Tagged With "school mascot"
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Oct. 13: Brussels' Saucy Statue
He's much smaller than I thought -- and I'm talking about the height of the little guy. Besides chocolate their tinkling mascot, the Belgiums also love beer and comics. I was quite surprised at what a comic book culture they have.
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Re: Picturing Dolls in Different Places?
Which makes me think we need a mascot for Gumbo and take photos of Gumbo on the Go!
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Re: 13 Year Old Boy Starts Travel Charity
Good on Eli for starting this! I've had a similar idea for starting a travel charity in the future and this gives me more inspiration to do it.
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Re: Visiting an Andean School, Peru
Absolutely beautiful children- rosy cheeked, grubby dirty and so happy!! Heart warming!
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Re: March 6, 2016: CCNY Grotesques
"The terra cotta gargoyles (animal-like) and grotesques (humanlike) have chipped and flaked. Some fell from their parapets and smashed into a thousand pieces." - NYTimes. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09...ed-city-college.html
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Re: March 6, 2016: CCNY Grotesques
Thanks for the article Garry. I am planning a longer piece on CCNY and will use the info.
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Re: Where was Gumbo #18 - Olana, Hudson NY
This was a hard one interesting church with beautiful paintings
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Re: Where was Gumbo #18 - Olana, Hudson NY
Well done Jonathan. After your last clue I considered the Hudson River bunch as well as the Ash Can School but could find no reference to this place. It's quite a house.
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Re: Where was Gumbo #18 - Olana, Hudson NY
For anyone who'd like a look at Church's paintings, HERE is a link to a Wikipedia Commons page with many images, including his wonderful painting of Niagara Falls.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, July 18, 2015: The Winged Lion of Venice
The winged lion is a symbol you see everywhere in Venice -- palaces, flags, statues -- everywhere. It seemed a somewhat unusual mascot for a seafaring power and made me wonder what the origin to the symbol was. Turns out the...
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American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, Amarillo, TX
Samantha explores this museum dedicated to a favorite American breed, and shares the excitement with us.
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Mar. 8, 2017: Rachel the Piggy Bank at Pike Place Market
A giant piggy bank that serves as a mascot for the famed Pike Place Market in Seattle, Rachel gets her day in these photos by Samantha
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13 Year Old Boy Starts Travel Charity
13 year old Eli Pollak started "Travel to Learn" last year. It's goal is to award free domestic and foreign educational trips to Madison, Wisconsin public school students whose families can't afford travel. It has raised $5000 so...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, October 22, 2015: Ampelmann, the East German Pedestrian Crossing Light Symbol, Berlin, Germany
You may be asking yourself "Why is Ottoman doing a Picture of the Day featuring pedestrian crossing lights?" Well ladies and gentlemen, these are not just ordinary pedestrian crossing lights...this is Ampelmann. So...
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Jan. 10, 2018: Mike the Tiger VII, LSU School Mascot
Samantha takes us to visit a young tiger who's having fun despite his imoortant job.
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Feb. 21, 2018: Miller Park – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Samantha's a fan of baseball parks, and has been to 18 Major League stadiums. Join her for a visit to Milwaukee's!
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Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh (Where Gumbo was #241)
George G presents the solution to this week's travel puzzle. We were visiting the fascinating Cathedral of Learning at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania.
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Sagrada Familia School (Escoles de la Sagrada Família), Where Gumbo was #183
Gumbo was visiting Sagrada Familia Schoolhouse. Built more than a century ago to educate the children of the construction workers who were building Gaudi's La Sagrada Familia Cathedral, it is a excellent example of simple yet beautiful design that was the hallmark of much of the Modernisme architectural movement.
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December 26, 2016: Husky the Muskie
Situated on the TransCanada Highway in Kenora, Ontario, beside beautiful Lake of the Woods is Husky, one of the biggest fish you'll ever see.
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January 26, 2016: Theodore Too, Halifax, Nova Scotia
I always enjoy discovering quirky or unusual things when I travel. Case in point, Theodore Too.
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Visiting an Andean School, Peru
Sylvia shares photos and memories of a visit to a one-room school high in the Andes.
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Amish Country: Luxury Inn, Over-the-top Meal
Stephanie Kalina-Metzger shares a very memorable dinner and hotel stay from Valentine's Day.
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Missoula, Montana — Home of Grizzlies
While most Americans have no idea what’s inside the great state of Montana, I LOVE this state! It’s breathtakingly beautiful, home to my favorite US National Park, Glacier National Park , and is filled with kind -- if opinionated --...
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Where was Gumbo #18 - Olana, Hudson NY
We have gotten to Tuesday and no one has guessed Where Gumbo went this week. So here is the answer: Gumbo traveled to the New York state town of Hudson, where Frederic Church built a house over looking the Hudson River so that he could paint....
