pics of my town

[carrie721]

so, i'm always really curious about what other people's towns look like. so i thought i'd post some pictures of mine. i took these today while walking home from work. it was a really weird day because the sun was out, but there were also a lot of dark clouds in the sky.

here i am standing on the bridge downtown, facing north. the white building in the background is the tallest building in kent ... a grain silo! :laugh:

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97692423-M.jpg

franklin square deli. this is where i toil daily, making sandwiches for unappreciative bastards. i mean ... customers.

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97693740-M.jpg

here's a nice autumn-y shot. kent's a nice-looking town, kinda. that building on the corner that i'm facing used to be thompson's, a cool, locally-owned drug store. now it's smokin' tattooz. yeahhhhh. one of five tattoo shop in a two-block area.

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97691356-M.jpg

another tattoo shop. this one's sparky's tattoos. sparky's an asshole and comes to the deli way too often. and smells bad. but look - he'll pierce both your nipples for $60! sweet ****!

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97694563-M.jpg

here we go. this is turnup records, complete with chinese-lantern-cum-turnip in the window. they sell second hand vinyl and communist/conspiracy-theorist literature.

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97696093-M.jpg

this is a "headstone" at the mock cemetary for extinct species of north eastern ohio. poor big-eared bats!

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97695800-M.jpg

right after 9/11, someone threw a brick through those front doors.

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97697499-M.jpg

and finally ... my street. you can't see my house, though ... it's on the right, after that stop sign.

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97697815-M.jpg

ok, who else wants to share?

[Villavic]

hey, cool idea!!! why don't we all post pics of our neighborhood or town?? I will follow you

BTW, nice pics!!

[carrie721]

hey, cool idea!!! why don't we all post pics of our neighborhood or town?? I will follow you

BTW, nice pics!!

thanks! i would really love to see where other ledgies live. :thumbsup:

[DrummerDeanna]

Wow!! Kent looks like a cozy, quaint little place. And what a great idea - I think I'll take my camera to work with me tomorrow!!

[foxyluva]

What a pretty little town Carrie! Maybe I will post some pics of my town sometime soon :)

[carrie721]

Wow!! Kent looks like a cozy, quaint little place. And what a great idea - I think I'll take my camera to work with me tomorrow!!

yeah, a lot of kent is really quaint! especially my neighborhood, which is about 2 blocks from downtown. unfortch, there's also a lot of sprawl happening & housing developments are popping up everywhere. our school system is very well-respected in the area, so it attracts a lot of cleveland commuters.

can't wait to see your pics!

[carrie721]

What a pretty little town Carrie! Maybe I will post some pics of my town sometime soon :)

well you keep saying you live in paradise ... we need photographic evidence! :D

[foxyluva]

well you keep saying you live in paradise ... we need photographic evidence! :D

Alrighty :laugh: I will take a walk now, and show you my neighbourhood. No beaches though!!!

[GardenStateGirlie]

i live in between princeton and trenton but frequent princeton often. i just took these (http://flickr.com/photos/meadowsoprano/sets/72157594295663768/) on friday afternoon. i can't wait for the fall foliage there (princeton university) and on my campus as well.

[Villavic]

I live in Miraflores, a neighborhood of Lima, in south pacific coast. I love my place

this is the shore near my home, I live two blocks from here:
http://p.vtourist.com/1821563-Travel_Picture-Miraflores_Lima.jpg

this zone has beautiful buildings and hotels
http://www.southtravels.com/america/peru/mirafloresparkhotel/gifs/hotelview.jpg

another view from the air of the same neighborhood, Miraflores
http://www.infoperu.com/pics/cities/miraflores.jpg
http://www.perou.net/ala/fr/costaverde.jpg

[Miss Vicky]

Very cute little town, Carrie!

Yeah, I could so just see me taking photos of my town. "Here is the big ugly prison where Charles Manson used to be held. Here are the ugly sprawling Outlet Stores where they sell last year's crap at a reduced price. Here's the enormous monstrosity of a Catholic church whose bells wake me up in the morning. Here's the church that used to be a movie theater. Here's the other church that used to be a movie theater. Here's the church that shares the same parking lot as the second church that used to be a movie theater. Here's a gas station that closed down. Here are the two gas stations built across the street from the one that closed down. Here is another gas station that closed down. Here are some more gas stations across the street from the other one that closed down..." :lol:

[carrie721]

i live in between princeton and trenton but frequent princeton often. i just took these (http://flickr.com/photos/meadowsoprano/sets/72157594295663768/) on friday afternoon. i can't wait for the fall foliage there (princeton university) and on my campus as well.

those pictures are so cool! those buildings are amazing, and the trees are beautiful. my favorite was the one with the lion statues flanking either side. very nice.

