tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168704222011-07-07T22:22:43.439-04:00Thoughts on travel, rock music, politics and whatever else strikes my fancy.Kim Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17168072356554954686noreply@blogger.comBlogger591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16870422.post-57632201922839294892010-01-30T21:45:00.000-05:002010-01-30T21:45:43.231-05:00

I'm excited to announce the home of my new photography site Lens On the World.  All future blog posts will be located on that site.  Going forward you can find me at http://kimday.net 

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We're getting our first snow today and yet my geraniums are still in full bloom.  It just seems wrong.

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On an overcast October day, I took a series of boats out to Burano, a small island in the North Lagoon.  Historically, Burano was an island known for its lace making and fishermen.  While there are fewer lace makers on Burano today, it's still home to fishermen and artists who live in brightly colored houses. On the way out to Burano, you pass a series of ruins on tiny islands in the lagoon:

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There's no real theme to the shots here, but just a few I liked.Gondola row:A canal near my hotel that seems to be a hotspot on the gondola run. One right after another all day long comes through there.The view from the Rialto Bridge of the Grand Canal:

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Really beautiful sunset over Venice tonight:A small sunset series of Santa Maria Della Salute:

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In addition to darkened skies, a new moon (and a full moon) brings Acqua Alta, or to non-Venetians, high tidal waters that under the right conditions can put a large chunk of Venice under water. Fortunately, the flooding today was minor by Acqua Alta standards, with tides topping out around 1.03 meters. Now, this doesn't mean that there was 1.03 meters of water in St. Mark's Square (one of the

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When up in the mountains of Pennsylvania, you don't expect to stumble into a climate more commonly found in the rain forests of the Caribbean or Central America. But, as soon as we hit the hiking trails at Bushkill Falls, the pleasant 75 degree August day turned tropical, fed by the moisture from a series of 8 waterfalls. I'd hate to be there when the temps are in the 80s or higher.The "trails"

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One more Amur tiger kept a close eye on us at the zoo Monday.

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Monday, my sister Sara and I took a trip to the zoo on one of her last days before leaving for the Peace Corps. Despite being a fairly warm and humid day, the animals didn't disappoint. While some slumbered away in the summer heat, others let their personalities out on display. At times you wondered who was really watching who.This orangatan stared at me with a bored insouciance as he sat in a

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Sara and I went up to the Bear Mountain Sanctuary in the Poconos yesterday.

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Most of us will never step onto a battlefield. We won't know what it sounds like when artillery whines over head so close you can feel the wake ruffle your hair as it sails by. We'll never know what it's like peer across the confusion of a smoke enshrouded field to hunt for the enemy, only to find him at your back.But on Independence Day, just outside Gettysburg, you could imagine what it might

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I was fortunate enough to have an extra day in Paris before I had to fly home from a work trip last month. So, I took a tour out to Giverny where Monet painted his water lily paintings. It was a holiday weekend in France and the highways leading out of Paris were clogged with Parisians heading out to the Normandy beaches, compounded by the masses heading out to the French Open at Roland Garros.

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Still working on my London and Paris pictures. But, in the mean time, some really pretty lilies started blooming in my garden today.

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Big Ben is one of the iconic institutions identified with London. It can be seen from many locations leading into Parliamentary Square. So, during my time here I tried to find some less common views of Big Ben on a couple of cloudy and hazy days in May.

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For those of you looking for more Michael Johns pictures, check back after June 1. I'll be out of the country for the rest of the month.

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My baby sister, Sara, graduated from KU last weekend. Now, she's off to the Uganda with the Peace Corps in early August. And I couldn't be prouder of her.

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Below are some of the first pictures from the America's Polo Cup concert on Saturday night featuring Michael Johns, one of last season's American Idol contestants. I'd forgotten just how good this guy is. His new single, "Heart On My Sleeve" is now available on iTunes and his new album drops in June. It may take a few days to finish wading through the pictures I have, so check back

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This past November I moved into a two story townhouse with a patio and backyard. A first for me. So, this afternoon, in the near 90 degree heat, I spent my first afternoon gardening after picking out some flower baskets and some other plants for the backyard. I picked out colorful snapdragons, petunias, lobelia, nemesia and geraniums. I also planted some some cinnamon and sweet basil. My

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Every 30 seconds in Africa a child dies from Malaria. By simply donating a $10 mosquito net, you can save an entire family.Make a donation today: http://www.malarianomore.org/

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Last weekend I took a trip down I-95 to for lunch with a friend and a trip to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. I hadn't been in ages--not since the Sea Horse exhibition years ago. Despite being over run by ankle biters, it was still a lot of fun. Here are my favorite pictures from the afternoon below:

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The scramble is on for Obama inauguration tickets. Three of my friends and I are trying to get tickets for the swearing in ceremony on January 20th. We've all made our official requests; but, my friend Elisa out in Washington State is the only one to have someone from her Congressperon's office even respond. For the 240,000 tickets available, the ticket requests coming through Congressional

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Don't try drinking anything while watching the second half of this one.

