Wait….who were dancing? Scroll down to the end of the post and you will see! The video I took was posted towards the end of the first video. Caminito and La Boca Caminito (“little walkway” or “little path” in Spanish) is a street museum and a traditional alley, located in La Boca, a neighborhood of…
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A Word a Week – Photo Challenge – Cloud – My Flight from Rio to Iguazu Falls …and Georgia O’Keeffe’s Sky Above Clouds
This post is in response to Word in Your Ear’s A Word A Week Photo Challenge – Cloud. When I saw this subject : “Cloud”, my immediate thought was the big painting “Sky Above Clouds” of Georgia O’Keeffe in the Art Institute of Chicago. I saw this painting some years ago hanging above the big…
My South America Trip #6 – Sambadrome, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cariocas Rio de Janeiro is a very beautiful city. In my last post I have introduced to you the two world-famous beaches Copacabana Beach and Ipanema Beach. The beaches are crowded with beautiful men and women, sunbathing and enjoying life. The native inhabitants of Rio known as Cariocas, are very friendly, pleasant to work with, love to…
My South America Trip #5 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Copacabana Beach and Others
This is our hotel’s dining room at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The hotel is right across the street from the Copacabana Beach, one of the most famous beaches in the world. Rio de Janeiro “Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in Brazil, on the South Atlantic coast. Rio is famous for its breathtaking landscape, its…
My South America Trip # 4 – El Calafate – Excursion at Lake Argentino
Happy New Year! As this is my first post in 2013, I would like to wish all my readers and friends a very healthy and happy 2013! Last year, I had posted three posts on my recent trip to South America. To celebrate the new year, I am presenting to you another beautiful chapter of…
Weekly Photo Challenge – My 2012 in Pictures
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: my 2012 in pictures. In 2012, I have adopted a new hobby and a new passion: Blogging! The slideshow below shows all the six active blogs that I created in 2012 on WordPress. You can see the captions and a short description in each picture. In…
The Illuminating Blogger Award – Another Year-End Award. Thank You!
The Illuminating Blogger Award Today, I received another Year-End Award which is a pleasant surprise to me. I would like to thank Snigdha for nominating me for the Illuminating Blogger Award. Please check out Snigdha‘s Blog which is indeed illuminating. Right from the start of my blogging history, I have been following Snigdha for her travel experience. Her recent post…
My South America Trip #3 – El Calafate – Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina
In my recent South America trip, the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentina, was one of the most impressive natural phenomena. I created the above movie with a number of very short video clips, and the music is Sleeping Beauty composed by Tchaikovsky. I hope you all like it. Let us get some information about this natural…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise – The Beautiful Iguazu Falls (My South America Trip #1)
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge – Surprise. As I mentioned in my previous post, I just came back from a three-weeks’ trip to South America. This was a trip that we all considered as the most beautiful one, with the most beautiful sceneries. We traveled with a group of friends who…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Thankful – a time to be thankful, and a time for reflections – to my fellow bloggers, family and friends
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge : Thankful Slideshow This is our Thanksgiving long weekend, a time to be thankful, and a time for reflections. It is indeed a very timely and appropriate title for this week’s photo challenge. What should I be thankful for? What do these photos in the…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Green – The California Academy of Sciences, the Greenest Museum in the World
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Green Below is a picture of the California Academy of Sciences building facing the Music Concourse. I took this photo from the Tower Observation Deck of the de Young Museum in San Francisco. This picture on the left is a view from the Deck of the Music Concourse…
Reader Appreciation Award
sued51 has nominated my blog for the Reader Appreciation Award. The title of her blog is very lovely: Last Train to QVille A Wonderful Place to Visit. sued51 loves to read and write. We got to know each other’s blog as we both participated in the Weekly Photo Challenge, which gives us a chance to know a lot…
Weekly Photo Challenge – Renewal
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge : Renewal. This picture was taken in July this year when we had a family reunion on a cruise to Alaska. Specifically, we went that day to Skagway, and took a train ride up the White Pass. You may recognize that this photo is quite…
Weekly Travel Theme – Bright
This post is in response to the Weekly Travel Theme: Bright. My interpretation is “what makes your day bright? ” The beautiful flowers in these pictures? A window with an ocean view ? The beautiful design of the ceiling of the Bellagio Hotel? Or a piece of fantastic artwork “Breathing flower” in front of San Francisco…
Weekly Photo Challenge – Geometry #4 – The Nest and the Water Cube, Beijing, China
This is in response to Weekly Photo Challenge : Geometry, my fourth entry.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry #1 – Colorado Convention Center, Denver
This post is in response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry. This photo was taken in July this year at the Colorado Convention Center, where I attended a conference. In my earlier post on this blog, I presented the Big Blue Bear, an iconic art work of this Center. Attention was not paid to the geometric design…
Lang Lang – A True Classical Super Star
I never lined up to ask anyone to sign an autograph, especially if the line was long. However , I did it tonight! Lang Lang had a wonderful performance at San Francisco Symphony tonight. He played Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Opus 26 (1921). I bought his new CD like many…
” Taking Imagination Seriously” – Janet Echelman
Janet Echelman: Taking imagination seriously Published on Jun 8, 2011 by TEDtalks Director http://www.ted.com/talks/janet_echelman.htmlTED “Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing — which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes billowing, flowing, building-sized sculpture with a surprisingly geeky edge. A transporting 10…
The Capulets and the Montagues – SF Opera’s New Production – I like it. Do you?
Slideshow of Photos from the San Francisco Opera website by Cory Weaver. Romeo and Juliet – It is a story that everybody knows, loves and feels sad about it. I had seen the movie a few times ( of course), and the ballet ( twice in SF and once in Vienna). What about the opera? San Francisco…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreign — McDonald’s in Salzburg, Austria
McDonald’s has flowers arrangement on its tables! It is in Salzburg, not any place in the United States! This post is in response to Weekly Photo Challenge : Foreign The picture was taken in the “Old Town” of Salzburg, Austria. Salzburg is the birthplace of Mozart and also part of the setting of the musical…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Silhouette #2 – Seattle Art Museum downtown: Hammering Man
This is my second post in response to Weekly Photo Challenge : Silhouette. I took this picture some time ago when I went to Seattle for a conference. After the conference, I stayed there for vacation for a few days. One of the fun things I did was to visit the museum. As I had membership…
My Notebook 