Food, Glorious Food

Rhumbline, Newport, Rhode Island

Stella's, Richmond, Virginia

Zocalo Mexican Bistro and Tequila Bar, Boston, Massachusetts

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Newport, Rhode Island

Newport Creamery's Awful Awfuls are a tradition.

One of the many pretty views along Ocean Drive

Rhumbline - a great place for Sunday brunch

Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Middletown

Sunset in Newport

 

 

 

 

 

Thames Street

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Midway Village Museum, Rockford, Illinois

Costumed interpreter

Schoolhouse

Sock monkey and knitting machine

General store

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Wild West Town, Union, Illinois

Entrance

Blacksmith shop

Canoe ride

Lasso a pony!

Sheriff's office

Tomahawk throw

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Scenes From Rockford - Erlander Home Museum

This lovely Italianate home was the first brick house built in Rockford.

Period furnishings, many from the Erlander family, add grace and beauty to the home.

This lovely tiled stove was made in Sweden.

The table is set for an elegant meal.

Upstairs, you can see the collection of Charlotte Weibull dolls - 46 in all. This pair is wearing the Lappland costume.

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Scenes from Rockford, Illinois

Wooden Bridge at Anderson Japanese Gardens

Waterfalls at Anderson Japanese Gardens

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Bricks at Historic London Town and Gardens

William Brown House bricks

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Gunston Hall, Virginia

Gunston Hall, road entrance

Kitchen (reconstructed)

Outbuildings (reconstructed)

River entrance

The Potomac River from Gunston Hall

Side view

Tombs of George and Anne Mason

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Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois

1910 Interurban Sleeping Car - One of a Kind!

Dining Car Interior

Engineer Bob inspires a new generation of railway fans

Steam locomotive 265

Historic East Union depot

Gold Coast Express

Historic railroad sign, fully restored

Nebraska Zephyr

Union Pacific #18

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Laurent House, Rockford, Illinois - Frank Lloyd Wright's "Little Gem"

Frank Lloyd Wright designed an accessible Usonian home for Kenneth Laurent, a paraplegic, and his wife, Phyllis, in 1949.  Three years later, the Laurents moved into a completely accessible home, designed to harmonize with its natural surroundings and allow Ken Laurent to live and work in comfort.

The Laurent House was decades ahead of its time.  Long before the ADA was signed into law, Wright designed a home with switches, desks, fireplaces and bathing facilities that Ken Laurent could use with ease.  This one-of-a-kind home will open to public tours in June 2014, but I was lucky enough to be able to visit it today.

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Fort Ticonderoga

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More Scenes From Montreal

Centre Bell, home of the Habs

Basilica of Notre-Dame, Vieux-Montreal

Altar of Basilica of Notre-Dame

Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, Basilica of Notre-Dame

Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, founded by St. Marguerite Bourgeoys

Bon Secours Market, from the Chapel

Altar of Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours Chapel

Tomb of St. Marguerite Bourgeoys

View from the Chapel tower

Cathedral of Mary, Queen of the World, Montreal

Altar and Baldacchino, Cathedral of Mary, Queen of the World

Interior, Cathedral of Mary, Queen of the World

Montreal Metro train

Oratory of St. Joseph, founded by Saint André Bessette, Montreal's beloved "Brother André"

Interior of Oratory of St. Joseph

Dome of Oratory of St. Joseph

St. André Bessette

St. André's original chapel to St. Joseph

Altar in original chapel

St. André's humble room above the chapel

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