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Northern Parula (Parula americana), 5/8/2023, Landings Sparrow Field “Pollinator Garden Berm”, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Ga.
Running free in the Salt Lake Valley...or what's left of it. The ground this pronghorn is on will soon be paved over by the ever growing, so called inland port.
Te prefiero, fuera de foco
inalcanzable de...
yo te prefiero, irreversible
casi intocable de...
tus ropas caen
lentamente
soy un espía, un espectador
y el ventilador desgarrándote
sé que te excita pensar
hasta donde llegaré
es difícil de creer
creo que nunca lo podré saber
solo así, yo te veré
a través de mi persiana americana
Not sure why the purple lighting, but it does look interesting this way. It was a pleasant and fairly warm day, so I decided to walk over to the Americana (and later the Galleria), even though I can't use my Canon EOS on the premises. (A year ago I got away with a few stills and video, but security caught me and told me to put it away. So it's been a year since I did anything here with my Canon.)
This is the Americana at Brand, L.A.'s newest beacon of American consumerism that opened on May 2, 2008 in Glendale. On the surface, it may look like just another mall, but with more than 75 stores and restaurants—plus a state-of-the-art movie theater and a park with a water fountain, it's definitely bigger than anything Los Angelenos have ever seen before.
Two years in the making and cost $400 million, Americana is the new shopping center and residential center in Glendale made possible by Grove developer Rick Caruso.
Caruso, who spent millions fighting Glendale Galleria owner General Growth Properties while planning the project, has built an empire by creating stylized retail centers that encourage shoppers to kick back and hang out. You either love the idea of shopping in a fantasy land -- where shiny trolleys cruise mini-streets and uniformed elevator men ask "Which floor? "-- or you cringe over its Disney-esque surrealness.
But only the terminally cynical will be blind to the Americana's charms. Yes, architectural purists will bemoan the hodgepodge of design styles -- Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Mediterranean, Classical and many more. But walking down the paved pathways, you almost feel as if you're strolling Boston's Newbury Street or Georgetown in Washington D.C. Or the main drag in Vegas. A 2-acre grassy knoll features an 80-foot "dancing" fountain, the centerpiece of the project, with stores and a playground curving around all sides.
Unlike at the Grove, there are no department store anchors, only a multilevel Barnes & Noble and an 18-screen Pacific movie theater. And though the outdoor space is triple what it is at the Grove, there's actually less retail.
But the lineup is aimed straight at younger shoppers: Calvin Klein, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Lacoste, Martin + Osa, Free People, H&M, Juicy Couture, Custo Barcelona and XXI from Forever 21.
Abercrombie & Fitch opened its first store in California for its Australia-based line Gilly Hicks, which features hip lingerie and lounge wear for twentysomethings. Paperchase, a British stationery store, will debut its first West Coast shop.
Tiffany & Co. launched its lower-priced "concept store," geared toward the trendy jewelry shopper.
And you won't go hungry -- though you might leave with a touch of indigestion. Restaurants and eateries include Cheesecake Factory, Beard Papa (cream puffs), Caffe Primo (salads and paninis), Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, CrepeMaker (handmade crepes), Jamba Juice and Richie's Neighborhood Pizzeria. On the higher end, there's Katsuya, the Japanese restaurant from sushi chef Kaysuya Uechi and designer Phillippe Starck.
The Americana takes its customer service seriously. The concierge desk offers -- for fees -- valet service, on-site oil changes, rental car and taxi reservation assistance, wardrobe consultation and styling, dry cleaning, tailoring, a notary public and even a yoga instructor. That's just for shoppers.
There are even more perks for those planning to move into Caruso's Neverland. Stacked above the center's shops and restaurants are 100 condos and 238 apartments, with condos ranging from the low $700,000s to $2 million and rents from $2,000 to $5,500 a month. The list of services for residents reads like Mariah Carey's backstage rider: piano tuning, baby-sitting (kids, pets and plants), movie tickets, personal shopping, art appraisal and food delivery.
