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Tag: Travel
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Engagement
It happened some time around 3:30 on Saturday… I proposed to The Lady Sparkler while we were in New York City for a long weekend. The proposal itself took place in a part of Central Park overlooking the lake called the Ramble (see map).
For the record, she did say yes… and part of the following day was spent purchasing a bridal planning book from Barnes and Noble, which I took to be a good, reinforcing sign.
We are open to bets on when the wedding will be, and if the pool gets large enough, we promise to throw the pool and split the proceeds with the “winner.” Even money says that it won’t be in ANY spring (too miserably busy each and every year), so the smart gambler would be picking D.C. weekends in the autumn of 2007.
Pictures coming soon from the trip to NYC, and maybe even the ring if we can find a way of doing it without looking completely superficial / gauche.
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Travel: Fenway Park, Boston
IMG_0187.CR2, Originally uploaded by evancparker.I was in Boston (well, Cambridge, actually) for a conference, and had an afternoon to kill. Being a good Red Sox fan, I walked over the Charles and down to the stadium. Even took the tour. Unfortunately, I found out that good Red Sox fan’s DON’T take the tour, because it is largely a waste of money. You spend $8 and get to sit in the bleachers, and hear someone talk about the Pesky pole for 45 minutes. Oh well.
Fenway Park, Boston
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Travel: Virginia Zoo, Norfolk
I was suprised how nice Norfolk’s zoo is … it’s pretty big, the animal displays are reasonably updated and humane looking, and the range of wildlife is pretty startling considering the location. Besides, there’s nothing like watching turtles making whoopie with your family.
Norfolk’s Virginia Zoo
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Travel: Assateague, Maryland
Assateague Island National Seashore
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Travel: Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, Maryland
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Travel: Maryland’s Eastern Shore (B&W)
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
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Travel: Blackwater N.W.R.
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
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Travel: Maryland’s Eastern Shore (B&W)
Spent New Year’s on the Eastern Shore, just outside of Ocean City, Maryland. My brother gave me a number of his old black and white photography textbooks from college, so I spent a good amount of time trying the B&W setting on my 20d.
Assateague Island National Seashore (B&W)
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Engagement Day