Archive for the ‘travel’ Category
Sierra Leone Conference, AKA: NYC part 0
By jOe in Black & White, travelThis past weekend I got to meet a lot of interesting people including the Sierra Leonian ambassadors to the United States and Germany. The conference itself was also very interesting, not only because of the people, but because of the thrust behind it. Truly a conglomeration of people who care deeply deeply about the success [...]
Today I’m on a plane
By jOe in Random, travel…to Pennsylvania. Which means nothing more than I’m a day away from arriving in New York. Denise, my coworker and good friend, is from Brooklyn, so whenever she’s in the area (the top, right part of the country, that is), she tags a trip home. This time I’m going with her. And for the last [...]
fish.
By jOe in Random, travel“This is it. Let’s do it.” I can remember, that’s what I was thinking at this moment as I watched the boat being made ready for the water. My own silent peptalk. That was the start of a three-day live-in-a-cabin fishing trip I took last year. I can totally handle the cabin (I don’t even [...]
Via Chicago
By jOe in Random, travelI write this sitting in an airplane seat I can’t recline because of the emergency exit behind me. I’ll be cordially reminded of this the entire flight by the small sticky note on my left. I’m flying to Kansas City from New Orleans. Via Chicago. It kind of reminds me of that person who asks [...]
Sal+Raina
By jOe in Events, Portraits, travelThis is my very good friend, Sal. He’s not wearing a shirt, or a tie. His life is a mess. This is my good friend, Sal. With Raina. See the difference. Lovely. These pictures were taken in Dallas at Sal and Raina’s engagement party. In Jordan, and much of the Middle East, a wedding begins [...]
Get Real Guns
By jOe in Random, travelThis is really one of my favorite pictures. Much of it had nothing to do with me except the chance moment I happened to push the button on my camera. His stance, posture, the tilted cigarette, the truckerhat-sideburns combo. You can’t fake this stuff. I would almost be happy leaving it at this. But there’s more. More: