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Jun
27
mojoD makes news in Detroit
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After flying to Michigan for some much earned r&r, I met up with ArtsyT, Rhonda_Marie, Cris, Ross, Nicole & Meghan for an up close and personal tour of downtown Detroit… These guys, better known for their involvement with flickr group Exposure.Detroit, were just the most wonderful hosts, who couldn’t do enough to show me the city that is Detroit..
This also happened to be the start of the GM 2008 Rivers Days Festival. The first place we settled as we waited to meet more flickr peeps, was the water fountain outside of the RenCen. The water fountain was at ground level and made up of some 100 individual water spouts which made for an extremely fun day for kids and adults alike. In my photo I tried to capture the essence of the River Days carnival atmosphere… I noticed one of the children playing in the water running with their arms out wide, and I thought that’s perfect…
I submitted the photo to the Absolute Michigan flickr group, and was selected as the Friday Photo winner for www.absolutemichigan.com..
What a great honor, thanks to the wonderful crew who took me under their wing like a little (big really) brother, and showed me the wonderful sites of downtown Detroit..
Jun
26
usa 2008 - day 9:13 texas
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Saturday the 14th was my last day in old San Francisco.. After a wonderful breakfast in Union Square, and quick walk around, I headed back to the hotel to pack, and catch the Hotel Shuttle to SFO for my flight to Dallas, TX…
Once in Dallas, I hired a Dodge Avenger to travel between Jim & Marilyn’s (Rowlett, TX) and Louise & Brett’s (Fort Worth).. We spent Sunday at Brett and Louise’s house in Fort Worth for Fathers Day.. After a wonderful BBQ of Chicken & Beef, we all sat down and watched the US Golf Open… What a great day…
Monday, Louise gave me the cooks tour of Fort Worth… Firstly we toured the wonderful golfing facility that is The Colonial Country Club, which is home to the Crowne Plaza Invitational, won this year by Mr Phil Mickelson.. It is also home to a wonderful tribute to the late and great Ben Hogan…
more photos can be found on my flickr account..
That night, we had Texas BBQ at the Railhead Smokehouse with a pound of Brisket, and a pound of smoked Sausage… yum yum yum..
The next day I headed back to Jim and Marilyn’s for the night… In the way i popped into Bass Pro for a spot of shopping, and to avoid the storm that was bearing down on Dallas.. This place is big, and when I say big I mean big.. If you want anything outdoors, you will find it here.. That night we headed out for more meat and BBQ to a Brazilian Steakhouse at the new Firewheel Town Centre… Damn that was a lot of meat, some 15 kinds of meat brought right to your plate..
Wednesday was goodbye to Dallas, and lunch with Marilyn at PotBellies… Boy this place does a good sandwich… Then it was back to Fort Worth and to Brett and Louise’s for my last night in Texas… We had a lovely pasta vegetable bake for dinner, and then we watched the movies Cars with Gabby.. It was an early rise, next morning at 5am, for the trip to DFW Airport and my next destination Detroit..
Jun
26
usa 2008 - day 8 UC Berkeley
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On the final day of WWDC, we finished around 12:30, and headed for a tour of University of California - Berkeley. After a short ride on the Bart we hopped off downtown Berkeley and wandered the streets up to the University Campus grounds..
The highlight of the trip to Berkeley Campus was the world famous Sather Tower… An elevator takes visitors 200 feet up Sather Tower to an observation deck with sweeping views of the campus, the surrounding hills, San Francisco, and the Golden Gate. On the day we visited, the tower was closed, so I had to use my artistic license for this photo from the ground level..
More photos can be found at my flickr account..