tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86311043212413263332024-02-18T19:26:20.595-08:00Kenny's Minnesota BlogKenny Bellew Blogs about events in MinnesotaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631104321241326333.post-60516488866911343102009-02-26T11:37:00.000-08:002009-02-26T11:45:58.613-08:00Winter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnv00ViIbti43rfAO5_81Elu3UIOTfXuFkg1MHIjtLZUoX1i2-7jit1QIRrtiDVJ585UfCZCxEPZRdaxLoRcx2gMJKGjq6DtoH0yEU2GAEVlYSw_XJzNz3kSvw6BlVLpeJcn1nugNKr84/s1600-h/brown_Stripe_Gold_tie900.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQnv00ViIbti43rfAO5_81Elu3UIOTfXuFkg1MHIjtLZUoX1i2-7jit1QIRrtiDVJ585UfCZCxEPZRdaxLoRcx2gMJKGjq6DtoH0yEU2GAEVlYSw_XJzNz3kSvw6BlVLpeJcn1nugNKr84/s400/brown_Stripe_Gold_tie900.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307194292406816530" /></a><br />I haven't posted in a while. Blame it on Facebook. On Facebook, people actually read what I write and look at my photos. Obviously, it has its downside as well. My articles don't get Google archived and its sometimes more difficult send someone a link to something specific.<br /><br />So, come join me on Facebook.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1372755709">FACEBOOK</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631104321241326333.post-31349368595890875322008-08-04T07:50:00.000-07:002008-08-04T07:57:20.692-07:00The Uptown Art Fair in MinneapolisThere were some cool things at the art show this year. None of that farmer renaissance art you'd hang at your cabin. There was some truly magnificent stone and glass work and lots of beautiful paintings.<br /><br />It was $9 to park - just about every where nearby.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HhuwjhzrA3r8rjgi6vAflkC8hdgJElQ0yLpEe-4KXfyDaaT9tEWXf567XWlkoCjbXPMrkhbzCTw93G9DWLsY5sTnMJ8a-kxFaIYswSQs6dlD60QbP9hMLqFH3C9TR-pKuMIjDbNYzjOz/s1600-h/07IMG_1516b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HhuwjhzrA3r8rjgi6vAflkC8hdgJElQ0yLpEe-4KXfyDaaT9tEWXf567XWlkoCjbXPMrkhbzCTw93G9DWLsY5sTnMJ8a-kxFaIYswSQs6dlD60QbP9hMLqFH3C9TR-pKuMIjDbNYzjOz/s400/07IMG_1516b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230676066797342722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhzkW3p45PuNCMNdq4hlYCYa_QgTTTxkj7hUJs1JX_Ak1x13gDFo-bROyynoVCL0A6DqOAqzxDZczGAAzA9Fv4mqv3s0_r5vKj98g-B5KryKtnefYkcdNmLOY1mKsUuUxCgrQB3FE8IMc/s1600-h/01bIMG_1530.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1PrMF4GlFRyn-I2Z5x3LE6V_q8z4DuP5uQj3DPsggLs8exE_iVuCOB4IzZ8evXg7X4MhMyY4_T8OKwuLutOtelfm8i4zTMl0ywUq2ypQyAPG_VKvfQ4A_6ui1ZLAEENZ-yTidh_sfM7_/s400/17IMG_1347.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228403892478182930" /></a><br /><br />Becky asked, "What did you ask him?"<br /><br />"I asked if woodpeckers were a problem. He misunderstood my question."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8H7NZQD4RQyw8bgGDshtqgYIF_26Sp_FPmgeXMQN8Gz8AE5TRjBLK8P9Rj-FSGPIOtn7FEwLHScQA59v_Ce3YjNnEA4gMYXIHbxuMuz1-q-ZzEDNBhB8YqzPYuEjI63je_auu7MRUEwZ/s1600-h/11IMG_1412.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8H7NZQD4RQyw8bgGDshtqgYIF_26Sp_FPmgeXMQN8Gz8AE5TRjBLK8P9Rj-FSGPIOtn7FEwLHScQA59v_Ce3YjNnEA4gMYXIHbxuMuz1-q-ZzEDNBhB8YqzPYuEjI63je_auu7MRUEwZ/s400/11IMG_1412.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228403714968387650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_pl9kGVL57GS-gKKysKDHQ6K2d5-A4dH0dE5vjJlUSQT93jpMjA0M94ZSG9YeWq9C22NmO6pdOmygPxP7nsm0NG6YG-hFsecOWXowkbYLaEMJB0b5XmM_XzGJwqRbKMepsXtZhqjTuhA/s1600-h/12IMG_1418.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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The Mill City website says that they were making enough flour to bake 12 million loaves of bread a day.<br /><br />It was due to the power of the falls on the Mississippi in the area now known as St.Anthony in Minneapolis. <br /><br />This is a really cool museum. It has a video that plays on a big screen that is narrated by a guy named Kevin Kling. This guy is hilarious, and I promise you- Seeing him do this video is worth the price of admission. You'll laugh and swell with pride to be a Minnesotan listening to him. <br /><br />The elevator ride is also really cool. The whole experience is outstanding. The Mill City Museum is right next to the Guthrie. Make an afternoon date of it. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtR4rSEm7PnU_3yG2DCWEIiMx4WjNnQqUjPPBG365CLhWYIzyd6XWgycju7DqzJZoFaIveVeC_ndAT0JEv2FM1KX4uQ-_q9EEH6yJvmqdzfJkTmt54f_M0hppSlY6sePuTUynm40dkc2M/s400/05IMG_1358.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228167832712378434" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631104321241326333.post-55337843012809254802008-07-28T10:00:00.000-07:002008-07-28T10:10:43.504-07:00The Jungle TheaterLast night, Becky and I received some free tickets to a show at the Jungle Theater. I love this theater. It has such a cool look to it. I snapped a couple of shots of its decor. <br /><br />Parking was easy. They have their own lot; however, be prepared with 3 or 4 dollar bills. The lot uses one of those machines that suck in dollar bills, but it doesn't take credit cards.<br /><br />The show we saw was Hedwig and the Angry Inch. It wasn't our normal cup of tea, but it was free for us. I enjoyed the music, although I was worried when they handed out ear plugs with the program. For the most part, the show was clever and revealed a side of a cultural group I don't normally get to see. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtc1gVQENvhRxqaj5o7V8IP8Ii9RlWz-k5m1ukq1l7kSs9v4y7IP7FiXtM5wN13zXHqcPMBXtYBK7sV_mN9JBb1l4Fa-BwlcwEl-wHUoWjMdwqjRrYuWJy4wEOOxjXqMEugZubOh3pbhI/s1600-h/01IMG_1455.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtc1gVQENvhRxqaj5o7V8IP8Ii9RlWz-k5m1ukq1l7kSs9v4y7IP7FiXtM5wN13zXHqcPMBXtYBK7sV_mN9JBb1l4Fa-BwlcwEl-wHUoWjMdwqjRrYuWJy4wEOOxjXqMEugZubOh3pbhI/s400/01IMG_1455.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228113310611175746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-5v6d4-DtLuK8yPeMM_Obms3G0N4Fjwz70OW2AaPsYoMwrEzQiR4oimonlbjUkEG3D-tk6uNNG_WtA8EcBGWT_4VJ1qYS08pPC6stgzhuGBwebJp0DvxfJMSWihBGcm4D3keWp2b5eVQ/s1600-h/02IMG_1467.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc-5v6d4-DtLuK8yPeMM_Obms3G0N4Fjwz70OW2AaPsYoMwrEzQiR4oimonlbjUkEG3D-tk6uNNG_WtA8EcBGWT_4VJ1qYS08pPC6stgzhuGBwebJp0DvxfJMSWihBGcm4D3keWp2b5eVQ/s400/02IMG_1467.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228113318197905634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJnUqF_hV5FBMDVyUqU4HZ4_MQnN5sHhgYxJRAu5h4qzFDTYYeoTx9-ouRhJRlSHTxnZKWygkCvCq6rNV6feKbnu0_GCq59QoeJPZiEol8_rbrOgTXEE0dCGxfyDYjaO5H-F3nC9G3KJ9/s1600-h/03IMG_1481.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJnUqF_hV5FBMDVyUqU4HZ4_MQnN5sHhgYxJRAu5h4qzFDTYYeoTx9-ouRhJRlSHTxnZKWygkCvCq6rNV6feKbnu0_GCq59QoeJPZiEol8_rbrOgTXEE0dCGxfyDYjaO5H-F3nC9G3KJ9/s400/03IMG_1481.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228113315394486258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTR0XTX_8egD9-vijDc5F25MQa4voutIamlnle5U2wo1COz9aCGW3YqFobyOtS8DAQgohWy1ciSRyJ2R9nhnyUxhPBeMn6O8FzIE585Aq4efz7HRkgUklV-28RqBJyAlUxBPI4y0StuNI/s1600-h/04IMG_1483.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTR0XTX_8egD9-vijDc5F25MQa4voutIamlnle5U2wo1COz9aCGW3YqFobyOtS8DAQgohWy1ciSRyJ2R9nhnyUxhPBeMn6O8FzIE585Aq4efz7HRkgUklV-28RqBJyAlUxBPI4y0StuNI/s400/04IMG_1483.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228113324486534834" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhEocZ15gb5hJYEGHXD0wxIK3HZytKTJMoijn98euo9lTBmPQmZiRo_SUp-EyqD7mYPBXMhrxr05hPyTJvQ1DEwUbGua_aHTy-yMtLz0W3UUm5rpWxetl6Sc1Xrrlf5gYxivgj205b266/s1600-h/05IMG_1484.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhEocZ15gb5hJYEGHXD0wxIK3HZytKTJMoijn98euo9lTBmPQmZiRo_SUp-EyqD7mYPBXMhrxr05hPyTJvQ1DEwUbGua_aHTy-yMtLz0W3UUm5rpWxetl6Sc1Xrrlf5gYxivgj205b266/s400/05IMG_1484.