New Japan trip in the planning stage!

I didn’t get to go in 2024, due to concerns about my health (it was less than a year since my open heart surgery, quadruple cardiac bypass) but now I feel a lot healthier, and gotten into even better shape,…

Finally! An update!
Finally! An update!

Finally! An update!

I finally after 8 years managed to update this website! I cleaned up a few things, updated the version of WordPress and some plugins, and actually published the photos I promised to! I went to AnimeUSA over the weekend and…

Dusting off the cobwebs (again)

So, it’s been a few months or more since I updated this blog, but now I’m going to try to be better about it, since I’m taking a break from Facebook for a while. Recently I joined folks from the…

Riding the Enoden pt. 4: Twilight surfing at Shichirigahama
Riding the Enoden pt. 4: Twilight surfing at Shichirigahama

Riding the Enoden pt. 4: Twilight surfing at Shichirigahama

After leaving Hase, I made my way further down the Enoden, bound for Enoshima Island, but along the way this small town caught my eye from the train, and I convinced my buddy John that this stop might be interesting.…

Riding the Enoden pt. 3: from Hase to Shichirigahama
Riding the Enoden pt. 3: from Hase to Shichirigahama

Riding the Enoden pt. 3: from Hase to Shichirigahama

[wzslider] Just a few shots of the Hase station, waiting for the next train, and a couple of pictures taken from inside the train on its way to the Shichirigahama station. Enjoy many more here!

Riding the Enoden pt. 2: Kamakura
Riding the Enoden pt. 2: Kamakura

Riding the Enoden pt. 2: Kamakura

So, after riding the Enoden for a few minutes, it was time to get off at the station in Hase town, where the Great Buddha (Daibutsu) of Kamakura is situated. Like most of the towns along the Enoden, Hase is…

Riding on the Enoden, pt. 1
Riding on the Enoden, pt. 1

Riding on the Enoden, pt. 1

Here are some pictures of my day spent riding the Enoden train, a historic train line that runs from Kamakura to Fujisawa, with the main stop in the middle, at Enoshima Island. Enoshima has been a tourist spot since the…

Photos of a rainy Japanese day, 2012
Photos of a rainy Japanese day, 2012

Photos of a rainy Japanese day, 2012

Some of the pictures I took on my last day in Japan, in November 2012. With a few hours to kill before the flight back home, John and I figured we’d take a quick train ride to Chiba from Narita,…

Added Maryland Renaissance Festival photos
Added Maryland Renaissance Festival photos

Added Maryland Renaissance Festival photos

I’ve just uploaded photos to the Cosplay and Washington DC galleries, taken on the last day of the Maryland Renaissance Festival, which is traditionally “The Day of Wrong”. That’s the day when attendees dress in whatever costume suits their fancy,…

All of Josh and Lacy’s wedding photos posted
All of Josh and Lacy’s wedding photos posted

All of Josh and Lacy’s wedding photos posted

Okay, now all the photos I took during and after Josh and Lacy’s wedding are now online. I kept out the scenery-type photos to put into my “Travel” section, which I’ll post later. So, here are the photo galleries: Venue…