Pics Of Your Place

Subject: Pics Of Your Place Sun Mar 04, 2007 8:08 pm

Hi everyone,
I thought it might be interesting to share photos of where we come from. I would love to see pics of a landmark or a pretty scene that is near one of you. Please share them here.
I'll start. I live about 45 minutes north of Toronto and so I'd like to share a pretty pic of our skyline. This tower is called the CN Tower and is the tallest free standing building in the world, at least for now.

I'll share more later, maybe of something in my hometown.
Please show us scenes of the sights in your "backyard".
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I've been to the CN Tower. It was when we were in Toronto for the big SARS concert a few years ago. We accidetally stumbled upon the tickets to the concert when we were on ticketmaster.com one night. We couldn't believe how inexpensive they were to see such big names as Rush, AC/DC, and the Rolling Stones. I worked for an airline at the time so we got to fly up there for free. It was our first trip to Toronto and we had a GREAT time. You live in such a wonderful area. We hope to visit again one of these days.

Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:58 am

We have many in NYC. Here's are some of the few:

St. Patrick's Cathedral

Rockefeller Center

Lincoln Center

Empire State Building

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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:55 am

St. Patrick's Cathedral is amazing... wow... what detail.

I live about 45 minutes to Sequoia National Park. It is called also the Land of the Giants because there are some huge redwoods. Animals, like bear and deer are loose in the park and I have seen deer and a bear. Last time I visited I saw a bear cub that was eating and was sitting near the top of a small waterfall. He looked so beautiful, so cute!

The park has beautiful scenery during all seasons as you can see from the pics below. Thumbsup

Because there are bears loose, whenever people go camping, most of them bring back a funny bear story, LOL. My cousin has a few GreenSmile

Seeing the stars at night in that place is really breathtaking. Sunsets are breathtaking too... I have a video of one I've been meaning to post.

I don't know who these people are, lol, but this pic gives u an idea how huge those trees are.

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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:58 am

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and this feast etcélèbré December 25, very beautiful to see,

and c ' is here that j ' lives in 1 m. 50 of snow in 2006

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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:10 pm

Here is a pic of Down Town Pittsburgh.

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One of our inclines coming down from Mount Washington. The first time I rode that as a child I was really scared, lol.

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The Cathedral of Learning at the Univ. Of Pitt, where I went to college! GreenSmile

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One of Pitt's theatres where I spent most of my time. I really miss it! bawling

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Heinz Hall where Joshua Bell performed! GreenSmile

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The orchestra on Heinz Hall's stage.

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And links to our amusement park Kennywood and our water park Sandcastle!! WooHooo

http://kennywood.com/ http://www.sandcastlewaterpark.com/attractions.php

Beckie
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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:21 pm

Wow, nice pics Beckie. Thumbsup

I can imagine how the orchestra sounds like on Heinz Hall's stage.

When I was in Philadelphia, my boss and I went to this place (I forgot the name of it, but it's this place where they have concerts... and stage was made of this really nice looking wood, very beautiful, music sounded awesome!
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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:24 pm

Thanks!

Wow, sounds like a very enjoyable experience! Cool14

Beckie
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Beckie,

I went to a travel industry school in Pittsburgh back in 1992 - it was a 6-month course and it was located in the Hyatt building that is downtown. Our dorms were a few blocks away. We were there in the summer so we got to enjoy the outdoors and got to experience the 3 Rivers Regatta. I really enjoyed spending that time in Pittsburgh and would love to go back for a visit one of these days.

-Steph

Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:30 pm

Wow, that's wondeful. WooHooo

I am glad you liked our city. People are always so willing to put it down, but yet they have never been here. The Regatta is very fun! GreenSmile

Beckie
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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:48 pm

Wow Steph, you've been to Toronto and Philadelphia. That's cool. I love to travel. Which state are you from?
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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:53 pm

Wow, Beckie your pics of Pittsburgh are really great! I've lived in PA my whole life and have never been there yet.

Here is a site that has some nice pics of Harrisburg PA

Pics of Harrisburg PA

And here is a link to Hershey Park which is about 20 minutes away from me, in Hershey PA
http://www.hersheypa.com/attractions/hersheypark/index.php
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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Mon Mar 05, 2007 4:57 pm

These are awesome! You would never catch me going up that tower to see the bend in the river though, I am afraid of heights, lol.

Beckie
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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:12 pm

I was in Hersey Pa as a teen once to visit my sister at State Trooper school. I rode past the park but never went.

Beckie
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Marilynn - I live in AZ now. I've been to many different places. I love traveling and when I was young and single, I liked to move around a lot. My favorite vacation spot in Hawaii - we go there every year. Right before we adopted Nate, we were going to move there. But Nate came along (out of the blue) so it looks like our move to Hawaii will have to wait.

Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:17 am

I don't have any pics of Saskatoon, but here's a pic of my place 2 days after the Blizzard of 2007 (Jan.10th). Last time it snowed that bad was in 1952!!!!!!
Those are supposed to be steps going up to the front door, but we couldn't find them. Plus that's supposed to be a sidewalk infront of my car, but we couldn't find that either. Hehe! (ignore my dirty car!)

Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:21 am

Wow!
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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:51 am

waooooooou! ! ! ! ! c ' is beautiful snow
beautiful pics Thumbsup

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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:01 am

Here's a picture of my hometown's library. (I couldn't find a bigger picture) It's made from sandstone that was taken from a local quarry. If you've never seen sandstone, it's a beautiful tan and rose-toned stone. I love that library!

Elaine........do you go through more than one extension cord per winter? LOL - Or do you remember to unplug it every time? GreenSmile

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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:16 am

Haha!! Actually I use 2 extension cords... one plugged into the townhouse, and one I keep in my car to plug in at work, etc. It's sad to see how high our power bills go when we have to plug our cars in!!!!!
Carol, where was that orchestra playing?? Wow it's HUGE!

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Subject: Re: Pics Of Your Place Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:12 pm

Here is a pic of our Hard Rock Cafe. I was there once right after it opened. They had John Lennon's famous leather jacket!!! I almost crapped myself!!! ROTFL

If you look behind the guitar up on the mountain you can see a round platform. There are several of them on Mount Washington where you can look at the city. A very romantic place to go on a date. People get prom and wedding pictures up there all the time! GreenSmile

Ron Howard from Happy Days was here this summer for the All-Star baseball game and he said when he first saw the city, he thought it was beautiful! Laughing

He, Tom Hanks, and another actor, I forget his name, liked it here so much they stayed a few extra days! GreenSmile

It was an honor to have them here and to have them like it so much! WooHooo

Ron Howard and Tom Hanks are two guys I really look up to! :) Not as much as you know who though of course, lol. ;)

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Beckie
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