What do you see on your way to work/school? [Archive]

daniellaaarisen

09-29-2009, 11:34 PM

Let's see.... I wake up around 5:45 when it's still dark. I took these two off of my front porch one morning:

http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs199.snc1/6730_1169912241782_1047240440_30795998_607892_n.jpg

The sun starts to rise when I leave the house around 6:45:

http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs179.snc1/6730_1169912001776_1047240440_30795994_8346830_n.jpg

The road I take to get to the freeway passes a gorgeous large lake, about 5 minutes from my house. I took this in the middle of winter last year... I got out of my car and took a picture from the side of the road (with a bit of zoom, but still!):

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v273/167/68/1047240440/n1047240440_30422926_8892.jpg

After that, the day is boring. I get on a freeway, hop onto another freeway and then I am at school, 20 minutes away.

LukeA

09-30-2009, 12:04 AM

I can see Mt. Hood & Mt. St. Helens (and even Mt. Adams, depending on the day) quite clearly from most of the windows of my house.

daniellaaarisen

09-30-2009, 12:18 AM

I can see Mt. Hood & Mt. St. Helens (and even Mt. Adams, depending on the day) quite clearly from most of the windows of my house.

Oregon is my favorite place ever. You are quite lucky.

GODDESS6

09-30-2009, 05:08 AM

i see my hallway & kitchen first:lol:~ i wrk from home:D~

chriskisn

09-30-2009, 05:50 AM

i see my hallway & kitchen first:lol:~ i wrk from home:D~

Actually I don't see a lot either, I work a couple of minutes from home...basically driving through a couple of surburban streets then a couple of shops and I'm there..

Betsy

09-30-2009, 12:05 PM

Vivfox, your neighborhood scares me.

daniellaaarisen - How cool! Those photos! I never expected that! But I loved it.

chriskin & goddess6 - I wish I had your drive! Mine lasts 25 minutes, which isn't bad but I usually get behind school buses (high school starts at 7:25 a.m.) which stop RIGHT on the highway. You gotta be alert and ready with the brake.

LukeA - How cool to be able to see them from your house! I remember when Mt. St. Helens erupted.

Thanks everyone for playing along today. Anyone else?

JWS

09-30-2009, 12:10 PM

I drive five miles down Santa Monica Blvd. to the beach.

Chrislit18

09-30-2009, 01:30 PM

i see very many dead carcasses...no lie

a river, which could be nice, but it just makes me feel cold :/

i hate my drive into school minus the party music I have going on in my car...:D

Villavic

09-30-2009, 02:44 PM

I take the route by the beach. Lucky me cause traffic in Lima is very heavy, the city is growing caothicly. But this route is quickly, just when you go up to enter the city again are some lines to wait

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_10d0Slc2CBQ/R2LAq3kdPxI/AAAAAAAAByg/OLcuaQZCEFU/s400/costaverde.jpg

Betsy

09-30-2009, 04:49 PM

chrislit - I hear you about the dead carcasses! Lots of skunks seem to move rather slowly as do porcupines. There are signs all over the town I work in. It seems our squirrels have the plague. Lots of dead ones on the grates to public buildings.

JWS...THE Santa Monica Blvd?? (The one made famous in that Sheryl Crowe song??)

Hello Villavic!

I remember you and your photos from Machu Pichu! (sorry if I miss spelled it.) Your beach photo is great too. You always posted some great shots in the photo thread.

(BTW, my husband is a member of the Colorado Hiking Club. They are planning a trip to Peru next spring to do the climb to Machu Pichu. I will be PM'ing you when the trip gets closer to ask about some do's and don't.)

estranged4life

09-30-2009, 05:12 PM

Alot of flat land until I 12 miles South of town where the Wichita Mountains start (With the Blue Canyon Wind Farm in the valley).

Heading East I travel over the worse stretch of highway in the state of Oklahoma (Highway 9) with many a death trap turn and hills for about 30 miles. Of course if I am East of Anadarko I HAVE to be reminded of Debbie as I past the accident site (With pieces of my car still in the culvert almost 1 year later)

jenniferuk

09-30-2009, 05:36 PM

Stairs! I WFH (work from home) so head down the stairs and make a right.

Much, much better than my previous commute (a 90 minute multi-train journey across London).

Musicman408

09-30-2009, 06:37 PM

Beautiful shots you guys!! For those of you beach dwellers, I am totally jealous!!!

