Archive for May, 2011
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Alexander House, Oxford Ohio
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The Alexander House used to be a bed and breakfast and a restaurant. Now I believe it’s just a restaurant with a bar (with live music) on the second floor. We had lunch here before we went to Metamora. It was a perfectly good lunch — BLTs, quesadillas, pulled pork sandwiches, and I had a "California Wrap" which was turkey, avocado, herb mayo, and tomato all rolled up in a tortilla. I think when you’re east of the Rockies anything with avocado is known as a "California ."
Haunted Benicia open to tourists
Haunted Benicia open to tourists
BENICIA — When it comes to questions about ghosts, Devin Sisk and Donna Raymond are two people you can call.Sisk, a “paranormal investigator,” and Raymond, a “paranormal sensitive,” have been leading Benicia’s wildly successful Ghost Walks since October.
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The Ach Aluinn bed and breakfast
The Ach Aluinn bed and breakfast
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Our B&B in Inverness. Angus and Margaret MacDonald are very nice, helpful folks that also serve a mean Scottish breakfast. And, oh yeah, four stars baby! Yes, with en suite rooms! We travel like rock stars.
BRIEFLY: May 11
BRIEFLY: May 11
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One Day: Phuket to Chiang Mai, Thailand
One Day: Phuket to Chiang Mai, Thailand
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6am – Awoke with a wake up call from reception. Lee regrets not brushing teeth after pre-bed Oreo snack. Shower and finish packing.
6:35am – Walk to free (or included) breakfast. Yoghurt, pineapple, meusli, toast for Lee; rice and pineapple for Sachi.
6:50am – Pay final bill at checkout. An extra night plus 2 lunches and a couple of minibar indiscretions = about US0. Karon Beach Resort was a bit of a splurge.
6:55am – Go outside assuming we would see taxis or car-like tuk-tuks. None are found, feel at-risk for missing flight. Go back to hotel reception, she calls their driver- he cannot come for 20 mins- not enough time (he says) to make our flight. Bell boy takes off on motorcycle to track down taxi (earns nice tip).
7:03am – Aging Alpha Romeo taxi appears. We climb in and find that we could have saved money by using the hotel minivan. Feel regret for not accepting the hotel’s offer yesterday.
7:52am – Arrive at airport, check in, buy Rough Guide to SE Asia.
8:25am – Board bus to plane and wait for 20 minutes on stationary bus. Travel approximately 150 meters to plane. Laugh with other passengers about the ridiculously short bus trip.
8:50am – Board plane to Bangkok.
10:28am – Arrive Bagkok, recheck in for Air Asia flight to Chiang Mai. Find infinite amusement is witnessing a women scurry rapidly from her family to ensure a place in line in front of us- for a flight leaving in 2 hours.
11:22am – while waiting for flight, try to connect to airport wireless internet. Costs US per hour. No way – too much. Domestic terminal lunch options are: Burger King, Smoking Pub, Black Canyon Coffee and Dairy Queen. We have Whoppers.
1:05pm – Discover that flight is delayed 1 hour. Meet Sonja, who just graduated high school and has lived in Chang Mai for 5 years.
2:10pm – Board flight to Chang Mai on low-cost Air Asia (USPP). Feel pressure to compete for unassigned seats. Share our row with Sonja, who is 1/2 Iranian and 1/2 white American and has lived in Atlanta, Swaziland, Cambodia and Thailand. Really cool to talk to Sonja. She recommends the Amora Hotel and even has a business card.
3:55pm Arrive at aging but nice Amora hotel, reserve 5 nights for about US per night, breakfast included.. Great location. Relax and plan.
5:05pm – Walk blindly into Chiang Mai streets, quickly discover a neighborhood full of uninteresting house fixtures. Find better street, eat at Noi’s Kitchen, buy book on Pol Pot. Return to hotel.
6:09pm – Lee is awed to see this text scroll across the TV screen on BBC World News: "Microsoft blogger who made the software giant more human is leaving to join a technology startup". Scoble made the BBC World ticker? Wow.
7:12pm – Sachi dissects our toiletries bag and finds 31 miniature toothpaste bottles from Japanese hotels (pictured above). We realize a great travel tip: If you have more than one of something, use it up completely before opening the next. Otherwise you carry mutiples forever (like both of Lee’s half-full mini shaving cream bottles).
8:05pm – Head out to the THC Rooftop Bar, cool hippy atomsphere and uncool unhippy staff- no smiles at all. Have dinner for 3 dollars (panang curry beef, oyster sauce beef and pineapple shake).
9:55pm – Return to hotel to settle in watching US play Czechs in world cup, feeling good about Chaing Mai.
11:59pm – Feel disappointment for USA’s poor showing. Sad to see so much ball possession, so little goal scoring.
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Stronger than a tornado
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Springfield IL – Pasfield House (Erected 1896), Vinegar Hill
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This Georgian-Style residence, erected in 1896 by one of Springfield’s most influential families of the 19th Century, has been completely restored and is now known as the Pasfield House Inn. It is located just west of the State Capitol Building. The Photoshop poster edges effect has been lightly applied in the processing of this image.
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The Estate La Montecchia General View
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La Montecchia Estate
chair shot
chair shot
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I was talking with Rob Chen about composition and taking a picture of the chair with the house in the background, and I snapped off some test shots to run through exposure, and when I got back and reviewed my shots, I thought it actually turned out really well! All credit to Rob.
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Lake George 082
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