The first sign that you are a tourist in New Orleans is if you pronounce it as N’awlins. Locals actually pronounce the city name as New Awlins.  That would totally be me, though I will try not to make that mistake on my next visit. 😉

I do not know a lot about Louisiana other than the French Quarter and the Art’s District in New Orleans.  I am pretty much all about the food and art.  I like both to be bold and colorful.  And the food spicy and hot!  This great city does not disappoint in either of those areas.  Next time, I’d like to see more of the Garden District and Algiers.  You will not find me at Mardi Gras as I tend to shy away from large crowds of drunk people.  That’s just me.

Some interesting facts about Louisiana:

1. The world famous “Mardi Gras” is celebrated in New…

Scenic landscape view of God’s Colorado garden. The outstanding geologic features of the park are the ancient sedimentary beds of deep-red, pink, and white sandstones, conglomerates and limestone that were deposited horizontally, but have now been tilted vertically and faulted by the immense mountain building forces caused by the uplift of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif.

Custom fine art prints available online of Gods Colorado Garden

Nirvana

The grasping

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I am playing catch up on revealing some of the photos that were chosen by you, the readers of this blog, as your favorite photos of the past weeks. Today, I present the photo that you liked the most for the week ending Sunday, March 2.

Garden of the Gods with a beautiful colorful Colorado sunset sky.  The Garden of the Gods red rock formations were created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago. Archaeological evidence shows that prehistoric people visited Garden of the Gods about 1330 BC. About 250 BC Native American people camped in the park.

Garden of the Gods is a public park located in Colorado Springs on the north part of Colorado City, Colorado, USA. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971.