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228113326059182530" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631104321241326333.post-66650180512646904092008-07-14T05:31:00.000-07:002008-07-14T06:35:20.682-07:00Doc Severinsen and El Ritmo de la Vida<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUy2RxdEr-nN4vOmneo3Z595ztB5LdtcTknQIHBrgbVl2lTtzJvwpipQiYlh8bqXL9W30vtGQo6q0jaoY2HLWbII3UWm756OskLS8jm2tlEarNQhG49KYi87-aicKNJdtbyyRug45yasSn/s1600-h/doc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUy2RxdEr-nN4vOmneo3Z595ztB5LdtcTknQIHBrgbVl2lTtzJvwpipQiYlh8bqXL9W30vtGQo6q0jaoY2HLWbII3UWm756OskLS8jm2tlEarNQhG49KYi87-aicKNJdtbyyRug45yasSn/s400/doc.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222852996530001634" /></a><br /><br />Yesterday, Becky and I saw Doc Severinsen at Orchestra Hall. He was performing with classical guitarist Gil Guitierrez, violinist Pedro Cartas, percussionist Luis Conte and bass player Kevin Thomas. They were all backed up by the Minnesota Orchestra. <br /><br />When I was a kid, I used to see Doc Severinsen on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Man, he could tear up that trumpet. I mean really, it seems like he could make it do anything.<br /><br />He's 80 now. He walked out on stage dressed as crazy as ever. He was wearing a multi-colored tropical shirt and fluorescent-green pants with striped black and fluorescent-green socks. His slender frame seemed as lithe as ever.<br /><br />I'm not kidding, when he started to play, tears came to my eyes. His music seemed as effortless as ever. As he performed, I kept thinking, I'm seeing the complete tool kit of performance skills he has gathered over a lifetime. You never know if something he did was something he learned last week or 5 decades ago. It all came together to give a show that was as perfect as presentations can get.<br /><br />My favorite trick was a bit he does with violinist Pedro Cartas. Doc is holding out a brilliant note on the trumpet. Suddenly, he lowers the trumpet from his mouth, but the note continues perfectly uninterrupted. Pedro had taken it over on the violin and you never knew when one stopped and the other began. The crowd roared with approval.<br /><br />Doc commanded the room, directed the orchestra and kept us entertained the entire program. Often, while other members were playing, he would jump up and stomp right at the perfect spot. I thought, "Good lord, if my knees will let me stomp like that when I'm 80, I'll be a lucky man." One thing's for sure, I was a lucky man for getting to hear Doc play. In my treasure of memories, it will certainly be a jewel.<br /><br />The video below is not here in Minnesota. I think it's in Mexico, but it was made in 2008.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o8cDbZZDEN0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o8cDbZZDEN0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Below is a photo of Becky and me before the concert.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijOZh58et2lB9cTh-APp2sqrwOoRMQzC8SMjFndx5yWjc0HbdsvV_S0INlBS2ClsVZLUVRAjixAFhmAz4-dWI2Bf3tl-fahDyyeHIvPcb8iDqEmDWf_FzWolGHdU7ziGrSB6LbAI8K0LN/s1600-h/00IMG_1277.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgijOZh58et2lB9cTh-APp2sqrwOoRMQzC8SMjFndx5yWjc0HbdsvV_S0INlBS2ClsVZLUVRAjixAFhmAz4-dWI2Bf3tl-fahDyyeHIvPcb8iDqEmDWf_FzWolGHdU7ziGrSB6LbAI8K0LN/s400/00IMG_1277.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222859669297209538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEI3l-NgM-Zc9qE7MLbhvDgAdDd6h8ZOx5N9TzczA_SSt5RfnBQOQhGWIALoXFg0OfakgwJlW9yqO9H_BR4axi7AUDFC9VVzbkGgojDefIPo4gfdOPihegvO6PGfkWmoEQ0Yw6DdbZwnjA/s1600-h/01IMG_1286.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEI3l-NgM-Zc9qE7MLbhvDgAdDd6h8ZOx5N9TzczA_SSt5RfnBQOQhGWIALoXFg0OfakgwJlW9yqO9H_BR4axi7AUDFC9VVzbkGgojDefIPo4gfdOPihegvO6PGfkWmoEQ0Yw6DdbZwnjA/s400/01IMG_1286.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222859669831245202" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbbSRTDqg_S0jlTV69DQ7wzHQSyg-M2zdtTL-h0ov2TDhhyheWUMJa5dzEyHlhQ4BeNCsteD8QuL5h3M9Fr7joNDya8LJVMcA5oGPjKcfSGkGD_umWjW38WWLZRd_xsPc4kMYwM9Fj0We/s1600-h/02IMG_1288.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfbbSRTDqg_S0jlTV69DQ7wzHQSyg-M2zdtTL-h0ov2TDhhyheWUMJa5dzEyHlhQ4BeNCsteD8QuL5h3M9Fr7joNDya8LJVMcA5oGPjKcfSGkGD_umWjW38WWLZRd_xsPc4kMYwM9Fj0We/s400/02IMG_1288.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222859671477657682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzzjEijhw_P8lLzWiJpZ0HdCcmiF1NEamN7pRJcybWlB-E0j5pVmPDVqz-UDAeZC_d7uLebZOwM7QQ1EU9AQmxdiFCjoZAnR-m2h-CeAjCPXDU3VC0oxZkDyij_BdRWnm_ch54Xbw-cut/s1600-h/03IMG_1290.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzzjEijhw_P8lLzWiJpZ0HdCcmiF1NEamN7pRJcybWlB-E0j5pVmPDVqz-UDAeZC_d7uLebZOwM7QQ1EU9AQmxdiFCjoZAnR-m2h-CeAjCPXDU3VC0oxZkDyij_BdRWnm_ch54Xbw-cut/s400/03IMG_1290.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222859673415659378" /></a><br /><br />I don't know what this is (below), but they were on the tables outside of Orchestra Hall. Becky said, "Oh, take photo of that. Jenn would love it."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAR7RsJp_Kj1w3WAhWqqImIMzQVEs9R87FqhNwKOh_XlKD4ZTAVYamH_nje2MXhfGdpBdmOE53glOcbtwmAwd-Nr9nd3FJRmbeJxKUVLu6brhH5zQFgdH7DCpM_C6KpsI3Kb02VCxHOuoz/s1600-h/04IMG_1284.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAR7RsJp_Kj1w3WAhWqqImIMzQVEs9R87FqhNwKOh_XlKD4ZTAVYamH_nje2MXhfGdpBdmOE53glOcbtwmAwd-Nr9nd3FJRmbeJxKUVLu6brhH5zQFgdH7DCpM_C6KpsI3Kb02VCxHOuoz/s400/04IMG_1284.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222862469665856434" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631104321241326333.post-54961797884227916722008-07-05T15:08:00.000-07:002008-07-05T17:36:37.439-07:00Late Merging on the highwayBelow is a video of late merging at the junction of Hwy 35 and 62. If you watch, you can see cars zipping to the front of the line and cutting in at the last minute.<br /><br /><object width="360" height="300"><br /><div><embed wmode="transparent" flashvars="myFile=late_merging" quality="high" src="http://www.kennyshomework.com/videos/videoPlayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="width:360px;height:300px" align="left"><br /></embed></div></object><br /><br />--------------<br /><br />I think late merging is rude, but I think people just don't think about it that way- at least the people who are late merging don't. It happens to me on the way home from work every weekday on Hwy 62. The construction creates a perfect opportunity for people to late merge.<br /><br />All of us in the left lane are waiting our turn, when people zoom up to the front of the line and late merge. This causes people in the left lane to break and slow down. It happens at the junction of 35W north and Hwy 62, and it happens to me where Hwy 62 loses a left lane back just past Hwy 169 near Gleason Road. <br /><br />People get really mad at the late mergers. I've seen people swerve into the left lane to block late mergers- almost on a daily basis. Often, frustrated drivers will move into the left lane and block cars from going past. I've seen fender benders. I have personally been rear ended by a guy who was trying to keep a late merger from getting into the lane. <br /><br />The late merging is making tempers flare and it is causing very unsafe driving conditions. Why isn't MNDOT doing more to address this problem? If nothing else, some public education would help. I think a lot of people just see it as the fastest way to get where they are going. It never crosses their mind that people get really angry when they feel others are not waiting their turn.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631104321241326333.post-49126604134859915702008-06-19T19:00:00.000-07:002008-06-19T10:58:19.593-07:00Favorite bike path near home<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6KkmyCv-hJAX81aJiIDzFTXd9_jL68bMLefGL0HCRWahLu7ZDfowuQJHxhNXCGhcZ0gVMfAbVP8sh82_E6wLfUlNXyzXpaZQlX-sbtxbW7y1E2bseJPO7lEvEDye3qdhPHkudjxTNh7t/s1600-h/Kenny_Biking_June08.