Tag: travel
member name: Sophie S.
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October 14, 2007 11:14 AM EDT --
What would you show me?
I love traveling, but I really like to go where I know people. I find that I learn so much more about a place and the people, kinda makes me feel connected more to a place . . .
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August 28, 2008 12:45 AM EDT --
I had the chance to visit the Dole Banana Plantation on my trip to Costa Rica and see where most of our bananas come from. Here are some of the shots that I took of the plantation, the collection . . .
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February 11, 2007 12:41 AM EST --
Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere was the first book by Morris that I have had the opportunity to read, and even though it was so very melancholy I look forward to reading the rest of her works. . . .
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October 29, 2007 03:07 PM EDT --
I thought with Halloween being a couple days away I would pull out pictures of the spiders I caught while in Costa Rica. The spiders I sweep out the door in my house would be lost souls in the jungles . . .
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February 22, 2008 02:19 AM EST --
I wrote an article here on Gather a couple months back about the newest art exhibit that was to come to Chicago. Well it came, and I have never been as disappointed in art as I was about this . . .
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April 07, 2007 09:10 PM EDT --
There are so many things to do in Chicago, anyone can tell you that. Chicago has a huge list of museums, beaches, jazz clubs, theatres, and festivals.
The list of things to do can go on and on. I have . . .
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October 26, 2007 01:16 PM EDT --
Today I found out about a little known private library right here in Chicago, The Museum of Mourning Photography & Memorial Practice. I have not been there, as you can only visit by appointment, . . .
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March 12, 2008 12:02 AM EDT --
Sunday marks the beginning of Semana Santa.
During the Christmas season, I talked a little bit about my family's Christmas traditions and how we have continued to celebrate El Dia De . . .
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November 16, 2007 04:23 PM EST --
The first time I heard a male howler monkey I could've sworn I was back in my bedroom listening to trucks rumbling down the freeway five miles away. Whether you are up close or far off, . . .
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October 13, 2007 11:47 AM EDT --
The cover of my Lonely Planet Guide to Costa Rica has a large photograph of a strawberry poison dart frog on it, so I knew what I wanted to see. After all, I was on a biology trip to observe the . . .
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April 15, 2008 07:36 PM EDT --
I hate snakes with a passion. While in Costa Rica though, some temporary attitude or degree of tolerance was bestowed upon myself and I saw the creatures through different eyes.
I honestly . . .
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March 11, 2008 08:23 AM EDT --
I think I forgot to kiss my Frog Prince.
He must have walked into my life without me noticing.
Knowing me, I probably had my head in a book and he got tired of waiting and hopped over to the next . . .
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August 28, 2008 05:06 PM EDT --
Almost a year ago I posted a piece from my bio research to Costa Rica, Finding the Strawberry Poison Dart Frog in Costa Rica , but I was unable to find one particular photo in the massive number of pics . . .
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February 14, 2007 10:31 AM EST --
If you have never been to Venice the treasure that awaits you is splendid. There is so much to love about the city of Venice and the history it has to offer. So many tourists flood the city for a single . . .
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October 04, 2007 09:57 AM EDT --
It's funny how we meet people. After seven years I still find myself giggling over bananas. Banana seems like an easy enough word, even the spanish platano rolls right off my . . .
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November 18, 2007 06:24 AM EST --
Yesterday the entire family and I headed downtown for the annual Magnificent Mile Lights Festival- IT ROCKED!!
Yes, it was cold, and yes it was raining, but yesterday morning I was thinking it was . . .
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