Summer in the City: NYC August 2009

Despite the great recession, tourists still love The Big Apple, as these crowd scenes taken during a summer 2009 trip attest. 

Was Bubbles in the Audience?

Saw this on-line today. Crazy!!Jacko leaves behind £1.25m for chimp Bubbles!IANS  | Wednesday, 08 July , 2009, 16:46http://sify.com/movies/hollywood/fullstory.php?id=14898538Michael Jackson has reportedly left...

Red Bull Air Races Bring New Life to Windsor ON

Windsor has been transformed! For a few days anyway.... The Red Bull Air Races are giving new hope to the citizens of Windsor who have been hit hard by the recession, a 9-week city workers' strike and the new...

Residents Cross Picket Line to Mow Windsor Park

With no end in sight to the outside city workers strike in Windsor, Ontario, which started April 17th, an estimated 100+ residents of all ages spent Sat., May 30/2009 mowing two-foot-tall grass, trimming, raking...

“Food From Heaven” Saved Millions of Dutch

64th Anniversary of WWII Test Food Drop Flight, April 29, 2009 Early morning, April 29, 1945 Delayed by horrendous weather for two days, a Lancaster bomber finally rumbled down the runway to begin a dangerous...

Windsor, Ontario Going to Waste

July 30, 2009 The Transformation Has BegunMowing, or should I say, threshing and baling of the tall grass in city parks, as well as garbage and recycling pick up has begun. It will likely take a couple of weeks...

Exotic Petting Zoo, Ft. Myers Florida

We were about to pull into the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant in Ft. Meyers, Florida one night in February when we noticed something very odd next to the road: a camel standing in a pen under brutally bright...

New Orleans NOW

New Orleans NOW: For the very first timeAugust 29th, 2009 is  the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating visit to New Orleans. Perusing CNN's online coverage I was intrigued by, "New...

the famous hat

a little distracting but so very suitable for the occasion.....

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