The Worst Places to Eat in Richardson Last Month

Graphic by City of Richardson.

The City of Richardson is rightly regarded as having some of the best, most diverse, dining options in north Texas ("Eat & Drink"). But that doesn't mean every restaurant in Richardson exceeds in every measure. Here is a list of the ten worst places to eat in Richardson last month, based on the City of Richardson's Health Department Restaurant Scores for last month. Not all Richardson restaurants are included in this ranking. Each month, different restaurants are visited by the Health Department. Only those visited last month are ranked here. Only the lowest scores are shown.

The Worst Places to Eat in Richardson Last Month

Graphic by City of Richardson.

Note: This post is late. July's scores were not published on time. (My Bad).

The City of Richardson is rightly regarded as having some of the best, most diverse, dining options in north Texas ("Eat & Drink"). But that doesn't mean every restaurant in Richardson exceeds in every measure. Here is a list of the ten worst places to eat in Richardson last month, based on the City of Richardson's Health Department Restaurant Scores for July. Not all Richardson restaurants are included in this ranking. Each month, different restaurants are visited by the Health Department. Only those visited last month are ranked here. Only the lowest scores are shown.

Random Thoughts: Progressivism has a Conformity Problem

2025-08-05: "Progressivism — forgive me, left-wing readers — has a conformity problem. Even more than on the right, there are incredible social pressures in left-wing circles to not say anything objectionable. (On the right, by contrast, it seems that you get rewarded the more objectionable things you can say.)"
-- David Brooks.
I can't say he's wrong.

2025-08-08: Headline: "Texas GOP sics FBI on absent Democrats as Texas Senate panel advances gerrymandered congressional map."
I'm old enough to remember when the Texas GOP wanted nothing more than the feds to stay out of Texas's business. I guess it was never about states' rights at all.

POTD: Two Views of the Skyline of Rome

From 2024 12 22 Rome

Today's photo-of-the-day was taken through a window of the Capitoline Museums in Rome. The window is old, which I think is why it is textured, rippled, and uneven. Or maybe the antique glass blower wanted it that way. I don't know.

In any case, after the jump is the same scene through a modern glass window.

POTD: Bigfoot

From 2024 12 22 Rome

Today's photo-of-the-day is of Bigfoot, or rather a big foot because we're not in the forests of North America. We're in the Capitoline Museums in Rome.

POTD: Not the Sistine Chapel

From 2024 12 22 Rome

Today's photo-of-the-day is of the Vatican Museums. It's plural because there is a seemingly endless number of interconnected galleries, each more marvelous than the last. They all lead to the Sistine Chapel, the most extraordinary of all. But they don't allow photographs to be taken inside the Sistine Chapel, so you'll have to be satisfied with my photo of a different gallery.

A panoramic photo is after the jump.

Too Much (TV 2025)

Rotten Tomatoes

Too Much (TV 2025): A Lena Dunham sitcom full of dysfunctional relationship, starring Megan Stalter as a needy, high-maintenance, intense young woman surrounded by others just as dysfunctional. It's in the title - TMI for my taste, but I'm not the target audience, am I? C+

Netflix

Carousel Ride

Source: City of Richardson.

carousel (kar-uh-sel) noun.
1. An amusement ride where you go around and around and end up where you started
2. An hour's deliberation by the City Council about public art

The Richardson City Council spent almost an hour talking about a single proposed public art piece for the new City Hall plaza. They pitched to each other various alternative designs and placements, but ended up with six of the seven agreeing to support what the selection panel of experts recommended in the first place, a design called Carousel placed between the new City Hall and the existing fountain.

It reminded me of the quote attributed to Winston Churchill, "Americans can always be trusted to do the right thing, once all other possibilities have been exhausted."

Ever Rising Water Bills

Source: North Texas Municipal Water District.

On August 28, 2025, the Richardson City Council reviewed the proposed 2025-2026 budget. One subject frequently came up: our ever-rising water bills.

Budget Talk by the Council

Source: City of Richardson.