Day shoppers who won't be rolling out of bed and into Urban Outfitters -- and don't want to valet -- will be subjected to a fascimile of the Grove's creeping, merry-go-round of a parking garage. But then passage to strange lands has always been tricky.
Info from www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-americana27apr27... (with minor changes and additions)
Route 66...A photographic sandwich with a big slice of Americana in between. Comes with drink and fries....Enjoy!
American Wigeon. Diet: Leaves, stems, and buds of aquatic vegetation such as pondweeds, sedges, wigeon grass, and wild celery; grass shoots, waste grains, insects, snails. The American Wigeon was formerly known as "Baldpate" because the white stripe on the male's head resembled a bald man's head. IMG_4264
No ordinary PInto was this.... it was bedecked with a brown vinyl roof, AM/FM/Cassette, Automatic transmission, 10 mile per hour safety bumperetts, white wall tires and air-conditioning!
Cooperstown, NY, 4th of July
Today marks the first full day of our week at the Cooperstown Dreams Park tournament, and our team had some time between the skills competition and our first night game to go to downtown Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame.
This photo is taken just outside the HOF, looking down the beautiful main street of the historic village.
This day is also Independence Day for the United States, adding an extra touch of patriotism seeing the stars and stripes flying in the breeze. The history in the baseball hall of fame, walking these streets, and playing in this tournament, it was a beautiful slice of Americana.
Cooperstown is in the Central New York region at the foot of Otsego Lake.
The American Coot (Fulica americana) is a bird of the family Rallidae, inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies.
The American Coot measures 34–43 cm (13–17 in) in length and 58–71 cm (23–28 in) across the wings. Adults have a short thick white bill and white frontal shield, which usually has a reddish-brown spot near the top of the bill between the eyes. Body mass in females ranges from 427 to 628 g (0.94 to 1.38 lb) and in males from 576 to 848 g (1.27 to 1.87 lb).
Upon close examination, a dark band can be distinguished at the bill tip. The body is grey with the head and neck darker than the rest of the body. Its legs are yellowish, with lobed toes in place of webbed feet. American Coot chicks have black bodies with bright red head and beak, and orange plumes around the neck. The bird's call is a high-pitched squeaking honk similar to that of a goose, but with a more hollow sound.
The American coot requires a great deal of effort to become airborne, pedaling across the water with its feet before lifting off. The way in its their heads bob when it walks or swims has earned it the name "marsh hen"or "mud hen". Though it appears to be a weak flier, like most rails it has considerable stamina once airborne. This species has crossed the Atlantic to reach western Europe at least 23 times since records began, including 12 records in the Azores and four in Great Britain. In December 2003, an individual of this species attempted to overwinter in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Two sightings have occurred in Tasmania as well.
California.
This is the Americana at Brand, L.A.'s newest beacon of American consumerism that opened on May 2, 2008 in Glendale. On the surface, it may look like just another mall, but with more than 75 stores and restaurants—plus a state-of-the-art movie theater and a park with a water fountain, it's definitely bigger than anything Los Angelenos have ever seen before.
#34/365 The trend in Southern California is mixing residential and retail since for years for some odd reason it was really not allow. This is the prime example of this trend. Not only is this place a great shopping destination, you can actually rent or own one of those condo's over the shops! Next week after I win the lottery I will have to snap some interior pictures for you. Side info...there is a shop here called Crumbs which makes the BEST cupcakes ever! They have interesting flavors like Fluffernutter, Caramel apple, Bostom cream. If I had half a brain I would have taken a picture of the cupcake before I ate it.
Two Agave americana (American century plant) flower stalks.
Even when surrounded by others of their own kind, the stalks stand so alone.
Scottish singer-songwriter at Sage Gateshead
full set www.harrisonaphotos.co.uk/Music/Wandering-Hearts/i-6bF55X9