Sunday, December 25, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
It's a nice day for a headless purple wedding!
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| Watch out! Here it comes.. |
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| STOP! |
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| It's a secret message, it's everywhere it's out to get me.. oh it's just a new phone application |
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| Hey little sister, what have YOU done? |
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| You can't sell a huanted building! |
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| The cutters edge |
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| STOP! |
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Back to Random Street Scenes from Shelton
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| Brad |
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| Left to right outgoing mayor Tarrent, Unknown man, Ross Gallagher, Dawn Pannell |
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| Current teacher's aid at Evergreen Elementary school during a school function |
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| Our newest business gone before it even started |
Monday, September 5, 2011
Oyster Picking near Shelton
Yes there are many pretty things near Shelton. But there are no pretty things in Shelton.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Shanghai, a city of contrasts
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| Babies without diapers were the norm |
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| Nice bamboo ladder at the new Shanghai rail station |
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| Grapes for sale by weight |
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| Bumper stickers, I wonder what they say |
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| The Bund Sightseeing tunnel |
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| Crowded and high tech subway |
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| My favorite French inspired breakfast in Shanghai |
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| What a skyline! |
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| One of hundreds of mopeds held together with tape |
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Move over Wall Street, it's the Shanghai World Trade Center Bull
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| The new world trade center in Shanghai China |
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Ao Xiang Ge Hotel in Beijing Ao Xiangee
A good hotel. The woman at the front desk knew some English and she used google translator to help resolve difficulties related to the language barrier. A pleasant little hotel with friendly staff. Taxi drivers (when they would bother to pick up a westerner at all) had some trouble finding the hotel even though we had the address written in Chinese. The hotel was also a long walk from the tube station so we had to catch a bus to take the tube. The bus was quite and experience as we caught it on the wrong side of the street and had trouble understanding that is what the conductor was trying to tell us. Bus she wrote us a note so we would not have to pay the fare again after we got off and crossed the street to catch the bus going in the right direction. But the conductor on the second bus was loud and demanding and forced us to pay twice. Since the fare was less than one dollar USD we did not bother arguing about it too much.
The room was comfortable enough during our three night stay.
Ice cream and drinks we for sale in the lobby of the Ao Xing Ge at prices that seemed very reasonable.
The personal feel that we got from the hotel staff help to make up for what seemed like a very strange and impersonal city to us. A resident in a near by building climbed up a ladder and grabbed a male blossom to fertilize this female squash blossom while we watch. It worked and the squash grew visibly during our stay.
There were several good restuarants nearby, including one just a few steps from the door.
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| Very intellegent and friendly staffer who communicated with us via Google translator |
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| The hotel is not really on this road?? Never could figure out the address system |
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| Lobby with ice cream and other stuff for sale cheap |
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| Squash before fertilization |
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| Lobby with pop, water and beer cooler |
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| Growing Squash |
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| Lobby area with water fall |
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| Two subways stops with nearly the same name, we seemed to gotten of at the wrong stop. I think this is the stop we should have gotten off at. |
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| Looking out the front door from the lobby |
A good hotel. The woman at the front desk knew some English and she used google translator to help resolve difficulties related to the language barrier. A pleasant little hotel with friendly staff. Taxi drivers (when they would bother to pick up a westerner at all) had some trouble finding the hotel even though we had the address written in Chinese. The hotel was also a long walk from the tube station so we had to catch a bus to take the tube. The bus was quite and experience as we caught it on the wrong side of the street and had trouble understanding that is what the conductor was trying to tell us. Bus she wrote us a note so we would not have to pay the fare again after we got off and crossed the street to catch the bus going in the right direction. But the conductor on the second bus was loud and demanding and forced us to pay twice. Since the fare was less than one dollar USD we did not bother arguing about it too much.
The room was comfortable enough during our three night stay.
Ice cream and drinks we for sale in the lobby of the Ao Xing Ge at prices that seemed very reasonable.
The personal feel that we got from the hotel staff help to make up for what seemed like a very strange and impersonal city to us. A resident in a near by building climbed up a ladder and grabbed a male blossom to fertilize this female squash blossom while we watch. It worked and the squash grew visibly during our stay.
There were several good restuarants nearby, including one just a few steps from the door.
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