As I promised, I'm launching a few new things here on Not A Ballerina this year, and my travel photo dance series is the first. While my picture pirouette series includes some of my better photos and the travel story that's related to them, I'm definitely better at writing than taking photographs, …
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Picture pirouette: Lost in Grand Central, New York
Point one: I just discovered that Grand Central Station is not in New York. Or should I say, this iconic place I have always called Grand Central Station is in fact officially called Grand Central Terminal, and I've been getting it wrong all these years.Point two: Grand Central (let's just leave it …
Picture pirouette: Ports and coffee shops in Seattle
I'd almost forgotten that I'd ever been to Seattle: it was back in 2002 when, from Japan, we went to visit a friend in relatively nearby Vancouver. Looking back through my photos of the trip, I can recall visiting all the usual tourist spots there, but it was the port that seemed to fascinate me …