NIXON LIBRARY

Facing off against Armstrong.

At least nowadays they say "Please."

The Nixon Library "Dirty Tricks" kiosk has crashed.
Liddy strikes again!

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ITALY TRIP PART V: WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU DUOMO

The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore

a.k.a Piazza del Duomo

Plans for the catherdral buildings were approved in 1296 and completed in 1436.

(And I thought the Santa Monica city council permit process was slow.)

Hard to take a bad picture in Florence.

View of the Duomo from the roof of the Uffizi Gallery

Italy's architectural roots run deep, but the future is relentless.

In the Piazza della Signoria: Michelangelo's David

(from this angle, you can't see his "Goliath")