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A blog about our road trips on Route 66, Lincoln Highway, St. Louis, New York, Michigan, etc. (we have been to 37 States, 13 more to visit), about my love of hockey (NHL), football (NFL), coming to America, growing up in Viet Nam, humor that ain't funny and still a lot of ramblings!

Thursday, January 07, 2010

BLUE MOON

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The first photos I took using the new camera, Canon PowerShot, was of the blue moon on New Year Eve. The photo below is the best I could do,...
Wednesday, January 06, 2010

I GOT ANOTHER CAMERA!

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My husband gave me a new camera, Canon PowerShot SD980 IS, and a pearl necklace, as Christmas presents. I am still learning all the featur...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

IN THE SHADOW OF FAITH

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Almost fifteen years later, my husband still proudly talks about the "prize" he won from Sears during their Customers Appreciatio...
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Monday, January 04, 2010

COINCIDENCE OR ??????

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I made my weekly visit to the library on Saturday, December 26th and picked up the book, Just One Restless Rider - Reflections on Trains and...
Sunday, January 03, 2010

GOD & COUNTRY ON ROUTE 66

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Above is one of the displays at the Christmas Lights on the campus of Congregation of the Mother Coredemptrix, a religious community of Viet...
Saturday, January 02, 2010

BABY IT'S FREEZING COLD OUT THERE!

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I got up around 8:30 a.m. with a plan to go out since we stayed inside all day yesterday. It was sunny but the thermometer in the patio got ...
Friday, January 01, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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I always thought these photos taken at Rockefeller Center in NYC of the giant toy soldiers playing the trumpet, tapping the drum, and smash...
Thursday, December 31, 2009

DAYS BEFORE THE NEW YEAR

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10 . 9 . 8 . 7 . 6 . 5 . 4 . 3 . 2 . 1. Happy New Year! Thursday, December 31st - My husband still wished we were among the hundred of thous...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

DAYS BEFORE & AFTER CHRISTMAS

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Monday, December 28th - Am I the only person who was not too thrill about going back to work after four wonderful days of Christmas? The off...
Sunday, December 27, 2009

MIDNIGHT MASS AT CATHEDRAL BASILICA OF SAINT LOUIS

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It started in the last few years that we began the tradition of attending midnight Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis. Since we n...
Friday, December 25, 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS

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Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, Born this happy morning; Jesus, to Thee be the glory giv'n; Word of the Father, Now in the flesh appearing O ...
Thursday, December 24, 2009

JOY TO THE WORLD

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Joy to the world! The Lord is come: Let earth receive her King. Let ev'ry heart prepare Him room, And heaven and nature sing, And heav...
Wednesday, December 23, 2009

ANGELS AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER - NEW YORK CITY

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Angels, from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o'er all the earth; Ye, who sang creation's story, Now proclaim Messiah's bi...
Monday, December 21, 2009

"HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!"

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I took this photo, wanting to capture the images showing the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria with all the Christmas decorations. It was 9:17 ...
Saturday, December 19, 2009

TOTA, WE ARE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE!

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I finally completed organizing more than 1,000 photos from our Route 66 Adventure in October. It took a lot of time to review the photos, wr...
Friday, December 18, 2009

CHRISTMAS IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS

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I am so glad my husband agreed that we would not be travelling to Detroit to visit his family and since I already made two trips to New Yor...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

SNOWFLAKES IN NEW YORK CITY

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The first time I saw snow was in January 10, 1980, walking from JFK airport terminal out to the parking lot where uncle Ping parked his car...
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Monday, December 14, 2009

TOTA'S WISH LIST

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Lately I have been entertaining an extreme, drastic life changing thought. Whether because I will be turning 49 years old in a few months o...
Saturday, December 12, 2009

WHAT'S IN THE NAME! ON ROUTE 66

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Quapaw, Oklahoma - "Quapaw is named for the Quapaw Indians, who were removed from Arkansas to Oklahoma, then known as Indian Territory....
Friday, December 11, 2009

CHRISTMAS IN WEBSTER GROVE, MISSOURI

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A beautifully decorated home in Webster Groves, Missouri. I took these photos last year after reading about the home in the local newspape...
Wednesday, December 09, 2009

CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK CITY

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I love looking at these photos taken in December 2007 when we were in New York for Christmas. We had many wonderful memories and these image...
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