The outdoor pool at Hearst Castle at San Simeon, south of Monterey, California. There are hundreds of people on tour here at one time. The castle took 28 years to build, and included a zoo, about 30 guest rooms and two pools. WR Hearst was a Media and Mining mogul, the building has been given to the State.

San Francisco, Market St.

Street drummer, San Francisco, Market St.

The view into the central courtyard of the Hirshhorn Museum, part of the Smithsonian Museums in DC. The Library of Congress was also fantastic.

This is one of the many watering-holes on the way to Washington DC. Very hot still.

The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh. A sign at one restaurant here said "only in Pittsburgh can you put Fries on top of Lettuce and call it a salad"

We went to see the Pittsburgh Pirates take on the Minnesota Twins in the second game in a series at PNC stadium in Pittsburgh. The hottest day Pittsburgh has had this year, saw the locals lose to the Twins. The have a decider tomorrow night in the best-of-3 series. This photo shows the Pittsburgh skyline beyond the stadium. We started the day seeing the Andy Warhol Museum.

Cakes at Lady M, Upper East Side NY.

A family of bicyclers on the boat ride to Governor's Island.

The Met has been incredible - you could spend weeks here. The view from the roof garden is spectacular, taking in all the buildings surrounding Central Park. Not all rooms were as busy as Van Gogh's.