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR6KkmyCv-hJAX81aJiIDzFTXd9_jL68bMLefGL0HCRWahLu7ZDfowuQJHxhNXCGhcZ0gVMfAbVP8sh82_E6wLfUlNXyzXpaZQlX-sbtxbW7y1E2bseJPO7lEvEDye3qdhPHkudjxTNh7t/s400/Kenny_Biking_June08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213592166818218002" /></a><br /><br />First, I know that helmet looks too small. At least several people have told me that upon seeing this photo. It's not, though. So there.<br /><br />I live near Lake Nokomis, which is part of several nearby lakes that are surrounded by bike paths. However, if you really want to get your heart rate up, the lake paths are not the best. They have a posted 10 mph speed limit, which is not enforced, but it's still a good idea. Between slower riders, pedestrians and roller bladers, it's just too crowded to keep a constant speed. <br /><br />However, you can hit the sidewalk that parallels the lake on the east and north sides and really pick up some speed without the traffic of main street.<br /><br />The photo below is the trail on the north side of Lake Nokomis. You should see these trees in the spring. They are covered with white and pink blossoms. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRD9BqMZxzgxixZkCUlapcRbmjm133TmwcEXqsQ78_70JMg8xxAtc68rJMgTkSFILc3kjnfosbHjfdWOlPsnD5ozQLz4NS-vE07razhVGzp_59b8HNbc2lj_tlPZY9uXWL1fxcovpkwqnE/s1600-h/01IMG_0971.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRD9BqMZxzgxixZkCUlapcRbmjm133TmwcEXqsQ78_70JMg8xxAtc68rJMgTkSFILc3kjnfosbHjfdWOlPsnD5ozQLz4NS-vE07razhVGzp_59b8HNbc2lj_tlPZY9uXWL1fxcovpkwqnE/s400/01IMG_0971.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213617423562854258" /></a><br /><br />I like to head toward Minnehaha Falls and then down into Ft.Snelling. To get there, you jump onto the Minnehaha Creek bike path. The photos below are of a bridge over the path I found along the way.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQR-bvSqPN5oLt0C_Ps2fc_TqyXa9QX98jBhbcKQXOCGRG2xmS1XFgbNMpFMSkhJiKZoEDvGNCjQrBCQAaKc1Q5W2-ieDTaW1SWHX9WnF98RMJOL0_XcT5LvN4b-WE3XgEVMHZmDxNS7R/s1600-h/02IMG_0973.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQR-bvSqPN5oLt0C_Ps2fc_TqyXa9QX98jBhbcKQXOCGRG2xmS1XFgbNMpFMSkhJiKZoEDvGNCjQrBCQAaKc1Q5W2-ieDTaW1SWHX9WnF98RMJOL0_XcT5LvN4b-WE3XgEVMHZmDxNS7R/s400/02IMG_0973.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213620164859632930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDdJjUmhRXLLI4enGdC_ELtmYx1HPgMrNkfKMFeLTk1AGoHY3OEwNUt4jpcGMTSlx9rfJ6fsEPYJyxCIGEwmmxLs0SqumV5lID2HtVeATyBboohr-6IVjTsIA7SEExo5LkTq-TrZI0Q3e/s1600-h/03IMG_0975.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDdJjUmhRXLLI4enGdC_ELtmYx1HPgMrNkfKMFeLTk1AGoHY3OEwNUt4jpcGMTSlx9rfJ6fsEPYJyxCIGEwmmxLs0SqumV5lID2HtVeATyBboohr-6IVjTsIA7SEExo5LkTq-TrZI0Q3e/s400/03IMG_0975.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213620261526543970" /></a><br /><br />Below is the John H. Stevens House, which was a civic meeting place built in 1849. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUXJrpFyDi__7ms-eOH8XGBx6idH84RK-KTr8g3lLYteXu9H4piRBWL0zm7JYybhJo9N0oAJa9j8LtbNZzhZ2-ij2tdABrw-vccbYD9c2JFXz9F57HRxqRBs7Yb0mp37F8zqBt4iADAA6/s1600-h/04House_IMG_0977.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmUXJrpFyDi__7ms-eOH8XGBx6idH84RK-KTr8g3lLYteXu9H4piRBWL0zm7JYybhJo9N0oAJa9j8LtbNZzhZ2-ij2tdABrw-vccbYD9c2JFXz9F57HRxqRBs7Yb0mp37F8zqBt4iADAA6/s400/04House_IMG_0977.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213622046107656850" /></a><br /><br />Below is the back of Minnehaha Falls.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApjR4ff-wi1cTudfeZLRpmf4xNq6aMwu61f9K2jYyxS54VToa_2mtiUlkWFN68FHmvKUqBhFfIQp_1FkCbHsxWnOD_OXIYVAEbThy9b3qBncetFMQO2mD0M3g8GJ14JS5n3xo3nIwvqRN/s1600-h/05IMG_0978.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApjR4ff-wi1cTudfeZLRpmf4xNq6aMwu61f9K2jYyxS54VToa_2mtiUlkWFN68FHmvKUqBhFfIQp_1FkCbHsxWnOD_OXIYVAEbThy9b3qBncetFMQO2mD0M3g8GJ14JS5n3xo3nIwvqRN/s400/05IMG_0978.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213622325770746178" /></a><br /><br />Below are the falls. They say the rocks below the falls are deteriorating and in need of repair. It may not look like this long. Photo take June 14, 2008.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnu2MU9olNkdgPMLPr1qVPIdPfPx2MH-noVss-zXGRpFq9d7gZEOPgmnff3WZVczzeVikFbf3UCk2xbrlC065yeOnolGjHirZxeK9GbWufhlKVJqBEM2Qv516dXH3A0nuoa6ZsOJ2KvDD/s1600-h/FallsIMG_0980.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnu2MU9olNkdgPMLPr1qVPIdPfPx2MH-noVss-zXGRpFq9d7gZEOPgmnff3WZVczzeVikFbf3UCk2xbrlC065yeOnolGjHirZxeK9GbWufhlKVJqBEM2Qv516dXH3A0nuoa6ZsOJ2KvDD/s400/FallsIMG_0980.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213622630944219218" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631104321241326333.post-37318092692569540112008-06-19T18:30:00.000-07:002008-06-19T09:59:13.129-07:00Video of bike path in Ft.Snelling ParkI shot this video with my Cannon compact camera while riding my bike. <br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><br /><div><embed wmode="transparent" flashvars="myFile=MVI_1006Med_Prog_360x240" quality="high" src="http://www.kennyshomework.com/videos/videoPlayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="width:360px;height:300px" align="left"><br /></embed></div></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631104321241326333.post-34094912638998078542008-06-19T09:04:00.000-07:002008-06-19T09:22:11.480-07:00Biking down into Ft.Snelling<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxaspA8ye5FEhh0-JpH_ji7F69aeUre4IMzB-MVCEPGq0asJA4qqly5t9l9BQjPJ47CMBoGbvaaiGReZEtEFpAmEuksWb7HAVck0AV_GQYrR9khiQLHCpCKQMOMRYDL_SNQENq9kwLT1Y/s1600-h/08_pathToFtSnellingIMG_1008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxaspA8ye5FEhh0-JpH_ji7F69aeUre4IMzB-MVCEPGq0asJA4qqly5t9l9BQjPJ47CMBoGbvaaiGReZEtEFpAmEuksWb7HAVck0AV_GQYrR9khiQLHCpCKQMOMRYDL_SNQENq9kwLT1Y/s400/08_pathToFtSnellingIMG_1008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213625210264005154" /></a><br /><br />Below is the start of the path coming from the Minnehaha Falls area going down into Ft.Snelling. It's a gentle downhill ride into Ft.Snelling. The ride is very scenic. There's a limestone wall near the bottom of the path where kids stop to carve their initials or try to climb. It's a little sandy there. Be careful. Bikes don't like roll through sand. <br /><br />Below is the path going into Ft.Snelling.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDk_j90ddlAfnZTUkwZ4NEq1wIiPvWB-QitRcGSTtAwzanymCbqqHI3QPWp_rQS8TJKtMz-MzHXcvGMOSPYja87Ye9OuPwMxz7080-cOQ6oNFfMoCmTAMM7ZNQ86BlZuvNMadgjuqz0vA9/s1600-h/09IMG_0987.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDk_j90ddlAfnZTUkwZ4NEq1wIiPvWB-QitRcGSTtAwzanymCbqqHI3QPWp_rQS8TJKtMz-MzHXcvGMOSPYja87Ye9OuPwMxz7080-cOQ6oNFfMoCmTAMM7ZNQ86BlZuvNMadgjuqz0vA9/s400/09IMG_0987.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213625712158113506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mV_wmSBzv4GAcMuVcmK3rzJDNMxi9SJ4ZJ0KSdZoU-QZCpW2tk092y1xm4XrIzl-aEgZJSKz1qf46_Z2W8As072nG03Pz7jaatltpkoCjHSayJ3pVoo3dhyphenhyphen6MTTS83YkJdVxrLVOxoSR/s1600-h/10IMG_0988.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mV_wmSBzv4GAcMuVcmK3rzJDNMxi9SJ4ZJ0KSdZoU-QZCpW2tk092y1xm4XrIzl-aEgZJSKz1qf46_Z2W8As072nG03Pz7jaatltpkoCjHSayJ3pVoo3dhyphenhyphen6MTTS83YkJdVxrLVOxoSR/s400/10IMG_0988.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213626023193404290" /></a><br /><br />The Ft.Smelling path goes around Snelling Lake and the Mississippi river. You can also hike on Pike Island, where the Mississippi and the Minnesota rivers come together.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVxnNuQFYzOTJtjNpW1zhBl67gftvt9wKX1akCvkctkVI3UV5w-Al8ADaq82Vb8YkAoHNwCWxH16Kc-i8nhl26lgpMPjF30o9he8vdvtDLB5gEM81keqXERlvhfs9DQgDlSr-HcBh32vU/s1600-h/11IMG_0989.