[carrie721]

I live in Miraflores, a neighborhood of Lima, in south pacific coast. I love my place ...

wow, those pictures are stunning! i'm pretty jealous :)

Very cute little town, Carrie!

Yeah, I could so just see me taking photos of my town. "Here is the big ugly prison where Charles Manson used to be held. Here are the ugly sprawling Outlet Stores where they sell last year's crap at a reduced price. Here's the enormous monstrosity of a Catholic church whose bells wake me up in the morning. Here's the church that used to be a movie theater. Here's the other church that used to be a movie theater. Here's the church that shares the same parking lot as the second church that used to be a movie theater. Here's a gas station that closed down. Here are the two gas stations built across the street from the one that closed down. Here is another gas station that closed down. Here are some more gas stations across the street from the other one that closed down..." :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol: so you're saying ... don't vacay in vacaville?

[Miss Vicky]

:lol: :lol: :lol: so you're saying ... don't vacay in vacaville?

Uh, I wouldn't recommend it, no. :laugh:

But if you're low on gas, we've got plenty of places to fill up. :rolleyes:

[irishgrl]

well you keep saying you live in paradise ... we need photographic evidence! :D

Actually I live in Paradise, (well until I moved even more north, to Magalia)
here are pics:
Paradise Sign
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/parsign.jpg
Aquatic park (the locals call it the Duck Pond Park)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/aqpark.jpg
Honey Run Bridge
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/honeyrun.jpg
Little Grand Canyon (aka Butte Creek Canyon)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/bcanyon.jpg
Sawmill Peak (heading up to Magalia)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/smpeak.jpg
Old Magalia Church (very VERY small!, used for Wedding Ceremonies)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/magchur.jpg
The Depot (used to be a train Depot)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/maginn.jpg
Merlo Park in Sterling City (where my daughter lives)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/merlopk.jpg
Feather River (up Highway 70)
http://www.paradisedirect.com/paradise/pics/frbridge.jpg


theres more but you get the idea....

[WelshWitchPMD]

You live in a cute town Carrie.

Here is a picture of the Providence skyline at dusk that I took about a year ago. That is same skyline that is featured in the show "Family Guy".

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Newport%20and%20Waterfires%20Sept%202005/ProvSkyline.jpg

Here is a shot of Providence right before something called Waterfires. You can see the wood in the caludrons along the river.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Newport%20and%20Waterfires%20Sept%202005/CROP01.jpg

Here is almost the same view after the fires were lit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Newport%20and%20Waterfires%20Sept%202005/CROP02.jpg

Another view of the Waterfire.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Newport%20and%20Waterfires%20Sept%202005/CROP03.jpg

[The Tower]

This is the view from my balcony in Beautiful Downtown West Hollywood. In the distance is Bunker Hill (downtown L.A.)

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/killahboot/12balconyview.jpg

[GardenStateGirlie]

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97693740-M.jpg


this photograph reminds me of a few of the local towns in southern new jersey. it's very cute -- looks like a very nice place to live. how close is the kent state from downtown or does it basically make up the town?

[GardenStateGirlie]

I live in Miraflores, a neighborhood of Lima, in south pacific coast. I love my place

i wouldn't mind waking up everyday to a view like that. gorgeous.

[GardenStateGirlie]

those pictures are so cool! those buildings are amazing, and the trees are beautiful. my favorite was the one with the lion statues flanking either side. very nice.

thank you. the architecture is unbelievable. the campus sits on 700 acres in princeton. down the road off of nassau street (the main drag in town) is an amazing view of the boat house on lake carnegie and before you arrive at rt. 1, there's nothing but trees lining the road. it's so beautiful.

[foxyluva]

You guys live in some sweet places :D

Here is my neighbourhood - no buildings or anything - They are all in the city - I live in suburbia :laugh:

My House

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/1.jpg

My Backyard & Pool

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/2.jpg

Random Pic

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/3.jpg

More coming....

