USA | Curiosity Cocktail

Fiori di Como

Mar 2, 2015

Beautiful Chihuly chandelier in the lobby at the Bellagio, Las Vegas...

California Academy of Sciences – SF

Feb 15, 2015

On the last visit to San Francisco we had a chance to visit the California Academy of Sciences. What an amazing place! We spent so much time in the Rainforest and the aquarium, that we ran out of time for the Planetarium…DANG! I guess we’ll have to go back. I had seen the Living Roof from across the concourse, while visiting the De Young last year,...

The Three Shades – Rodin

Feb 21, 2014

We had time to squeeze in a visit to a museum as our flight got delayed 3 HOURS. Thanks to technology, we were alerted several hour ahead so we hadn’t already made the trip to the airport. Playing around with the Lensbaby at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco. The Rodin Galleries here pretty impressive. The Legion of Honor is standard...

Lafayette No. 1

Nov 27, 2013

After having brunch in the area we wandered over to have a look at one of New Orleans’s Cities of the Dead. Apparently this cemetery was featured in several movies, videos, and books. The Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 is located in the Garden District on Washington...

Cable Car on Powell Street

May 25, 2013

These things are a huge draw for tourist…I’ve seen the queues waiting to take the short ride. I suppose it’s something you should do while you’re there at least once. There’s a Cable Car Museum that I plan to visit sometime. Maybe I’ll take a cable car to the museum…two birds! Iconic Cable Car on Powell Street, San Francisco, California. San Francisco’s first successful...

Anti-Mass

May 24, 2013

Wow! This is a beautiful piece constructed from the remnants of something terrible. The materials used are the charred remains of a Southern Baptist church, burned down by racist. 2005, by Cornelia Parker. De Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco,...

Palace of Fine Arts – SF

May 23, 2013

Quick shot of the Palace of Fine Arts on the May 2013 full moon. Wish I’d been able to get the moon in the shot. San Francisco, California. Originally constructed to be temporary, as part of the Pananma-Pacific Exposition (1915), Beaux-Arts. It was demolished in 1967 and rebuilt to be a permanent structure. Architects: William Gladstone Merchant; Bernard...

USS Arizona Memorial

May 10, 2012

Dedicated by JFK in 1962, to, not just the 1,177 service people on the USS Arizona, but to all 2,386 people who died in the December 7, 1941, attack. Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii. Designed by Alfred...

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