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Travel Photographer / Visual Story Teller
chasing the essence
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Gary Crallé
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Fireworks at Universal Studios
I took this video during the daily theme park closing at Universal Studios as part of the activities during the U.S. Travel Association...
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Gary Crallé
Nov 19, 20221 min read
Before I die...
I was walking through the underground pedestrian PATHway system beneath the banks in the financial district of Toronto when I saw this...
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Gary Crallé
Nov 15, 20221 min read
A Fairy Tale Hotel
Every age has its creativity. Medieval Germany produced a whimsical style of architecture we often associate with fairy tales. The...
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Gary Crallé
Nov 8, 20221 min read
The Blood-red Beaver Moon Lunar Eclipse
With the beaver being a national icon, Canadians might claim the November 8 Beaver moon lunar eclipse as their own, but the name actually...
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Gary Crallé
Oct 31, 20221 min read
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
I was inexorably drawn to Hogwarts during an open night at Universal Studios for those attending IPWOrlando (Florida). This is the USA...
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Gary Crallé
Oct 14, 20222 min read
Rural on the Ridge — Part 3
Here we are — the final segment of 3 exploring the 'Upside in Rural Hamilton' along the Niagara Escarpment. DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL The ice...
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Gary Crallé
Oct 12, 20221 min read
Rural on the Ridge — Part 2
Explore the Upside in Rural Hamilton Part 2 — TALL POST CIDER Website https://tallpostcraftcider.ca 1170 Hendershot Rd, Hannon, Hamilton...
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Gary Crallé
Oct 11, 20221 min read
Autumn colours in Georgetown
Sugar maple trees are a sensual feast in autumn with an explosion of colour guaranteed to brighten your day.
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Gary Crallé
Oct 10, 20221 min read
Rural on the Ridge — Part 1
“Steeltown” Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) is best known for its industry, but beyond nuts and bolts the city has an unexpected rural upside...
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Gary Crallé
Sep 5, 20221 min read
Exploring Down East in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – Fishy Fishy
There’s a lot that’s fishy in the Maritimes. Seafood resources are a key part of Nova Scotia’s economy. I visited two Yarmouth businesses...
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Gary Crallé
Aug 29, 20222 min read
Exploring Down East in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – Spunky Museums
'Muse see ums' spells out how I navigate my way through museums, and for its size (pop. 7,200) Yarmouth does reasonably well with its...
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Gary Crallé
Aug 29, 20222 min read
Exploring Down East in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – Walk, Eat, Drink, Repeat
I was observing the play of light and shadows on Water Street when I came across two businesses joined at the hip that I consider to be...
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Gary Crallé
Aug 25, 20222 min read
Exploring Down East in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – The way to Cape Forchu
After a filling breakfast we left the ultramodern TRU by Hilton with its bold indigenous-Scandinavian design for a morning drive to Cape...
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Gary Crallé
Aug 24, 20221 min read
Exploring Down East in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia – instagram walkabout
Being ‘from away’ in Toronto, I kept asking myself “Where are all the people?” In many ways Canada’s maritime provinces are a step back...
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Gary Crallé
Aug 12, 20221 min read
Gone Fishin' for the Sturgeon Moon
August 22, 2022. According to the old Farmers' Alamanac, the August full moon was given its name because this is the month that sturgeon...
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Gary Crallé
Aug 8, 20221 min read
Cape Sable Lighthouse as time goes by
From the middle of a 1,500-year-old drowned forest at Hawk Beach there’s a good long-distance view of Cape Sable lighthouse on a clear...
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Gary Crallé
Aug 7, 20222 min read
Good ol’ Bootlegging and Beer
I’m sitting in Moonshin’hers Café Bistro with framed photos of past nefarious activities decorating the walls. Mario Nadeau from the...
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Gary Crallé
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Portraits by Karsh at Pier 21
As a poor Armenian immigrant in 1923, Yousuf Karsh received the usual discriminatory treatment meted out to strangers, but through...
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Gary Crallé
Aug 1, 20221 min read
Climb the Light
If it sounds like a sneeze, you’re in the right place. Cape Forchu lighthouse is the pinnacle of Nova Scotian beacons. In 1604 Samuel de...
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