[Miss Vicky]

Isn't the prison just purty? Y'all know you're jealous.

http://www.cya.ca.gov/Visitors/images/SOL.jpg

[foxyluva]

More Random Pics

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/Random1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/4-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/Random2.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/Random3.jpg

My Bush

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/5-1.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/Bush2.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/Bush3.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/Bush4.jpg

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/Bush5.jpg


Two more to come...

[foxyluva]

The Old Water Tower

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/Bush6.jpg

My Street

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f334/foxyluva/Street.jpg

There - done :D

[tuigirl]

Foxluva!:thumbsup: Great pics, so typical and familiar
Awww...your'e making me homesick. Had my 22nd "years away from home" anniversary last week, so it's nice to see it's still the same....
Some other cool photos too folks..interesting.:nod:

[tuigirl]

lets see if I can post this image of my town

Yay it worked!

[irishgrl]

lets see if I can post this image of my town

Yay it worked!

I want to visit England/Ireland so BAD!!! ARRGH you are so LUCKY!

[irishgrl]

Isn't the prison just purty? Y'all know you're jealous.

http://www.cya.ca.gov/Visitors/images/SOL.jpg

I bet its nicer at NIGHT :nod:

[cliffdweller]

This is where I was yesterday, Shoal Creek in Austin, Tx. I didn't take this picture:


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Here's another favorite of mine, the Congress Street Bridge. If you look closely you'll see the capital building waaaay in the distance:

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The U.T. Tower after the Rose Bowl win last year:

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[skcin]

Great idea, and cool pics from everyone! I'll have to get back to you guys with my pics, though - I'm thinking pics of urban sprawl/Walmart/TGIFriday's/etc. aren't that exciting. :rolleyes: Gimme time to figure out a better representation.

[amber]

I like these town pics. Carrie, your town is cute. Tooootally made me eat my ass on what I thought the midwest was like. lol. Actually, I figured it was nice, just pretty flat.
And, the only person that showed us some mountains of my spirit was Irishgrl. Of course. California foothills and mountains are so amazing. That's my place, I'm that girl.
Anyhoot - I don't have many pics of my actual hometown, but I do have a few of where I live. They are repeats, though. Which makes them no less awesome, but may make them a smidge more boring. To those who have seen them. Gah, I should take my camera out more. My vacation pics are way better, but that would be cheating, even though I feel like that is where I really live.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/2005_0121Image0005.jpg

Hey, Paula - this is what you might see to your left as you first wake up - I call it the "ugly window". Right Above your head will be the "good window" :laugh:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/2005_0121Image0004.jpg

The clouds, repeat. Hopefully we can take some awesome new pics here soon. The trees are on fire right now. Okay, actually most are still summer green, but it still looks good. This is from before.


http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/fullsize1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/2005_0130Image0015.jpg

So there's all these houses I like...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/2005_0130Image0011.jpg



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/fullsize3.jpg



http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/city1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/bayfromtop.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y12/antisnark/favoritehouse1.jpg

et cetera. I must say, I really enjoy the pics.

[irishgrl]

Amber, I was born in Oakland, and when I was commuting into the city to law school on BART, we used to pass thru a section of Oakland (Rockridge?) that looked like it was being refurbished/rennovated...I really liked all the cute little homes I saw...I happen to love old Victorians, and I like all the wood shingling. Once, when I worked in the library at my community college, we were doing a huge cleaning, and I had the section of the alphabet at the beginning....I saw a lot of books on architecture, and I ended up checking out a book or two on Bay Area Architects and their styles. VERY enlightening. Many of those styles found their way to Chico. Have you ever just ridden around parts of Chico to see the different house styles? Bungalows, Craftsman, Victorian, Spanish, Art Deco....its all there. And my favorite house on 8th St, I call the Wavy Gravy house. It has a unique roof shingling style called slump. its so cool! Take a drive sometime down East First Street (turns into West First I think!) or even the Esplanade....

Im glad you liked my pics, they came from a local website where you can see local shots. I love this part of the State, it SMELLS good. I know you love this area too, but be warned, there's not a lot of money to be made here, (unless you're in medicine, and there's WAAAAAAY too many attorneys!) thats why Im working for the County....

PS: just for you Amber, I found a site that has a slide show of Chico/Paradise pics:

Photo Tour of NorthValley (http://chicorealestate.com/phototour9a.html)

here's one of Chico's historic homes:
http://www.matchlets.com/photos/20060407/170226_Front.jpg

[sparky]

another tattoo shop. this one's sparky's tattoos. sparky's an asshole and comes to the deli way too often. and smells bad. but look - he'll pierce both your nipples for $60! sweet ****!

