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Plazuela de la Rogativa, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Plazuela de la Rogativa
has this sculpture by Lindsay Daen which commemorates the day in 1797
when British troops were frightened away by the Bishop and his
companions as they held torches
and chanted. Not one of the proudest moments in the history of
the British Empire.
When I was there looking to take some photos, I noticed the police kind of giving me the evil eye. Maybe this is a drug dealing area or the home base of some other sort of crime, but at least it was nice to see the cops doing their job and getting ready to smash me on the head with their batons if I did something wrong.
Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California
Dolphin Goodbye
Cooper River, South Carolina 
Painted Hall, Greenwich, England
Picasso had his pink period and
his blue period.
I am in my blonde period right now.
— Hugh Hefner
Hotel del Coronado, California
Elisha Babcock and H.L. Story,
dreamed of building a seaside resort that would be “the talk of
the Western world.” Since then, the resort has become a living
legend, visited by celebrities, dignitaries and U.S. presidents.
Publisher Rand McNally recognized the Hotel del Coronado
for enjoying “more fame and historical significance than perhaps
any hotel in North America.”
The Del has played
host to some of America’s greats including Thomas Edison,
L.Frank Baum and Babe Ruth. Famed aviator Charles Lindbergh was
honored at The Del in 1927 after his successful trans-Atlantic
flight. At this
lavish banquet, a replica if Lindbergh’s plane circled the enormous
Crown Room ceiling.
Hollywood has been
making movies at The Del for more than a century.
(The first movie shot at the hotel was in 1901.) In 1958, The
Del was
the backdrop for the comedy classic Some Like it Hot starring
Marilyn
Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. The resort has also seen
a steady stream
of celebrity visitors from Charlie Chaplin and Humphrey Bogart
to Brad
Pitt and Madonna.
What Victorian resort would be complete without a resident ghost?
Kate Morgan
checked into the resort on November 25, 1892 and never checked
out. Reports of
ghostly happenings have been circulating at The Del ever since,
all thought
to be connected to the death of this beautiful young woman.
— Hotel del Coronado
It's easy to halve the potato where there's love.
— Irish Proverb
Nisqually Glacier
The Nisqually Glacier is one of the larger glaciers on the southern face
of Mount Rainier in the U.S. state of Washington. The glacier is one of
the most easily viewed on the mountain, and is accessible from the Paradise
visitor facilities in Mount Rainier National Park. The glacier is currently
retreating. Measurements made at 9,200 feet (2,800 m) altitude show that
glacier got 56 feet (17 m) thicker between 1994 and 1997, suggesting that
it will probably begin advancing in the first decade of the 21st century.
Nisqually Glacier is the source of the Nisqually River.
Perhaps the longest studied glacier on Mount Rainier, Nisqually's terminal
point has been measured annually since 1918. In May 1970, the glacier was
measured to be moving at an average of 29 inches (73 cm) per day. —Wikipedia
Uprooted
tell you the truth
I prefer the worst of you
too bad you had to have a better half
she's not really my type
but I think you two are forever
and I hate to say it
but you're perfect together
so f*ck you
and your untouchable face
and f*ck you
for existing in the first place
— Ani DiFranco
The Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk, Kensington Park
A child is not a vase to be filled,
but a fire to be lit.
— Rabelais
Morning Stroll on Lake Michigan, Chicago
Low Tide at Night in Front of Marché Bonsecours, Montreal, Canada
I am patient with stupidity
but not with those who are proud of it
— Edith Sitwell
Chicago at Night
Top Detail of Katyn Massacre Memorial, Baltimore's Inner Harbor
Golden Gate View
Penn's Landing, Philadelphia
Mexico City's Day of the Dead Ceremony
Mardi Gras Floats in Storage
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