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVxnNuQFYzOTJtjNpW1zhBl67gftvt9wKX1akCvkctkVI3UV5w-Al8ADaq82Vb8YkAoHNwCWxH16Kc-i8nhl26lgpMPjF30o9he8vdvtDLB5gEM81keqXERlvhfs9DQgDlSr-HcBh32vU/s400/11IMG_0989.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213627422389181538" /></a><br /><br />Some of the paths closest to the river are not paved. However, I had no trouble traversing these with my narrow tires. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrm0qy5MkfY8LqRb0fGnN0E-xZV5e2a4LyuM9l4WAYxjLZaW4pWnpda_twkt-zsEZFiL8E6aGwP3erQJ0Yi-BTyDCvU9dGyJ1D22X51XdoeWzINV9bpkRPIJrI6X0p1DHaCOHymQTOHWY3/s1600-h/12IMG_0997.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrm0qy5MkfY8LqRb0fGnN0E-xZV5e2a4LyuM9l4WAYxjLZaW4pWnpda_twkt-zsEZFiL8E6aGwP3erQJ0Yi-BTyDCvU9dGyJ1D22X51XdoeWzINV9bpkRPIJrI6X0p1DHaCOHymQTOHWY3/s400/12IMG_0997.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213628441444722962" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631104321241326333.post-85118762153040708712008-06-04T06:06:00.000-07:002008-06-19T09:52:21.095-07:00South High School Pop Singers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sWke5kHaZE8TaxwNzdLd_B2Iu_w2izyMAjh3f4vgI4-Ja4efY4yQrR4mlW2IZcv7Z5ah-BonDznbGawCxHnPn7p8Z6BahMUbPo6C8aKJDR9GJgCmRZUWlrtC8lPb_ScF-s5R8DM1kJTB/s1600-h/cap.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2sWke5kHaZE8TaxwNzdLd_B2Iu_w2izyMAjh3f4vgI4-Ja4efY4yQrR4mlW2IZcv7Z5ah-BonDznbGawCxHnPn7p8Z6BahMUbPo6C8aKJDR9GJgCmRZUWlrtC8lPb_ScF-s5R8DM1kJTB/s320/cap.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208016585250389890" /></a><br />Both of my kids go to South High School and participate in their music program. Seth plays trumpet and Jenn plays saxophone. In the video (below), the South High Pop Singers, led by Denny Malmberg, perform. A student named Mark does the short bee bop solo. I remember that kid when he was knee-high to a grasshopper, as the saying goes. <br /><br />I shot this video with my Canon A650 compact digital camera (so, not a real video camera).<br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><br /><div><embed wmode="transparent" flashvars="myFile=popSingers01bMed_Prog_360x240" quality="high" src="http://www.kennyshomework.com/videos/videoPlayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" style="width:360px;height:300px" align="left"><br /></embed></div></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631104321241326333.post-29033549760649897982008-04-30T13:32:00.000-07:002008-05-25T13:33:03.496-07:00Festival of Nations<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQ4vhsX7VIKg4woRIGJG25g8hK9skjJ2aBkq6W0L3YsCHZ8kGSJjxd9h8fqprT1buRIUKh3qMWuu9pnBoSywj0GqvwhnkkkIiJq2wplu-KUeCgOZTjoqFquQsu7oF2k_qyqMvcBCKUDo/s1600-h/36_Kenny.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPQ4vhsX7VIKg4woRIGJG25g8hK9skjJ2aBkq6W0L3YsCHZ8kGSJjxd9h8fqprT1buRIUKh3qMWuu9pnBoSywj0GqvwhnkkkIiJq2wplu-KUeCgOZTjoqFquQsu7oF2k_qyqMvcBCKUDo/s200/36_Kenny.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196898765105372802" /></a>On Sunday, we (Kenny, Becky and Jenn) attended the Festival of Nations at the St. Paul RiverCentre. I really had a great time. I often have the thought that- In this small sliver of time I'm here on Earth, I'm living life with people who all have one thing in common. We're all here, alive during this time period. Maybe that sounds corny, but it makes me wonder what they're all up to. At the Festival of Nations, they all want to show you. They want to show you how to do their cultural painting, weavings, and egg decoratings. I may never want to own a hand painted egg, but I think it's fascinating that someone enjoys taking time to create such delicate beauty (CLICK THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM).<br /><br />Being at the Festival of Nations was, frankly, just refreshing. I was surrounded by people who were different than me in politics, religion and skin color, and they all wanted to smile at me, share with me, and talk. It was nice.<br /><br />The photo below if of a Malian musician. Wow, could he play this instrument, which I believe is a traditional Manding repertoire.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJOLIEJNf1VShHgpa4cDwcKTQKEoLmg0TpZBpkeQ0k6_mo1sw-evyWbQZDcTbUIAliIKkK3CmzD5YItkg48xW8tYUDmCHxY2b8_4voZcJjFeUDJp4OJfwwBIhGC4LyaArrfHMgksQl0k/s1600-h/01_Malian_musician.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJOLIEJNf1VShHgpa4cDwcKTQKEoLmg0TpZBpkeQ0k6_mo1sw-evyWbQZDcTbUIAliIKkK3CmzD5YItkg48xW8tYUDmCHxY2b8_4voZcJjFeUDJp4OJfwwBIhGC4LyaArrfHMgksQl0k/s400/01_Malian_musician.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196887417801776130" /></a><br /><br />Below is a photo of Becky and me.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOase9j57DZoa2TIo0Nf1ZO-_FqGAXG1b_RZxlrAVw-PnyyXVhTFH_i1ihjsJ3-8bVlQpLKhHOuZwacjaUDMxsOiC1uY6VOFdR9rqXEQTUD-I174GwF00ewk4iGhbAwF94hA_OldeY4Oo/s1600-h/38_Kenny_Becky.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOase9j57DZoa2TIo0Nf1ZO-_FqGAXG1b_RZxlrAVw-PnyyXVhTFH_i1ihjsJ3-8bVlQpLKhHOuZwacjaUDMxsOiC1uY6VOFdR9rqXEQTUD-I174GwF00ewk4iGhbAwF94hA_OldeY4Oo/s400/38_Kenny_Becky.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196900371423141538" /></a><br /><br />The doll, in the photo below, was sitting outside of an oriental garment display. It reads, "Tell us if you want get dressed. It's really fun!" It did look fun. Several young girls were trying on traditional wraps. I started to ask if I could try one on, but I wasn't sure if my attempt at facetious humor would be understood.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx14r6fZAOTLi0NPjCAlJUVsP6u6YmB-2KpW8er9qAYnKHnUr7C1VQB7bfGUvRaCC3uzHq9wf1vTm7VLeC-U9omOiEFOs1lrM5CJqBkOm3aEGwQM1ui2g2PkQdcUui18AnA72ywRUF-K0/s1600-h/02_doll.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx14r6fZAOTLi0NPjCAlJUVsP6u6YmB-2KpW8er9qAYnKHnUr7C1VQB7bfGUvRaCC3uzHq9wf1vTm7VLeC-U9omOiEFOs1lrM5CJqBkOm3aEGwQM1ui2g2PkQdcUui18AnA72ywRUF-K0/s400/02_doll.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196888616097651730" /></a><br />Below is a photo of the Latvian dancers.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif646338qe2xJWrVsDSlHDxMfKNaNaBC78dcYbmE2tNA7HuVzDiO_X-N6-KNbo_EvZoeYbWFdvWpRth-GouakHbR1DD_Lr_7csHk2pqbySeahDCaNwZqhyphenhyphenb1HW_pmJC57vzvqH6uOLnpk/s1600-h/03_Latvian.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif646338qe2xJWrVsDSlHDxMfKNaNaBC78dcYbmE2tNA7HuVzDiO_X-N6-KNbo_EvZoeYbWFdvWpRth-GouakHbR1DD_Lr_7csHk2pqbySeahDCaNwZqhyphenhyphenb1HW_pmJC57vzvqH6uOLnpk/s400/03_Latvian.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196889174443400226" /></a><br />Below are the Irish river dancers.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4uNxbtwh0Eu7RCBuSBAWixxTVAo9xMHo_UhUGh6_4MaQ8l6bnMFQk7iIKm8H6Zxe8_EsbSYchsbsncKtIgJZZExkcRbN9kICkTZB9qcAoDXsdShLNGpXNEx_hDrgG1NP7ZRPY9_l0KI/s1600-h/04_Irish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4uNxbtwh0Eu7RCBuSBAWixxTVAo9xMHo_UhUGh6_4MaQ8l6bnMFQk7iIKm8H6Zxe8_EsbSYchsbsncKtIgJZZExkcRbN9kICkTZB9qcAoDXsdShLNGpXNEx_hDrgG1NP7ZRPY9_l0KI/s400/04_Irish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196889333357190194" /></a><br />With his permission, I took this photo of his Chinese Lingnam nature painting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdMHEVqrQmzaA00810QdVpwh4siRhHDj47wTicHB4oOF-FD-p4_X3n850jg1y7VOz4FU3XlWdw0DzaiM-_sm8Rc4-HkQrGdIGxRoW5riIC3ZOepFCQg1QRVXRjPp8oyINaX9aTnaHcLM/s1600-h/05_Chinese_Lingnam_Nature_Painting.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdMHEVqrQmzaA00810QdVpwh4siRhHDj47wTicHB4oOF-FD-p4_X3n850jg1y7VOz4FU3XlWdw0DzaiM-_sm8Rc4-HkQrGdIGxRoW5riIC3ZOepFCQg1QRVXRjPp8oyINaX9aTnaHcLM/s400/05_Chinese_Lingnam_Nature_Painting.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196890123631172674" /></a><br />Below, Jenn became a Scandinavian baker.