by Kevin Thom | Mar 26, 2015 | Featured, Travel
I’m a big fan of the Big Island of Hawaii. It has everything I love in a destination: friendly people, gorgeous weather, great food and epic landscapes. I brought my new Sigma 50mm f1.4 ART lens with me. I’d heard good things about this lens from online...
by Kevin Thom | Jul 15, 2011 | Personal, Tips, Travel
Undoubtedly, one of Brooklyn’s most iconic locations is Coney Island. I had a day to kill earlier this week, so I decided to visit the park and boardwalk to take some pictures. I took the D train from Manhattan and just enjoyed the ride to the end of the line at...
by Kevin Thom | Jul 14, 2011 | Personal, Philosophy, Travel
On this last trip to NYC, we stayed at the Standard Hotel, located on Washington Street in the Meatpacking District. While there are many things non-standard about the Standard Hotel, what I found most interesting about it was its location straddling the High Line, an...
by Kevin Thom | Jun 11, 2010 | Personal, Travel
Laura and I drove into San Diego late last night, after flying into Orange County. It’s nice to be back in California again. It’s a bit cool and grey, which I’m told is due to the “June Gloom,” a weather condition that results in clouds...
by Kevin Thom | Dec 19, 2009 | China 2009
I found a website that calculates distances on Google Maps. I thought this might be a cool way to visualize the my trip to China. It shows the distance traveled as being about 32,681 km (including flights to and from Toronto), but I’m sure it was more than that....