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/97694563-M.jpg


For the record, I have NOTHING to do with this. And I don't smell bad.

[irishgrl]

I found this pretty cool site that gives 360degree shots of various places in Chico, and Paradise

http://www.chicorealestateguide.com/virtualtours/Chico_Tour_Back_Yard.htm
you move your mouse left or right to make the camera move. its pretty cool!

[Villavic]

i wouldn't mind waking up everyday to a view like that. gorgeous.

Well my window does not have that view, ha ha,, my street is inner.. :rolleyes:
but it's just 2 blocks from the cliff to the beach, and it's very nice in the summer, you can wake up early in the morning to run. And winter is not so strong so you can do it the whole year.

However you can see the coast is desertic, so I'm jealous of you guys who live near forest and woods. It's very beautiful those towns in the US, Europe, Australia, etc..

[carrie721]

michael - geez, you DO live in paradise! so green and beautiful. also, the language difference cracks me up, because if *i* posted pictures of *my* bush, i'd probably be banned. :lol:

amber - thanks. downtown kent is pretty nice. i could take some pics of some strip malls and home depots if you want a more typical representation of the midwest. :laugh: your pics are lovely. i really liked the last house picture and the water pic.

sparky - :lol: :lol: sorry, i probably should've clarified :D . that ugly shop does not belong to our lovely, non-asshole, non-smelly sparky.

[Villavic]

I thought you would enjoy these. This is not my neighborhood but downtown Lima, 5 miles from my district (Miraflores)

This is the main cathedral
http://daniel.haxx.se/travel/southamerica/peru/lima.jpg

the goverment palace, where the president lives
http://www.ecuaworld.com/images/peru/lima2.jpg

the arzobispal palace, the Pope stayed here while he visited Peru
http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/pacolozano/images/peru/images/Palacio%20Arzobispal%20Lima.jpg

Torre Tagle palace, another colonial building from the years Spain owned Peru (the virreynato, kind of viceroydom) the balconies are gorgeous!!
http://www.aboutcusco.com/cusco/images/cities01_02.jpg

All are typical Lima architecture from colonial times and beginning of the republic

[CelticGypsy]

Great photos, everyone! Thanks for sharing them:xoxo:

[skcin]

Villavic - your town looks so rich in history. It's pics like those that remind me how "young" our country is.

[michelle2677]

so I finally got around to posting pics on this thread.

Here is part of my high school. Well,this is all there was when I graduated. We only had 10, 11 and 12. Then they added on and brought the freshmen over. It goes on forever but I'll refrain from posting .
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday028.jpg

Here is my office where I work :D
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday027.jpg

Here is probably one of the prettiest churches in Henderson. I actually grew up in this church, but I don't go there anymore.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday024.jpg

ahh...Rookies. I've spent many o' nights getting drunk here. Anyone remember my 21st Birthday story?? Yeah-this is it.
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday018.jpg

Good ol' Ohio River. There is usually a water feature that is actually really pretty right there. But they shut it down last week :(
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday019.jpg

[michelle2677]

Downtown:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday017.jpg

Central Park:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday015.jpg

Central Park water fountain:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday014.jpg

This is my favorite house in Henderson. They just remodeled it and put it on the market. I believe they are asking $400,000 so if anyone wants to swing down here and buy it, I'll be your roommate!! :D
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday011.jpg
Same house-"slightly" slanted...:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday012.jpg

Hendo Library:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday009.jpg

More downtown:
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday007.jpg

The house where they filmed A League Of Their Own
I have no idea whose car that is. There were a ton of them along that curb
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday006.jpg

Main Street. You can't see it...but one of the first houses on the right is where my grandparents used to live. They have moved to Florida now

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/Michelle2677/Hendo/Hendosallybirthday004.jpg

[Miss Vicky]

Everyone lives in such cute towns.

One of these days maybe I'll got out and snap shots of Vacahell, but believe me, there won't be any oohs and ahs when you guys seem them.

[ryan8472]

Well these are of my hometown, Milford CT, not ugly Willimantic where I live now. -__-

I didn't take them, they're from some website I found. But they're ok. One day I'll get some of the photos my mom has taken of our neighborhood.


