Month: March 2013

Friday Explorer’s Club: Drew Furtado

I first came across New England artist Drew Furtado as he was running a Kickstarter campaign to fund a series of posters that celebrated Fall River, MA.  His mission with this project was to “show the greater good in a city  marred with a negative reputation.”  His goal was $925.00, yet he raised $6,580 – […]

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Balboa Park Botanical Building, San Diego, CA

Balboa Park is 1,200 acres of museums, gardens, and open space overlooking downtown San Diego. The Botanical Building and its famous Lily Pond were built for the 1915-1916 World’s Fair Panama-California Exposition and it still stands as one of the  largest wood lath structures in the world. While Jeff and I were visiting family in San […]

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Friday Explorer’s Club: Our Vacation

Last week, we flew to the West Coast to visit family in San Diego and then drove to Las Vegas for a few nights before flying home. Here are some photos from our trip . . . {it was wonderful to wake up to 70 degree weather and sunshine} {so jealous that Californians can grow […]

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