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We had our final walkthrough yesterday. Everything looked good. I was so excited that I had a cheap lunch downtown at Food Mart and sketched the layout while it was still fresh in my mind. We can't wait to move!
Actually a tent caterpillar nest over the river. Played around with shutter speeds until river looked webby too.
Actually, the moiré on my screen viewer was really dramatic, but it doesn't seem to come across at all in Flickr sizes :-((
Actually, Jeffrey was driving. I was taking pictures out the window. Loved the clouds and the blue sky!
actually, this shot was made by my friend dragos. that is his silhouette, but he allowed me to use it :D
thank you dragos!
The Booking Office at The Renaissance Hotel in St. Pancras is one of those places that I only realised was on my list of 'places I have to eat in, in London' once I'd actually been. I think I realised a few minutes in, staring up at its beautifully ornate high ceilings. Living inside the truly magnificent St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel (which only recently finished nothing less than a decade of renovations) the building was originally conceived by Sir George Gilbert Scott and opened as the Midland Grand in 1873. It really is palatial in both its interior and its exterior. It was originally built as a hotel for well heeled train travellers, and more than a century later, is doing pretty much the same thing. The attachment to St. Pancras Railway Station does give the place a kind of frenetic energy, and a few of the hotel rooms have amazing views over the inside of the station.
Anyhow, as you may have guessed, the Booking Office Bar (which is where we spent our ridiculous evening) is built on the site of the station's former booking office. It seems to have lost nothing of the original room's history and character - just look at it. On a foodie note, good news comes in the form of the bar/restaurant that now lives inside it - as a Marriott operation you're allowed to have some expectations when t comes to the food and these guys certainly deliver (though not, perhaps, at the level of insanity you may find at JW Steakhouse on Park Lane or Gillray's in County Hall. Food is, on the main part, rather British with a few modern European touches - think an all day menu with Fish Finger Sandwiches, Toad in the Hole, Shepardâs Pie, Black Angus Beef Burgers, etc. Keeping with the British theme, they also serve the traditional afternoon tea in the adjacent (and for some reason very fragrant) Hansom Lounge.
We were there partly for The Renaissance's 'punch ritual'. What I forgot to mention is that the other big theme here is the Victorian era (heck, they're halfway there with the decor). One way this plays out is in an array of (often gin based) punches and mixed drinks, many of which they dug up from old Victorian recipe books. Monday night's punch recipe/ritual was based on one served at the infamous Garrick club - I watched our photogenic, Italian barman pour an entire bottle of Sipsmith's London Dry into that thing. A mug (metal mug) of said punch is complimentary, but you've got to get up and try some (which apparently encourages diners to be a little more sociable, kinda the point of serving a punchâ¦like a party!). 2 bottles of wine and some punch later, we were given the goahead to explore the inside of the hotel further - check out the Grand Staircase. It is a very grand staircase. This place is worth a visit. A healthy/unhealthy dose of living history and delicious food/drink, all at the same time...
Vulcan XM603 at the Avro Heritage Museum.
These are actually from the cockpit of XM602; we moved inside due to the weather :)
I thought I'd try something different, so these were taken with the TTArtisan F/2 Fisheye.
Actually just a pile of fill dirt we had brought in for some yard projects, but makes for an interesting view.
The tomb actually belongs to colonial times and was built as a mausoleum of Col. John William Hessing's tomb at Agra, who died here in 1803 by his sons and daughters. However, the architectural style gives the impression of Mughal style of architecture as the idea for this magnificen tomb was borrowed from the Taj. The tomb stands on an 11' 3" high square platform housing an underground chamber surrounded by a corridor. It has four octagonal platforms attached to its four corners, while one can ascend to the terrace via twin stairways on the western side of the platform. The tomb itself is about 28' 6" high. Each of its side has a massive iwan with two slender square turrets crowned by graceful pinnacles attached to it. These turrets have beautiful square chhatri on their top and vertical fluting on them. The double dome crowning the tomb has an inverted lotus and a kalash finial on its top. There is a stone cenotaph in the centre of the interior chamber boasting of inscriptions in English.
Actually, she appeared to be more at ease than he did. After all, they were only in Times Square, New York City with hundreds and hundreds of people all around staring at them. Why would he be nervous?
Actually it's Grimm himself, but he's a character who saves little girls in red hoods and hunts evil creatures. So "huntsman" is not quite a wrong word.
Actually, you CAN lick their clams. Try Crabby's Suds and Seafood in Belcoville on Route 50 - waaay better!
Actually, Dorchester Keep Military Museum, but any Brit of a certain age will realise it's really Pippin Fort from Trumpton.
Actually,I went to take a lotus pic this summer. I took thouthands of pics. I'm going to upload it little by little...
Spring boredom prompted me to visit some towns I actually never went to in New Jersey, Califon was one of them. While crossing the bridge, I noticed an old building with something painted on the side, I continued to investigate and finally found that the Painting was a dated advertisement for a company selling feed and farming supplies.
Actually drinking water came first.
The toilets could wait!
And little shacks next to the gutter would do.
G Series GMC Truck - Location and driver unknown
I actually dragged myself out of bed on the morning of day 86 (a Saturday) in order to show my face at the protest against the closure of BBC 6 Music.
This radio station plays a big part in my life; I listen to it several hours a day when I'm working, and I'm not entirely sure what I'd fill the gap with if they close it.
No idea who this person is, but they were there with several impressive placards and had clearly prepared for the day much better than me.
(Note the Pret coffee; this was a very friendly, quite middle-class protest.)