Post A Photo From Google Images of Some Place Near Where You Live!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

I'll start:



Above is Higgins Beach, Scarborough, Maine. I dare you to find a better Maine beach. :P



Above is Fort Gorges, in Casco Bay, off of Portland. Been here twice.



Well, I didn't say it had to be a GOOD place. This is *'s mansion, at Walker's Point in Kennebunkport. I'm only half-an-hour north of this shithead! :scared:

:P :P

Your turn!

[Call Me Wesley]

1. Around here:

George Clooney's beach house on Lake Como:



Lugano:



Bellinzona with it's main castle (state capitol):



General oversight:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. Damn, that's pretty!

No Bushies over there! :hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

7. Nah,

we do have Bushies. They just have none or very little power. The political ways are pretty different here. For example, the definition of 'Liberals' here means 'conservative.' And we do have multiple parties, not just a two party system. If I remember it correctly, the present Swiss president (which changes every year) is a Social Democrat, also 'our' Condi Rice is a Social Democrat.

Not bad. ;)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

28. Not bad at all.

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

55. oops! Posted in the wrong spot...

Sorry 'bout that!

[azmouse]

3. The Sonoran Desert and Phoenix

[WritingIsMyReligion]

4. Very nice.

:thumbsup:

[Lefty48197]

21. Love the desert and mountain photos.

.

[Burma Jones]

5. Allrighty - I really like where I live, Upper Montgomery County, MD

[WritingIsMyReligion]

29. Very nice!

:D

[SofaKingLiberal]

6. okay

Wekiva Springs State Park, FL

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. Stunning...

I love wild-looking places like that! :)

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. The second and fourth pics, especially, are GORGEOUS.

:bounce:

[Fenris]

8. Okay...

Devil's Backbone, near Wimberly:



Gruene Hall:



Texas State:



San Marcos River:



Guadalupe River:

[Richardo]

12. Greune Hall!

That was the first place I ever went to in Texas - on a bidness trip, no less.
Played horseshoes and drank really cold Shiner. I knew I would like it here.

[Fenris]

18. T-rrific place!

The graffiti in and around the stage is priceless - some big acts have come through there.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

31. The rivers, especially, are lovely!

:thumbsup:

[China_cat]

9. Charleston

Angel Oak



swamp (got lots of that)



sweet grass baskets

[WritingIsMyReligion]

32. Awesome!

:bounce::bounce:

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

34. One of my favorite cities!

When I was a kid, my parents would often stop in Charleston on the way to my grandparents' house in Florida. The route we took had basket stands every few miles, and the women who made them were usually busy making more when we stopped.

We used to go to a restaurant near the Market Place called Henry's until they went out of business. Then we'd drive to the Battery after dinner and walk around. This place is really dear to my heart.

Thanks for the memory! :hug:

[China_cat]

54. Henry's is still in business.

54 Market St. Bar and Restaurant and Henry's Market Street Inn. The fried grits still flow.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

57. That's great to know!

I never had grits there, but remember some of the best catfish I ever ate... :9

[huskerlaw]

10. Here ya go...

Hollywood...


Malibu...


The view from Mullholland Drive...


..and last night this was just a few miles away:

[Call Me Wesley]

11. Sorry to threadjack:

Look at the first picture I posted in my post. Then be envy! ;)

[huskerlaw]

14. AAAAHHH!

This color of green really isn't that attractive on me, dear Wesley!

I don't know what it is about that man. Oh wait, yes I do. He's hot *and* very vocally liberal. :sigh:

[Call Me Wesley]

15. LOL!

He's a good guy. According to an interview he gave a few weeks ago to a Swiss newspaper, he rides his bike every week on one of the mountains here. I guess I'm going to get to know him.

[huskerlaw]

19. Since we've already hijacked the thread...

I've been meaning to ask you...are you anywhere near St. Moritz? I have a Belgian friend who works at a camp up there every summer. Somewhere near the Heidi house, actually. ;) She loves it, but I'm making her skip it this year...she's coming to visit me instead! :bounce:

And also...palm trees in Switzerland (your Lugano pic)? I'm assuming those aren't naturally occurring?

[Call Me Wesley]

20. Since Switzerland is quite small,

we're near anywhere in it. St. Moritz is an hour away; and I've been there skiing sometimes. I think my cousin woked there a lot as a ski teacher (she's a World Champion, but an idiot otherwise.) But you know, even St. Moritz isn't as good as visiting a friend! ;)

I was corrected once on Du regarding the palms. These are Maroccan palmetto trees, brought into this mediterranean climate as a tourist attraction in the late 1800's. There not natural to here but grow now like weeds. Every spring I pull countless of them out of the ground, and we have four big trees already. They look a bit sad with 20 inches of snow on them, tough.