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3PgV1i9A_d7fwx4aP8JLsg1UTACTmwHHwrOiWUiK0ydHVH8F-pPqOM2dn_nFtKshsCSM3efJLXaW-JecaYjYsYT1P6UUwm03MM_NgCT_zRJzKyknCYEUPYvgXVBwfbu-jCpHkOS4vaQ/s1600-h/06_Jenn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3PgV1i9A_d7fwx4aP8JLsg1UTACTmwHHwrOiWUiK0ydHVH8F-pPqOM2dn_nFtKshsCSM3efJLXaW-JecaYjYsYT1P6UUwm03MM_NgCT_zRJzKyknCYEUPYvgXVBwfbu-jCpHkOS4vaQ/s400/06_Jenn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196890419983916114" /></a><br />The photo below is of Paraguayan Musicians.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDTC2gJea49-hLbK80wUcdep2V-eyg8ySUFs_MYLvRquJQ8reWatgnzNuVniRnZyyTxKbDE1Sk0iah4kSjDML5QGero-UE4-_FV1AYD-w-eFeM0uiLrHuMNAWMmFdfpOqM1PdWVGBLBY/s1600-h/07_players.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDTC2gJea49-hLbK80wUcdep2V-eyg8ySUFs_MYLvRquJQ8reWatgnzNuVniRnZyyTxKbDE1Sk0iah4kSjDML5QGero-UE4-_FV1AYD-w-eFeM0uiLrHuMNAWMmFdfpOqM1PdWVGBLBY/s400/07_players.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196890965444762722" /></a><br />With permission, I took these two photos of delicate Czech & Slovak Egg Decorating.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUp_UNSMOs63sY7TBM1WLsiFDbR6s9baMZyXbYlYsImnQ3DaC5Ef7c8L1FgwCdbVjc5QmPOSvGqbXD-PgLWdUAYio6bk5ChMeg6Pcdau8ztHzvz0aQyI-d-7xeC-WdisGVkUqZdlRdOk/s1600-h/08_eggGuy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMUp_UNSMOs63sY7TBM1WLsiFDbR6s9baMZyXbYlYsImnQ3DaC5Ef7c8L1FgwCdbVjc5QmPOSvGqbXD-PgLWdUAYio6bk5ChMeg6Pcdau8ztHzvz0aQyI-d-7xeC-WdisGVkUqZdlRdOk/s400/08_eggGuy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196891553855282290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVvRTaryXQth6uIBpth2ss5tj63CoFCzLKLMnpCmHcnH30bWml_F84K1mcT2qseQY1wL7YXTzH8ssr9LJCf2M-aNY5ELTHxhF3IJkS4RWNWuZt5R2eipJ-M2aFO9QzDpt4UZ1FY2GpGQ/s1600-h/09_EggGirl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYVvRTaryXQth6uIBpth2ss5tj63CoFCzLKLMnpCmHcnH30bWml_F84K1mcT2qseQY1wL7YXTzH8ssr9LJCf2M-aNY5ELTHxhF3IJkS4RWNWuZt5R2eipJ-M2aFO9QzDpt4UZ1FY2GpGQ/s400/09_EggGirl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196891665524432002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6czH8sWKbuBZJaFmqs9ZUJbS3zhpvN6P73oF-N-91EkTK27k9VRysgwbvtBx-WJ6B9-C_1kGUsqKm-vZmiR6pLwKVE9P3o3OsgFj3-xMg2E_tv10ad9hTEi2mx73KYE1Bch1xamlssU/s1600-h/10_eggPaint.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6czH8sWKbuBZJaFmqs9ZUJbS3zhpvN6P73oF-N-91EkTK27k9VRysgwbvtBx-WJ6B9-C_1kGUsqKm-vZmiR6pLwKVE9P3o3OsgFj3-xMg2E_tv10ad9hTEi2mx73KYE1Bch1xamlssU/s400/10_eggPaint.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196891768603647122" /></a><br />Below, is a photo of Swedish Hand weaving. Becky knew this woman from her a class she took in her Graduate program.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheF0SR96IwHZTa0YFnxj7M2UPHzHMOChdvdL61jDE38eQ6PjuCkJ67kbJfqIxHQkxv3R9aoieRKPAUVjoTjuzJ8bNTHu-gWV-wvQIcYBj1cGTVMtWpoc-BcPDShloodCqeWmkC6fdyQTE/s1600-h/11_Becky_friend.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheF0SR96IwHZTa0YFnxj7M2UPHzHMOChdvdL61jDE38eQ6PjuCkJ67kbJfqIxHQkxv3R9aoieRKPAUVjoTjuzJ8bNTHu-gWV-wvQIcYBj1cGTVMtWpoc-BcPDShloodCqeWmkC6fdyQTE/s400/11_Becky_friend.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196892232460115106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOtGhpp7a1gja53d9RweTSMELXMUJ1KxBzzvsQQLXs84v1iJM9YQLHC55FUDQrHvp5wmSxvOFo_goeMD5sjHsmjiZzft8hbtUsXmqduIbfchimasxghyphenhyphen_23jZlQhfPBmkp1FiXjjyZ0A/s1600-h/12_Becky_and_Friend.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOtGhpp7a1gja53d9RweTSMELXMUJ1KxBzzvsQQLXs84v1iJM9YQLHC55FUDQrHvp5wmSxvOFo_goeMD5sjHsmjiZzft8hbtUsXmqduIbfchimasxghyphenhyphen_23jZlQhfPBmkp1FiXjjyZ0A/s400/12_Becky_and_Friend.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196892339834297522" /></a><br />Below is a photo of the banner that's hung in the main auditorium where the dances were performed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpeZJYOqmGIyoIX2l3jnilmXFgK13_YL6c-etno-qOlJYSw6DzQzhBQWeiuOxanJv_Z-jN7ip2VqSUCiCuk8BuGMJwmDIXX545WCKXfH-pE3X1J9yFzvS924_qb643nadbzUOt3Re698/s1600-h/13_Festival_of_Nations.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpeZJYOqmGIyoIX2l3jnilmXFgK13_YL6c-etno-qOlJYSw6DzQzhBQWeiuOxanJv_Z-jN7ip2VqSUCiCuk8BuGMJwmDIXX545WCKXfH-pE3X1J9yFzvS924_qb643nadbzUOt3Re698/s400/13_Festival_of_Nations.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196892644776975554" /></a><br />Below, the 1:00 showing began with all of the various ethnic dancers carrying out an American flag. In the center of the stage, they spread it taut while the National Anthem was sung. One side would lift and lower their edge of the flag to create a wave effect. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTSu2zkdNUmEMKw_ekByPe0IxlvXuFWuFt7Q6Tt7z1brq6gGM1r2o9jNka8YVQ7GckF_c5vj4s9ernj8w6ChIDauyTNgwzuUMbhHT9-GNiJ51RFPfON8_KZEB9Y54hVzcbMIg2aT4-hwY/s1600-h/14_flag.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTSu2zkdNUmEMKw_ekByPe0IxlvXuFWuFt7Q6Tt7z1brq6gGM1r2o9jNka8YVQ7GckF_c5vj4s9ernj8w6ChIDauyTNgwzuUMbhHT9-GNiJ51RFPfON8_KZEB9Y54hVzcbMIg2aT4-hwY/s400/14_flag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196893417871088850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXh6CD9vEn5Ttq-7uZXbcx-57fMRXM3UCtjiBdRb05PiLrLKHuaP4GTKGIlvCWwsfTb7f-s5Px4ceXWXyzE366D4sZC-u6q2zDki2-fdU7NqK2uO2AOERpID8wzkB2xXHow5Trl1zEWLc/s1600-h/15_Flag.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXh6CD9vEn5Ttq-7uZXbcx-57fMRXM3UCtjiBdRb05PiLrLKHuaP4GTKGIlvCWwsfTb7f-s5Px4ceXWXyzE366D4sZC-u6q2zDki2-fdU7NqK2uO2AOERpID8wzkB2xXHow5Trl1zEWLc/s400/15_Flag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196893516655336674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UsqHsXloe2aWzCnm6NGx5YRziYYebqH1olAfzqntuDiuOzIUnfP3LGzgwvcU-o6bmDUR9aoiE7FuwVvgOcxKiOOSPtvpqjJhzAlZm9zIdX-5MaJK6punkRgGo2kLK96riEeKn2T4mIc/s1600-h/16_Flag.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UsqHsXloe2aWzCnm6NGx5YRziYYebqH1olAfzqntuDiuOzIUnfP3LGzgwvcU-o6bmDUR9aoiE7FuwVvgOcxKiOOSPtvpqjJhzAlZm9zIdX-5MaJK6punkRgGo2kLK96riEeKn2T4mIc/s400/16_Flag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196893636914420978" /></a><br />Below are the Swedish dancers. I tried to get a shot of the little old lady in the yellow and red, but she just swished along so fast, I couldn't get it. She was so cute.<br /><br />And look at the way the man is looking at her. I think there's something between those two. He looks like he adores her.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwCfuZvj2A7qYnroEGoqZ1G1vIZ5xyGGOndT-fI9DP33qUc-M6dHqyAfKDLksmvzSvIP-jtsqOAJITbaX2JZrvgNduD1W3YnrGRakvKYhJKHy5VFibZRBHtnEuA4y9InhKuV0R7nIXws/s1600-h/18_Swedish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHwCfuZvj2A7qYnroEGoqZ1G1vIZ5xyGGOndT-fI9DP33qUc-M6dHqyAfKDLksmvzSvIP-jtsqOAJITbaX2JZrvgNduD1W3YnrGRakvKYhJKHy5VFibZRBHtnEuA4y9InhKuV0R7nIXws/s400/18_Swedish.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196894178080300306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtt1SXq1gFWEnTIb-jRl3qM3usYx5aU3cuWHu9sZTnsXbABQghg9G1NvpPrju-f0l6YsTrJxvbnj82S2wspqpSWRqDL033RxAiXuW2LFMUWlaxKSdIXWI6RqttLq_SMZ28bYwbSY5kiQ/s1600-h/17_ladies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtt1SXq1gFWEnTIb-jRl3qM3usYx5aU3cuWHu9sZTnsXbABQghg9G1NvpPrju-f0l6YsTrJxvbnj82S2wspqpSWRqDL033RxAiXuW2LFMUWlaxKSdIXWI6RqttLq_SMZ28bYwbSY5kiQ/s400/17_ladies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196894105065856258" /></a><br />Below are the Ecuadorian dancers.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9C1ZavPrno-JbJtDmtwmq4hHeGiuRY_FHd9ZA4PmO0_iQPWluW_EbUTIXlN4mUttokkyZuhoTvq3PdeqaNNdvp3HREh2UhqDdvz4tHbxoXl9ORvpJilAMlXB4RB12WglyUUb8DyvENQ/s1600-h/19_Ecuador.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif9C1ZavPrno-JbJtDmtwmq4hHeGiuRY_FHd9ZA4PmO0_iQPWluW_EbUTIXlN4mUttokkyZuhoTvq3PdeqaNNdvp3HREh2UhqDdvz4tHbxoXl9ORvpJilAMlXB4RB12WglyUUb8DyvENQ/s400/19_Ecuador.