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Le Tour!

bradknapp — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:45:32 +0000

It’s that time of year where I call Time Warner and pay for cable television, but only for the month of July to watch The Tour de France. Not only is there carnage and rivalries, but there are some incredible ads. Here’s my favorite so far:

I’m a big fan of Andy (and big brother Frank) Schleck and can’t stand that little brat Alberto Contador with his pretentious “fingerbang” but this spot is pretty darn funny

Tennessee Cabins

bradknapp — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:29:45 +0000

I’m no Dave Jackson, but I know beautiful decay when I see it. We were in Tennessee a few weeks ago and I had the great fortune of having a local take me into the woods and show me a collection of buildings that are slowly being swallowed up my mother nature. The National Park Service bought the land years ago but has never gotten around to clearing the buildings of a once-bustling community.

Paris morning snow

bradknapp — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:22:46 +0000

One month ago I woke up in Paris to a fresh dusting of snow.

100 Photos of Europe

bradknapp — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:47:57 +0000

Europe 2009/2010

bradknapp — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:37:07 +0000

So it’s been a few weeks since we got back from our big trip of 25 days on the road (Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt). Those of you on Facebook have probably seen these already, but for the rest I’m putting these pix here on the blog. I just got done sorting through nearly 2,000 images and I’m uploading the top 100 to Flickr right now. I’ll post them into a slideshow in a moment.

The strange thing is I think that this trip has changed the course of my life. Well, not really changed as much as much as it solidified my path of lifelong travel and exploration. People keep calling it the “trip of a lifetime” but I don’t think I see it that way. I think it’s more like the first of many big trips. I looked at the calendar yesterday and realized that Zach will be 8 next month. Which means in 10 short years he will probably be out of our house and off to college. I think we should make the best of the time we have with him.

After he’s done with college I’m thinking of living in Paris for a year. That city sucked me in and won’t let go of me, don’t get me started on the greatest falafel restaurant in the world just blocks from Notre Dame.

In the meanwhile, We’re going to try to see (and eat) as many things we can in this world. Where to next? I’ve got ideas : New Zealand, Peru, Argentina, Hawaii, Thailand, Romania and Russia to name a few.

Barcelona (at Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Milà, better known as La Pedrera )

Paris

Rome (at The Colosseum)

Athens (at The Parthenon / Acropolis)

Cairo (at The Pyramids at Giza)

Eastern State Penitentiary

bradknapp — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:35:03 +0000

You Are Beautiful

bradknapp — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:19:32 +0000

Leaving Las Vegas

bradknapp — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:14:32 +0000

Fat Tire Pub Crawl

bradknapp — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:39:45 +0000

Taliesin 1

bradknapp — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:37:19 +0000

Some patterns and designs found last week at Frank Lloyd Wright’s house Taliesin

Summer Vaca #2 photos

bradknapp — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:47:53 +0000

STAIRWAY

bradknapp — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:50:39 +0000

Somewhere in O’Hare.

Saturday Cycling

bradknapp — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:04:08 +0000

So I’ve been reading & studying the work of cycling photographer Graham Watson and thought I’d take my growing interest in the sport by getting off the bike for once and experiment with the camera some more.

Sunrise over the Blue Ridge Mountains

bradknapp — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:53:09 +0000

clouds

bradknapp — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:21:27 +0000