Photo of the Day (12/25/06)

by Iva Skoch on

Here is one to Romania! It’s hard to believe they will be a part of the EU in no time…

I have never been but the mountains (Piatra Craiului) are supposed to be great. A few of my friends have gone there to hike and ski and loved it. Here is a photo of the countryside from Marek Wagner for the Czech travel mag Koktejl.

Romania and Bulgaria are the new hot places to travel in Europe. Adventure travelers fear that the EU membership will make them lose their edge. Real estate agents are buying property there like crazy because it’s still cheap but they know when those budget airlines start offloading (first students, bachelor party types, then families from Western Europe) by the thousands, it is officially over.

Photo of the Day (12/24/2006)

by Erik Olsen on

I caught this excellent photo on yesterday’s cover of the Los Angeles Times and had to swipe it for the Photo of the Day. The shot shows the “Surfing Santa”, a.k.a. Michael Pless, who’s been hanging ten as St. Nick since 1996.

Photo of the Day (12/23/06)

by Adrienne Wilson on


This photograph taken by teokaye on a Greyhound ride in Memphis, TN back in 1999 doesn’t exactly scream Christmas or holiday anything. While the hook seen on the man’s right hand serves as an interesting focal point teokaye provided some really sweet details and back story on what was going down. It was Christmas Eve and the man talking was a Jehovah’s Witness. The man apparently had politics on his mind. Teokaye notes that he said Bill Clinton was alright, but George Bush was going to be better. No comment from me, but great photo. It sort of tells the tale that you never know who you’ll run into at any particular time of year. I hope that both Teo and the man without a hand are both having happy holidays this 2006.

Photo of the Day (12/22/06)

by Neil Woodburn on

Today’s Photo of the Day is more of a mindset than a photo. I’ve chosen it today to symbolize where my mind, not my body, is currently located. I certainly hope the two of them will meet shortly.

Vacation is just a couple of days away for many of us and that means the opportunity to escape the cold and flee to wherever it is these happy feet have found themselves.

Thanks go out to Neloqua for peering into my brain and photographing everything she saw there.

Photo of the Day (12/21/06)

by Neil Woodburn on

This photo, simply titled Pacific Fog, captures a couple of hikers making their way along the West Coast Trail at Bonilla Point in British Columbia, Canada.

The fog rolling in, the powerful smash of surf, and the pretty blue sky in the background make for some beautiful eye candy as captured by photographer Bluepeak.