Inside, vases, serving plates, light fixtures, hanging baskets, and other items adorn every spare inch of space, alongside paintings by Mary Sims and Terra Hamblett, all a testament to artistic vision, to a life lived creating and collecting.
Even those that haven’t had the pleasure of riding inside of him—in comfortable seats, surrounded by wood paneling and the pleasant sounds of jazz warbling from his internal speakers as he rumbles slowly along the ice—have heard of him and probably walked right past him, sitting pretty near McMurdo Station’s cafeteria in his iconic orange-and-white livery.
The famous architect Hemogenes designed several of the structures in the city, including a temple to Zeus that still stands inside the agora.
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Attractive design elements include 15-foot floor-to-ceiling windows offering sweeping Potomac River views, brightly patterned booths, and original art works featuring Lovelace and her father, the poet Lord Byron, along with Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, and Emily and Charlotte Bronte.
She grew up with the sweet smell of pulque-leavened breads made by her mom, a renowned local baker, and helped her abuela run a rustic comedor (lunchtime restaurant) famous for pipianes (moles thickened with pumpkin seeds) and chileajos, the Mixtecan stews powered with fruity-hot slender chiles costeños.
McTier’s talking Milky Way echoes ancient myths that personify the stars and planets, with the twist of being anchored in modern scientific knowledge.
Last October, when Valencia was hit by catastrophic floods that killed more than 200 people, many fallas associations became improvised disaster relief areas, with falleros helping to clean up the mud and coordinating the delivery of food and medicine.
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Another common inclusion is my favorite Nowruz dish, a deep brown pudding called samanu in Iran, or sumalak in other Nowruz-celebrating countries, such as Uzbekistan.
Cosgrave asserted that blue is “in perfect, traditional, national accord with our history and in close association with the most revered and venerated memory of our patron Saint.”
Rapa Nui, nestled in the heart of the Pacific, exceptionally integrates the historical legacy with the natural richness of Easter Island Chile.
When Torigian relaunched Bravo into the booming but uncertain smoking cessation market of the late 1990s, he came prepared with a handful of scientific studies that supposedly showed lettuce cigarettes were safer than nicotine and could blunt cravings.
Located on the southeast corner of the South Transept, this modern carving of the saint, produced by Thomas Bayliss Huxley-Jones, blends traditional symbolism with a few subtly contemporary touches.
He pursued courses focused on DIY synthesizers made out of breadboards—versatile plastic boards with perforated holes, designed for assembling electronic circuits by plugging in jumper cables.
Since 1910, patrons have stopped by this spot nestled in La Palma not only to pick up medication, but also to admire the beautiful mosaics depicting the Saints Cosmas and Damian and their deeds.
Cruise passengers lucky enough to visit this rugged gem will find dramatic cliffs, a fascinating community deeply connected to its British heritage, and wildlife encounters with rare seabirds and seals.
