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San Francisco, 2/09
I recently spent a day in San Francisco in an attempt to (a) hang out with my friends up there [check] and (b) learn that S.F. is not as bad as I previously suspected [check]. What I saw: random items … Continue reading
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Tagged africa, birds, bones, california, graffiti/murals, statues, taxidermy, trees
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Boston (day 2, part 2)
New England Holocaust Memorial: Mayor Kevin Hagan White, apparently a very large man: Boston Irish Famine Memorial… with food smashed on it: more fun statues: politics: Paul Revere Mall, Mr. Revere on horseback
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Tagged food, footprints, holocaust, irony, massachusetts, paul revere, statues
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Boston (day 2, part 1)
There were SO many mailboxes in Boston. I may have spent more time pointing them out that I ought to have, but really, there were a lot. In addition, the trash cans look like mailboxes. I’m not sure what this … Continue reading
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Tagged american dream, cemeteries, massachusetts, paul revere, statues, usps
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Boston (day 1)
Between NY and CT, I spent a good bit of time trying to capture the way the water running down the rocks along the side of the road was frozen, but we were moving too fast to really get it. … Continue reading
Posted in history/memory, travel
Tagged boats, connecticut, crispus attucks, food, get up kids, graffiti/murals, irony, john hancock, massachusetts, statues
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Charleston, SC (day 2)
1. Charleston Museum The Charleston Museum began with your typical local museum fare: objects from Charleston/Lowcountry history, including settlement, dealings with Native Americans, slavery/ plantations/ rice farming, and Civil War stuff. Then suddenly the museum collection goes in entirely different … Continue reading
Posted in art/architecture, history/memory, travel
Tagged boats, bones, capitol, civil war, flags, library, ruins, south carolina, statues, taxidermy
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