Legoland, FL

We had a lot of fun at Legoland today. It opened last week so we had to check it out.
This Lego Grandpa made snoring sounds.



Some local sights


Ybor City



South Beach



I especially liked the fountain in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza


These giraffes and elephants are life-size



massive Einstein


They have a lot of the Las Vegas strip - the Luxor, Mirage, New York, etc. Out front in the desert part there is this little vulture over a dead body.



see the whole set here on flickr
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movie inspiration: the fifth cord

Warning - this is not a very good movie. Well, it's only OK.. This is one that I should have included in my fashion week/Italian suspense movie week, but it had so little impact on me I forgot. It's a little sexy and Franco Nero is in it. But the sunglasses (for fall, not summer) are really really good -




The Fifth Cord (1971)

beach

I went to the beach for the first time in more than a month yesterday. The water is cold finally. It's still not really fall here yet. Cooler in the evenings and mornings, but still near 90F by midday.

venice

Sunrise when we arrived in Venice






works by Giuseppe Veneziano at the Contini Gallery. We were there on a Sunday so I couldn't go inside, but there is a virtual tour here.





Dog at the Doge's Palace. There's a cat too -



I think he's eating a bunny.
You can see all of my vacation photos here. Click slideshow at the upper right.

mykonos

It's kind of impossible to take a bad picture here