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196894955469380898" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEVIhyYLsjgNdzATrLQI0w1cr8sfwKGUyMiUcBfEJQxlBOD1yjn0QThDLx8O_3DomK-yZlwbn91g-p6A3u0170c9zGlG2JqmAURIH4pizGSbm0v6537bgKqq9Tlolaq4A63czo5TXgls/s1600-h/20_ecuador.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEVIhyYLsjgNdzATrLQI0w1cr8sfwKGUyMiUcBfEJQxlBOD1yjn0QThDLx8O_3DomK-yZlwbn91g-p6A3u0170c9zGlG2JqmAURIH4pizGSbm0v6537bgKqq9Tlolaq4A63czo5TXgls/s400/20_ecuador.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196906006420234002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzC9fgqznuLrIG1N0okhmR4xHq3auqJI_IlR9M4AL7eJfpgzOlLPs6wYKoxDy0m6zvRI8d0VyZ6gExc-TtmpNhua5c4z_Khz0o0GYrh3ZPjUkYZIdryV8FOe-0i6Ih27Y5FBvFD3DyY8/s1600-h/21_ecuador.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzC9fgqznuLrIG1N0okhmR4xHq3auqJI_IlR9M4AL7eJfpgzOlLPs6wYKoxDy0m6zvRI8d0VyZ6gExc-TtmpNhua5c4z_Khz0o0GYrh3ZPjUkYZIdryV8FOe-0i6Ih27Y5FBvFD3DyY8/s400/21_ecuador.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196906242643435298" /></a><br />Below are the Armenian dancers.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprd7jMWhbQxVV1WKrYhUEQstxjuDZ_HaOm55ABxLcyYVB7jMu-oROW6yRXXhTO_g2a0hLteR7KdYySRUeLqDzUKMYapeP0DQu7a8Fw3vW-zNdvzbm4Pbt-y8E0Tw1Cyl93SLfNVy3Hf0/s1600-h/22_Aremnia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprd7jMWhbQxVV1WKrYhUEQstxjuDZ_HaOm55ABxLcyYVB7jMu-oROW6yRXXhTO_g2a0hLteR7KdYySRUeLqDzUKMYapeP0DQu7a8Fw3vW-zNdvzbm4Pbt-y8E0Tw1Cyl93SLfNVy3Hf0/s400/22_Aremnia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196895303361731922" /></a><br />Below are the Chinese dancers. I have more photos of the Chinese dancers than others because they would move, and then stop as if to pose for photos. The dance was introduced as an exhibition of the beauty of Chinese women in the 19th century.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvaCywI6wY2qY9LjgBJJEAcLWcGxCSkWunH-mwT4cmMgJmiYzL_Gxwz5sUjo39zXvI0T5KK7k9QAK7RV6SIh5k5Nr7Ec8OzE7rtBqZiXDtOHf2BJFUL-PBALUchnR_iW0i8wyDmCYw858/s1600-h/23_China.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvaCywI6wY2qY9LjgBJJEAcLWcGxCSkWunH-mwT4cmMgJmiYzL_Gxwz5sUjo39zXvI0T5KK7k9QAK7RV6SIh5k5Nr7Ec8OzE7rtBqZiXDtOHf2BJFUL-PBALUchnR_iW0i8wyDmCYw858/s400/23_China.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196895848822578530" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_DWlFkMfinYibTOyyVYYuhCRp3Vg8w9GZ0N3Pi8SO3lEDGKMh7tw5VoJ-UjQyG8iV5mq4tQBWdKmukjBxRW1yApSIIlZZJ-LeKr5OnqGAkIloMaFK0Sgx_ILvN9sUtefsbm3hXqjG8E/s1600-h/24_China.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_DWlFkMfinYibTOyyVYYuhCRp3Vg8w9GZ0N3Pi8SO3lEDGKMh7tw5VoJ-UjQyG8iV5mq4tQBWdKmukjBxRW1yApSIIlZZJ-LeKr5OnqGAkIloMaFK0Sgx_ILvN9sUtefsbm3hXqjG8E/s400/24_China.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196895969081662834" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8j_JNdXSaYD_t12zRQ5F8r6hScAgh6LU9HgwvA6NlEl0r5kEtF-GUeo7s7D8Hz6xIH-BwXSigEv4cnlNDsaoThX3uyrmYUihBHRaYEj6js7kF8eTihVQnYODXNxGr_GTjF2dgzmz4Buk/s1600-h/29_China.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8j_JNdXSaYD_t12zRQ5F8r6hScAgh6LU9HgwvA6NlEl0r5kEtF-GUeo7s7D8Hz6xIH-BwXSigEv4cnlNDsaoThX3uyrmYUihBHRaYEj6js7kF8eTihVQnYODXNxGr_GTjF2dgzmz4Buk/s400/29_China.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196897107247996418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQTKZ-51pU9kyPROyvRccGbX3ssd4rqCCLuunUr5-dRFjv7icDmr3ZN6D1G41KH5aYSboy1718yyFFHMQ1stNUQmpcqN3W0Ox2uX0Db5GCwWmgg7OWUIHMnI3n1Nhyphenhyphenu4ctfvDSfIN6Kk/s1600-h/28_China.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQTKZ-51pU9kyPROyvRccGbX3ssd4rqCCLuunUr5-dRFjv7icDmr3ZN6D1G41KH5aYSboy1718yyFFHMQ1stNUQmpcqN3W0Ox2uX0Db5GCwWmgg7OWUIHMnI3n1Nhyphenhyphenu4ctfvDSfIN6Kk/s400/28_China.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196897021348650482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0q19E4yx6R6z-9OlHMnzSy7kDOcmrIH72LUxVPtNMaYMCGBWO5mXcJtQYto7oRwHEXFSZ8v2JhRyTTsfE3B0FAu39QAWNlNk5gv8N5XzclqqYS4wVSyjAde-Ss2XIRqPPcQs3KQrNU4/s1600-h/27_China.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0q19E4yx6R6z-9OlHMnzSy7kDOcmrIH72LUxVPtNMaYMCGBWO5mXcJtQYto7oRwHEXFSZ8v2JhRyTTsfE3B0FAu39QAWNlNk5gv8N5XzclqqYS4wVSyjAde-Ss2XIRqPPcQs3KQrNU4/s400/27_China.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196896965514075618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlGRO1Bwx9hTiOn5Z8i0yorIQg5dO9fOWv941rVTIL92Tyojg9Y7aEf9KLWOAqZDIz8F3cgidyBqlBvyWoAkfQIVOz4tBQ-eemv2KTx31alhPoakFxPjkgXVyIRvTBXbfoOXKvpMpfOk/s1600-h/26_China.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjlGRO1Bwx9hTiOn5Z8i0yorIQg5dO9fOWv941rVTIL92Tyojg9Y7aEf9KLWOAqZDIz8F3cgidyBqlBvyWoAkfQIVOz4tBQ-eemv2KTx31alhPoakFxPjkgXVyIRvTBXbfoOXKvpMpfOk/s400/26_China.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196896892499631570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfOevundR3DEdBqaedbBJSB5vNSSvFuAFwdrCvL95tGsHAFGz2CRkI-58_poSEBP5tmGlMgN2khqnCDpdm_40QNcpNd9wUhDUS9cvCsjWHLsEvn5vEqxkf6Sb827PQ1h-_95DAyesNEQ/s1600-h/25_China.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfOevundR3DEdBqaedbBJSB5vNSSvFuAFwdrCvL95tGsHAFGz2CRkI-58_poSEBP5tmGlMgN2khqnCDpdm_40QNcpNd9wUhDUS9cvCsjWHLsEvn5vEqxkf6Sb827PQ1h-_95DAyesNEQ/s400/25_China.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196896832370089410" /></a><br />Below are the Israeli dancers. I thought their dance was very well choreographed. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jEfFxy08g5DeVCH_Qx4WgH9CO6UR8V8zqEcfyizIm6MI2S3uSCrqxidUIpXmmq44sr9LEe8D09w-nHa2TTDLt1rJhQAPZdVeXSlL2DH4kXE2NcOsNgW_nLaTNfIiSNI9zwcV6Ec63AY/s1600-h/30_Israel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jEfFxy08g5DeVCH_Qx4WgH9CO6UR8V8zqEcfyizIm6MI2S3uSCrqxidUIpXmmq44sr9LEe8D09w-nHa2TTDLt1rJhQAPZdVeXSlL2DH4kXE2NcOsNgW_nLaTNfIiSNI9zwcV6Ec63AY/s400/30_Israel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196897575399431714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavHsKNKEMlTfC76lOsvjVoLpFYk9MfTBn2gDeMSipQlZQv0b6twWQ0tZK4SiagvQ85rycbiUSeHlLylW2BBuquuPqa0B3Dykht7pM_qpBuLoqmJDZtpTorQmACsNadyy3rSrUZDZdNoc/s1600-h/33_Israel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavHsKNKEMlTfC76lOsvjVoLpFYk9MfTBn2gDeMSipQlZQv0b6twWQ0tZK4SiagvQ85rycbiUSeHlLylW2BBuquuPqa0B3Dykht7pM_qpBuLoqmJDZtpTorQmACsNadyy3rSrUZDZdNoc/s400/33_Israel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196897858867273298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNvCgUOhlcFxK4NRrrDsI_qbOvxYsEbBD1mj-ChxD5Uts6sj2LnUfBVshsW-oF6ZHVrjtIt5oVbQK2Rt7obJIPOjO-7Sf74vmvqJQOV-H80zd321ezpytVuH-RmI03hco5XW6_TxTI_k/s1600-h/32_Israel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNvCgUOhlcFxK4NRrrDsI_qbOvxYsEbBD1mj-ChxD5Uts6sj2LnUfBVshsW-oF6ZHVrjtIt5oVbQK2Rt7obJIPOjO-7Sf74vmvqJQOV-H80zd321ezpytVuH-RmI03hco5XW6_TxTI_k/s400/32_Israel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196897768672960066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7fXno3DIl2DiEDcCu0t6As_FaOSLf_qqxK6M9246xoyRJenW4SqUMuywDzEUw2mbdmF63g2_yJ0L5i0ISkyrf3w26oX5FJO36wAQc68ho2m0Vn_3Iy1A8CilwGbTt7BKv6AKatOhQJg/s1600-h/31_Israel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7fXno3DIl2DiEDcCu0t6As_FaOSLf_qqxK6M9246xoyRJenW4SqUMuywDzEUw2mbdmF63g2_yJ0L5i0ISkyrf3w26oX5FJO36wAQc68ho2m0Vn_3Iy1A8CilwGbTt7BKv6AKatOhQJg/s400/31_Israel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196897669888712242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiksBaLXcrg9z3nXTFSPMtTsJVo8-lULU_2jhHeSKdTe4m_PFPwGvextcYcnnJKXtb6ATjFd0Ksw1xJwQFPazDR_aChb2Z89a7IttZoE8NkJt9xbdEZhYe4GJOiQgvegoHQO1LWIcyD_Go/s1600-h/34_Israel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiksBaLXcrg9z3nXTFSPMtTsJVo8-lULU_2jhHeSKdTe4m_PFPwGvextcYcnnJKXtb6ATjFd0Ksw1xJwQFPazDR_aChb2Z89a7IttZoE8NkJt9xbdEZhYe4GJOiQgvegoHQO1LWIcyD_Go/s400/34_Israel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196897974831390306" /></a><br /><br />Okay, I thought this was a turkey. I didn't look at it very closely before asking Jenn to pose in the turkey. Becky and Jenn razzed me so much about thinking it was a turkey that I had to pose.