I walk up a huge hill and see a lot of my college campus! I love it!!!

JWS

09-30-2009, 07:56 PM

chrislit - I hear you about the dead carcasses! Lots of skunks seem to move rather slowly as do porcupines. There are signs all over the town I work in. It seems our squirrels have the plague. Lots of dead ones on the grates to public buildings.

JWS...THE Santa Monica Blvd?? (The one made famous in that Sheryl Crowe song??)
Hello Villavic!

I remember you and your photos from Machu Pichu! (sorry if I miss spelled it.) Your beach photo is great too. You always posted some great shots in the photo thread.

(BTW, my husband is a member of the Colorado Hiking Club. They are planning a trip to Peru next spring to do the climb to Machu Pichu. I will be PM'ing you when the trip gets closer to ask about some do's and don't.)

I don't know that Sheryl Crowe song but I'm sure it's the same Santa Monica Blvd as in Randy Newmans "I Love L.A." played at Laker games. It's a long street. I live at the west end...not the Hollywood end (east)

bucklind17

09-30-2009, 08:30 PM

I see four blocks of Astoria, Queens, a mixture of 24 hour fruit markets, Greek eateries, small-town style bars and the usual gentrification (Dunkin Donuts, Chase bank, Duane Reade, etc.). Then I see the elevated subway tracks of my station, the inside of a crowded subway car (but when I'm lucky it's not so crowded and I get a perfect view of the NYC skyline), the inside of a subway tunnel and eventually, my stop with the red-orange painted bricks. I emerge to see what is almost a postcard view of Times Square. Kind of surreal sometimes. Last thing to see before my office is my beloved coffee cart, where the guys know my order and starting making it when they see me emerge from the station.

Amlyn

09-30-2009, 08:48 PM

NYC skyline. I live just across the river from the city and work about 20 miles west. Driving home each night i usually take note of the Empire State Building's colors.

golddustdrummer

09-30-2009, 10:30 PM

I don't know that Sheryl Crowe song but I'm sure it's the same Santa Monica Blvd as in Randy Newmans "I Love L.A." played at Laker games. It's a long street. I live at the west end...not the Hollywood end (east)

yeah. I believe it was in "All I Wanna Do"

"...until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard"

sadly, anytime someone mentions Santa Monica Boulevard...that song goes through my brain.

see? there it went again! alhdkjankznz :mad:

oh to add to the thread.
I see manicured lawns and neat houses, an expressway, car dealerships, Target, and then some corn fields before I get to school.
truly awe inspiring.

tuigirl

09-30-2009, 10:45 PM

B..All at the moment, it's pitch black when I'm on the road to work! :D but when it does eventually become light (on my way back home) theres a bit of Southern English countryside (hills trees etc) and a bunch of Highland cattle (long haired red ones) en route.

daniellaaarisen

09-30-2009, 11:04 PM

New Yorkers--

What do you love (and maybe hate) about the city? I'm applying to NYU and I'd love a resident's opinion.

hippilil86

09-30-2009, 11:10 PM

I start out in the Franklin-Nicollet Neighborhood of Minneapolis

http://i33.tinypic.com/2sbocxv.jpg

Then I head my way on Lyndale Avenue into Uptown.....
http://i33.tinypic.com/28ro5c.jpg

Then I reach the Lake Calhoun area of Minneapolis...where I work!
http://i35.tinypic.com/29x8xzq.jpg

bucklind17

09-30-2009, 11:11 PM

New Yorkers--

What do you love (and maybe hate) about the city? I'm applying to NYU and I'd love a resident's opinion.

I love many, many things about the city. There is ALWAYS something to do. You know that a favorite band or artist is likely going to come here at some point, there's SO much theater to see (and cheap ways to see it!), there are amazing restaurants, Central Park is fabulous all year round and something I never tire of and it's pretty easy to get from place to place around here. You can almost always get what you need when you need it. NYU's campus and surrounding neighborhood is great as well. Feel free to PM me with any specific questions! Many of my friends are NYU alums and I lived amongst the dorms when I first got here, so I know the area and culture pretty well!

My biggest thing that I hate about the city, which I KNOW is from working in the heart of Times Square for over five years, is how crowded it is. There are just SO many people, stopping to take pictures in the middle of the sidewalk or strolling at a snail's pace. I understand it, I've been a tourist many places, it just has really started driving me crazy lately. I wish they could install a lane for locals so we could go about our business and neither of us would have to bother the other! I miss space.

