The Washington Monument closed shortly after an earthquake struck Virginia, and rattled through the Northeast, in 2011. While the earthquake was relatively minor, it compromised the structural integrity of a monument that has stood (parts of it anyway) since 1848. Cracks were found at the very top, and throughout the internal structure, resulting in a […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
This wasn’t my first time in Mexico, but I’ve never been to Cancun. I had always imagined Cancun to be littered with Mardi Gras-esque beads and half full cervezas, overrun with drunken college students, and echoing with electronic dance music. To my surprise, what I found couldn’t have been farther from that. I realize that […]
Just after midnight, hundreds of people took to the streets throughout Washington, D.C., and across the country, to voice their outrage over the ‘not guilty’ verdict handed down in the trial of George Zimmerman. Zimmerman had been facing Second Degree Murder charges for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, FL. Protesters shut […]
There’s nothing like a sunrise over the ocean. And I saw this particular sunrise at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware in two different ways. The first was serene and peaceful, with painted water as far as the eye could see.The other was a more active, even violent repetition of crashing waves, saturated with the warmth of summer […]
This weekend’s marketing shoot took place at B’nai B’rith Perlman Camp, an overnight camp nestled in Lake Como, PA, adjacent to the more well known Starlight, PA. More than 230 teenage members of the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) gathered from all over the world to begin a three-week leadership conference in which they will […]