文書は英語ですが、写真は共通
(though I'm taking a break from blogging for a while)
Archive for December, 2007One of the tallest buildings around here is the 38-story "Otsu Mary" building in Otsu City, Japan, over the small mountains to Kyoto's east. Zak lives near there, so I've seen it from outside many times, but got a chance to go inside today while accompanying him and his family to a small dinner gathering. Here's a picture I happened to have taken earlier in the fall from the aforementioned mountains that shows the six-year-old building... The dinner was on the 27th floor, so I thought we'd be treated to some nice views, but the big surprise was to find [...] 
View full post » As I noted yesterday, I was at a park on the grounds of Kyoto's old imperial palace with Anthony the other day. I haven't featured the little man in a while, so I thought I'd share a few pictures... 
View full post » I love my Nikon D200, but yesterday added a new woe to the "Dead Battery Syndrome" I experienced a couple of months ago: "Black Frame Syndrome" Yesterday, Kyoto was a cold and heavily overcast, with sporadic misty rain. Occasionally and all too briefly, the sun would poke out in brilliant fashion to set the foliage momentarily on fire, so on the way back from picking up Anthony at preschool, I stopped by the grounds of the old imperial palace, now mostly a big park heavily laden with fall colors at their peak. The trees were amazing, but it was dark [...] 
View full post » From The Elements of Typographic Style (third edition): " In a world rife with unsolicited messages, typography must often draw attention to itself before it will be read. Yet in order to be read, it must relinquish the attention it has drawn." -- page 17For the four-and-a-half hours in the bullet train on my trip to see a friend the other day, I brought with me this excellent book by Robert Bringhurst. When most people read a book (or a sign or the classifieds or a menu or...) they don't give even the slightest thought to the typography – [...] 
View full post » Every day this week I've really enjoyed each morning's trip to drop Anthony off at school, as the cornucopia of rich colors along the way are mentally enriching, spiritually uplifting. They give me yet another reason to count my blessings to be able to live where I do. And this, mind you, is while it's been a depressingly overcast and hazy week. So, consider what it was like in the brilliant and crisp sunshine that greeted Kyoto today. It was simply glorious. Words or pictures can never do it justice. Today was the epitome of a perfect autumn day at [...] 
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