HejiraNYC

10-01-2009, 10:19 AM

New Yorkers--

What do you love (and maybe hate) about the city? I'm applying to NYU and I'd love a resident's opinion.

I used to live next to NYU buildings... but to be honest, the thing I hate most about that area is, well, NYU! They are on a mission to annex the entire Village to become one big urban campus.

There is much to love about the city- the cultural institutions, the food, the shops and the multitude of things to do. But unless you have fabulously wealthy parents or a trust fund, I can't even begin to imagine trying to live a decent lifestyle while being a student there- it is very, very expensive. There are lots of rich kids who attend NYU, so I would imagine there is quite a bit of peer pressure to "keep up appearances." But I must admit that I am envious of anyone who was able to spend their transformative years in New York- it really is an incredibly culturally enriching experience for a young adult. Very safe too, believe it or not.

I spent the first few years of my NY existence constantly pinching myself as if it was all a dream. I was constantly in awe of everything. But now it's just... home. Still, every once in a while, when I'm driving around the boroughs, I catch a glimpse of the Manhattan skyline and it gives me those chills again- the incredible vertical scale and density of this little island. But that usually fades as soon as I start hitting potholes and bridge congestion...

jannieC

10-01-2009, 10:54 AM

I saw something so disturbing on my way to work this morning!

A young woman (late teens?) walking with a couple that may or may not have been her parents. The young woman had on short shorts (tan), knee high black boots, and a pink hooded winter coat. She was about 50+ lbs overweight and it was just not a good look. So odd.

Dani- you should send petep9000 a message. He lives in NYC and writes beautifully about it. I am originally from NY and his journal entries make me terribly homesick. :)

chiliD

10-01-2009, 12:00 PM

Cars...cars...& more cars....oh, and trucks & motorcycles...and more cars. (I commute via freeway in Southern California...can you tell?)

And, I see the rollercoaster tracks of Knott's Berry Farm, the smokestacks of the Queen Mary, the dome that used to house Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose seaplane.

And, more cars & trucks & motorcycles & cars...and cars...and cars.

JWS

10-01-2009, 01:02 PM

Cars...cars...& more cars....oh, and trucks & motorcycles...and more cars. (I commute via freeway in Southern California...can you tell?)

And, I see the rollercoaster tracks of Knott's Berry Farm, the smokestacks of the Queen Mary, the dome that used to house Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose seaplane.

Is Knotts Berry Farm still operating? I thought it had shut down years ago. I live in LA and only visited one time back in the 80's

petep9000

10-01-2009, 02:28 PM

New Yorkers--

What do you love (and maybe hate) about the city? I'm applying to NYU and I'd love a resident's opinion.

I think if you have the opportunity, you should try try try to come. It's a wonderful city, warts and all. I love living here. Granted, I was in a borough (Brooklyn) but I always worked in Manhattan and everyday I find something new to look at.
In terms of cultural offerings, NYC is justifiably world-famous. I love going to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, and also the great museums and of course eating. The skyline and sights are beautiful, and it is true that you get used to it but once you see it from a distance it all strikes you again. This I remember from Brooklyn for sure. So I moved into a new apartment with my partner on Friday, so here is some NYC views that I get to see from my house!

Here is my view from my dining room

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Here is my view from my living room

<a href="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc297/jcastr01/IMG_0359.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc297/jcastr01/th_IMG_0359.jpg" border="0" alt="Living Room" ></a>

Villavic

10-01-2009, 02:32 PM

(BTW, my husband is a member of the Colorado Hiking Club. They are planning a trip to Peru next spring to do the climb to Machu Pichu. I will be PM'ing you when the trip gets closer to ask about some do's and don't.)

That's so cool. Though actually the climbing wouldn't be to the Machu Picchu (old mountain) but the Huayna Picchu (young mountain), cause that's the challenge! To reach Machu Picchu you take a van that climbs the road. Then within the ancient city there's an entrance to the Huayna Picchu. Few people dare to go, cause there are some riske parts of the roa. The Huayna Picchu is the big peak, pyramid shape, you see at the pictures, behind the actual ruines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huayna_Picchu

I have never climbed the H.P, but I did the inca trail, 4 days of trekking (there are sorter circuits) and it's hard, cause you have to go up 4000mt high over the see, its exhausting. But it's a beautiful experience. If you want this you have to reserver months before because entrance is very controlled, they are preserving the nature (in the past was saturated of adventure tourists and affected the ecology)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Trail_to_Machu_Picchu

daniellaaarisen

10-01-2009, 09:36 PM

Thank you guys SO MUCH for the feedback about New York. I think it is my second favorite choice right now and I think I should start looking at other schools in the city as well. I want to be somewhere either super urban or super rural, so we'll see what I end up with.

