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US: Seattle, WA – Starbucks Original Store
Right across the street from the famous Pike’s Place Market is the famous Starbucks coffee shop. Since Starbucks’ original founders were 2 teachers and a writer, it is not surprising to find out that it was named after the first mate of the whale ship Pequod in the book, Moby Dick.
US: Seattle, WA – Seattle’s Gum Wall
Really. It ‘s all gum. Seattle’s Gum Wall is pretty in a pop art kind of way – until you get really close.
US: Seattle, WA – Rubbing a Pig for Luck
We saw this for the first time in Florence Italy’s market in about 1991 – and it was a pig there too. Many objects around the world are now there for you to rub and receive good luck.
Canada: Sault Ste Marie, Ontario – Dr. Roberta Bondar Park
At the waterfront in Sault Ste. Marie, there’s a park named after Canada’s first female astronaut. You find out that she is a neurologist, biologist, pilot, the first female Canadian astronaut and crew member of the space shuttle Discovery.
Canada: Sault Ste Marie, Ontario – Award Winning Costumes
We were attending the Travel Media Association of Canada’s Annual Conference. Since it was the group’s Silver Anniversary, glittery costumes were recommended – for awards of course. We went all out with our costumes and came in First Place.
Canada: Sault Ste Marie, Ontario – Bears Videotaping Cubs Fishing
Someone in Sault Ste. Marie has a great sense of humor. We loved the statue of the adult bear with a camcorder on his shoulder videotaping two cubs. It’s down by the waterfront in Dr. Roberta Bondar park.
Canada: Sault Ste Marie, Ontario – Riches to Rags in Sault Ste. Marie
Francis Hector Clergue, a”man of ideas” lived and worked in this 1821 powder magazine/fur trading post by adding an upper story. Arriving in Sault Ste. Marie in 1894, he promoted his “principle of correlation” by grouping related industries around a common power source. Supported by American investors plus local and provincial politicians, Clergue amassed an empire which by 1901 employed 7,000 and was worth about $119 million. The businesses were comprised of: mining, forestry, railway, steel and power. His amazing thinking and vision lasted only about 15 years here because by 1908 he hit a financial snag, lost it all, and moved to Montreal. C’est la vie.
Canada: Sault Ste Marie, Ontario – Even Canadians Have Problems with those Pesky Geese
Sign in Dr. Roberta Bondar Park, Sault Ste. Marie “Caution, Scare Gun used for Goose Control”.
Canada: Sault Ste Marie, Ontario – Group of Seven Food
At the Heritage Discovery Center we were treated to a meal described in the journals of Group of Seven painters who created their art here about a hundred years ago. The first course for us had been an entire meal for them – about ten pounds of onions. Though it doesn’t sound tantalizing, it was scrumptious, as they caramelized the onions and served them with homemade bread and butter.
Canada: Sault Ste Marie, Ontario – Group of Seven Play
To fully understand the impetus and experience of the Group of Seven Canadian painters’ time in Algoma County, the Theatre in Motion is featuring a one-man show called Moments in Algoma, This group of Seven “experience” has an actor portraying painter Lawren Harris. It’s being shown at the Heritage Discovery Center.