Some pretty waterfront cottages. A friend of mine used to live in one of those. :nod:
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The ugly beach nearest to my house. :laugh:
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Some picture of our Town Hall. It really isn't that nice. :p
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Some cute new condos they just built in the center of town, on the water. They're waaaaaaay overpriced. :rolleyes:
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[jannieC]

I'm going to take my camera with me tomorrow and try to represent where I live. I don't live in a quaint or even particularly pretty area, but I'll do my best. Now, where I'm from originally (eastern Long Island) is beautiful- but that would be cheating.

[ryan8472]

Part 2:

The slightly prettier and way bigger Silver Sands State Park. That's Charles Island in the background. Yep. The haunted one. :rolleyes:
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The harbor.
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Inside of our unexciting mall. :shrug:
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The Pier and the ugly Gulf Beach. -_-
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Driving down The Green (AKA The center of town) :shrug:
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The restaurant my boyfriend works at. I don't know why it was on that website. :laugh:
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[jannieC]

The Pier and the ugly Gulf Beach. -_-
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There is no such thing as an ugly beach! I grew up on the beach and now live in an area of NC that is about 3 hours from the coast. I would settle for your ugly beach any day. :laugh:

You all live in such beautiful areas. Anyway, I went outside and snapped some pictures around my house. I'll take "town" pictures tomorrow.

This is the front of my house. My husband just painted it. We need to do some landscaping (pine straw, etc.) next:
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These two are taken from my back deck. What I love about the deck is that you're up on the second story of the house so it feels like you're in the trees:
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This is my twelve year old step-son's pumpkin materpiece. Should I be concerned?:
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[golden braid]

Jannie, you have a beautiful back yard. Is that all of your property?

[jannieC]

Jannie, you have a beautiful back yard. Is that all of your property?

Thank you- the first "tree" picture looks into my neighbor's yard, but the rest is ours.

[irishgrl]

Ive posted pix of my town, but I decided to post pix of my neighborhood/house as well:

this is the view to my neighbor's skyline across the street.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/celtic4evr/neighborhood.jpg

turning around, this is MY house: (yes, its a bitty thing but hey!)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/celtic4evr/myhouse.jpg

and I couldnt resist:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/celtic4evr/IrishMe.jpg
after posting this I realized I needed to get the current sticker on the plate! :lol:

it is NOW current! :nod:

[JazmenFlowers]

nice crib Jannie!

I had every intention of bringing my camera along for a ride to snap "A Day in the Life..." but I forgot. I'll try to tomorrow.

[skcin]

What cute little towns you guys live in! My neighborhood is the epitomy of a suburb - blech. My dream is to eventually buy an older home, with lots of charm & character, with a bit of land in a slightly more rural area. Maybe in Conshohoken. :p

[JazmenFlowers]

What cute little towns you guys live in! My neighborhood is the epitomy of a suburb - blech. My dream is to eventually buy an older home, with lots of charm & character, with a bit of land in a slightly more rural area. Maybe in Conshohoken. :p
oh please do. we'd be neighbors. :D

[Beachwood Mac]

All these photos of your great towns makes me want to head out on a road trip. Here are a few pics of my hometown - the most southwesterly city in the continental USA - aka North Tijuana.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/Terry74/DCP_2354-1.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/Terry74/pier4.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/Terry74/DCP_2353.jpg

The Cabrillo National Monument - the entrance to San Diego Bay
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/Terry74/DCP_2359.jpg

The San Diego Skyline from the tip of Pt. Loma
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b258/Terry74/sd4-1.jpg

[skcin]

Great pics, Terry!

[Beachwood Mac]

Great pics, Terry!

Thanks Paula. Imperial Beach is a nice quiet beach town but things could change with this announcement. They were here filming the pilot last month.


Deadwood" may be done as a series, but HBO will still have a David Milch show on its schedule next year.

The premium-cable network has picked up "John from Cincinnati," a mystery/family drama centered on a legendary surfing clan. HBO ordered 12 episodes of the show after seeing a rough cut of the pilot, which was co-written by Milch and "surf noir" author Kem Nunn.

Production on the series is scheduled to begin later this fall, with summer 2007 as the target premiere date.

"David Milch is one of the most original storytellers working in any format today," says Carolyn Strauss, president of HBO Entertainment. "We are honored to have him as part of the HBO family. The sky is the limit for his new series."