LukeA

10-02-2009, 01:42 AM

Its very hard for me to understand the fascination with New York. Even though such a distinction is almost inexplicable by definition & circumstance, the fact remains that NYC truly is the most overrated city in this country. If you've lived in or near a major and/or cosmopolitan city at any point in your adolescent/adult life, NYC isn't going to blow you away.

Betsy

10-03-2009, 07:03 PM

Hey....thanks for the latest posts....

bucklind17, Amlyn, golddustdrummer, tuigirl, hippilil86, HeihiraNYC, jannieC, chiliD, JWS, petep9000

Sometimes I feel sorry for myself. I drive and see this same stuff, over and over and over...and seeing what you folks have described has been fun for me.

For the hell of it, I decided to bring a camera to show you pictures of my drive.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/ewgubbels/drive.jpg

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/ewgubbels/mkcamera416.jpg

And of course....last but not least, "Castle Rock". The town I work in, is named CASTLE ROCK...so we gotta have a photo of "The Rock". The Saturday after Thanksgiving, they light that star which is on top and leave it lit until after the Denver Stock Show in January. At night, it looks like a huge star is protecting the little town.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/ewgubbels/DECA003.jpg

bucklind17

10-03-2009, 07:07 PM

Betsy, that looks pretty gorgeous to me! I wouldn't mind seeing those mountains every day! Especially if it meant it was 100 or so less tourists to duck. ;)

vivfox

10-03-2009, 07:31 PM

Sometimes I feel sorry for myself. I drive and see this same stuff, over and over and over.

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x7/ewgubbels/drive.jpg

You feel sorry for yourself with a great view like this of the Rocky Mountains?

golddustdrummer

10-04-2009, 03:51 PM

SortaSavageLike

10-04-2009, 03:59 PM

Stolen shopping carts.
Discarded cigar holders.
Dead squirrels.
People who think that pajamas should be worn in public.
Grocery bags.
People in pajamas driving their stolen shopping carts past dead squirrels while smoking cigars with plastic holders.

Betsy

10-04-2009, 05:04 PM

I guess I need to re-phrase what I was trying to say.

I don't know that I feel sorry for myself - but that I feel sorry that I am so wrapped up in the destination of WORK and all the stress that is connected with it, that I don't stop and LOOK at the countryside an be grateful for where I am.

HejiraNYC

10-05-2009, 08:05 AM

trackaghost

10-05-2009, 11:23 AM

Betsy, those photos, especially the second one, are amazing!
I'm seriously jealous you get to see that every day!

Betsy

10-05-2009, 11:35 AM

^^^
Thank you Sharon! Post a photo of what you see.

For me, I want to see more photos of what other people see....even if it is beer cans, lots of traffice, etc. etc. It's a view.

The NYC ones, the California at 6 a.m., and the Chicago ones and well, ALL of them were fun for me to see. We take vacations to get AWAY from the mountains! So to be able to take a mini-vacation (mindwise) by seeing what you guys have posted has been enjoyable.

Work is great and money is necessary but mental vacations aid the body and soul.

golddustdrummer

10-13-2009, 01:11 PM

yeah. I resurected this thread becuase I finally remembered to take my camera with me on my way to school! lol :sorry: I know they are big pics with nothing remotely exciting in them.

sitting in my driveway..
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last but not least, my car's protection...St. Christopher medal that belonged to my grandmother.
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chiliD

10-13-2009, 02:02 PM

Is Knotts Berry Farm still operating? I thought it had shut down years ago. I live in LA and only visited one time back in the 80's

Oh, yeah! Six Flags sold it to Cedar Fair (the corporation that runs Cedar Point park in Ohio) a few years ago, but it's been open since Ma & Pa Knott ran the actual Berry Farm. (and the Knott's restaurant still serves their awesome chicken dinners!)

This is its big time of year when they have their "Halloween Haunt at Knott's Scary Farm". It's so popular that my evening commute during October really sucks!! (well, sucks even worse than usual)

Erin

10-13-2009, 03:29 PM

Those shots are amazing, Betsy.

