Travel Photos

Anyone who has spent any time with me in public knows that I often whip out my camera at unexpected moments and take photos of doors.  It’s a little bit embarrassing, especially when I’m taking pictures in the ladies’ room, but I need material for my other blog which is about doors and hardware.

Most people take doors for granted as long as they open all the way and the doorknob doesn’t fall of in their hand.  But when I look at a door I’m immediately registering what type of hardware it has (usually including brand and model number), whether there’s anything unusual about the opening, and if there are any code violations.  It’s a curse, but it’s deeply ingrained in my personality at this point.

This morning I got an email from my friend Gia, who recently visited Paris with her husband and two of our other friends.  Attached to the email were two photos that she had taken for me in Notre Dame Cathedral.  I expected that they would be door photos because I’m sure Notre Dame has huge, beautiful doors.  I cracked up when I opened the files and they were photos of a code violation!  Phase 2 of my plan for worldwide door domination is coming together – I’m turning my friends into hardware nerds!

So during your summer vacation keep an eye out for doors – beautiful, ugly, broken, chained, blocked, or otherwise interesting in some way, and send me some photos!  And have a great Memorial Day weekend!

Here’s a link to Gia’s photo:  Click Here