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Jan. 23, 2014: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Ontario
Thunder Bay's 50 million ton city mascot is known as the Sleeping Giant, the panoramic Sibley Peninsula, a formation of mesas and sills that juts out on Lake Superior and forms the body of water that is Thunder Bay. When viewed from the City,...
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April 3, 2016 - Olana near Hudson NY
Olana, in Hudson NY, was home to Frederic Church, one of the most famous painters of the Hudson River School.
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School spirit? Get your mascot on Frontier's tail!
Frontier Airlines puts big animal pictures on the tails of its planes. Now they invite you to vote for your favorite school or college mascot to go on a new one.
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Where in the World is TravelGumbo #152
A new week, a new location, a new puzzle for TravelGumbo readers to solve. Can you find the answer before The Puzzler reveals all next Monday?
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Where in the World is TravelGumbo #153?
This weeks puzzle. Try to guess where Gumbo is visiting this week.
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March 6, 2016: CCNY Grotesques
Salvaged from the razing of buildings at the City College of New York, these gothic grotesques wait on a lawn near the School of Architecture.
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8 Reasons to Visit Nemacolin
Stephanie Kalina-Metzger visits the elegant Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, a 2,000-acre resort in Pennsylvania offering an array of amenities to appeal to a wide range of travel tastes.
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Re: St. Augustine, Florida—The Old City
June 18, 1964, James Brock, the manager of the Monsoon Motor Lodge ( now destroyed) pouring acid on demonstrators attempting to desegregate the pool Great Piece Jonathan L! One thing I wish St Augustine would do a better job is telling what role St Augustine played in the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King got arrested in St Augustine on June 11th 1964 after picketing. His charge was unlawful assembly and civil disobedience. Many people say events that summer helped sparked the Civil...
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Re: St. Augustine, Florida—The Old City
Thanks Travel Rob. In fact there are several info boards in and around Plaza de la Constitucion that do discuss the civil rights era history. Not just MLK's arrest, but more than one large demonstration that took place.
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Re: St. Augustine, Florida—The Old City
For more on the history of the civil rights movement in St. AUGUSTINE, you can look here - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...._Augustine_movement
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Re: St. Augustine, Florida—The Old City
There are info boards at the beaches too but certain things they didn't preserve, like the Monsoon Motor Lodge, now a Hilton. Martin Luther King Ave, Downtown is one street named after Dr. King where he had marched.
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Re: Sagrada Familia School (Escoles de la Sagrada Família), Where Gumbo was #183
I love this building!
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Re: Jan. 10, 2018: Mike the Tiger VII, LSU School Mascot
I think tigers are the most beautiful animals in the world! So beautiful to look at -- yet at some level terrifying.
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Re: Jan. 10, 2018: Mike the Tiger VII, LSU School Mascot
Thanks for the comment DrFumbleFinger. He is beautiful, but I was very happy for the glass and fences between us, lol.
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Re: School spirit? Get your mascot on Frontier's tail!
I flew Frontier last week. From Miami to Philadelphia. Pleasant, courteous staff. Clean plane. Couple of hours in the air. None of the refinements of a long haul flight - I knew not to expect any. Just like any European Budget carrier. I'd recommend them to anyone. Nice folks.
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How to Make Your Corporate Picnic a Roaring Success
The way in which companies have traditionally marked their appreciation of all their employees’ hard work has for many years been fairly staid and unremarkable. The office Christmas party, a company day out or team bonding experience; these are all very well but they may not appeal to everyone. Food, fun and the great outdoors is easier than you’d think Why not go for something completely different this year? The corporate picnic is a fun way to say thanks and something which most people...
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Seattle, Washington — Airplanes, Coffee, Software and a lot of fun!
Seattle is a great city — a world-class travel destination! Situated in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, it has much appeal as a several day (or even week-long) stop especially when part of a circuit through other great sites in...
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Spring Training at Salt River Fields
Samantha loves baseball and enjoyed her visit to the Rockies' spring training field in Arizona, Salt River Field. Share her game day experience!
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Plenty to Do and See in Quaint, Historic Lititz
Stephanie shares some of the sights and experiences in charming Lititz, "the coolest small town in America">
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Touring the Greek Islands
Barry shares some great tips and favorite spots to see when visiting the Greek islands.
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Re: The Sacramento Valley Museum
I agree. And I immediately noticed that the old school smell is also intact, throwing me right back to my own high school of a similar era. https://www.sequoiahs.org/ABOU...s-History/index.html
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Re: The Sacramento Valley Museum
Nice to see that the school is allowed to play host for the museum without losing its own character!
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The Sacramento Valley Museum
A community museum in a preserved early 20th century high school makes a quick trip to Williams, California doubly worthwhile for PortMoresby.
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Denmark's dueling mermaids head for court
Heirs of the sculptor of Copenhagen's mascot are claiming unfair competition from a small town mermaid in northern Jutland.
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New London, Connecticut's Waterfront
Jonathan L reveals that Gumbo has been visiting New London's waterfront.