On August 18, 2025, the Richardson City Council reviewed the proposed 2025-2026 budget. You can watch the whole thing on the city's website. Or you can read a comprehensive account of it or watch an AI video summary on Justin Neth's Substack. Here I'm only going to focus on a few quotes that stood out for me.

Bottom line: The total proposed FY 2025-2026 budget is $418,498,270, an increase of $12,419,51 or 3.1% from FY 2024-2025. The typical taxpayer impact will be an increase of $237/year in taxes and fees paid to the city.

POTD: Tourists Photobomb the Colosseum

From 2024 12 22 Rome

Today's photo-of-the-day is of tourists posing in front of the most photographed ruin the world — the Colosseum in Rome. I don't usually fill these pages with snapshots of tourists posing in front of tourist attractions, but it's important to me this time. You never know when it might be your last such photo.

Two bonus photos are after the jump.

POTD: Three Views of the Colosseum

From 2024 12 22 Rome

Today's photo-of-the-day is of the Colosseum in Rome. According to Wikipedia, "It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world, despite its age. Construction began under the Emperor Vespasian (r. 69-79 AD) in AD 72 and was completed in AD 80 under his successor and heir, Titus (r. 79-81)." The Arch of Titus is near the Colosseum. So, two of the most memorable buildings in ancient Rome today are connected to the emperor Titus, whose reign lasted only two years.

Two bonus photos are after the jump.

POTD: Arch of Titus

From 2024 12 22 Rome

Today's photo-of-the-day is of the Arch of Titus in Rome. I've seen photos of this arch in travel books and history books my whole life, but I've never learned its own history. It's a history that reverberates down to today's headlines.

More text and a bonus photo are after the jump.

Exterritorial (2025)

Rotten Tomatoes

Exterritorial (2025): German. Mildly entertaining action thriller. Ex-soldier with PTSD hunts for her young son who vanishes inside a US consulate where the whole movie takes place. The plot is full of convenient occurrences and unexplained elements. C+

Netflix

Book Review: South of the Border, West of the Sun

From South of the Border, West of the Sun, by Haruki Murakami:

Amazon

"We were, the two of us, still fragmentary beings, just beginning to sense the presence of an unexpected, to-be-acquired reality that would fill us and make us whole. We stood before a door we’d never seen before. The two of us alone, beneath a faintly flickering light, our hands tightly clasped together for a fleeting ten seconds of time."

Black Sails S01 (TV 2014)

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Black Sails S01 (TV 2014): A prequel to Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, with pirates, prostitutes, Spanish treasure, and sea battles. It took me a few episodes to figure out all the characters. There's more gratuitous sex and violence than in the books. C+

Netflix

#VeryTardyReview

What Did We Learn from a Rare Vote by the City Council?

Source: Nay Café by Google Street View.

The Richardson City Council voted unanimously on August 11, 2025, to deny a request for a special use permit for a smoking establishment for an outdoor patio in conjunction with a restaurant.

POTD: View of Roman Forum from Palatine Hill

"Forum far below,
Empire sprawls in ruined grace
'neath Palatine Hill."

— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 12 22 Rome

Today's photo-of-the-day is of the Roman Forum from the Palatine Hill. The Palatine Hill, "relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called 'the first nucleus of the Roman Empire.' Imperial palaces were built there, starting with Augustus."

A bonus photo (by Dessy) of Ellen and me on the Palatine Hill is after the jump.

POTD: Temple of Antoninus and Faustina

"Past and present meet,
Where love was once deified,
Another two stand."
— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 12 22 Rome

Today's photo-of-the-day is of John and Dessy posing in front of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in the Roman Forum. "The temple was constructed by the Emperor Antoninus Pius, beginning in 141 AD. It was initially dedicated to his deceased and deified wife, Faustina the Elder. Because of this, Faustina was the first Roman empress with a permanent presence in the Forum Romanum. When Antoninus Pius was deified after his death in 161 AD, the temple was re-dedicated to both Antoninus and Faustina by his successor, Marcus Aurelius."