The story focuses on the Yost family -- former surfing champion Mitch (Bruce Greenwood, "Capote"), wife Cissy (Rebecca De Mornay, "The Practice"), their drug-addicted son Butchie (Brian Van Holt, "Threshold") and Butchie's son, Shaun (Greyson Fletcher) -- in Imperial Beach, Calif., a seaside town near the U.S.-Mexico border. The arrival of the title character (Austin Nichols, "Deadwood"), a mysterious young man seeking surfing lessons, shakes up the family's unhappy life.

"John from Cincinnati" also stars Matt Winston ("Teachers"), Ed O'Neill (Milch's "Big Apple," "Married ... with Children") and Luis Guzman ("Luis").

[Wild_Heart03]

What a great idea Carrie. Kent looks like such a nice little town! I'll have to take pics of my town after I get back from my trip next week.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Great pictures everyone. I love seeing where people live. My hometown looks so dull! I'll have to try to get some pictures

[carrie721]

do you guys have any new pics to share? i have a few.

cool tree
http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/120575587-M.jpg

weird models of downtown buildings lying behind the mill downtown. dunno why. they've been there for months.
http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/120578590-M.jpg

downtown from across the river.
http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/120580443-M.jpg

"star of the midwest" flour mill.
http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/120580051-M.jpg

new downtown park, taken from under the bridge. the "park" (aka patch of grass) was built when they decided to reroute the cuyahoga through a smaller channel in order to speed up the water flow & promote cleaner water. i guess.

http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/120581264-M.jpg

rivah.
http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/120585269-M.jpg

more rivah, playing with shutter speed.
http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/120590351-M.jpg

more shutter speed fun, cool how you can see the rocks through the water.
http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/120591392-M.jpg

some ~hardcore~ graffiti.
http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/120587328-M.jpg

and for those of you (amber) who have never seen a black squirrel, here is one in my front yard. it's blurry b/c i had to blow it up.
http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/120596863-M-1.jpg

[michelle2677]

more rivah, playing with shutter speed.
http://carrie721.smugmug.com/photos/120590351-M.jpg



this pic is cool!!!

I don't have any. I live in a town with basically one street light, and I've already posted it :laugh: there's nothing left to share.

maybe reviving the thread will get others to post though :nod:

[carrie721]

this pic is cool!!!

I don't have any. I live in a town with basically one street light, and I've already posted it :laugh: there's nothing left to share.

maybe reviving the thread will get others to post though :nod:

thanks. :thumbsup:

i like your pics. henderson looks a lot like kent, only smaller. although i can't figure out why you guys have a library. :confused: :laugh:

[DrummerDeanna]

Great pics - and that's my kind of grafitti artist :laugh:

That's the kind of lame ass grafitti I'd have done had I been a thug.

[michelle2677]

thanks. :thumbsup:

i like your pics. henderson looks a lot like kent, only smaller. although i can't figure out why you guys have a library. :confused: :laugh:

F*CK off!!! :laugh: You should come visit sometime. Or I'll visit Kent.

why wouldn't we have a library?? All those books that YOU GUYS don't use, have to go somewhere:shrug:

[carrie721]

F*CK off!!! :laugh: You should come visit sometime. Or I'll visit Kent.

why wouldn't we have a library?? All those books that YOU GUYS don't use, have to go somewhere:shrug:

you mean the picture books? :sorry: :laugh:

oh, and i didn't mean my 'smaller' comment in a snarky way, i dunno if you took it that way. i was just saying. :shrug: and hell yeah we should get together. carrie and michelle do the midwest! :laugh:

[michelle2677]

you mean the picture books? :sorry: :laugh:

oh, and i didn't mean my 'smaller' comment in a snarky way, i dunno if you took it that way. i was just saying. :shrug: and hell yeah we should get together. carrie and michelle do the midwest! :laugh:

OH!! I'm sorry!! the "f*ck off" was the first thing that popped in my head after the library comment. then I went on to something else :laugh: Sorry!! :xoxo:

:lol: @ picture books. hay. at leest we no how to reed!!!

"carrie and michelle do the midwest......and it has never been the same since" :laugh: how much would that rock?!

[carrie721]

OH!! I'm sorry!! the "f*ck off" was the first thing that popped in my head after the library comment. then I went on to something else :laugh: Sorry!! :xoxo:

:lol: @ picture books. hay. at leest we no how to reed!!!

