Thanks, Bob. We're going on the Architecture boat ride later today. Then I'm going to try and do a night shot of Buckingham fountain. Are you a Sox fan, Bob? Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 11:42 AM Subject: Re: GESO: Chicago Cubs & White Sox Crosstown Game June 22, 2008 > Great essay Christine. > I watched a little bit of the games on TV, but you really captured the > spirit of the whole event. > And the rainbow is a great add... > > For our foreign friends, Chicago has two major league baseball teams. > (Think of baseball as a faster moving version of cricket.) > The north side team hosted three games this week versus the southside > team. > It's a big deal because they don't meet regularly, > and loyalties are divided based on geography. > It's as close as we come to a heated footballer's match in the USA, > with bragging rights to match! > > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 3:44 AM, Christine Aguila > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Gang: >> >> I made this for all my new PDML friends, but I also made this especially >> for >> folks who aren't from the U.S. The Chicago Cubs & Sox had their 1st >> cross-town series of the season at Wrigley Field, which is on the north >> side >> of Chicago; The White Sox are from the south side; the Cubs from the >> north >> side. >> >> >From the rainbow to the 1st Wrigley sign represents my walk to the >> >stadium. >> The 1st Wrigley sign to the dog represents pictures made outside the >> stadium. The dog to the Monty Python storefront represents pictures made >> across the street from the stadium. The building owners across the >> street >> have built bleachers on their rooftops & sell tickets. From Monty Python >> to >> the last picture represents my walk back to the EL. >> >> I didn't have tickets to the game, but I wanted to get some shots around >> the >> park. Oh, one last thing: the couple with the cubs/sox jerseys are, in >> fact, married. I was gleeful when I spied them. It was the shot I was >> hoping for. The rainbow is nice, but I got the portrait I was looking >> for. >> >> Oh, & the brooms, which were everywhere, signify a desire for the Cubs to >> sweep the series, which, in fact, they did. Sorry, Paul!!!! >> >> >> Folder with thumbnails >> http://photo.net/photodb/slideshow?folder_id=843433 >> >> >> >> Slideshow >> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=843433 >> >> Cheers, Christine >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.