picfilipino stats
a cool interactive display at the ellis island museum shows you the number of documented immigrants by ethnicity in the united states.
there are currently 1.8…
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picstar wars goes postal
R2D2 has a new job...he's a US post office mailbox!
spotted at chinatown in new york city.
picmuch room for mushroom
looks like burnt bread, doesn't it? these brown mushrooms have been popping up at our backyard, and our dog has something to do with it.…
picpacific blue ceiling
the observation deck at the pier one mall in atlantic city installed these on their ceiling to make you look up and say..."surf's UP!" and…
picstars and stripes citronella
fighting moths and mosquitoes the patriotic way!
have a safe and fun fourth of july, y'all!
picsummer flowers
these flowers are smaller than this picture would suggest. and they grow tall, too...about 4 feet from the ground.
picsweet goodbye
the message matches the sweetness of this "texas sheet cake" baked specially by someone at work for the going away party they threw for me.
it's…
picbeacha by golly wow
pretending to not have any cares in the world at the very cold, partly cloudy sandy hook beach.
picalien invasion!
....or red bendy balloons stuck in the ceiling!
fat spaghetti noodles! large intestines!
this is actually blown glass sculpture on the ceiling of the trendy borgata casino…
picit's sugar!
there is a fun, whimsical candy store at the boardwalk in atlantic city called "it's sugar!" where everything sweet and colorful can be found.
that huge…
piccrabby pants
caught this inflated crustacean mascot red-handed (err, clawed?) at the boardwalk in atlantic city. he's inviting people to come check out the new crab place…
picrobin's eggs
we just discovered yesterday that a robin has made a nest inside a shrub next to our front door. imagine my delight to see tiny…
picyellow glow
i will never grow tired of taking spring photos. here, flowers blooming around our house.
piclondon sweets
i took london home with me in the form of lollipops....(among other things)
these were bought at the jubilee market in covent garden, london.
picdevilishly delish deviled eggs!
my first attempt....
sprinkled with paprika. i know they look like you-know-what scooped on top of the egg halves, but i promise you they are "delish"…
picbaggage check
our cat flay loves getting inside boxes and suitcases, as you can see in this one. he seems to approve of the comfort that my…
picvalentine vlizzard!
valentine's day is snowy for everyone in new jersey. makes you want to snuggle up with someone/something warm.
this is the view from our street today....and…
picstaten island sweets
our family guests from staten island brought some delicious desserts from a bakery called "alfonso's": cherry cheesecake and cannolis.
yum.
picgrey
meet the new cat of the house...grey.
he was adopted on our behalf by my sister's co-worker from a cat orphanage, and was brought into…
picmeet tiffany
our shih tzu adopted from my aunt's family.
she is wearing a smart little doggy shirt from old navy.
isn't she lovely?
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vidthe snowflakes at saks fifth avenue
snowflake light show at saks fifth avenue...just across the tree at rockefeller center in new york city.
the building sparkles every 15 minutes, enthralling the bevy…
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picoh captain, my captain!
does this life-sized lego statue look familiar to you?
well it's captain jack sparrow! arrrrr!
(toys r' us, nyc)
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picpile of pumpkins
went pumpkin-picking at alstede farms in chester. i was inspired to carve a pumpkin for halloween hence this trip to a pumpkin patch. here are…
picshiver me ice cream cake!
what's a birthday without a birthday cake?
here's mine from today...an ice cream cake with sugary confettis from a local dairy shop flanked by pirates stitch…
picbundt!
for my little cousin's 5th birthday today, our german friend baked a nice orange-glazed bundt cake with marshmallows.
i've never seen a bundt cake with…
picby the saint lawrence river
picturesque view of the river on a church along the slope of cote l'eglise in quebec city.
picpeek-a-boo!
i see paris, i see france
i see this bodiless mannequin's underpants!
(observatory at the marie guyart building, quebec city)
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picayayay...it's ara mina!
i admit, i have groupie tendencies. hey, how often do you come across celebrities in your life anyway? this is one of those times i…
picvintage shoe carriage
i was wondering if imelda marcos owned one of these...an antique baby carriage shaped like a shoe!
it was on display at the space farms…
picon higher ground
my feet landed on new jersey's highest point of elevation this sunday...at high point monument in sussex county.