I take the Red Line every day in Chicago. Unfortunately, mostly what you see is the backside of all the brick three-floor walkups, and then you go underground. However, I do pass Graceland Cemetary:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/35/73099559_1d46e5d48f.jpg

http://graveyards.com/IL/Cook/graceland/palmer.jpg

I also pass Wrigley Field (I'm sure BrianJ. will be pleased). Oh and I also have the view of my fellow crabby commuters and the random homeless/crazy person. Soon to be $3 each way, and $110 for a monthly pass, yipee!!!

Betsy

10-13-2009, 04:39 PM

Cool photos golddustdrummer! They look like my hometown. I swear I've seen that street from the first photos.

Erin! Yours are cool too. That Graceland cemetery first shot is stunning! And the mauseolum (?) with the pillars is interesting. i am fascinated by cemeteries and like to photograph the unique stones. There was a picture thread a few years ago and someone posted cemetery photos from England, I think.

ChiliD - so Knotts Berry Farm really started with a Berry Farm and not amusement rides? (*smile*)

Today is a special day for me, as was yesterday. I am a grandma for the first time and got to be in the delivery room. Life is good and taking the time to reflect on all those things one is grateful for, caresses the soul.

I enjoy the friendliness of the Ledge community. Thanks everyone who took an interest in the thread.

GODDESS6

10-13-2009, 04:46 PM

Cool photos golddustdrummer! They look like my hometown. I swear I've seen that street from the first photos.

Erin! Yours are cool too. That Graceland cemetery first shot is stunning! And the mauseolum (?) with the pillars is interesting. i am fascinated by cemeteries and like to photograph the unique stones. There was a picture thread a few years ago and someone posted cemetery photos from England, I think.

ChiliD - so Knotts Berry Farm really started with a Berry Farm and not amusement rides? (*smile*)

Today is a special day for me, as was yesterday. I am a grandma for the first time and got to be in the delivery room. Life is good and taking the time to reflect on all those things one is grateful for, caresses the soul.
I enjoy the friendliness of the Ledge community. Thanks everyone who took an interest in the thread.

congrats to that!!!~

LikeAWillow

10-13-2009, 06:03 PM

My commute to both work and school requires about a ten minute walk around campus, so here's a taste of Wellesley for you all.

http://www.pinnaclehouses.com/ezstatic/data/pinnaclehouses/images/a/Towns/wellesleycollege2.jpg

http://www.explo.org/files/photos/intl_int.jpg

^ The boy throwing a football is a complete misrepresentation unless he is actually a she. Then it's just called Tuesday afternoon.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/77/173504986_23ddba0107.jpg

^ the library where I work hard for the money

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2956171383_7ef5296211.jpg

^ the lake on campus (the tall tower is one of the academic buildings, specifically the one I have my German class in, if you're interested in stalking me. Despite its beauty, life here gets dull.)

Erin

10-13-2009, 06:07 PM

Erin! Yours are cool too. That Graceland cemetery first shot is stunning! And the mauseolum (?) with the pillars is interesting. i am fascinated by cemeteries and like to photograph the unique stones. There was a picture thread a few years ago and someone posted cemetery photos from England, I think.

I didn't take those, just a lovely Google Images search, but I'm sure the photographers would appreciate the comment!:D

daniellaaarisen

10-13-2009, 06:14 PM

I'm in love with that lake.

LikeAWillow

10-13-2009, 06:20 PM

I'm in love with that lake.

Dani. I spent about a total of (literally) five hours alone last weekend walking around that lake and taking new paths through the woods surrounding it. You would have been in heaven.

Betsy

10-15-2009, 01:14 PM

LikeAWillow

10-15-2009, 01:42 PM

Quoting Like a Willow:

the tall tower is one of the academic buildings, specifically the one I have my German class in

-- Trying to imitate the German flag of red, yellow and black --

Du nimmst Deutsch? Wie gefällt es Dir diese Spache?

Deutsch ist nicht meine leiblingsklasse, und (ich muss sagen) ich finde es ein bisschen langweilig. Aber, ich bin nur in Deutsch 101, so velleicht spater werde die Sprache mir mehr gefallen.

I'm sorry, I'm sure that last sentence is completely incorrect and quite possibly says nothing at all haha. I'm just in my first semester of German, and so far we've covered like, numbers, greetings, and basic information haha, but I decided to just try to wing it. How do you speak German so well? :)