Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label architecture. Show all posts

Monday, November 1, 2010

Three years ago...


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I was bumming around Sicily on my honeymoon, eating fantastic cannoli, & enjoying an unplugged life. Oh, to be back there...


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Monday, October 18, 2010

Bah-ston


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Actually, we did not hear a single person with a true Boston accent the entire time we were there. Disappointing really.

My expectations were really low for our visit to Boston. I have no idea why, for the city has never given me a reason to doubt it. The good thing about low expectations is that they are easily exceeded. And boy where they. What a great place! The history! The architecture! The green public spaces! The cannoli! Ohhh... the cannoli in the Italian district was to die for.

So bravo to you Boston. I've now added you to my list of places I would like to spend a little bit more time in.

Beautiful Beacon Hill windows

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obligatory Cheers photo

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historic Faneuil Hall

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the best cannoli I have ever had, including the one I had in Naples, Italy - thumb's up to Mike's Pastry!

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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Strolling the Brooklyn Bridge


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For all the times I have been to New York, & all the touristy stuff I have done, there was one thing I hadn't done: walked the Brooklyn Bridge.

So I picked the hottest day of the year to do so! Armed with my camera, a tank top & a $2 bottle of water, I headed from Manhattan across the river to Brooklyn.


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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

list 13 - things that are rocking my world this week

1. the blue skies that come with summer (we can call it summer since it's 90° out, right?)


2. the awesome, awesome, awesome concert that Brad Paisley put on last Saturday evening. Literally two hours of me standing there, dancing and singing my head off (apologies to those sitting around us!). Added bonus? Opening act Darius Rucker (aka Hootie from Hootie and the Blowfish) who sang all the songs from junior high!
3. the great discussion with Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert that Brad took me to see last Friday night. Added bonus? We went to a meet-and-greet afterward and got them to sign books (I won't share the incredibly dorky thing I said to Mr. Bourdain... I was trying to be so cool, but ended up much more star-struck than anticipated!)
4. the new Sex and the City movie that opens tomorrow (even though it just got a horrible review in the Post)

5. the three photos below will be appearing in a display at the City of Alexandria Historical Museum this summer

6. the Pandora Radio station created by searching the song "Roll to Me" - a great mix of 90's music (a thanks to my colleague Lauren for this idea!)

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

in a New York minute










last glimpse before turning onto the highway in New Jersey...

Monday, May 3, 2010

Things I'm Loving This Week....

1. These awesome door photos
(I've been known to photograph a few doors in my day...)

(Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia)

2. This add-it-to-my-extensive-must-travel-list of the best ferry rides in the nation. I cannot say enough times, loudly enough, how awesome the ferry ride from Seattle to Bainbridge Island and back is. Staten Island Ferry is on my "must do" list for my next bumming around NYC trip.

3. The fact that Henri Cartier-Bresson was a world traveler before world travel was fashionable.

4. That get to see this Friday night:

(taken in the parking lot of a Starbucks with my p&s
in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)