From Wild Chocolate, by Rowan Jacobsen:
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"Containers at rest.
Order pressed against the sky.
Stacked intentions wait."
— h/t ChatGPT
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| From 2024 09 10 Ljubljana |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from Ljubljana, Slovenia. It shows stacked shipping containers at the port where our cruise ship docked. No story here, just a captivating image of geometric regularity imposed by humans on a natural landscape.
"One small capital
turns a climate tale around —
Slovenian green."
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| From 2024 09 10 Ljubljana |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from Ljubljana, "the capital and largest city of Slovenia, located along a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region, inhabited since prehistoric times. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center." It's also progressive regarding its movement away from fossil fuels, judging by these snapshots from around town.
More photos after the jump.
"The tides softly play
Adriatic Sea music,
symphonies of waves."
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| From 2024 09 09 Zadar |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from Zadar, Croatia. It shows that city's Sea Organ, "an architectural sound art object located in Zadar, Croatia and an experimental musical instrument, which plays music by way of sea waves and tubes located underneath a set of large marble steps...The waves interact with the organ and create somewhat random but harmonic sounds."
More photos after the jump.
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"From damage to gem,
Dubrovnik doesn't forget—
It only rebuilds."
— h/t ChatGPT
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| From 2024 09 08 Dubrovnik |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from Dubrovnik, Croatia. "In 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, Dubrovnik was besieged by the Yugoslav People's Army for seven months and suffered significant damage from shelling." Dubrovnik's iconic orange tiled roofs have since undergone repair and today have an orange-red shine, brighter than before. Once again, Dubrovnik is one of the Mediterranean's top tourist destinations.
"In a rear courtyard,
Smoking grandmother keeps watch,
While clothes dry on line."
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| From 2024 09 08 Dubrovnik |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from Dubrovnik, Croatia. Dubrovnik is heavily touristed, but as this photo shows, there are still locals behind the walls who make Dubrovnik their home.
A bonus photo is after the jump.
"Dubrovnik stands proud,
A jewel cupped by the coast—
Stone walls kiss the sea."
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| From 2024 09 08 Dubrovnik |
Today's photo-of-the-day is from Dubrovnik, Croatia. Dubrovnik is a walled city on the Adriatic coast. You can explore the city on foot. You can walk the walls that surround the city. Dubrovnik is a gem from any angle.
Graphic by City of Richardson.
The City of Richardson is rightly regarded as having some of the best, most diverse, dining options in north Texas ("Eat & Drink"). But that doesn't mean every restaurant in Richardson exceeds in every measure. Here is a list of the ten worst places to eat in Richardson last month, based on the City of Richardson's Health Department Restaurant Scores for last month. Not all Richardson restaurants are included in this ranking. Each month, different restaurants are visited by the Health Department. Only those visited last month are ranked here. Only the bottom ten are shown*.
* This month, thirteen restaurants are listed. Five restaurants tied for ninth place with a score of 81, which is objectively good.