There's another pic, that is just on the other side of the lake from us, Locarno:

[huskerlaw]

22. Ah yes,

it is a small country. Silly me. I have that "measure distance in days, not hours" American mindset. I've been amused by my friend's questions about what cities we can visit when she's here. She wanted to know if we could visit my parents in Nebraska...and then didn't get why I said "sure, if we have an extra week and some plane tickets". Meanwhile, I don't grasp the concept of being able to drive from one end of the country to another in less than a day!

The palm tree thing is interesting. I didn't know they could survive in climates that cold. I bet seeing them surrounded by a snow pile looks really odd.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

33. Now, the last pic, I can DIG!

:loveya:

Look at all those lights, though, in that one pic! Wow!

:D :D

:hi:

[huskerlaw]

52. the view from Mullholland?

that's looking down onto the actual city of Los Angeles...the other side of the hill is the "suburbs" and there aren't quite so many lights. ;)

[Solon]

13. Here you go:

This is from the Nearest Major city to me:



And here is historic Main Street St. Charles, MO



Also, a last note, from my neck of the woods:



Weep for my City. :cry:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

35. Awww...

I'll weep.

:cry:

:D :D

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

46. St Charles looks like a pretty town

As an adult, I've only seen St Louis airport, and the arch from a plane; but it looks like a fun city. You've got a good orchestra there... :)

[Solon]

63. My City, St. Charles, is the Second oldest city west of the Mississippi..

If you went from Lambert International Airport, and went I-70 west, it was about 10 minutes away, as soon as you cross the Missouri River and St. Charles starts there. Its not such a small town, about 60,000 people live within City Limits, and being one of the older cities in the country, was originally a French Trading Post, called Les Petites Cotes, "The Little Hills", by the Dakota tribe's Chieftain, Bernard Guillet, this was around 1765. In 1791, the first church was built dedicated to San Carlos Borromeo and the town became known as San Carlos del Misuri: "St. Charles of the Missouri". By the time it became an American possession, the name was fully anglicized. Also, Daniel Boone was the first American born European to live in the town, and when it was under Spanish control he was appointed commandante of the Femme Osage district, and assumed that mantle after the territory changed to American hands. We were also the first state capital, and held that title till Jefferson City was finished five years after statehood.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

77. It looks pretty old in the pic...

I wonder if it was affected by the famous New Madrid earthquake...

[Solon]

79. I believe it was totally flooded, the Missouri River...

Is only about a city block away from Main Street, give or take, you could walk straight up to the bank from behind one set of buildings, a couple hundred feet away I guess. Now I believe most of those building only date to after the Earthquake, not before, also, some buildings that did survive were later destroyed in other natural disasters. The Church of San Carlos I mentioned was destroyed in a tornado in 1916.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

83. Thanks for the info!

Sounds like a fascinating place to explore!

[Solon]

85. Yeah, downtown is interesting, the rest is suburban hell...

I should know, I live here, though I'm still pissed that they closed the Comic Book Shop that used to be on Main Street, that is sacrilege! Also the area isn't exactly progressive, though we used to have a Democratic State Rep(lost in 2004), but now Repukes for State and Federal offices.

[kwassa]

16. some local stuff

[WritingIsMyReligion]

36. Crabs, crabs, crabs...

Got plenty of those here, too. The crustacean, I mean.

:D :P

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

51. I've played in pic #2...

I love it! :nopity:

[kwassa]

65. It's a wonderful hall. Brahm's Requiem is next!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

76. Are you doing the opera choruses

on the 18th?

I'll be playing in that one. :hi:

[realisticphish]

17. The Horseshoe

This is what I see when I look out of my window

[WritingIsMyReligion]

37. Whoa...

Cool!

:hi:

[mtnester]

38. Go Bucks!

That is across town from me.

[FarLeftRage]

23. A view of a few Lakes in the mountains

A few views of areas near by:

A view of village hall from the west and work on our famous ice palace -



Silver Lake, about 30 miles northwest -



A fall view of a farm between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid -



A view of the middle lake -



A view of the lower lake -



A few of the upper lake at The Point -

[WritingIsMyReligion]

39. Nice lakes....

And I love your sig! :rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

24. Here's a few from SeattlLand

The Space Needle:


Mt. Rainier:


The Pike Place Market:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

40. Beautiful!

:hi:

[GregW]

26. Spencer Butte, Eugene - 1.5 miles from my house

[SeattleGirl]

27. Been there many times!

I lived in the Eugene/Springfield area for years and years (graduated from Springfield High School).

[WritingIsMyReligion]

41. Now THAT's what I call a view!

Awesome!

:bounce:

:D

[helderheid]

42. Utah

[WritingIsMyReligion]

44. ...

:wow:


Just. Fucking. Beautiful.

[fishwax]

43. Here are a few ...

The Main Quad at the University of Illinois ...


The historic Virginia Theater ...


lots and lots of farmland ...


