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San Francisco landmark: Coit Tower

June 17, 2012June 20, 2012 admin 3 Comments art, Art Deco, Arthur Brown Jr., California, Coit Tower, Henry Howard, Lillie Hitchcock Coit, Murals, San Francisco, Telegraph Hill

Rising 210 feet from the top of Telegraph Hill is one of San Francisco’s best known landmarks – Coit Tower.

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San Francisco in a day: Hyatt Fountain

June 8, 2012 admin 1 Comment bronze, California, Fountain, Hyatt, Ruth Asawa, San Francisco, sculpture, Union Square

During World War II, Japanese-American people all down the West Coast were interned. In Portland, 3500 were rounded up in

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Bonaire and the Octopus

February 7, 2012March 15, 2012 Glenda 0 Comments Story and photos brought to you by Glenda

Bonaire is an amazing, low key island, known for its pioneering role in the preservation of nature, especially the marine

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McMenamins: Old St. Francis School, Bend

November 28, 2011March 15, 2012 admin 0 Comments Beer, Bend, Brewery, building recycling, Hotel, McMenamins, Oregon, school, St. Francis

Bend, Oregon is a quaint and beautiful little town surrounded by nature.  From the mountains to the high desert, you’ll

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Getting SOAKed in Tidewater 2011

June 20, 2011March 19, 2012 admin 0 Comments Burning Man, Camping, Oregon, Portland, SOAK, Tidewater

Deep within a tree canopy in sleepy Tidewater Oregon, flowers bloom and birds cheep, water trickles down the steep retain

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A SOAK’n we will go

June 16, 2011March 19, 2012 admin 0 Comments Burning Man, Camping, Oregon, Portland, SOAK, Tidewater

It is time – time for the fun and festivities to begin, for today SOAK begins. SOAK is the Portland

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Two Towns a World Apart

June 2, 2011March 1, 2012 admin 0 Comments Australia, England, Hall, Melbourne, Queen Victoria, travel, William Lamb

What do these things have in common: the second largest city in Australia, a small country village in England and

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The Romance of Steam

June 1, 2011February 15, 2012 admin 3 Comments California, England, Jamestown, Leicester, railroad, railway, Steam, travel

I did not quite grow up in the age of steam, but there were still a few steam engines running

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Surendorf a hit in Columbia

May 28, 2011March 19, 2012 admin 2 Comments art, California, Charles F. Surendorf, Cindy, Columbia, exhibition, Surendorf

For the past few days, there have been no blogs because I have been busy helping Cindy Surendorf put on

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An Onion in Time

May 23, 2011March 19, 2012 admin 0 Comments art, Entwined, onions, sculpture, Sweet Reflections, travel, Walla Walla, Washington

A few years back (2008 to be exact), Walla Walla had a great exhibition of sculptures along their sidewalks. The

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