Diana Romaxx Lensography

The Chicago Lenses will give you a scenic look into Chicago's places to visit and about the city's many sports teams. You will find the city's most popular pizzerias under Food Lenses, as well as about one of our other favorites, the Chicago Style Hot Dog. You can also learn about one of the city's most beautiful parks, and even a bit about Chicago's fascinating history. Although brief, it will be a personal and great summary of the fun places to see and visit in Chicago from a local's perspective. Please check back from time to time for additional updates and new lenses.

Writing about food was an interesting experience. It was easy to describe what I loved about some of my favorite foods, but on the other hand, it was also a challenge for me to describe what made them so enjoyable to eat. Overall, it was fun researching and learning about the history of Chicago pizzerias and the Chicago style hot dog. I have so many other favorite foods so I know that from time to time I will definitely be adding future food lenses.

I love to read every chance I get. Since I take public transportation to and from work, it gives me the opportunity to immerse myself in a good book for close to an hour each way. I read everything from non-fiction, which recently have been auto/biographies, such as James Lipton, Charles Lindbergh, and Winston Churchill -- to fiction, which have included several series like The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter novels, Narnia series, Cormac McCarthy trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, and Cities of the Plain; Isabel Allende novels to Jane Austen, John Steinbeck, Anton Chekhov, and John Irving novels. I also enjoy reading poetry, but long is the list of books I've yet to read, including the shelves of countless vintage books that I've picked up at book fairs throughout the years. I truly enjoy reading and always look forward to starting the next book.

Pass the popcorn and a box of Kleenex -- I could watch these oldies for hours. I have been a very passionate fan of the black and white movies since my early teens. Over the years, I have collected hundreds of movies, mostly oldies. I have boxes of them on VHS, bummer that went the way of the beta-maxx. So I started collecting them on DVD, but wait here comes Blu-ray. I think I will wait a while before collecting anymore movies.

These are some of my lenses reflecting some of my pass-time hobbies. I love to sew and it was enjoyable trying other fun projects, such as sewing doll dresses. Later, I tried working with polymer clay and enjoyed making mini teapots, which I used to make and sell on ebay along with mini paintings that were purchased by doll house collectors. I also love fabrics and combined my love of fabrics with another favorite hobby of mine, knitting. The Handmade Knitted Purses are made by recycling some of my vintage fabrics I have collected over the years.

These lenses feature the many wonderful party themes and supplies that make it so easy for anyone to throw a party. Whether it be for children, teens or adults, these lenses offer many ideas and fun props to help put together any theme celebration for large gatherings to a small private party for two. Whatever the reason, the party supply store offers many affordable and fun theme ideas for celebrating any size party.

These lenses feature some background information on working as a legal secretary, and working as a paralegal, as well as some related skills and experiences. I also thought it would be interesting to make a lens on the obsolete skill called shorthand, which I still love to use to this day. I find it very amusing to see the puzzled look on a person's face when they watch me writing shorthand, and I'm always glad to answer any questions about this ancient skill. I've included some information about the aforementioned positions as well as the positive and challenging aspects of working with computers.

These lenses describe the background of several writers and their published works. I've read the published works of James Lipton and Cormac McCarthy, which are described in more detail on their respective lenses. As for Vera Caspary, I read only one of her novels, Rebecca, which was later made into a movie that was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Rebecca is one of my favorite black and white movies, and I must admit that although I enjoyed the novel, I enjoyed the movie so much more.

The following are several lenses of beautiful places to visit. Paris and Hawaii what two fantastic destinations for a vacation. The picture featured above was taken during one of our vacations in Maui. Visiting such exotic destinations are always a memorable life experience, and always leave you with the notion of returning back some day.

The following lenses were written to provide some information, interesting facts, and hopefully some answers on the background and history regarding each of these interesting topics.

Cool Breeze

I was curious and have always been interested in learning more about the famous American icon, Betty Boop. It was a great experience to research and write about her fascinating history.

This lens is about the world renowned master glassblowing artist, Dale Chihuly. I first saw Chihuly's exquisite glass work exhibit in 1999 at the Garfield Conservatory in Chicago and have since been inspired and drawn-in by the beauty and mastery of his colorful glass sculptures.

These lens are about some wonderful gifts for every occasion, gift baskets and chocolates.

As part of the Giant Squid Summer School, participating Giants receive a specific weekly lens making challenge every week. Below you will see the weekly lens as I add them. Don't forget to visit the other lens at the Giant Squid Summer School Challenge home page. There will be eight weekly assignments to complete.