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Iowa Grasslands: Mount Rushmore Visit
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Sunday, July 7, 2013. Recently I drove out to Rapid City, South Dakota, to see Mount Rushmore. This sculpture was carved out of the side of a rock cliff. The sculpture is of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. You can see the monument from quite a distance. The first time you glimpse the sculpture it almost takes your breath away. You usually see pictures of Mount Rushmore that look something like this. This is what the sculptor wanted to do. Extremely ...
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homefries | Weight Watchers for Words
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Joy the Baker Podcast. Hosted by Joy the Baker. Weight Watchers for Words. Episode #62 August 21, 2012 - Download. Http:/ media.blubrry.com/homefries/75b1d7a1ebcc68b435f2-2ae3d40da72dd9052514309631e7e728.r4.cf2.rackcdn.com/JoyTheBaker062.mp3. It’s another raging good time on the Joy the Baker Podcast this week! The doggie paddle… that’s what can go wrong. Last week we YOLOed. Tracy YOLOed some Rolos for her birthday. It was definitely the right thing to do. Write us: contact at homefries dot com. Aug 24,...
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A Japanese weekend in New York | Roots and Grubs
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The home of Matthew Amster-Burton. Pretty Good Number One. A Japanese weekend in New York. I spent the weekend in New York City on book tour. On Saturday afternoon I was joined in Brooklyn by Tim Anderson, author of the hilarious memoir. Tune In Tokyo: The Gaijin Diaries. Which was an inspiration for. Pretty Good Number One. If you enjoyed my book and haven’t read Tim’s, get on it. 8221; ethic of New York. I was waiting in line for the bathroom one afternoon, and the sketchy-looking person who’...Here...
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homefries | Shame Hangover
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Joy the Baker Podcast. Hosted by Joy the Baker. Episode #98 June 13, 2013 - Download. Http:/ media.blubrry.com/homefries/75b1d7a1ebcc68b435f2-2ae3d40da72dd9052514309631e7e728.r4.cf2.rackcdn.com/JoyTheBaker098.mp3. We’re back from a trip to Austin Texas… where the air is hot and the tacos are plentiful. We attended a Blogher Food Conference where we felt all sorts of weird and introverted. Tracy didn’t get toooo truthy, but Joy left with a vulnerability hangover… let’s discuss. We stayed at the San Jose H...
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Iowa Grasslands: South Dakota Badlands
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Saturday, July 13, 2013. In western South Dakota is a large area called the Badlands. In fact, it is a national park. This is a very interesting area and its beauty and mystery does not translate at all in the below photographs. After driving for hours in South Dakota and seeing nothing but open country, you notice what looks like a very hilly or bumpy region in the distance. As you get closer it starts to come into focus. This region consists of thousands of acres. A road goes through a portion of it.
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Iowa Grasslands: Surrealistic Des Moines
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Friday, November 1, 2013. High dynamic range - commonly known as HDR - photography consists of taking 3 to 6 images of something and then using a program such as Photoshop to combine the images. Once done you can then create variations of the HDR image. One popular style is surrealistic. Below are some images of Des Moines, Iowa, as set out in an HDR surrealistic format. Here is a parking ramp with an older hotel and a newer high rise in the distance. . Here is a view of the Great Hall. I really like th...
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Iowa Grasslands: A Nice Afternoon
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Saturday, November 9, 2013. Today I went to a movie at 11:00. It was. The Robert Redford movie about a man who is stranded in the Indian Ocean. After the movie I drove through downtown Des Moines. It was a beautiful fall day with a bright blue sky. I noticed this rather large garden trowel in front of one of office buildings. I pulled off to take a picture of it. Looking towards the sculpture garden on the west side of downtown, I liked the curves along the sidewalk. Here is a closer view. Some times the...
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Iowa Grasslands: St. John's Basilica, Des Moines, Iowa
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Saturday, March 21, 2015. St John's Basilica, Des Moines, Iowa. This past week I came across a large Catholic church I did not know existed in Des Moines. I am not sure how I missed it all these years but somehow I had. In fact, this is actually a basilica. There are only 69 basilicas in the United States. A basilicas is a Catholic church that the Pope has designated as a basilica because of historic or architectural reasons. Take care and thanks for stopping by. I suspect the reason youve missed seeing ...
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Turtles for Sale: June 2009
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I used to say I wanted to drop out of graduate school and sell turtles in Manhattan's Chinatown. This plan has resurfaced as one of the most viable career options currently in front of me. Thursday, June 25, 2009. Farrah fawcett was a BABE. I feel bad for her. Because this [Michael Jackson's death] will steal her thunder. Which is what I'm sure she cared about on her deathbed. Yeah, like when mother theresa died right after princess diana no one really cared. I don't care if you do. THEY LOOK THE SAME.
