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Category Archives: USA
Weekly Photo Challenge: Signs
1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Blogging Challenge, Museum, North America, Photograph, USA, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged Bangkok, boots, Carson Pirie Scott, Chicago, department store, English, jewelry, Jim Thompson, New Mexico, postaday2014, postaweek2014, shop, Thai language, Thailand
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Clarke and Glessner Houses
Saturday I toured Chicago’s Clarke and Glessner Houses south of the Loop on the rejuvenated Prairie Avenue, where millionaires once lived and have recently returned after a bleak era when light industry and parking lots took over the neighborhood. The … Continue reading
Posted in Activity, Museum, North America, USA
Tagged 19th century, Chicago, Clarke House, Glessner House, Illinois, Museum, Prairie Avenue, South Loop, tour
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument
1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will … Continue reading
Posted in Art, North America, Place, USA
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, postaday2014, postaweek2014, president, Springfield
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Pabst Mansion, Milwaukee
Yesterday I visited a friend in Milwaukee and we visited the Pabst Mansion. Captain Frederick Pabst built a fortune brewing beer with his brother-in-law for his father-in-law’s brewery (known at Best Brewing). In the late 19th century he and his … Continue reading
Posted in Activity, USA
Tagged Frederick Pabst, Germany, historic, house tour, mansion, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Pabst Mansion, Wisconsin
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Inspiration Kitchens
I had a great brunch on Saturday at Inspirations Kitchens’ 3504 W. Lake St, near Garfield Park. It’s a restaurant where homeless people are trained for careers in restaurants. The atmosphere was bright, artsy and cheerful. The service was swift … Continue reading
Posted in Tip, USA
Tagged Chess pie, Chicago, French toast, Homelessness, Inspiration Corporation, Inspiration Kitchens, Pecan pie, restaurant
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Masterpiece
1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced. 2. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Museum, North America, USA, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged art, China, masterpiece, photo, postaday2013, postaweek2013, Weekly Photo Challenge
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic
1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced. 2. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Challenge, Museum, North America, USA
Tagged Indiana, Museum, nostalgia, old, postaweek2013, Seiberling Mansion, Victorian, Weekly Photo Challenge
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Thoughts on the Explorer Card
I’ve got the kind of Mileage Plus Explorer credit card that gives you two free passes to use the United club upon renewal. Remember that. Although you get one free checked bag with these passes, you don’t get to use … Continue reading
