Seaside Heights - Restore the Shore May 2013

I'm back!  Sorry it's taken so long.  These next sets were from my visit to Seaside Heights, New Jersey.  The boardwalk is being restored for the summer.

 

 

This picture has been seen all over.  Looking at it online, in the news and in print is unbelievable but seeing it in person leaves such an impression.

 

 



 

Check out the photographs and article by my friend Don Hanson on the You Don't Know NJ website. You will see some photos taken on February 10, 2013 Click: Seaside Heights

 

 

 

We will see these all over the shore this summer once the boardwalk is completely open.

 

 

The boardwalk looks good so far. . .

 

 

but there is still a lot of work to do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homes and businesses right across the street from the beach.

 

 

 

 

I walked all the way to where the boardwalk ended, you can see the Roller Coaster in the far left.

 

 

What a beautiful beach we have in New Jersey. I'll be going back once the Board Walk is completed. I heard that it's supposed to be done by the beginning of this summer.

 

Hope you enjoyed my pictures, please feel free to comment.

 

Until next time!

 

Ciao!

Happy holidays from Alex's Photo Lab

Happy Holidays to you and your family from Alex's Photo Lab.

 

 

 

Looking forward to what 2013 will look like in front of my lens.

 

Happy New Year

Feliz Año Nuevo

سنة جديدة سعيدة

新年好

Gelukkig nieuw jaar

Maligayang bagong Taon

Onnellista uutta vuotta

Bonne année

Buon anno

明けましておめでとうございます

Feliz Ano Novo

สวัสดีปีใหม่

З Новим роком

Chúc mừng năm mới

 Hope you enjoyed the pictures!

California and Mexico November 2012

The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California

 

 

A view of Los Angeles from the Griffith Observatory.

 

 

The James Dean bust can be found here with the HOLLYWOOD sign behind him.

 

 

 In Palm Springs you will find a huge statue called Forever Marilyn. Immortalizing Marilyn Monroe in a scene from her movie called 7 Year Itch.

 

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

 



 

 

Rosarito Beach, Mexico

 

The Rose Bowl in Pasadena

Santa Monica Pier

 

This couple was celebrating an anniversary.

Hope you enjoyed my pictures, please feel free to comment.

 

Until next time!

 

Ciao!

My trip to Biloxi, MS

 Biloxi, MS.

 

 

The Biloxi Lighthouse.

 

It has survived many storms and has been renovated recently and reopened for the public.  The lighthouse is in the middle of U.S. 90 in front of the Biloxi Visitors Center, and just west of Beau Rivage Resort & Casino.

 

 

 The Lighthouse Pier overlooking the Gulf Coast.

 

  

 

This is the Hurricane Katrina Memorial 

 

 

This was my second visit to Biloxi, the first time I did not have enough time to enjoy, this time I did.  It is beautiful city with so much history and the people are so friendly. I can't wait to come back again.

 

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

 

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Ciao for now!

My trip to NOLA, New Orleans, Louisiana

This is the French Quarter in New Orleans. What a beautiful city.

 

The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. When New Orleans (La Nouvelle-Orléans in French) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city was originally centered on the French Quarter, or the Vieux Carré ("Old Square" in French) as it was known then. While the area is still referred to as the Vieux Carré by some, it is more commonly known as the French Quarter today, or simply "The Quarter." Although called the "French" Quarter, most of the present day buildings were built under Spanish rule and show Spanish colonial tastes. The district as a whole is a National Historic Landmark, and contains numerous individual historic buildings.

 

 

This is Jackson Square.

 

Jackson Square (formerly Place d'Armes), originally designed by architect and landscaper Louis H. Pilié (although he is only given credit for the iron fence), is an open park the size of a city-block located at the center of the French Quarter. After the Battle of New Orleans it was named after victorious general Andrew Jackson; an equestrian statue of Jackson is in the center of the park.

 

 

 

This is the statue of Andrew Jackson that is located in the center of Jackson Square.

 

 

This is the front of St Louis Cathedral.

 

The Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France, also called St. Louis Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Louis, Roi de France), is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans; it has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating cathedral in the (as now constituted) United States. The first church on the site was built in 1718; the third, built in 1789, was raised to cathedral rank in 1793. The cathedral was expanded and largely rebuilt in 1850, with little of the 1789 structure remaining.

 

Saint Louis Cathedral is in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, on the Place John Paul II (French: Place Jean-Paul II), a promenaded section of Chartres Street (rue de Chartres) that stretches one block between St. Peter Street (rue Saint-Pierre) on the upriver boundary and St. Ann Street (rue Sainte-Anne) on the downriver boundary. It is located next to Jackson Square and facing the Mississippi River in the heart of New Orleans, situated between the historic buildings of the Cabildo and the Presbytère. It is one of the few Roman Catholic churches in the United States that fronts a major public square.

 

 

 

The essence of Bourbon Street and NOLA; beads! Especially on a bicycle

 

All of the information you find here is from Wikipedia, Thanks Wiki!

 

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

 

My next post will be from my visit to Biloxi and Gulfport Mississippi.

 

Ciao for now!

Wildwood Crest - Cape May, NJ - Part 3 (Final)

This is the final part of my 3 part series on my trip to Wildwood Crest/Cape May, NJ.

These were all taken in Cape May, New Jersey.

The pictures speak for themselves.

I hope you enjoyed these as much as I did.

Hasta la proxima (until next time).

Ciao for now!

Wildwood Crest - Cape May, NJ - Part 2

This is part 2 of my series, Wildwood Crest/Cape May.

These were all taken at Wildwood Crest.

I used my Holga lens on my Canon T1i for this shot, untouched (Photoshop not used).

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Feel free to leave comments.

Stay tuned for Part 3.

Until next time ciao for now.