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I drove back up into the Poconos this past weekend to the picturesque little town of Jim Thorpe for their Fall Festival and some leaf peeping. The little Leigh High Valley town, was originally two towns,Mauch Chunck (Indian for Bear Mountain) and Eastern Mauch Chunk. Both thrived and blossomed with the discovery of anthracite coal.*Tycoon Asa Packer was instrumental in developing Mauch Chunk

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Amy Pohler's Palin Rap from Saturday Night Live. Over the top, but a lot of fun.

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McCain needed a knock out punch during the debate tonight just to get back in the game and he didn't get it. According to a CNN focus group who watched the debate live, while McCain won the first 30 minutes, he lost the last hour as he got testier and testier (his temperament has long been a stumbling block for him). There in lies one of McCain's fundamental problems--he's just not likable. A

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So said Senator Hillary Clinton this afternoon at a rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania that I attended. Dramatic perhaps, but hopefully true. Bush Sr. drove us into a recession during his presidency and Jr. has spent the last 8 years driving us into an even bigger mess. We're in dire need for someone to go in and clean up the Shrub's mess and it certainly won't be McCain. McCain will keep us on

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This Pat Oliphant cartoon pretty much sums up the McCain-Palin candidacy:

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I drove out to Solebury Orchards today by New Hope, PA to pick up some Honey Crisp apples and fresh cider. As chilly as the weather was yesterday (it was in the 60s all day), it was blazing hot today and hard to believe the first day of fall is tomorrow. Due to the heat, I skipped the "pick your own part" and bought my apples in the market. Instead I spent my time wandering through their

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Hmmm ... The Republicans would never do something so dastardly as play the gender card over the coverage their new VP candidate is getting would they? After all, didn't they mock Hillary for complaining about the media coverage during the primary? I believe Sarah Palin herself even said that Hillary needs to quit whining and just "work harder" to prove she's good enough.In case the embedded

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Bees never can resist the sweet nectar of a flower.

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I wrapped up my vacation last week with a trip to the Philadelphia Zoo--the oldest in the country, dating back to 1874. I strolled through the 42-acre Victorian Gardens in an 85 degree heat that assured anyone who had been in doubt, that summer had finally arrived to Philadelphia after a chilly and wet May. The Zoo is home to 1300 rare animals and I spent my afternoon there capturing some of

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Eight years ago we had a booming economy, a budget surplus and respect throughout most of the world. At the end of the second-term Bush Administration it's all gone--a distant and wistful dream. Add to that a quagmire in Iraq and Bin Laden still on the loose and you have a grim picture of the United States current status. Thank God, Bush can't run again.Now, it's up to us to pick the right

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One of my favorite childhood writers died yesterday at the age of 88. Madeleine L'Engle was the author of the 1962 book, Wrinkle In Time, the book that introduced generations of children to science fiction and fantasy. I spent my grade school years reading about Meg Murray, Charles Wallace and Calvin through Wrinkle and its sequels Wind in the Door, and A Swiftly Titling Planet. As I got older,

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As promised, here are more photos from last weekend's concert. It's going to be slow trickle as I sort through the remaing ones. I took around 150 and a surprising number came out well. As usual click for the larger versions. Note, these are not size properly for RBL. You may want to resize before posting elsewhere.

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The late afternoon sun beat down on us while we stood in line at the Maryland State Fair waiting for the gates to open for the INXS concert. With 45 minutes to go, about 150 people were in the line ahead of us and the line behind us was growing longer by the minute. Sweat trickled down my back as the minutes ticked by while we waited for an ever elusive breeze to wash over us.A few minutes

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Please pause for a moment of silence to honor the passing of my 1997 Ford Escort. After 103,000, I retired the Escort last night. In its place is a nice shiny new 2007 Honda Civic with Navigation system. It's zippy, quiet, and pretty. And with the Atomic Blue color, I finally have seen the last of either silver or gray cars (my previous two vehicles). The road to my very first new car began two

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Racism, sexism, basketball and free speech, all collided last week on radio shock jock’s Don Imus’ radio show which is simulcast on MSNBC and CBS’s radio network. Calling the Rutgers’ Women’s basketball team “nappy headed hos” following their loss in the NCAA Women’s National Championship, Imus set off a firestorm which reached it’s crescendo today when CBS fired him. It’s not the first time Imus

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Yes, a rather broad question for which the answer probably is "a lot". But, after a rather hellish morning commute due to only a couple inches of snow, I'm left with a burning question: Does the State of New Jersey own either a snow plow or salt truck? And if the answer is yes, do they ever use them? I knew after the forecast last night that it was supposed to snow lightly in the wee hours but we

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Ever have one of those days where every thing goes perfectly, like it's meant to be? I had one of those days on January 31st. I worked half a day before heading up to New York City for the Supernova concert. On a whim, I signed onto to Ticketmaster because I was curious to see what tickets were left and how close the concert was to a sell out. What to my wondering eyes should appear? A single