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGvbFYwOnRhMoDEhWjrBplnO_omJyosrOfcwmOgnXmn7pUygfm99wKMY0_T4O2feIeF0hiZ15HVrCN2PIKOj8X9GuWQcnB_xbSRZK8Q8J1X6QsxG9xx4Z9ZqCFwnbNoak4oIXApMhads/s1600-h/35_Kenny.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeGvbFYwOnRhMoDEhWjrBplnO_omJyosrOfcwmOgnXmn7pUygfm99wKMY0_T4O2feIeF0hiZ15HVrCN2PIKOj8X9GuWQcnB_xbSRZK8Q8J1X6QsxG9xx4Z9ZqCFwnbNoak4oIXApMhads/s400/35_Kenny.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196898524587204210" /></a><br />Below is a photo of Becky and me (similar but different from the one at the top).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1AariauC0I0VgbJk-skdfSkoSo1YgXzzhSvwY-tmN7afoZ0lU40hXu0vh-BxJj6Ty6z96sGt6lXUU7Os3kd-wva6hbIXtX2Fghyphenhyphen2r7tHQhW3-Dp7UrTPczOt-MNOdxmVeC61bn-Upwtw/s1600-h/37_Kenny_Becky.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1AariauC0I0VgbJk-skdfSkoSo1YgXzzhSvwY-tmN7afoZ0lU40hXu0vh-BxJj6Ty6z96sGt6lXUU7Os3kd-wva6hbIXtX2Fghyphenhyphen2r7tHQhW3-Dp7UrTPczOt-MNOdxmVeC61bn-Upwtw/s400/37_Kenny_Becky.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196900521746996914" /></a><br />Here we are (below) skipping down the path.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_M10igg7xq3PO9CYjOIHk4nLT64p6y65a5oFntnShYN48Oh5emsqeJfnYIPKk99LUGJ-xzDgIKNX2t2SWoZY10O4w6-nxRlAZiKmNrySE-zkolK_2PuhyphenhyphenTKl-XlYQUCyFjSqUrs4DMw/s1600-h/39_Kenny_Becky.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_M10igg7xq3PO9CYjOIHk4nLT64p6y65a5oFntnShYN48Oh5emsqeJfnYIPKk99LUGJ-xzDgIKNX2t2SWoZY10O4w6-nxRlAZiKmNrySE-zkolK_2PuhyphenhyphenTKl-XlYQUCyFjSqUrs4DMw/s400/39_Kenny_Becky.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196900779445034690" /></a><br />Below are the German musicians.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzdS5atjHRs3iINxmw4awP4YDIqH2mLOTLS5oRvUQyNeKy-2YKAzW3uC05-en8DyllY5uLEWma8yGPZ5AOSw7tQAoUjCg_ckCLoSc2czSQcASqt8drUMwB9psEfR0xsNuUE54nLrR0MM/s1600-h/40_Music.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzdS5atjHRs3iINxmw4awP4YDIqH2mLOTLS5oRvUQyNeKy-2YKAzW3uC05-en8DyllY5uLEWma8yGPZ5AOSw7tQAoUjCg_ckCLoSc2czSQcASqt8drUMwB9psEfR0xsNuUE54nLrR0MM/s400/40_Music.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196901140222287570" /></a><br />Below, Jenn and I are in traditional American Indian costume (sort of).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxhlnSyDI9KaghmOm1WHlnSDEGX3zXwYf-4aGmTUKHWtsi_cP8_MMWGgxnjx5C2kmFbt1jx7Fz-GUEDapy4490t6AUaFgE3Bgqewj4hgn1qmuJnbKbeUme7pEBMHdimYH5XWLBYlzUjk/s1600-h/41_Kenny_Jenn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxhlnSyDI9KaghmOm1WHlnSDEGX3zXwYf-4aGmTUKHWtsi_cP8_MMWGgxnjx5C2kmFbt1jx7Fz-GUEDapy4490t6AUaFgE3Bgqewj4hgn1qmuJnbKbeUme7pEBMHdimYH5XWLBYlzUjk/s400/41_Kenny_Jenn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196901466639802082" /></a><br />There was a ton of food at the Festival of Nations, but it didn't really entice us. It was a lot of fried and breaded foods and things on a stick. There were sausage foods, and there were foods you could get on most oriental buffets. We decided to eat outside of the event and went to a pub around the corner from the RiverCentre. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7qbpzOgr2Sqmo0kESmGWrxpPkb-1PIbnHuyg9PoFrfDFu4jkymSSyihj95P3aVC4F7lJNiAKZC6heixFhnJF3tbvYv_XUWrnYKec6RD0fWAOmNRVB4YbxZv-QZi8kMS4q5WcRqDLRzU/s1600-h/42_Kenny.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7qbpzOgr2Sqmo0kESmGWrxpPkb-1PIbnHuyg9PoFrfDFu4jkymSSyihj95P3aVC4F7lJNiAKZC6heixFhnJF3tbvYv_XUWrnYKec6RD0fWAOmNRVB4YbxZv-QZi8kMS4q5WcRqDLRzU/s400/42_Kenny.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196902445892345586" /></a><br />Here's Jenn, looking mischievous.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdK9N-LDCPQ77NP15nqh2gkZHru87SYWVSrrJShKzuKvUqNFAEKwvXxYXvoCjzacXGegmwymUWBqBKxzRoiuFuieAjxr_2jvGqe6ovVe7832VWrMr4Bht2nqcDdec2A4PzmfyFacRdEg/s1600-h/43_Jenn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdK9N-LDCPQ77NP15nqh2gkZHru87SYWVSrrJShKzuKvUqNFAEKwvXxYXvoCjzacXGegmwymUWBqBKxzRoiuFuieAjxr_2jvGqe6ovVe7832VWrMr4Bht2nqcDdec2A4PzmfyFacRdEg/s400/43_Jenn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196902652050775810" /></a><br />We got home around 4:00 pm, and the weather was beautiful, so Becky and I went for a bike ride around Lake Nokomis. I wanted to get a little harder workout, so I biked down into Ft.Snelling. We have wonderful bike trails in Minneapolis.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631104321241326333.post-19730044042525461322008-04-26T10:30:00.000-07:002008-06-02T10:31:17.836-07:00A Mid Summer Nights DreamLast night was a blast. Becky and I had dinner at a restaurant near the Guthrie Theater and then met some friends to see the theater production A Mid Summer Night's Dream.<br /><br />It was cold and gray and the rain drizzled, but we soldiered on- determined to have a good time anyway.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pLR8Vh0JCmd5yw3ek1BIb6ZtzI-SQnWp_EM7xekKgjAJ4ISTpyOY91n8Gf286u9Ph3wAysgQZ0PqzPFEtFEhwRCQ2Uk6UFSRkPKz5_Eqk3HBK9bZgm7NPX0H8T2E_pwczm1ky24uyjo/s1600-h/Becky_in_the_rain.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pLR8Vh0JCmd5yw3ek1BIb6ZtzI-SQnWp_EM7xekKgjAJ4ISTpyOY91n8Gf286u9Ph3wAysgQZ0PqzPFEtFEhwRCQ2Uk6UFSRkPKz5_Eqk3HBK9bZgm7NPX0H8T2E_pwczm1ky24uyjo/s400/Becky_in_the_rain.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193569452486400738" /></a><br />The restaurant where we wanted to dine was booked, so we decided to try Spill the Wine, an attractive-sounding restaurant just down the street from the Guthrie. I look like a doorman for some bad reality show.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixktpH4YeqcQTJz3fZkdYkIXce5xD0jP3MHyPPfMKddr7mo79dJzBXnIeR_a3o1s7-UjCNAVXR5SpptMnbXu8lcxzrZqXMbeWSRV8uJYNKl8oofcNO6QGGBYvfFpZVi4pMSO4-Q7DADxY/s1600-h/Kenny_Spill_the_Wine.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixktpH4YeqcQTJz3fZkdYkIXce5xD0jP3MHyPPfMKddr7mo79dJzBXnIeR_a3o1s7-UjCNAVXR5SpptMnbXu8lcxzrZqXMbeWSRV8uJYNKl8oofcNO6QGGBYvfFpZVi4pMSO4-Q7DADxY/s320/Kenny_Spill_the_Wine.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193572398833965842" /></a><br />I was disappointed with the atmosphere. It reminded me of a deli with candles on the tables and Christmas lights hanging from the ceiling. Maybe the food will be better?<br /><br />The menu didn't have much variety, and the prices were higher than Babalu's we visited near by a couple of weeks ago. The night we visited Spill the Wine, the average plate was about $30.00.<br /><br />I ordered the Salmon, which came with new potatoes. I asked if they would double the vegetables instead of giving me potatoes. So, my Salmon was ordered with cooked spinach and a side of broccolini. I wasn't sure what broccolini was. It looks like baby broccoli, but it's a hybrid of broccoli and kai-lan (chinese broccoli). <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oWZ6EfzUrk4CPSVmFkCPkdqcEknYRG6ooGmfgrIxmeaSoOSqQwXQDa9NdUTcXa_mTc7IyZStBFBYVE7YkWckMJPB39xRIK7UdVfxTS8VZ6PzO9A_1YlIVmHE-08PR3Z-o3W8C-mUvQ8/s1600-h/Bacon-wrapped_Salmon.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:10px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oWZ6EfzUrk4CPSVmFkCPkdqcEknYRG6ooGmfgrIxmeaSoOSqQwXQDa9NdUTcXa_mTc7IyZStBFBYVE7YkWckMJPB39xRIK7UdVfxTS8VZ6PzO9A_1YlIVmHE-08PR3Z-o3W8C-mUvQ8/s320/Bacon-wrapped_Salmon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193577849147464482" /></a><br />The Salmon arrived wrapped in bacon, which turned out to be the best part of it. I enjoyed my meal okay, but it wasn't outstanding like we had at Babalu's the other night. In fact, it wasn't even as good as the Firecracker Tilapia I had last week at Chili's.