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| My Mom and I preparing Christmas Eve dinner. She made Alton Brown's beef tenderloin in a salted herb crust (a family favorite!) Yes, there is a delicious cut of meat inside of that deceiving loaf. |
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| "I WRAP DA PRESENTS!" - Kitty |
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| Courtney poses as "Ove Glove Minnie Mouse." |
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| Yelp hosted a "Shop Local" Holiday bash at the Chicago History Museum on Dec 7. We browsed through several of the galleries, but I really need to go back because it was much more interesting than I thought it would be. |
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| Gorgeous chandelier in the entrance to the main hall. |
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| Annie sits in front of the city's first elevated train car engine "No. 1" You can go in, sit down and pretend you are going to work in a very gentlemanly style. This is part of the "Crossroads of America" permanent exhibit. |
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| Mae Ping Elephant Camp |
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| One year old elephant at Mae Ping Elephant Camp. |
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| At Wat Doi Suthep with little girls dressed in traditional hill tribe costumes. |
Is this a maple tree? I'm not sure, but if I lived in Lawrence I'd buy a house with a big old tree like this one. And also I'd buy a leaf blower...
mapping / art project Typographic Maps. Created as a labor of love, these unique maps accurately depict the streets and highways, parks, neighborhoods, coastlines, and physical features of the city using nothing but type. Only by manually weaving together thousands upon thousands of carefully placed words does the full picture of the city emerge. Every single piece of type was manually placed, a process that took hundreds of hours to complete for each map. Take a look at our blog for more on how these maps were made.
We offer high quality poster-sized prints for $30, or a variety of other size and media options.
There are tractor pulled wagon rides, horse pulled wagon rides, barrel train rides on weekends in the Fall. Every day the smell of apples, popcorn, sweet cider and doughnuts, cakes and apple dumplings fill the air. And let's not forget the mulled cider in the fall and apple and berry slush throughout the Summer.I would like to reiterate: Every day the smell of apples, popcorn, sweet cider and doughnuts, cakes and apple dumplings fill the air.
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| SweeTango® is a variety from the University of Minnesota’s apple breeding program. The same people who brought us Honeycrisp! It is a cross between Honeycrisp (the mom) and Zestar (the dad). |
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| ^ This is what 29 looks like in the dark :) |
As the only country in Southeast Asia that was never colonized, Thailand explodes with the boundless energy and self-confidence of its people. Literally translated, Thailand means “Land of the Free”, although it is most often referred to as “Land of Smiles”. Roughly the size of Texas, Thailand offers a vast variety of holiday possibilities. From idyllic un-spoilt beaches with turquoise seas and pure white sands to bustling cities sporting exotic markets and vibrant colorful nightlife - it is easy to see why Thailand has become one of the most popular tourist destinations for the adventurous and young at heart.
My Mission | STS-133 |
Scheduled Launch Date | Monday, November 1, 2010 |
Your Confirmation Number | STS133P000206537882 |
Date Certificate Ready for Printing | Friday, November 12, 2010 |
In the early 1940s, the City of Chicago purchased land in the near north side Lincoln Park neighborhood for creation of a 44th Ward Recreation Center. The city's Bureau of Parks and Recreation transformed a two-story brick rowhouse into a community center, naming it the Robert Trebes Recreation Center on March 18, 1943. Within a few years, the bureau had constructed a spray pool, a sand box, and two playing fields on adjacent property to the south.
In the late 1950s, the Trebes Recreation Center was demolished, along with the other structures on the block.
In 1958, the Board of Education began constructing the new Oscar Meyer Elementary School on the northern half of the block. The Trebes Park property also passed into the hands of the Board of Education; however the Chicago Park District began maintaining the park the following year. The Park District and the Board of Education soon began joint operations at the school and park, an arrangement that continues today. In 1991, the Board of Education transferred full ownership of Trebes Park to the Park District. The Sheffield Neighborhood Association, in conjunction with the Park District, led the community effort to renovate the park.
In the early 1990's, funded projects include tree planting around the perimeter parkways, installing an iron ornamental "prairie style" fence, the ornamental metal park benches, garbage containers, walkway lights and installing the ornamental iron gazebo in the park plaza entrance. At that time, the Park District constructed a soft surface playground. The new playground was funded through a generous bequest of Dorothy Melamerson, a retired local school teacher whose savings have paid for a number of park improvements in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, the Sheffield Neighborhood Association and community neighbors.
In addition, the Sheffield Neighborhood Association has raised funds for the numerous improvements to the park. Taking personal pride in their local park volunteers have spent thousand of hours in gardening and other greening initiatives. The Sheffield Neighborhood Association continues to maintain the park and the "award winning gardens" as the pride of the community.
"The scenery on the last third of the trip up into the mountains approaching Chiang Mai is particularly good, you can awake to the pretty mountain scenery as the train enters the highlands and traverses Doi Kuntan National Park and mountains between Lampang and Lamphun. And even on the sleeper, watching the sun rise from the train in the morning is a great experience. From Chiang Mai Railway Station you can take a tuk tuk or songtaew (red truck) into the centre of town."
