The Parthenon

July 31st, 2009 Lina No comments

We’re officially in the Athens of the South – Nashville! The Parthenon is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens. It was originally built in 1897 as a temporary building as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, but the Nashville residents liked it so much they decided to make it permanent.


Athena

winged god Nike
This is the arm of Athena (whom the city of Athens was named after, of course!), holding the winged Nike.

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Mammoth Cave National Park

July 30th, 2009 Lina No comments

We decided to take a quick weekend road trip down to Nashville, and ended up stopping (and getting VERY lost in!) Mammoth Cave National Park. It’s amazing! The caves extend for more than 350 miles, and have their own internal weather – it’s 54° all year long, and almost no humidity.

park ranger
mouth of mammoth cave
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The Sushi Nest

July 24th, 2009 Lina No comments

This is from an amazing lunch with friends at the Sushi Nest in Chicago – yum!

sushi platter
red dragon sushi
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Meet Aoife!

July 22nd, 2009 Lina No comments

Meet Aoife, my friend’s new kitten that she just adopted from the Humane Society! Aoife means “life giver” in Irish.

aoife
aoife

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

July 17th, 2009 Lina No comments

Another fabulous Summerfest production, and this time we even managed to escape the rain!

the sisters

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