Light a candle…

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Visual Recipe

Visual recipe - Coconut Sweet Bread

Today’s Visual Recipe is Coconut Sweet Bread, courtesy Simplytrinicooking.com, my grandmother, and mother.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend with your family, friends, animals, and passions…

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HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

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Interior of the 5th St. Laundromat, Cambridge, MA

Interior of the 5th St. Laundry, Cambridge, MA

 Above is a sketch of the 5th St. Laundromat in Cambridge, Boston. I got a couple sketches and doodles done on Monday while doing my laundry. Cambridge thus far is a very nice city. It reminds me a bit of Washington, DC… I think because of the scale, the trees, and its proximity to water.

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City Gate in Port of Spain, Trinidad (Interior)

Sketch of the inside of City Gate in Port of Spain, Trinidad

Above is an of the interior sketch of Trinidad’s main bus terminal, City Gate in Port of Spain. It is located at South Quay, Port of Spain and it is the hub for public transport between the capital city and outlying towns and villages.

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Milner Hall – UWI, Trinidad (Negative)

Milner Hall - UWI, Trinidad

Above is a negative of Milner Hall at the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad. Click here for more on Milner Hall.

I can’t find my paintbrush, so I hope to go get some today…

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St. Mary’s Anglican Church – Tacarigua, Trinidad (Negative)

St. Mary's Anglican Church - Tacarigua, Trinidad

This is a negative of the St. Mary’s Anglican Church in Tacarigua, Trinidad. I have been a bit busy over the past few days since my move… I have been able to get some sketching done, but I want to paint them before posting them.. hence the delay. You can stay informed of my activities via my Visual Journals on Flickr.

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Visual Recipe – Tumeric Rubbed Shrimp

Visual Recipe - Tumeric Rubbed Shrimp

Today’s Visual Recipe is Tumeric Rubbed Shrimp, courtesy http://www.nutritiouseats.com by Melissa. This recipe by Aarti Sequeria seems very tasty. If you get the chance to try them, let me know how they tasted. Have a great weekend! Thanks Melissa!

Link to recipe >>>

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HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

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Bruges, Belgium (Negative)

Brussels

Above is a negative of a sketch I did in Bruges, Belgium during my Eurotrip in 2005.

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The Louvre Museum – Paris, France (Negative)

The Louvre - Paris

Above is a negative of my sketch of The Louvre in Paris.

Heir to the century of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution, the Louvre was quickly accepted as the “museum among museums;” and since then it has remained a model and a recognized authority. Founded in 1793 as a museum for all, it celebrates humanity’s long journey with the remarkable scope of a collection that spans thousands of years, reaches from America to the borders of India and China, and is highlighted by such iconic, universally admired works as the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and the Victory of Samothrace.

On a scale unrivaled anywhere in the world, these accumulated riches make the Louvre a focal point for permanent dialogue between past and present, and a place of learning, delight, and discovery for millions of visitors of all backgrounds. Once a home to kings, the Louvre has enduring, intimate links with French history, drawing on the spirit of the Revolution and its notion of perpetual evolution, innovation, influence, and alertness to the new; it has always been, as Emile Zola put it, “at ease with its time.” This endlessly renewed heritage has been maintained by the long succession of those who have sought art out down the ages, defended it, and passed its message on: that community of men and women who have made the Louvre a unique focal point for a host of skills. Vibrantly open to its city and the world, the Louvre continues to fire the imaginations of those who visit and those who work creatively there; its goal is to remain, as Cézanne put it, “the book in which we learn to read” and through which “we can come to understand and love everything.”

Reference: http://www.louvre.fr

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Massachusetts State House, Boston

Massachusetts State House, Boston

This is a drawing of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. I have arrived here and thought I would post my drawing of the State House. Built in 1798, the “new” State House is located across from the Boston Common on the top of Beacon Hill. The land was once owned by Massachusetts first elected governor, John Hancock. Charles Bullfinch, the leading architect of the day, designed the building. The self-taught architect Charles Bulfinch, who also built state houses for Connecticut (1796) and Maine (1832) based his design for the state house on the Somerset House in London.

The building’s front features an elevated portico with a series of Corinthian columns. The red brick facade was painted white in 1825 and remained painted until 1928 when the bricks were exposed again. The bricks’ red color contrasts nicely with the white columns. The dome, originally made out of wood shingles, is now sheathed in copper and covered by 23 karat gold which was added to prevent leaks into the State House. In the House of Representatives chambers hangs a wooden codfish which is called the Sacred Cod. The Sacred Cod signifies the importance of the fishing industry to the Commonwealth. At the top of the golden dome sits a wooden pine cone which symbolizes logging in Boston during the 18th century.

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