1,803 feet above sea level. lush green below,…
picwooden "stone henge"
these wooden sculptures at the empire state plaza in albany do remind me of the stone henge in england.
the church you see just beyond…
picmcdonald's sculpture?
seems like a complicated interlinking of mcdonald's golden arch, don't you think?
i'm loving it.
(empire state plaza, albany, ny)
picmy bicol bag!
my family is back from the philippines and my godmother thoughtfully gave me a gorgeous native bag for "pasalubong." one look and i knew it…
pic"the egg" convention center
so called because of its unique shape, this convention center is also a landmark in albany's empire state plaza. it is primarily a venue for…
pica butterfly flutters by (now say it like a tongue twister...)
this butterfly's wings are so delicate yet fierce-looking with the tiger-like striped pattern.
picmr. pink
where else in the world can you see mr. clean on a baby pink laundry bar wrapper?
walang ganyan sa states! hehe.
my family just went back…
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picclematis niobe
this flowering vine which i had planted by our garden arch so it can crawl itself around it has started to bloom. the flowers are…
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picTGIP!
thank god it's pizza!
decided to celebrate friday with a medium-sized hawaiian barbecue chicken from papa john's...all to myself. hehe.
chunks of chicken, pineapples, chopped bacon bits,…
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picpink can still be summer-y
bought a pair of pink gator clogs with hibiscus prints for five dollars. i've never seen these clogs with prints before, so i couldn't resist…
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picthe axe effect?
hmmm, this guy with his shiny axe doesn't look happy having his picture taken...hehe.
this was earlier today during the memorial day celebration at our lake's…
picpurple iris
these irises have sprouted in our backyard and are quite vibrant in color. they remind me a lot of quebec's flag symbol ("the blue flag…
picwhere the sopranos eat?
spotted this restaurant at the lake george village in lake george, new york. brought to mind that popular tv series of the same name. :P
piccruisin' build-a-bunny
on a cloudy and drizzling mother's day, we went on a cruise on lake george. not only was our mom afforded a free ticket (a…
picby the lake
the depe dene resort in lake george, new york.
this resort was right by lake george's shoreline. we went here on mother's day weekend for our…
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blogi want this!!!
how cool is this?your
photo frame just turned high-tech! in this age of digital photography,
they decided to invent a photo frame that displays all your favorite
digital…
pictulip
i think that i shall never tire of looking at flowers. and this one is just from our garden!
i love how it's two colors…
Y NOT DONATE TO "Y-ME"?
The Power of Pink takes to the streets with your favorite running shoes.The Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization iscelebrating Mother's Day with fund-raising walkathonsaround the…
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picwhite cherry blossoms
i simply love cherry blossoms! and what a nice spring day it was yesterday.
(denville, new jersey)
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picspring!
i was surveying the green things sprouting from the ground around our garden and was delighted to see this small patch of light purple flowers.…
stupid cupid
of course, just like most of them, he's MARRIED.
i found that out tonight. somehow, i'm not surprised. but i am a little broken-hearted. hehe.
i think…
confectionery confession
i bring chocolates to fill the
candy bowl at work because i know this person likes chocolates, under
the context of being generally generous to everyone who…
picpet peeve
one of the questions that i disdain being asked is, "do you have a boyfriend?"
what i hate even more is when the querent follows…
picgnarly, mangled archway
i imagine what this would look like in spring and summer, when it's not all dry and wrinkled.
(westminster, maryland)
picpick your pleasure
we stopped at a convenience store in a gas station somewhere in pennsylvania en route to maryland, and to our surprise, instead of a vending…
picfoot up in the sky
the arm sling is off, and my feet are back in travel mode (but not intensively).
lounging in the back seat on our way to maryland…
pici have a new celfone
and it's called a sony ericsson Zsomethingorother.
i'm on cingular and i finally have text messaging features and a built-in camera.
i'm wearing my arm sling…
