My day at Woodland Park. - Democratic Underground

alfredo

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Sat Jan-29-11 11:41 PM
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My day at Woodland Park.

Edited on Sun Jan-30-11 12:17 AM by alfredo

Let's get the morbid out of the way first.

Barren

The only ticket he will get is from the fashion police.

Stud Muffin tee shirt. I think you should leave others to decide.

Fun with the infrared plugin

A painted storm drain.

Skateboarders on a warm day in January.

At Woodland Park pool.

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Mira

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Sun Jan-30-11 12:11 AM
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1. Oh man, it is so obvious you had fun. I go back and forth, and join in your fun

but linger at the painted storm drain.
That is simply AWESOME to me. Those lines move and then stop dead right in front of me.
Not one I'll forget.

Like the first guy, too.
But that storm drain!! Love it.

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alfredo

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Sun Jan-30-11 12:18 AM
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3. Thanks. I fixed a link. The drain turned out better than I hoped.

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Blue_In_AK

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Sun Jan-30-11 12:16 AM
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2. This is not the Woodland Park I know

(in Colorado). Where is this? I like the sk8rs on a warm day.

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alfredo

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Sun Jan-30-11 12:20 AM
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4. It's east in the flatlands of Lexington Ky.

I lived in Boulder and Denver. It was heaven for cyclist.

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NV Whino

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Sun Jan-30-11 09:46 AM
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6. I was thinking the same thing, Blue

Edited on Sun Jan-30-11 09:47 AM by NV Whino

Alfredo is in Colorado? :rofl:

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alfredo

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Sun Jan-30-11 12:17 PM
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8. In a past life (pre marriage). What city in Colorado?

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Blue_In_AK

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Sun Jan-30-11 01:10 PM
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9. I lived in Woodland Park, Colorado, for a year

just before we moved to Texas when I was a teenager. I lived in Colorado Springs for seven years before that. This was back in the good old days before C. Springs became a fundie haven.

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alfredo

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Sun Jan-30-11 03:16 PM
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10. CS was where some of my friends lived. They worked at the

Olympic Training Camp. One was a cycling coach the other a mechanic. Had another friend from CS that was on the way to the Olympics but she injured her hip during the Coors Classic and hand to hang up her cleats.

Yeah, the fundies are messing with our military. We might need to bring back the draft to keep our military secular. A theocratic military is a danger to freedom.

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NV Whino

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Mon Jan-31-11 09:53 AM
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13. I lived in Green Mountain Falls

just up the road a piece from Woodland Park. The we moved to Colorado Springs. Then my father said, "Well, you can't eat the scenery," and we moved to SoCal. My heart remains in CO.

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alfredo

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Mon Jan-31-11 03:48 PM
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16. The Curse of Chief Niwot.

“People seeing the beauty of this valley will want to stay, and their staying will be the undoing of the beauty.”

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regnaD kciN

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Mon Jan-31-11 12:29 AM
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11. Whereas I was wondering why he was visiting Seattle...

:shrug:

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alfredo

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Mon Jan-31-11 12:49 AM
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12. Really didn't mean to, made a wrong turn on I-5 from I-84.

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dixiegrrrrl

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Mon Jan-31-11 04:40 PM
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17. Easy to do, in all that rain.

Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo holds many memories for me.
I was staring at your pics, trying to see what looked familiar, but there was no rain, sooooo...

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alfredo

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Mon Jan-31-11 05:14 PM
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18. We have the rain today and a Starbucks on every corner.

Edited on Mon Jan-31-11 05:14 PM by alfredo

But you don't have Spalding's donuts.

http://www.spaldingsbakery.com/index.html

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dixiegrrrrl

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Mon Jan-31-11 05:18 PM
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19. We DID have the Phinney Ridge Cafe, where they sold cinnamon buns

the size of a dinner plate.
People would line up for a block, hoping to get them before they ran out.
Woodland Park Zoo is just down from there, if memory serves.

Pls...have a donut for me, tho.

Oh hell, have 2, they are for me, so YOU won't have to deal with the calories!

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alfredo

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Mon Jan-31-11 05:49 PM
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20. By the time I get out of bed they are sold out.

Lynn's Paradise Cafe is an essential stop if ever in Louisville Ky. Lynn is an old friend of mine. I've known her since she was 14 years old. In Lexington it is Alfalfa Restaurant. That's where Lynn learned her chops.

http://www.lynnsparadisecafe.com/index.html

Road food review-- http://www.roadfood.com/Restaurant/Overview/117/lynns-paradise-cafe

Watch the video from the Today Show.

The dish in the above video.

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Callalily

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Sun Jan-30-11 08:26 AM
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5. Oh gosh . . . what a great series

of shots! Your "Fun with the infrared plugin" is an excellent shot, and I really like the way the chairs seem to "glow" (for lack of a better word).

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alfredo

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Sun Jan-30-11 12:16 PM
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7. The infrared plugin in GIMP really does great things

with Aluminum.

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juxtaposed

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Mon Jan-31-11 11:52 AM
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14. They're all real good but, the top one I really like.

Very strong!

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alfredo

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Mon Jan-31-11 03:44 PM
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15. Empty playgrounds are so sad. I used a Lomo filter to

darken, and isolate the main subject.

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