Dept. Q (TV 2025)

Rotten Tomatoes

Dept. Q (TV 2025): Scottish police procedural. Matthew Goode plays an insolent cop who gets banished to the basement and told to work on cold cases. He assembles a team of misfits and digs into a nasty case. Great show to watch when Slow Horses is between seasons. B+

Netflix

Richardson's 2025-2027 Key Tactics

Source: Ramsee Consulting Group.

In my fourth installment of what happened during the Richardson City Council's 5-hour goal-setting worksession, I reported this about the tactics the council came up with:

After a lunch break, the council broke into two groups of four (with the City Manager added to the seven council members). They were tasked with coming up with their top ten or so tactics. I was confused. There are 13 strategies, but only 10 tactics? Rick Robinson explained that council will decide the top ten tactics, but staff will come back with a long, full list of tactics. When the council came back together they had eight unique tactics, which I wasn't able to capture. Rick Robinson will take the list and do some combining and type them up. The council as a whole then talked about other tactics they wanted to add. Individual council members offered individual tactics. There was little attempt at voting to accept or reject the ideas offered, only some wordsmithing, as always, so I don't know how this discussion will move forward. It seemed to me they ran out of time to produce what I most wanted, a SMART set of short-term action items for the next two years.

Source: Ramsee Consulting Group.

At the August 11, 2025, Richardson City Council meeting, we got to see more. Not the final version, but more.

Death of a Unicorn (2025)

Rotten Tomatoes

Death of a Unicorn (2025): Satire in which the billionaire capitalists are idiots, Paul Rudd is a sellout, and Jenna Ortega mind-melds with a unicorn, giving her a psychedelic look into another world. Other than that, the unicorns are monsters. Makes no sense. The CGI is disappointing. C-

HBO Max

Richardson Town Hall at Tzu Chi

Source: Mark Steger.

Mayor Amir Omar and Councilmember Dan Barrios held a town hall meeting at the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation. About 100 persons attended. I grade the exercise an "A" for turnout, participation, and openness of the mayor and council member in their answers to questions raised by the audience. The two hour time allotted to this seemed right to me, but there wasn't enough time to get to all the questions.

POTD: Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

"First night together,
Rome glows with celebration.
Chestnuts crack and steam."

— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 12 22 Rome

Today's photo-of-the-day is of Piazza Navona in Rome. It was the first night of our whole family being together to celebrate Christmas in Rome. A holiday tradition all over Italy (and in plenty of other places in the world) is roasting chestnuts (castagne arrosto) over open charcoal braziers. They are served piping hot in paper cones. Here, a stranger enjoys the tradition.

A bonus photo is after the jump.

POTD: Piazza Navona

"Now the square holds us,
not in flesh, but in recall.
Rome keeps what we lost."

— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 12 22 Rome

Today's photo-of-the-day is of Piazza Navona in Rome. It was the first night of our whole family being together to celebrate Christmas in Rome. Little did we know it was to be the last such family vacation. We ate at an outdoor restaurant in the piazza. The piazza "is built on the site of the 1st century AD Stadium of Domitian and follows the form of the open space of the stadium in an elongated oval. The ancient Romans went there to watch the agones ('games'), and hence it was known as 'Circus Agonalis' ('competition arena')."

Bonus photos are after the jump.

POTD: Richardson's Budget Workshop - Day 2

Source: City of Richardson.

The Richardson City Council held a two day budget workshop to set the 2025-2026 budget.

On the first day, they reviewed the General Fund. on this, the second day, they focused on the five other largest funds: water/sewer, drainage, solid waste, golf, and hotel/motel.

The City summary of budget recommendations from Day 1:

• Property tax rate remains unchanged. Because of rising property values, this will result in new tax revenue.
• Senior Tax Exemption increase from $145,000 to $160,000
• 2.5% merit-based pay adjustments for all employees and an additional 2.0% in April 2026 for sworn public safety
• Increasing the minimum starting salary for full-time and permanent part-time positions to $21.00
• No change to the Streets and Alleys Rehabilitation, Facilities Maintenance, or Parks Maintenance Programs
• No change to the Economic Development Fund

The Pitt (TV 2025)

Rotten Tomatoes

The Pitt (TV 2025): Hour by hour, a day shift in a hospital ER in Pittsburgh. Lots of fast talking by impressively talented doctors. Watching each episode is like binging an entire season of another show. There's no overall plot; each patient, each doctor has a story. The whole is so much more than its parts. A-

HBO Max

POTD: Richardson's Budget Workshop - Day 1

Source: City of Richardson.

