Tag Archives: Travel

Hiking Los Angeles: Abandoned Dawn Mine

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Benjamin Simpson

      There are three ways to hike to the abandoned Dawn Mine above Altadena: the first is closed, the second is over-grown, but the third, in a metaphorical bear sense, is just right.       John W. Robinson, in his book … Continue reading →

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Fort Irwin’s Painted Rocks

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Benjamin Simpson

     They went and put the military base in the middle of nowhere, hidden between the low rocky hills and the wide open dry lake beds of the Southern California deserts, probably because they wanted to blow things up in … Continue reading →

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Anchorage, Alaska: Fur Rondy: True Fur Hats

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

    In 1935, when Anchorage Alaska had a population of 3,000, and winters meant hibernating with a fire and cartloads of wood, there began a festival.     A festival set in February: the dead of snow bound winter.     It was called The … Continue reading →

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Touring Los Angeles: The Crumbling Hermon Car Wall

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

     After randomly hearing about a wall built with car parts in Los Angeles, it took me five months to find Hermon’s Car Wall, and, well, it was partly worth it.      After five months of (very intermittent) searching, there … Continue reading →

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Seven Photographs: Highgate Cemetery in the Snow [Part III]

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

Click here to see other photographs from HighGate Cemetery including directions and history.

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Seven Photographs: Highgate Cemetery in the Snow [Part II]

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

Click here to see all the photographs from Highgate Cemetery including directions and history.

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Douglas Adams resting at Highgate Cemetery

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

I don’t know what to say. I have listened to Mr. Adams read ‘Last Chance to See’ so many times my girlfriend gets annoyed when I quote it verbatim. My Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy books are falling apart because … Continue reading →

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Seven Photographs: Highgate Cemetery in the Snow [Part I]

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

     My aunt, knowing that I love cemeteries, told me to visit Highgate Cemetery. I went looking on the web to see what all the fuss was about. I clicked on the Friends of Highgate Cemetery website and looked at … Continue reading →

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Eight Photographs: Snow on Brompton Cemetery, London

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

     On a snowy walk, between my Aunt’s house on Fulham Palace Road and The Earl’s Court Underground Station, I randomly came across a cemetery.      After wandering about, I looked up a little of its history.      It was … Continue reading →

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Random London Snow Photographs: Well Endowed SnowWoman and Drink More Gin!

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

This was made by a couple of young ladies, in a park near Earl’s Court, London. A novel use for those coal pieces that once went for eyes. Drink More Gin! For those that know me, no explanation is required.

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6 Photographs: Fulham Palace Road Cemetery in the Snow

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

Just down the road from my Aunt’s house in London is the Fulham Palace Road Cemetery. It had stopped snowing for the afternoon, so I went out wandering with my camera. The last time I was at this cemetery, it … Continue reading →

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Walking London: Tate to Tate

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Benjamin Simpson

     Good Morning Therm. I can’t believe you haven’t been to London. It seems like every time I turn around you’re jaunting off to some South Asian country just to make me jealous.      So London. For a day. What … Continue reading →

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