"carrie and michelle do the midwest......and it has never been the same since" :laugh: how much would that rock?!

haha, we could do a ledgie tour of the midwest ... look out, homie, maria, and curtis! michelle and i are coming to get you! :lol:

[danax6]

I love seeing where everybody lives. I'm at work now so I don't have any pics handy, but here a few I got off of Google:

Oh, I live in Heerlen, the very, very south of the Netherlands. Fairly touristy area, because of the *only* hills in this flat, flat country and the lovely views that creates. Many people vacation here...

This is where I spent many summers...it's actually a lot bigger than this and there a lot more cafes and restaurants, it's the very center of our city.

http://www.wellernet.nl/data/fotos/242/terras%20heerlen.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/1/441778_d95bb2acaf_m.jpg

Yes, we have castles too. This is where I had my highschool prom...

http://www.kasteelhoensbroek.nl/fotoAlbum/foto.15.jpg

Those famous hills...

http://www.wandelwaaier.nl/vakantie-foto/wandelreizen/Nederland/foto6909.jpg

More cows :lol:

http://www.riks.nl/images/Zuid_Limburg_koe.jpg

Pancratius Church...

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/danax6/heerlenpancratius40.jpg

Right next to the Church is the Glass Palace, which houses among other things our city library...

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/d/d1/300px-Glaspaleis_front-east.jpg

I'll see if I can find some of my own pics in a few...

[michelle2677]

haha, we could do a ledgie tour of the midwest ... look out, homie, maria, and curtis! michelle and i are coming to get you! :lol:
i'm sure maria would want to join us in our havoc. Curtis will be travelling with work :( maybe "carrie and michelle do las vegas" or "NYC" would be more productive :nod: :)

[carrie721]

wow. :shocked: those pics are really beautiful, vanessa!

[DrummerDeanna]

wow. :shocked: those pics are really beautiful, vanessa!

Yes they are! Amazing...

I just tried to find pic of my town online, but I didn't think y'all would enjoy pics of apartment buildings and store fronts....so I'll try to snap a few in the next few days :)

...and Carrie and Michelle do the midwest? Be afraid. be very afraid. :p

[Miss Vicky]

Some of the pics got kind of blurry when I resized, but here goes...

My house:
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/home.jpg

My street:
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/broadmoor.jpg

The creek near my house:
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/creek.jpg

A squirrel that lives there:
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/squirrel.jpg

The high school I attended (otherwise known as Vacaville's "other prison"):
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/willcwood.jpg

The office where I work:
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/petvet.jpg

[DavidMn]

Some of the pics got kind of blurry when I resized, but here goes...

My house:
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/home.jpg

My street:
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/broadmoor.jpg

The creek near my house:
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/creek.jpg

A squirrel that lives there:
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/squirrel.jpg

The high school I attended (otherwise known as Vacaville's "other prison"):
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/willcwood.jpg

The office where I work:
http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/petvet.jpgNice pics!:nod:

[ryan8472]

Vicky, for a minute, I thought it said "WOOT" on the side of the highschool, and I got excited. :lol:

Nice pics everyone!

[Miss Vicky]

Vicky, for a minute, I thought it said "WOOT" on the side of the highschool, and I got excited. :lol:

Nice pics everyone!

:laugh:

Yeah I don't think that would go over real well with the principal if someone painted "Woot" on the side of gym.

[Miss Vicky]

I took my camera with me on a walk along the creek this morning, and I just thought I'd share a couple of photos I snapped:

I'm not familiar with the raptors in my area so I'm not sure what species these are exactly, but here's a vulture of some sort sunning itself in a eucalyptus tree. Literally dozens of them congregate in this particular stand of trees to roost. They also have a habit of circling my house, which is kind of eerie. They're beautiful, though.

http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/vulture.jpg

And a hawk resting in a gnarled old oak tree.

http://www.angelfire.com/music6/walteregan/hometown/hawk.jpg

Edit: Okay, so I did a little googling - the first one is a turkey vulture and the second is a red shouldered hawk.

[skcin]

Those pics are awesome! Even though large bird scare me a little. :o

Actually, there was some sort of hawk in my yard the other day. My neighborhood has developed a rat problem, and the fact that my idot next-door neighboors leave garbage bags out for days at a time just makes it worse. They now have rats living under their patio. I talked to them about it last summer, when I witnessed a rat carrying A WHOLE PIECE OF PIZZA across my yard from their garbage. But I guess they don't care. I hate them. But I digress.