The Richardson City Council is holding a two day budget workshop to set the 2025-2026 budget. The City summarizes the global economic environment as: "Conflicts, trade restrictions, and geopolitical rivalries are disrupting global supply chains. Political instability and shifting international policies contribute to an unpredictable policy environment, making businesses more hesitant to invest in expansion, new hiring, or infrastructure upgrades. Wars, sanctions, and diplomatic tensions may cause energy price spikes and commodity shortages, possibly leading to inflationary pressures."

The City had three more slides calling out risks and threats to Richardson's economic situation. "Tariffs and Tariff Driven Inflation." "Labor Market Challenges." "Slowing Revenue Amid Rising Costs."

I am pleased that City government, if not the State or Federal governments, knows the answer to the question, how is MAGA working out for us?

And that's before the City gets to what our Texas legislature is up to. "SB 924 reduces FY2026 franchise fees by ~($260,000)." "HB9 will reduce FY2027 property tax revenues by ~($1,500,000)." "SB9 would reduce FY2027 property tax revenue by ~($1,500,000)." We can be sure the impact of that will be cuts to city services. How much of those cuts will show up as more money in in your wallets is much less certain.

Stick (TV 2025)

Rotten Tomatoes

Stick (TV 2025): Owen Wilson stars as a former pro golfer who mentors a teen golfing phenom. It's just another sports movie with a full cast of stereotypes, but somehow the show works. It grows on you and you come to care more about these characters than how the big golf match turns out. B+

AppleTV+

Opus (2025)

Rotten Tomatoes

Opus (2025): Creepy satire/thriller about celebrity cults. John Malkovich is the eccentric pop star surrounded by his cult. Ayo Edebiri is the young writer who finds herself at his isolated ranch. Watchable, but "The Menu" and others did it better. C+

HBO Max

POTD: San Giorgio Maggiore from Doge's Palace

"Framed through palace glass,
marble rising from the sea.
Bells ring over waves."
— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 09 11 Venice

Today's photo-of-the-day is of the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy. The photo was taken through the windows at the Doge's Palace. The island of "San Giorgio is now best known for the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, designed by Palladio and begun in 1566. The belltower has a ring of 9 bells in C#."

This view makes a good bookend to the opening POTD of Venice (Venice by Sea). With that, we say ciao to Venice. Next stop, Rome.

POTD: St. Mark's Basilica

"Gold mosaics shine,
stories looted from the East,
Faith wrapped in conquest."
— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 09 11 Venice

Today's photo-of-the-day is from St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. "It is dedicated to and holds the relics of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the patron saint of the city...The present structure is the third church, begun probably in 1063 to express Venice's growing civic consciousness and pride. Like the two earlier churches, its model was the sixth-century Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople...Middle-Byzantine, Romanesque, and Islamic influences are also evident, and Gothic elements were later incorporated. To convey the republic's wealth and power, the original brick façades and interior walls were embellished over time with precious stones and rare marbles, primarily in the thirteenth century. Many of the columns, reliefs, and sculptures were spoils stripped from the churches, palaces, and public monuments of Constantinople as a result of the Venetian participation in the Fourth Crusade. Among the plundered artefacts brought back to Venice were the four ancient bronze horses that were placed prominently over the entry."

Random Thoughts: Random NextDoor Post

2025-07-14: Random NextDoor post: "Want to know how many times I get pulled over for nothing. There about to break there previous record."
There's a sentence there with two uses of the word "there", both spelled wrong. Impressive.

City Council Goals 2025-2027 (Part 4 of 4)

This is the fourth part of my thoughts on the City of Richardson's Goal setting meeting. Let's see if I can get through Strategies and Tactics in this one.

