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Back in the summer of 2008, I shot a documentary film about a unique four-week summer program in Miami that focused on the history and philosophy of Hip Hop and its four main elements: DJing, MCing, B-boying/girling, and Urban Art. The camp was was called called PATH (for Preserving, Archiving and Teaching Hip Hop History) […]
Last month, I took the family for a vacation in Spain and decided to skip the tourist-laden cities of Madrid, Barcelona and Seville in favor of Extremadura, an autonomous community of southwestern Spain bordering Portugal and comprised of the provinces of Cáceres and Badajoz. The region, which is home to three UNESCO World Heritage sites […]
Last month, I took the family to Spain for a much needed vacation. For our nine-day stay, I wanted to explore different cities so I was thinking a few days in Madrid then off to possibly Barcelona or Seville – maybe Granada? I pored over travel blogs, Tripadvisor, LonelyPlanet, etc, trying to find a location […]
So, my daughter and I took a little “father/daughter” trip to Guatemala (a territory of Central America that once formed the core of the Maya civilization) last month to check out that country’s version of Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). We first visited the historic city of Antigua (photographs HERE) and then […]
Earlier this month, I traveled to Guatemala with my teenage daughter to attend the Giant Kite Festival in Sumpango during Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on November 1 (you can watch the spectacular video HERE). Just under a three hour flight from Fort Lauderdale and bordered by Mexico to the north and […]
Here are a few images from my visit (with Mrs. Perez) to Bosnia and Herzegovina. This once war-torn country has become one of the most beautiful places (and one of the most economical) to visit in all of Europe. It is projected to have the third highest tourism growth rate in the world until 2020. […]
Due to its long and rich history of religious and cultural variety, Sarajevo is sometimes called the “Jerusalem of Europe”. It was, until late in the 20th century, the only major European city to have a mosque, Catholic church, Orthodox church and synagogue within the same neighborhood. The city, which dates back to the 15th […]
Spent a full day and a half (accompanied by Mrs. Perez) in a city that, in the period between the two World Wars, was renowned as the “Paris of the East” for its luxurious restaurants, exotic nightlife and elegant architecture. And although buildings and districts in the historic city center were heavily damaged or destroyed […]
During a recent trip to Romania to attend my film screening at the ClujShorts International Short Film Festival, Mrs. Perez and I stayed in the colorful city of Cluj-Napoca (check out the beautiful photographs HERE). We also arranged a driving tour of several cities in the historical region of Transylvania in central Romania. The two […]
So last week, my wife and I traveled to the city of Cluj-Napoca, the second most populous city in Romania (after the national capital Bucharest) to attend the screening of one of my documentary films at the ClujShorts International Short Film Festival. The city, considered the unofficial capital to the historical province of Transylvania, is […]
