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THE SATURDAY SEVEN: FAVORITE JAMES BOND THEME SONGS
I was fishing around You Tube last night and stumbled on a theme song to one of the James Bond films. I’ve always been a huge fan of the Bond flicks, but then again, it is sort of a guy thing, isn’t it? As I watched the video, it made me think about which 007 theme song I liked the most....
SUMMER WINE: ANOTHER DAY IN WINE COUNTRY
Today is the last day of a week-long series on my trip to Northern California’s wine country. We have been to Napa and Sonoma more times that i can count, but this trip was unique because we spent time exploring wine regions much further north of Sonoma. Since it was “off the beaten path”,...
AN AFTERNOON OF WINE TASTING
You may recall that last weekend John and I were up in Northern California’s wine country doing a bit of wine tasting. Today are some photos from our visit to the Zina Hyde Cunningham Winery, located in Boonville, in the Anderson Valley wine region. We are already members of their wine club, so...
SUNDAY ART REVIEW: PORTRAITS OF JOAN
I thought I’d mix things up a bit this week and go with a different style of art. Regular readers of this blog know I am a fan of Joan Crawford, the actress. Actually I like “Film Noir”, and Miss Crawford was arguably top of the heap in that genre. She started in silent films and learned...
TRAVEL GEOGRAPHY PODCAST #64: DIVING AT LEMBEH STRAIT, INDONESIA
This is a Travel Geography Podcast related post (click on the title above to download the .mp3 file)
This podcast is a series of four audio postcards that I made in May 2008 when I went diving at the Lembeh Strait near the city of Manado on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. This is near the center...
TRAVELOGRAPHY #122: LAS VEGAS SPENDING MORE GREEN ON GREEN
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Stories discussed in this podcast are from the Travelography Twitter Blog for the week of 4 August 2008. This podcast is also available at Blubrry.com and Travelgeography.info.
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FLORENCE SIGHTSEEING TOUR
The best way to visit the city with a Florence car rental.
Florence
This itinerary will take you around Florence’s hills. We will start from Piazzale Michelangelo, the most famous panoramic sight of the town and a visit to the wonderful Church of San Miniato al Monte, a jewel of the Romanesque...
DAY TRIP TO SIENA FROM FLORENCE
Florence hotels staying: a short distance tour to the heart of TuscanyFlorence hotels staying
During your stay in Florence, you can spend a day to visit Siena. To go to Siena from your hotel in Florence, take the highway from “Firenze Certosa” to Siena. A visit to this incredible city is...
CAMERA CRITTERS
Here is Oliver on Nevada’s lap is that a big cat or what?Ok so this isn’t a real pig but isn’t she cute? And very life like don’t you think? I named her Esmeralda she is one of my yard ornaments.So we bought a new couch the other day as McMans is going out of business here in...
SKY WATCH FRIDAY
Please Join Tom, Sandy and Imac for this weeks sky watch. Click on side bar for the blog roll
Sunrise,I am not usually up to get much of a good sunrise shot as i never get to bed before midnight, but this shot was taken Sat Morning 5-2-08 when i got woke up by folks that can’t seem to read the...
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THE COCONUT IS A FRUIT
Coconuts are such a large subject to cover due to their oil, flesh and milk each having much to be said about them, that I will just cover coconut meat today.
The meat is available fresh and dried. If unable to purchase a fresh coconut, buy raw, dried dessicated/shredded coconut. If the dried coconut is organic, unsweetened and unsulphered it is an excellent substitute for the fresh variety.
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