City Council Goals 2025-2027 (Part 3 of 4)

This is the third part of my thoughts on the City of Richardson's Goal setting meeting. I'm finally getting to the Goals. The Council reviewed the existing goals:

Goals

To effectively, efficiently, and transparently manage city resources while maintaining and enhancing city services

To have residents and all stakeholders choose Richardson as the best place to locate, contribute, and engage

To have clear, effective, efficient, continuously improved, and consistently applied processes and policies that make it easy for residents, employees, and all stakeholders to interact with the City

To have well-trained, engaged, and innovative employees who deliver an exceptional customer experience while working in a safe, inclusive, and equitable environment

Source: City of Richardson.

City Council Goals 2025-2027 (Part 2 of 4)

The City of Richardson's City Council spends a day at the beginning of each term developing its Goals, Strategies, and Tactics. For the last several years, this was facilitated by Rick Robinson of Ramsey Consulting Group. He explained the terminology involved in strategic planning that would be used in this exercise. He started with Mission. He explained why he doesn't do mission statements for cities: "because every city has 99% the same mission — to create a clean, save place for people to eat, work, stay, play, visit, blah, blah, blah, alright?" Exactly. So let's move on.

City Council Goals 2025-2027 (Part 1 of 4)

My business management training came an eon ago at Texas Instruments. TI called its management system "Objectives, Strategies, and Tactics" (OST). An example of an Objective is to improve profitability. An example of a supporting Strategy is to focus on high growth markets. An example of a Tactic is a specific product development initiative. TI aligns its corporate goals with day-to-day operations throughout the company with a process called Policy Deployment.

POTD: Interior Design of a Lost Age

"City of canals
built its dreams in travertine.
Why not Richardson?"
— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 09 11 Venice

Today's photo-of-the-day is from the Doge's Palace in Venice, Italy.

"The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and the residence of the Doge of Venice, the elected authority of the former Republic of Venice. It was originally built in 810, rebuilt in 1340 and extended and modified in the following centuries."

Imagine if the new City Hall being built by the City of Richardson had an interior design resembling this. Imagine if the new City Hall being built by the City of Richardson was being built to last a millennium. The last City Hall didn't last 50 years. We live in a throwaway society. That includes our architecture.

POTD: Bridge of Sighs

"Bridges often join,
but this one parts soul from sun.
Venice once wept here."
— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 09 11 Venice

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Venice, Italy. It shows the famous Bridge of Sighs connecting "the New Prison (Prigioni Nuove) to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace...It was built in 1600...The view from the Bridge of Sighs was the last view of Venice that convicts saw before their imprisonment. The bridge's English name was bestowed by Lord Byron in the 19th century as a translation from the Italian "Ponte dei sospiri", from the suggestion that prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice through the window before being taken down to their cells."

POTD: Horses of Saint Mark

"Replicas above,
but inside the real ones prance,
bold, undefeated."

— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 09 11 Venice

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Venice, Italy. It shows the original Horses of Saint Mark's Basilica. According to Google and ChatGPT, the horses are "from antiquity (believed to be Classical Greek, 2nd or 3rd century AD). But some say the evident technical expertise and naturalistic rendering of the animals suggest they were made in Classical Greece of the 5th and 4th centuries BC. They were looted from Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade in 1204 and brought to Venice. They stood atop the main balcony of St. Mark’s Basilica for centuries. In 1797, Napoleon took them to Paris after conquering Venice; they were installed atop the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel. They were returned to Venice in 1815, after Napoleon's defeat. In 1981, due to conservation concerns, the original horses were replaced with modern replicas, and the originals were moved indoors to the Museo di San Marco, where they can still be viewed today."

A bonus photo is after the jump.

MurderBot (TV 2025)

Rotten Tomatoes

MurderBot (TV 2025): A security robot on a scientific mission to another planet hacks its own "governor module" and gains free will. He doesn't have anything interesting to say. Everything he knows about being human comes from downloading a soap opera, "Sanctuary Moon." C+

AppleTV+

Book Review: The Silk Roads

From The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, by Peter Frankopan:

Amazon

"These tremors were carried along a network that fans out in every direction, routes along which pilgrims and warriors, nomads and merchants have travelled, goods and produce have been bought and sold, and ideas exchanged, adapted and refined. They have carried not only prosperity, but also death and violence, disease and disaster. In the late nineteenth century, this sprawling web of connections was given a name by an eminent German geologist, Ferdinand von Richthofen (uncle of the First World War flying ace the 'Red Baron') that has stuck ever since: 'Seidenstraßen'—the Silk Roads."

