RAMBLE: TRAVEL BLOG
-
72 HOURS: PORTLAND MAINE
October 8, 2025
After Labor Day I take a week or two escape from D.C. This year I took a little road trip and headed to Portland for three days. Mid September is shoulder season, so while there were still al lot of tourists in town, it wasn’t the heavy influx of July…
-
BEACH IMPRESSIONS
October 14, 2024
For largest display, click on the photo
![]()
Solar Storm
As you are aware, my recent trip to the Carolinas didn’t offer up much in shooting weather. Fortunately, the reverse was true this past week on my 3-day trip the Delaware shore areas. I’ll spare you a lot of narrative this…
-
SOUTH BOUND
October 7, 2024
“I got to get away, got to get awayGot to, got to …”
(Rolling Stones, 1965)
I’ve got to get away to create my photographs. Sometimes it’s for a few days, other times a few months. However long, I’ve got to get away. For my sanity.
I wanted to get…
-
LA, PETERSON MUSEUM PART III
August 28, 2024
![]()
Left, Chevy Biscayne detail, right Pontiac Bonneville Special
The Petersen is marking its 30th anniversary as it has grown to one of the world’s largest and diverse automotive museums. In about 100,000 square feet of exhibit space it notes the evolution of automotive engineering and its impact on our culture.…
-
BEST IN LOW
August 25, 2024
![]()
For largest display, click on the individual photograph
I thought I was pretty familiar with Low Riders, boy was I wrong! I never imagined cars like these, fortunately, these artists did and the Petersen Automotive Museum had the vision to make a major exhibit of these stunning vehicles. The beauty…
-
For Love of Cars
August 23, 2024
![]()
1930 Packard Model 745
For largest display, click on the individual photograph.
For pretty much as long as I can remember I have been enthralled by design; in architecture, furniture, even stereo gear – Tanberg and Bang & Olufsen made great stuff. My favorite of course, as readers of Ramble…
-
DUBLIN: OLD SCHOOL PART II
May 18, 2024
Something in the universe keeps drawing me back to my early days in photography; film days, the days of no autofocus or automatic exposure. My path in photography started as a teenager processing and printing my own black and white photographs in my aunt’s basement. I can easily recall my…
-
TORREY ISLAND - WHERE THERE’S SMOKE THERE’S Q
March 4, 2024
![]()
For full screen display, click on the individual photograph
I spend my winter in Florida. I do not lay out on the beach, play golf or have a desire to fracture my bones playing pickleball, I am always looking for something to do, especially if there are photographs involved. A…
-
Ybor City
March 1, 2024
![]()
My first visit to Tampa was only two days, and considering that I usually like to spend up to two months on trips, it was more of a drive by. I heard about Ybor City so I took the trolly, which is free by the way, from downtown Tampa to…
-
TAMPA - ELEVATED
February 25, 2024
![]()
For largest display, click on the individual photo
Back in the last century taking a dramatic photograph from a building’s rooftop wasn’t a problem. It took a courteous conversation with the property management, assurance that I had liability coverage and a good reason why that particular venue was important for…
© Aboud Dweck, All Rights Reserved