Our World

  • Our World | Balloon Lady

    @ The Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Oregon, USA A balloon lady at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn, Oregon.Don’t miss her hair ornaments. 🙂 Linking to the meme — Our World You might also like: Tulip Time A Tulip fest or a visual feast For pictures from...
  • A 100, and merrily going around

    The Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round The building that houses the ancient carousel. This carousel, which was made in 1911, has gotten into US’s ‘National Register of Historical Places.’ This post is linked to the meme: An earlier post on this Regional Park – Family Fun at Tilden Park For pictures...
  • Our World: Altamont Pass and its windmills

    We were driving from San Jose to Mountain House, CA and we had just passed Livermore when windmills took over the scene in an otherwise dry landscape. The area — a part of the Diablo Mountain Range — is home to Altamont Pass Wind Farm, which is said to...
  • Glimpses: Oregon Zoo

    Every Zoo has them Giraffes, Tigers and Lions. However there is usually something to set each one apart from the rest. Some zoos stand out because they have animals from a particular geographical area, some, because they they have only a few barely-heard-of animals. (Read: Oakland’s own Little Africa | Exotic animals of...
  • Looking for the Best Fish Company?

      We love our Fish and Chips. We love Clam Chowder, too. And now we know of a place in Southern Washington that serves really good stuff – both Fish and Chips and Chowder. I’m quite certain Pacific Northwest Best Fish Company will disappoint few. We first heard of...
  • Rainbow, Waldo or Robin Williams?

    To some of us, this is the Rainbow Tunnel just a few miles north of the world-famous landmark called Golden Gate Bridge. This tunnel on US 101 is actually called the Waldo Tunnel, supposedly named after a politician of the 1850s. Now, this tunnel in Marin County may have a change of name...
  • OurWorld: Greek and Roman touch to San Francisco

      Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. That is what this exquisite piece of art is called. This structure, which takes inspiration from Greek and Roman architecture was originally built for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915. It continues to give San Francisco a Greek and Roman touch.  Today,...
  • A Walk in the Park: Central Park, Santa Clara

    This is Santa Clara’s own Central Park. All of 50 odd acres, this park in California’s Bay Area is a pretty place, which is well landscaped with lawns, water fountains and all. The park’s proximity to several residential areas makes it a good place for a stroll, for little...
  • Our World: Chasing a double rainbow

    We were in Washington last summer and it was nice and warm and not unlike California, around then. Then we were back in Vancouver, Washington in the Fall and on our very first day here, the area gave us a taste of the rains that the Pacific Northwest is...
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