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Do you often get pulled aside at airports for extra searches? If so, it may be because your Terror Score is higher than average. What? You say you didn't know that everyone who travels in and out of the US through certain modes of transportation or certain entry or exit points (like border crossings) gets assigned a potential terrorist score by the US Government? You aren't the only one who

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I got the new Rock Star Supernova CD right before Thanksgiving. After a few listens, my opinion of it remains unchanged. The new Supernova CD is a schizophrenic collection of 11 tunes by second season Rock Star: Supernova contest winner Lukas Rossi, Tommy Lee (Motley Crue), Gilby Clark (Guns and Roses) and Jason Newsted (Metallica). Produced by Butch Walker, the disc almost seems to have been

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"In an ironic twist of fate this week, Iraq affected regime change in the US," said Amy Pohler to open Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update last night. When I heard those words, I had one of those "holy crap, she's right moments". It is perhaps one of the greatest ironies in politics today. President George Bush went into Iraq to bring down a government and in turn essentially brought down his

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I spent my last afternoon in Paris, wandering the winding, hilly cobblestone streets of Montmartre. I signed-up for a 2 hour walking tour through Classic Walks Paris. My guide for the afternoon, Connie, dubbed it the "Stair Master Tour" due the multiple trips up, down around the hill crowned by the Sacre Coeur Cathedral. It could also be called the "Tour of Artistic Tragedy". Montmartre was home

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I'm going to keep this post brief tonight since I fly home tomorrow. I'm mostly packed and I get on a plane early tomorrow afternoon, arriving home just 2 hours after I leave by virtue of time zone magic.I spent my last afternoon in Paris with a walking tour of the Montmartre district, or as our guide called it, the "Stair Master Tour". It could also be titled "tales of artists who either

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My time here in Paris is winding down now. It's hard to believe I've been here almost two weeks now. I've come to feel very at home here. It's such an easy city to navigate and despite the stereotypes, Parisians are very friendly. The great thing about Parisians is that if they're nice to you, you know they really mean it. Parisian's don't get fired for being rude in a store or restaurant. If

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Well, I'm happy to report that no international incidents were caused today (at least not by me). I survived my French cooking class and had a blast (even though I only understood about half the French). I started by treating myself lunch at Lênotre and it was well worth it. Finally, it was time to go downstairs for my class.We were to prepare 4 dishes over the course of our 3 1/2 hour class: A

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This morning I wandered out into the outer arrondisements to visit the Musée Marmottan, a museum devoted primarily to Claude Monet. I'd been on the fence about going, because it's way out of the way and kind of a pain to get to, but this morning I finally dug out my Métro map and figured out how to get out there. I'm so glad I made the effort. I got to sit in a room for nearly an hour surrounded

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Food is at the center of French Culture--from fine wine to chocolate to patisserie and baguettes, they take great pleasure in their consumption. Dinner (or even lunch) can turn in to an event with multiple courses that begins with an entrée (in France this is the first course or appetizer), plat (the main course), a cheese course, dessert and finally wrapped up with coffee or thé (tea). And of

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All Saint's Day seemed like an appropriate day to pay a visit to the Père Lachaise Cemetery. The Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Paris and the final resting place of some of it's most famous citizens including Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, Molière, Jim Morrison, Frédéric Chopin, and Héloïse and Peter Abélard. Napoleon opened the Père Lachaise Cemetery in 1804 after the last city

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Today was the day I finally braved the Paris subway system. I've spent my first few days walking as far as my feet would carry me; but now, I've mostly run out of places that are quickly accessible by foot. I'd been reluctant to descend into its depths because of all the warnings I had read about pickpockets which are rampant on the Paris subways. But I kept telling myself, it couldn't be any

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I've always hated getting wet. So, needless to say, when I woke up this morning to a wet, gloomy Paris, I promptly rolled over and went back to sleep on the grounds that I was still fighting off jet lag. Around 11:30, I finally mustered up the energy to peer underneath the blinds of the floor to ceiling windows in my hotel room. It was still a little gloomy, but at least it had stopped

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The Notre Dame Cathedral in Chartres holds a unique place among Gothic Cathedrals--it only took 66 years to build compared the hundreds of years that it took to build similar cathedrals like Notre Dame in Paris. As a result, historians say it is the purest example of Gothic architecture in Europe. It has been repeated struck by lightening and portions rebuilt rapidly by those living in the

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When I was 13, I began taking French and I plastered a large picture of the Eiffel Tower on my bedroom wall. For me it was a magical sight. Finally, I've arrived in Paris and I'm happy to say that it's just as magical at 35 as I thought it would be at 13. I've spent the last two days walking through Paris, soaking up the culture and tuning my ear to a language I haven't spoken in many years.

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I was lucky enough to get a ticket to Tuesday night's sold out Lovehammers concert at the Canal Room in New York City. Those boys get better and better every time I see them. Marty Casey has become the definition of a riveting front man. I first laid eyes on Marty during last season's Rock Star: INXS show. In the first episodes, Marty was a spastic Gumby who spent much of his time screaming

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