<br /><br />Becky had the beef tenderloin with new potatoes and broccolini. She was even more disappointed with her meal. The new potatoes were under cooked. She thought the broccolini tasted like a rubber tire smells, and the center of her tenderloin was a little too rare. On the other hand, she loved the bread. Both of us loved the coffee.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83cZLdZrhE3dQt3TUVLqg_dhZUxdVVyNNzM0m6Ue-G6DqSOhkEZkBI3_0YhefoxzzRyqSfTHC_ENGP14w_tSZqOdnqWT20KQds43MTsd4r7Yz45zkmQdPF3WJSrdyWcWAN0-88a2UCpU/s1600-h/Beef_Tenderloin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83cZLdZrhE3dQt3TUVLqg_dhZUxdVVyNNzM0m6Ue-G6DqSOhkEZkBI3_0YhefoxzzRyqSfTHC_ENGP14w_tSZqOdnqWT20KQds43MTsd4r7Yz45zkmQdPF3WJSrdyWcWAN0-88a2UCpU/s320/Beef_Tenderloin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193579541364579122" /></a><br />We left a little disappointed with Spill the Wine. The atmosphere was lacking, the prices were high and the food was mediocre. However, the service was good, and our waitress took our photo.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXi-mWdYnBNgTzHkO7V4n7OHealZ6_KsrFKsxl7Dnbzch2Gv-HQGmdYHYDnaMI254ksOjWBTJ7UMQ9v3Uexs6jNBFXJQ7Q-8wQNalTlm0kavxtQCR3ON7idSRamkcNuiyFmxJngPn7Ps/s1600-h/Kenny_Becky_Spill_the_Wine_042608.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimXi-mWdYnBNgTzHkO7V4n7OHealZ6_KsrFKsxl7Dnbzch2Gv-HQGmdYHYDnaMI254ksOjWBTJ7UMQ9v3Uexs6jNBFXJQ7Q-8wQNalTlm0kavxtQCR3ON7idSRamkcNuiyFmxJngPn7Ps/s400/Kenny_Becky_Spill_the_Wine_042608.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193582062510381906" /></a><br />We decided to park in a ramp near the Guthrie. It was $8 parking for the event, and the ramp was packed. We drove up level after level and couldn't find a place to park.<br /><br />We had been going up and up levels looking for a place to park; when we noticed that the cars were starting to look familiar. "Are we driving in circles?" Becky asked. Oh my god, we had circled the same level like five times. We both laughed so hard. <br /><br />In our defense, we could see higher levels, it just wasn't obvious when you were supposed to stop turning left. <br /><br />On the way to the elevator, Becky went to throw her gum into waste container in the corner. She took it out of her mouth, and threw it toward the can. The gum fell about a foot away in front of the can. I thought that was pretty funny. I took out my gum and tried to throw it into the can, and it landed right beside hers. Neither one of us had any wine, but you sure wouldn't know it- as goofy as we were acting. <br /><br />Inside the Guthrie, we found our friends, Jane and Todd. Becky and Jane are long-time friends and co-workers. I met Todd for the first time that evening. He seems like a really nice guy. I wanted to talk more about his new bike, but the evening distracted us.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyUCB-K9nnL1lNzksQ1cTZcDoGS0NC2BPDcM2ZgJa67BMRdB02QjHtdqJ_GPGMgwqjpepRiM72adCjf_iKO6Y8TzCUxWGk7FOXmsnzb7WvUYTdoevQkeaJMpmd_DKp0osm-pizmNP7XE/s1600-h/Jane_Todd_Mid_Summer_Nights_Dream.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcyUCB-K9nnL1lNzksQ1cTZcDoGS0NC2BPDcM2ZgJa67BMRdB02QjHtdqJ_GPGMgwqjpepRiM72adCjf_iKO6Y8TzCUxWGk7FOXmsnzb7WvUYTdoevQkeaJMpmd_DKp0osm-pizmNP7XE/s400/Jane_Todd_Mid_Summer_Nights_Dream.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193586911528459122" /></a><br />Jane took our photo beneath the LCD marquee. She had to time it so that the correct theater production was showing and people weren't walking in front of the camera.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zbBbtokLOi7cgAT6DPVG3o6a32tQSGrRQfWQCKmiC4Kwkxus3ohfInUXD0ybZJudDcgFD1P9G5zYxmG5QgKoLFWw9P1B85MEbBDIEX_RVc17d1QNiVdfhUit1kLISdeAGph4mOftgf0/s1600-h/Kenny_Becky_Mid_Summer_Nights_Dream01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zbBbtokLOi7cgAT6DPVG3o6a32tQSGrRQfWQCKmiC4Kwkxus3ohfInUXD0ybZJudDcgFD1P9G5zYxmG5QgKoLFWw9P1B85MEbBDIEX_RVc17d1QNiVdfhUit1kLISdeAGph4mOftgf0/s400/Kenny_Becky_Mid_Summer_Nights_Dream01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193587465579240322" /></a><br />The play was outstanding, but perhaps a little long (3.5 hours). The costumes were incredible (by Paul Tazewell). The lighting by Jane Cox was always interesting. The set design was really cool. It had a huge globe that came out of the floor and opened to reveal characters inside. The set design was by Frank Hallinan Flood. It was directed by Joe Dowling.<br /><br />At intermission, we went out to the scenic over-look. It was still drizzling rain.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZ1hCTCxZDSB637-p-veWtWkLRAe7_LvbgkhIVUI9nig5QTFRtqpfnZtIi1sVcqHGTy4gyMQ5xvDFm3exsOOewBgYoU3gWmbrIhXw2SzanCfRPD4uNGf5DfGNCJdL764saxaC6q4e42U/s1600-h/Becky_Jane_Guthrie_042608.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZ1hCTCxZDSB637-p-veWtWkLRAe7_LvbgkhIVUI9nig5QTFRtqpfnZtIi1sVcqHGTy4gyMQ5xvDFm3exsOOewBgYoU3gWmbrIhXw2SzanCfRPD4uNGf5DfGNCJdL764saxaC6q4e42U/s400/Becky_Jane_Guthrie_042608.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193589067602041746" /></a><br />The play had terrific dancing and singing (by people who could actually sing well). Near the end, a cross-dressing actor named Randy Reyes stole the show. He came out in a school girl uniform that had all of us straight guys saying to ourselves, "Remember, he's a guy". He was so funny.<br /><br />As we shuffled out of the theater, there was a live Jazz band playing on the lower level. I wish we would have stayed to hear them. It had a great sound, and the singer knew her way around a jazz tune.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNGqdJVT1tyIZ42lr6rq-GEhMb1FNeF4NksCdmx523hRxv-4xRGEnEbhwGaXhR5Lt66rbAXdLnNuCN_0Xl2XosclTw5dhrVljBgofRN-ItYe6J500D8CQr5HcIaflTUGeiq1NHgOh6QI/s1600-h/Jazz_Singer_at_Guthrie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNGqdJVT1tyIZ42lr6rq-GEhMb1FNeF4NksCdmx523hRxv-4xRGEnEbhwGaXhR5Lt66rbAXdLnNuCN_0Xl2XosclTw5dhrVljBgofRN-ItYe6J500D8CQr5HcIaflTUGeiq1NHgOh6QI/s400/Jazz_Singer_at_Guthrie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193590824243665826" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8631104321241326333.post-16444558684985404992008-04-07T10:23:00.000-07:002008-06-02T10:23:59.769-07:00A night at the TheaterOver the weekend, we attended Shapiro and Smith Dance: Next Steps at the <a href="http://www.southerntheater.org/">Southern Theater</a> in Minneapolis. The performance was spectacular. The dancers were well rehearsed and their movements athletic and graceful.<br /><br />The program was divided into three or four vignettes separated by an intermission. The core of the production was the work initially produced by Danial Shapiro and Joanie Smith. Danial Shapiro passed away in 2006 of prostate cancer. Joanie Smith continues the artistic vision of Shapiro and Smith, and her choreography was featured in the production.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt8kirv5rlayPJXPMhCyf7DpQDbvrXmwg6N7ALJNAyQDRzDHpWk_qk2zkjBACoECNf87hCB_ePJHFE8D407Ch7169mgHBfTcIKTvZAghe9BMc0djd7-jvhbG8brO_hkxSWXiOl8znpGU/s1600-h/SouthernTheater.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt8kirv5rlayPJXPMhCyf7DpQDbvrXmwg6N7ALJNAyQDRzDHpWk_qk2zkjBACoECNf87hCB_ePJHFE8D407Ch7169mgHBfTcIKTvZAghe9BMc0djd7-jvhbG8brO_hkxSWXiOl8znpGU/s400/SouthernTheater.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186487008346019250" border="0" /></a>The second vignette started with the lights low and the dancers in silhouette. When the lights came on, the dancers were nude except for thin, skin-toned underwear. The dance was inspired by the Holocaust, and I interpreted this minimalism as the exposed frailty of humanity during this time. It left an impression.<br /><br />At the end of the production, a short film of the life of Danial Shapiro was shown. It showed a man who was passionate about his work and who seemed to find every drop of joy each day had to offer. Well done, Danial Shapiro.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0