Happy Valentine's Day - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

I don't know about you.  Where I live, I started hearing little birds in the back yard.  Some even came down for a help-yourself-all-you-can-eat breakfast.  Although I can't sing as well as the big and small vocalists out in the nature, I know they are telling me "spring is here... love is in the air..."

Ahhh, the love that we work so hard at and dedicate one day to celebrate.     

As anything in life, how we love and how we celebrate could be such a personal thing.  So, whether you spend the day like this:

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Or in this way:

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I wish you a happy Valentine's Day!

What has been your most memorable Valentine's Day experience(s)?  We are all ears (and eyes) for it. :-)  

You Say La Boca, I Say Genoa - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

For most tourists, no visit to Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, would be complete without spending time at its neighborhood of La Boca.  The popular pedestrian Caminito ("little walkway" or "little path" in Spanish) is well known for tango performance, artist stands and colorful houses.  In fact, the pastel colors facing the once abandoned street was not applied until late 1950s by Argentine artist Benito Quinquela Martín that lived nearby.  

Life in Argentina was probably nothing comparable to that in the glorious Italian city of Genoa, which was once one of the so-called "Maritime Republics".  Had there been a Benito Quinquela Martín  earlier, would La Boca's early settlers from Genoa still be as home sick?

The famous song in the Genoese dialect, "Ma se ghe penso" ("But if I think about it" in English), written and composed by Genoese singer Mario Cappello (with Attilio Margutti's help with the music) in 1925, depicts the yearning desire of an Italian emigrant to return "to lay my bones where my grandmother's are":

"But when I think of it, then I see the ocean, I see my mountains and Piazza della Nunziata..."
 

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Is There Restaurants in Antarctica - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

Oh boy, what a mountain I've set in front of me.  Before the end of year, I said it out loud that I "strive to share beauty, spread love and inspire changes" in every breathing moment of my (remaining) life.  With such hefty goals, and all your eyes on me, I became paralyzed...

Not for long. :-)  

I knew I have work to do.  The most imminent is to share stories of the Antarctica.  And I know you have questions, because I've got a lot of them in private conversations during the holidays, like "Is there restaurants in Antarctica?".  The best way to get them answered is to post them in the Facebook comment box below this post.

I do customized photography work.  And you, by asking questions, are having your  photography viewing/blog reading experience customized.

Go, have fun! 

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