Monday, July 28, 2008
Just another limo driver at Newark
So I was just snapping some limos in the parking lot at Newark Liberty International and this guy walks over with his passengers looking a little worried, like "Why is this guy taking photographs of my limo?"So I explained that I like to take photos of limos and I offered to take his photo with the limo. That brought a big smile to his face, as you can see. I retouched the original image and did it old-fashioned style. I like it! What do YOU think?
Friday, April 4, 2008
Monday, February 18, 2008
Local Writer Opens Home to Help Britney
Lehigh Valley writer and blogger C. Cross, wants to help Britney Spears. Inspired by the generous offer made by Heidi Klum, Cross says he'd also be willing to open his home to Spears while the troubled pop singer puts her life back together. "She can call me and come live in our house with us for a couple of months--hopefully longer," said Cross, a down-to-earth businessman, father and grandfather who is divorced and lives in the beautiful Lehigh Valley. "I'm sure she'd enjoy our company and we would help set her straight."
"I am sorry when a young person gets thrown so off track," Cross said. "Klum says Britney has lived an extremely wild life, but it's not that wild compared to some of the things I've experienced in my very richly textured life. The thing is, Britney hasn't has a chance to get to know ordinary people, she hasn't had a chance to eat my good home cooking and everyone around her simply enables her or leeches off of her.
"We'll show her the joys of feeding the hungry and taking blankets out to the homeless," says Cross, who often opens his kitchen to those less fortunate. "When you're having a tough time coping with your life, it's extremely important to reframe the picture and take the focus off yourself. When you can see firsthand, how so many other people are suffering, and when you take the time to help them, it instantly repositions your center of the universe and has near-miraculous results."
To hear Cross, the Executive Director of The Lehigh Valley Writer's Symposium, describe it, his own life seems like a fairy tale.
"I have never been as happy as I am today," Cross said. "I am active in the community; working on several writing projects; involved with various charitable projects; love to cook and have found a great deal of independence in my life. Heidi Klum says her life can't get any better, but I'm a bit more optimistic about mine. It really can get better--and if Britney takes me up on my offer, I'm sure things will get better for the both of us!"
"While she is here", Cross notes, "Britney would want for nothing. We have running hot and cold water, steam heat and flush toilets. I would also act on-call as her personal cook, chauffeur and masseur."




