’s what we’re supposed...
On the banks of the Tiber, just a few hundred yards from the the Vatican’s front door, you’ll find a guitar player. At least, that’s where I found him. He’ll be sitting on a busted amp, leaning against...
The Eternal City—Virgil called it that. He walked these streets and penned those words more than 1,900 years ago. Now, we just call it Rome.