POTD: Piazza San Marco

"Acqua Alta comes.
Tourists tiptoe through water,
leaving small ripples."

— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 09 11 Venice

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Venice, Italy. It shows the central square, Piazza San Marco. In yesterday's POTD, I described the city as "Venice floating low," referring to the city's penchant for flooding. The Piazza San Marco is not meant to be submerged, but it often is, due to climate change, high tides and sinking land. The day we were there started with one small puddle (small in relation to the huge size of the square). But during the afternoon, it had grown to fill most of the square. That's not good for the city. That's not good for tourism. But it is good for capturing photos like this.

A bonus photo is after the jump.

POTD: Venice by Sea

"Venice floating low.
An old painting comes to life,
aged and elegant."
— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 09 11 Venice

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Venice, Italy, a city "built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 438 bridges." This photo shows San Giorgio Maggiore. It's one of the first views most people have gotten of Venice for centuries, arriving by sea.

POTD: River Scenes in Ljubljana

"Tour boats glide softly,
beneath cafés and willows,
boys balance with joy."

— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 09 10 Ljubljana

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Ljubljana, Slovenia. It shows river scenes in the heart of the country's capital city. Needless to say, I love how Ljubljana's downtown features its river.

Bonus photos are after the jump.

Heads of State (2025)

Rotten Tomatoes

Heads of State (2025): The US President (John Cena) and UK Prime Minister (Idris Elba) turn action heroes in order to thward a plot to destroy the NATO alliance. Cena and Elba lack chemistry. The plot lacks plausibility. The humor mostly fails to land. The action scenes lack originality. Meh. C+

Prime

Charter Changes One Step Closer to Voters

Artist: John Trumbull.

On July 14, 2025, the Richardson City Council held a worksession where they reviewed draft language for amendments to the City Charter. That language would be placed on the ballot in the November election for the citizens of Richardson to approve or reject.

The Charter Review Commission recommended 48 amendments. Of those only four contain substantive changes. A fifth contains a requirement that the city have an ordinance setting out a Code of Ethics. That is substantive, but because the City already has a Code of Ethics, nothing will need to change. It does prohibit any future City Council from repealing the Code, and for that it is important, maybe the most important amendment, as it emphasizes the importance of a Code of Ethics to the people of Richardson. All of the other amendments are minor changes to clarify the language or to use consistent language in different parts of the charter. The council deliberated on the four substantive amendments and reached a consensus on the direction they'd like to see the City Manager take on the final draft wording of the propositions.

On July 28 a final draft of the amendments will be presented to the council for their approval. Then, on August 11, an ordinance calling an election in November, 2025, will be presented for council's approval.

Adolescence (TV 2025)

Rotten Tomatoes

Adolescence (TV 2025): 13 year-old boy is charged with murdering a female classmate. He denies doing it, but there's video evidence. Each episode is shot in a long single take, increasing the story's own inherent tension. It's technically brilliant and the acting is superb. A+

Netflix

Book Review: Wild Chocolate

From Wild Chocolate, by Rowan Jacobsen:

Amazon

"Cacao is ridiculously rich. Coffee beans have about 12 percent fat. Whipping cream has 35 percent. Cacao beans have 55 percent, and these Criollo beans top out around 60. They are butter bombs. That makes them extra delicious, and it also helps the chocolate to defy gravity in the right hands."

POTD: Stacked Boxes

"Containers at rest.
Order pressed against the sky.
Stacked intentions wait."
— h/t ChatGPT

From 2024 09 10 Ljubljana

Today's photo-of-the-day is from Ljubljana, Slovenia. It shows stacked shipping containers at the port where our cruise ship docked. No story here, just a captivating image of geometric regularity imposed by humans on a natural landscape.