The other morning, I opened my gate & heard a russling sound. A hawk-like bird took flight (scaring the hell out of me) and as it was flying away, I noticed a body with a long tail hanging from its talons. Yay hawk! At least he's trying to help with the rodent problem. :thumbsup:

[Miss Vicky]

Those pics are awesome! Even though large bird scare me a little. :o


I'm not bothered by large predatory birds, I just think they're beautiful. Large parrots, on the other hand, scare the crap out of me. I absolutely will NOT touch them and I try to stay as far away as possible when one comes into the office for treatment.

Being so close to the creek, we have a lot of problems with rodents as well (rats, mice, moles). The hawks and owls in the area help out some and so do the feral cats, but it's still a constant problem and my own cats are totally useless. They're more interested in trying to get at my pet rat than in controlling the wild population. :rolleyes:

Thankfully, though, all of our neighbors seem pretty clean.

[Livia]

I'm cheating:

http://austinscenethebook.com/

:thumbsup:

[skcin]

^ Lazy bitch. :rolleyes: :p

I keep meaning to take some pics, but I haven't. Tell you what. I'm going to Kohl's tomorrow, I'll get some generic suburban "this could be anywhere" pics for you guys. :D

[carrie721]

^ Lazy bitch. :rolleyes: :p

I keep meaning to take some pics, but I haven't. Tell you what. I'm going to Kohl's tomorrow, I'll get some generic suburban "this could be anywhere" pics for you guys. :D

i can't wait! i bet it looks nothing like our generic suburban kohl's!

[xdreamsunwindx]

Why did I miss this thread? I suck. I didn't take any of these, but here are a few pictures for starters...

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/Welcome1.jpg

Welcome to Sharpsburg, a slightly urbanized ****hole located just minutes away from scenic Downtown Pittsburgh, or slightly longer, depending on which bus you take, and how much of an asshole your driver is. On every block, you can find a bar, a pizza shop, and a surplus of drunk men with gold chains and mass amounts of body hair. There are churches every couple blocks. Everyone who lives here is either old or dead.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/StMaryPennSt.jpg

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/StMaryEntrance.jpg

Nobody cares about anything from that sign up until this point. This is St. Mary's, a Roman Catholic church that has been around for at least 100 years, and is quite pretty, inside and out. My parents got married there. They no longer hold regular services - there is no heat in the winter, and there is no air conditioning in the summer.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/guyasuta.jpg

If you go up the street for a few blocks, you'll find this dude - Guyasuta. He liked to chill and smoke up here. Not much has changed.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/10th-Main-LookingEast.jpg

Some bars. Two out of about thirty.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/16th-MainWest.jpg

Part of our playground, which is safely located along the main street.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/FireDeptSign.jpg

We really dig Guyasuta.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/BREW5.JPG

Fort Pitt Brewery. We also dig booze.

I'll go out and take some of my own tomorrow, if it's nice out. These are just a few of the more interesting parts of my ~haunts~.

[skcin]

^I love Catholic churches. I don't love church, mind you. Like, I don't want to go to church. Mostly because I'm not Catholic. :laugh: But Catholic churches are stunningly beautiful, they can literally bring me to tears. Not modern cold boring contemporary churches - gimme the 150 year old gothic style or basilicas. :nod: Yup. Love 'em. Do I dare start a church thread? Perhaps an architecture thread? F*ck it, here's some pics (not mine) of local churches.

If you're at all interested in this stuff, please click the link. This is one of the largest & most important churches in the Buffalo area. It's actually in Lackawanna, which is a small city outside of Buffalo - my mom grew up there. Also, I worked for 9 years at the agency affiliated with this church, which was right next door to it; one of my best friends got married here (longest walk down a church aisle ever.) The man who built the church (and also founded the agency I used to work at), Father Nelson Baker, is being considered for sainthood right now. Like I said, I'm not Catholic, but things have happened that have convinced me that he should be beatified.
http://www.ourladyofvictory.org/Basilica/tour.html

Here's another one. Much smaller, much older. Just as beautiful. I was there last Srping with my mom to have the Easter basket blessed (even though I'm not Catholic, my mom is - but she's a Christer, lol.)
http://ah.bfn.org/a/cable/160/facade/index.html