out with the old

Today is the last day of 2010. It will also be the last day of the Speakeasy. I started this blog when I moved to St. Louis in 2006. I end this blog today, from my new home in Lima, Perú. I've redesigned my website and started a new blog that is more integrated with the site.

I took this photograph of my friend Lindsay's necklace while in the Galápagos Islands this past summer. I though, wow, that's simple wise advice. In the months following I thought about what I love, and I believe here in Lima working as a freelance multimedia journalist I will be able to make what I love what I do more than ever before.

With the click of this post I say out with the old, in with the new. I welcome 2011 and all it will bring. Let the beauty of what you love be what you do in 2011. Feliz año nuevo!

abandoned cats of lima

Iglesia de la Virgen Milagrosa | Lima, Perú



As I walked through Parque Kennedy my first night in Lima, I noticed cats - gatos - everywhere. There are a few different stories about how the cats got there, as well as a variety of opinions about the presence of the cats. The park itself is lovely. An ordinary park full of extraordinary stories.