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صفحه اصلی 2766
- Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home
Momentary stop to view statue of Ronald Reagan, alongside the home where he lived from 9 years old for 3 years. Many signs in the small town pointed to this attraction, closed for the evening. Routing from Fairfield Iowa to Elmhurst Illinois, brief stop for dinner took us off the highway. (Reagan Boyhood Home, Hennepin Avenue, Dixon, Illinois) 20220711 - Twin Anchors
Two full racks of ribs split amongst four mouths, orders placed just 10 minutes before kitchen closed as after-theatre dinner. Historic restaurant served fall-off-the-bone pork. Photographs on the wall include Frank Sinatra as a patron, and The Dark Night as a movie venue. (Twin Anchors Restaurant, North Sedgwick Street, Chicago, Illinois) 20170507 - Logan Ave. At Queen St. E.
New fence by laneway at the top of our street as former drug store and church will soon be demolished to put in 7 storey condominium. Leslieville Historical Society had represented community interests, plans seemed to have passed through city hall. (875-887 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario) 20161103 - Hubbard Park
Staircase railings leading up to Old Don Jail building bright on late summer afternoon. Grounds were renamed in 2014, with the Bridgepoint Health hospital and research centre complex. (Hubbard Park, Riverdale, Toronto, Ontario) 20160817 - Golden Gate Bakery
Reputed as city's best egg tarts, they had better be pretty epic for the line to shake across the sidewalk on Grant Avenue. AHI had never been here when they store hadn't already run out of supply. Sunday meeting should have full inventory. (Golden Gate Bakery, Chinatown, Dan Francisco, California) 20170319 - Pure Cyprus
Meeting @fortyfoxes in person unintentionally coincided with @wardcunningham weekly videoconference. Humble Greek restaurant had free wifi, so connection to our corner was good. Couple dining at other side of restaurant not concerned. Waiter was friendly, offered two shots of ouzo for dessert. (Pure Cyprus, Goodwin Street, Finsbury Park, London, England) 20161207 - USF Kalmanovitz Hall
Pattern language on federated wiki @michaelwmehaffy #puarl2016, not frozen in text inside book. Search hits for pattern language in architecture is one-tenth that in software development. Proposes extending the 1977 A Pattern Language content online in the living form originally described in the work itself. Mehaffy dissertation including real-time updating of charts with federated wiki was defended at TU Delft in November 2015. (Kalmanovitz Hall, University of San Francisco, California) 20161030 - Glorious Chinese Cuisine
Early dim sum, food consumed slowly when I'm the youngest one at the table. Extended family convening on weekday, sister visiting town gives reason for everyone to get together. Our sons have their own lives. (Glorious Chinese Cuisine, Kennedy and Denison Centre, Markham, Ontario) 20160713 - Casablanca Resto
Mexican restaurant with a Moroccan name, obsessed with Bogart and Bergman. Freshly made tortillas. tequila cart. Enjoyed calamari fajitas, unique texture fit seafood. Early dinner with brother's family. (Casablanca Restaurant, Lincoln Blvd., Venice, California) 20150225 - Morcom Rose Garden
As we playfully stalked the wild turkey in the rose, he fanned out his tail to look more threatening. We hadn't appreciated that there may be 20 or 30 in the flock, with an aggressive gobbler named Gerald leading to a park shut down in 2020. Garden first opened in the 1930s won't see full blooms for a few weeks. (Morcom Rose Garden, Jean Street, Oakland, California) 20220426 - 2 St. Clair Avenue West
View northward on Yonge Street from shows trees of Mount Pleasant Cemetery, and the towers along Eglinton Avenue and beyond. Before 1973, the subway only ran to Eglinton Avenue, called North Toronto, and Rosedale up to St. Clair Avenue was the affluent residential area. This intersection isn't the destination that it used to be. (2. St. Clair Avenue West, Deer Park, Toronto, Ontario) 20161005 - Yonge-Dundas Square
IndieFriday with @MelanieBrulee @YDSquare @FrancoFete tunes en Français, with introductions some in English. Wandered around Ryerson University, Yonge Street and Toronto Eaton Centre with sister who hasn't lived here for some decades. Points of references are spaces and businesses that have since changed. (Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto, Ontario) 20160715 - MOCAD
Normal Shift by Coco Bruner at Art X Detroit , 10.5x15 foot Baltic Birch Plywood floor, invites viewers to walk on it at their own risk. Kresge Arts Foundation sponsors show in Midtown. (Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit) 20150419 - Deadwood History and Information Center
Learned that during the Gold Rush, Deadwood had the largest Chinatown outside of San Francisco. Historian said last building demolished some decades ago, leading to formation of historical society. (Deadwood, SD) 20140522 - Turkish Airlines Lounge Istanbul
International transit more of a pleasure changing in Turkey, with two-storey lounge equipped with golf simulator, and middle eastern cuisine. Masseurs are giving backrubs. Not enough time for a shower, queue is 2.5 hours long. (Turkish Airlines Lounge Istanbul, Ataturk, Turkey) 20171130