Probably there's some cooler stuff, but I'm still fairly new around here :)

Hi WiMR! :hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

45. Fish! Hello!

I love the pics....They're cool!

How you been??

:pals:

[fishwax]

49. Thanks

You're pics were cool too. Looks like a great beach :D (It's just a pity you have to share the neighborhood with such riff-raff :rofl:)

I've been good, but busy ... and you?

:pals:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

47. Washburn Park Water Tower, Minneapolis.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

48. Cool!

:hi:

[trackfan]

50. The Eagle Rock - a few blocks from my house

[sakabatou]

64. My older brother lives near there

And from my neck of the woods:

[Lefty48197]

53. Here's a few from my neck of the woods

Here's the water tower on the campus of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti (IP-suh-lan-tee) or Ypsi (IP-sy). The tower is far more commonly known as "the big dick".

Here's GM's new six speed automatic transmission built at Ypsi's Willow Run plant.

Here's a picture of the cops from East Ann Arbor, where I grew up. Now it's been gobbled up by regular old Ann Arbor and has lost all of it's charm. There's even a Starbucks there now!

Here's Ann Arbor at it's best, protesting the war on Feb. 8, 2003.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

56. Within walking distance of my house...

[fight4my3sons]

58. More from Maine -

Popham Beach


Reid State Park


Keep going North on Rt 1 and get a world famous loster roll at Red's in my little village of Wiscasset - yummy :-)

[mainegreen]

59. What's the point?

I'd just post the same images!

:7
:hi:

[miss_american_pie]

60. Heinz Chapel

I was married here.

[Ravenseye]

74. Hey me too! More Pittsburgh Pics

[opiate69]

61. ok..

http://homepages.stmartin.edu/fac_staff/agomez/images/Nisqually/Nisqually%20River,%20facing%20South.jpg

[SOteric]

62. Where I spend my weekends...

The Hoh River Rain Forest



Mt. Rainier from Paradise Point



Seattle's skyline at night

[Lady Effingbroke]

66. I live just a few miles from here...

one of the many refineries near where I live

a refinery located on the Houston Ship Channel

another lazy, hazy day on the Ship Channel...

Hwy. 225 with Shell Deer Park in the background

I wish!!!

[alarcojon]

67. A random shot of Lake Superior

so many to choose from

[Laelth]

68. Macon, GA

The Hay House (Mrs. Laelth and I married here.)


Cherry Blossom Trees


Here's where I'm stydying law:


Downtown


Not much, but it's home (and it's blue). ;)

-Laelth

[Deja Q]

69. I am here:

Everything I want is on the other side...

[ornotna]

70. Sarasota county Florida

Sunset at the beach.




Aerial view of venice.

[SmileyBoy]

71. I think this one is from 2001:

[no name no slogan]

72. F. Scott Fitzgerald's birthplace

This house is about two blocks away from where I live. In fact my whole neighborhood is full of buildings that have an F. Scott Fitzgerald connection, including the one I live in.

This page has a whole walking tour of the neighborhood, which has also been home to author Sinclair Lewis, playwright August Wilson, and radio personality Garrison Kiellor.

[RevCheesehead]

73. Here's my church!

and the lighthouse, 1 mile down the road:

[In_The_Wind]

75. Welcome to my world.

[amerikat]

78. Is that the mohonk mountain house hotel(next to last pic)?

I keep meaning to stop in.

[In_The_Wind]

80. Yes, it is. You should stop by for lunch or supper.

They have a buffet which is quite interesting.

[reyd reid reed]

81. The view from my back windows...

Pikes Peak:


about twenty minutes from here...but it's uphill both ways.

Garden of the Gods:


about ten minutes from here...only halfway uphill.

[Kali]

82. nearest tourist destination to me

:rofl:

[Katherine Brengle]

84. Fall River, MA-----

This is the Braga Bridge and Battleship Cove, where the USS Massachusetts is anchored (the battleship was used in WWII). My house is right near the river, and you can see the bridge from my yard.

[XemaSab]

86. Beautiful northern California!

The sundial bridge, which I can see from the back yard:



Mt Shasta:



Mt Lassen:



Burney Falls:

[Warchild]

87. North Coast....

[donheld]

88. The neighborhood elementary school

Dora Moore Elementary

[SoCalDem]

89. Googled my town and apparently these are the "important" pics

A city bus

Traffic & smog & cars heading for work at 4AM

Lake Perris (not as loveley as the pic would indicate)

McMansions

Strip malls..(even spelled the town name incorrectly on their website)

[deadparrot]

90. Okay...

The soon-to-be new Busch Stadium:


Forest Park:




The Old Courthouse (with the Arch in the background):


Shaw's Garden:


Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis:

[sandnsea]

91. Oregon Coast

Prettiest drive in the US.

Just north of me



Beach in my town

[HEyHEY]

92. Pomo

[pokerfan]

93. here are some