Tagged With "Lady of Guadalupe"

Many Victorian buildings that survived the 1906 earthquake were destroyed in the fires that followed. Those, like these, that escaped both were largely located west of Van Ness Ave, the line at which fire fighters dynamited buildings, creating a fire line to save at least part of the city. I'm glad these were saved, PHeymont, or the City would be a very different place, wouldn't it. Thanks.

Think I need to send you some "Tetley Tea Bags " in the post Paul. I have to bring my own T-Bags to the US. Very weak brew you get in Restaurants. One day we'll get you a T Pot to complement your kitchen.... and maybe some fresh tea (not bagged)

Thanks, Garry...but I actually have a collection of teapots, some loose tea...and too much indolence to make it right!

How to make a perfect brew : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-8LbiVjmXc If that's too much messing - get some strong flavour Tea Bags !

Tea, we discovered in our week in Istanbul, is a necessity of nearly every meal and occasion, and one fraught with ritual. It must be made with the right tea, it must be steeped for a long time and then diluted to the right color, and served in small...

Samantha takes us to visit the famed Statue, and fills us in on its history.

DrFumblefinger visits a popular statue in Winnipeg, situated in Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park.

  San Francisco is noted for its colorfully-decorated Victorian houses—the Painted Ladies—with multiple colors used to highlight their ornate details. Built by the hundreds in the prosperous days after the Gold Rush and the Civil War,...

Samantha and her husband checked out the Czechoslovak Hussite Church of Our Lady in Old Town, Prague.

It's a great church! I loved visiting it. If you like astronomy, be sure you visit the grave of Tycho Brahe within the church.

Gumbo was visiting a beautiful historic Cathedral in old Brussels, in the Sablon neighborhood of the city.

Jonathan L found a wonderful snow sculpture in New York City

DrFumblefinger visits this basilica in Buenos Aires, part of a former Dominican convent.

Gumbo was visiting the Shrine to our Lady of Guadelupe, on the outskirts of La Crosse, Wisconsin. It was a cool rainy day, but the shrine is lovely and well worth exploring.

Jonathan L visits the famous Parque de Bombas in Ponce, Puerto Rico

Stephanie finally stops and visits a site she had passed by many times before—dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes

The Church of Our Lady of Pilar is one of the oldest churches in Buenos Aires, and a beautiful example of its Colonial era architecture. It adjoins the famous Recoleta Cemetery.