tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51546935941082958382012-01-10T20:14:51.080-08:00Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating...Trish Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02938985491178585400noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154693594108295838.post-85533631039298407472012-01-10T20:05:00.000-08:002012-01-10T20:05:44.876-08:00the rain in spain (madrid)...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rXIlQ7RN8Yc/Tw0IK7btkZI/AAAAAAAAAwM/xYK-q8UPf6Q/s1600/2011-11-22+at+09-08-48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rXIlQ7RN8Yc/Tw0IK7btkZI/AAAAAAAAAwM/xYK-q8UPf6Q/s320/2011-11-22+at+09-08-48.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">stepping off the bus and walking to our hotel this is what we passed and we knew spain was a beautiful decision... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ma8BynOx0T4/Tw0IgNMjBMI/AAAAAAAAAwU/xHIIYiDetmI/s1600/2011-11-22+at+10-42-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ma8BynOx0T4/Tw0IgNMjBMI/AAAAAAAAAwU/xHIIYiDetmI/s320/2011-11-22+at+10-42-15.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">love the colors everywhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4CUUCZJNtic/Tw0I064WQGI/AAAAAAAAAwc/Td6Ctkzau04/s1600/2011-11-22+at+12-26-09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4CUUCZJNtic/Tw0I064WQGI/AAAAAAAAAwc/Td6Ctkzau04/s320/2011-11-22+at+12-26-09.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and love going into churches and mosques when i travel. i love seeing how other people attempt closeness with their god.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w729_EELAYA/Tw0KVtP8p4I/AAAAAAAAAwk/cbZU7VycU3g/s1600/IMG_8969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w729_EELAYA/Tw0KVtP8p4I/AAAAAAAAAwk/cbZU7VycU3g/s320/IMG_8969.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">museo reina sofia</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5154693594108295838-8553363103929840747?l=trishlovesbono.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Trish Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02938985491178585400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154693594108295838.post-4690479263271434392008-11-24T15:17:00.000-08:002008-11-26T15:42:25.764-08:00made in china...so later on in january i flew to china to visit my friends who were teaching english there...these pics are from that trip.<img src="file:///Users/trish/5/show%20jpgs/_MG_5512_2.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SSs3aM3m4pI/AAAAAAAAACg/2K0hlHkleS4/s1600-h/_MG_5512_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SSs3aM3m4pI/AAAAAAAAACg/2K0hlHkleS4/s320/_MG_5512_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272368712037884562" border="0" /></a>this was taken at a hair salon where i got my hair cut for the equivalent of $4. plus it's not customary to tip in china...hello!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SSs4Ta94UMI/AAAAAAAAACo/G-MJn5G5kU0/s1600-h/_MG_6071_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SSs4Ta94UMI/AAAAAAAAACo/G-MJn5G5kU0/s320/_MG_6071_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272369695074832578" border="0" /></a>so i was kind of having this meltdown in china. i was about to turn 30 and i was afraid that i was kissing my youthfulness goodbye. so i chopped off my hair...and i decided to go to beijing all by myself for a couple of days. my friend sent me in taxi to the airport and i was off. i can't speak chinese and it was a little bit disconcerting, but i was determined to do one last "crazy" thing that i could look back on and blame on my youth. this was my chinese tour guide in beijing, alan...naturally.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS2_q2dLp8I/AAAAAAAAAD4/19Xi6uXHeF0/s1600-h/_MG_6131.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS2_q2dLp8I/AAAAAAAAAD4/19Xi6uXHeF0/s320/_MG_6131.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273081481614043074" border="0" /></a>this picture was taken on the scary death trap that took us up the mountain to the base of the wall. now i'm adventurous as the next girl. i love roller coasters and the freedom of wind blowing through my hair...however i also believe in safety belts, and perhaps not giving your customers a view of the broken down models of your car and broken machiney bits strewn about all around them. just a thought, china. another alarming thing about this crazy place was the pit with two black bears hanging out. i was wondering what was behind this circular wall (not very tall by the way). i leaned over and took a look. there were two bears just chillin. nbd.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SSs5IPTbfWI/AAAAAAAAACw/GwGmGGjnxWg/s1600-h/_MG_6188.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SSs5IPTbfWI/AAAAAAAAACw/GwGmGGjnxWg/s320/_MG_6188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272370602477059426" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS3YhW-AGLI/AAAAAAAAAEA/vYEpIJH6YoA/s1600-h/_MG_6210.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS3YhW-AGLI/AAAAAAAAAEA/vYEpIJH6YoA/s320/_MG_6210.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273108806333634738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS3YhqiISeI/AAAAAAAAAEI/ThMhjLQNn5I/s1600-h/_MG_6261_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS3YhqiISeI/AAAAAAAAAEI/ThMhjLQNn5I/s320/_MG_6261_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273108811585440226" border="0" /></a><br />i took several shots i took on top of the great wall. it was such a surreal experience, i couldn't help photographing and photographing. it was soooo bitter cold and windy and the other people in my group went back to the bus early. i just wasn't going to sit in a weird cold bus while this amazing place lay in front of me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SSs6LAnYPwI/AAAAAAAAAC4/qIfIgnOYZic/s1600-h/_MG_5488_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SSs6LAnYPwI/AAAAAAAAAC4/qIfIgnOYZic/s320/_MG_5488_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272371749585436418" border="0" /></a><br />this was the view from my friends' apartment in shanghai. it was a sweet pad!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SSs9XBAxyTI/AAAAAAAAADA/qWyqEWLUgWY/s1600-h/_MG_5666.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SSs9XBAxyTI/AAAAAAAAADA/qWyqEWLUgWY/s320/_MG_5666.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272375254385281330" border="0" /></a><br />this was a street vendor at the bund. you can see the pearl tower in the background. i love that building. it's so jetson's to me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SStCByVgWNI/AAAAAAAAADI/3EJSdDUcGPU/s1600-h/_MG_5819.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SStCByVgWNI/AAAAAAAAADI/3EJSdDUcGPU/s320/_MG_5819.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272380387226573010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SStC2ntekDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/p6Aa_2xuCH0/s1600-h/_MG_5839.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SStC2ntekDI/AAAAAAAAADQ/p6Aa_2xuCH0/s320/_MG_5839.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272381294907396146" border="0" /></a>these were right outside of the forbidden city. it was crazy because of the smog, i guess, it was never really technically sunny while i was there. it was always overcast and you can see the sun in these two images, which i really love.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS2-HEH5dkI/AAAAAAAAADY/u8i0yn2CHEM/s1600-h/_MG_5929.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS2-HEH5dkI/AAAAAAAAADY/u8i0yn2CHEM/s320/_MG_5929.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273079767295948354" border="0" /></a>this was another freezing cold day at the summer palace. not too summery. the lake was frozen over and those little specks in the background are people walking on the lake.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS2-5q6aWwI/AAAAAAAAADg/0vNoVugbOrs/s1600-h/_MG_5981_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS2-5q6aWwI/AAAAAAAAADg/0vNoVugbOrs/s320/_MG_5981_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273080636701825794" border="0" /></a>when i was in beijing they were preparing to host the summer olympics and they were crazy go nuts about it all over the place...it's so athletic to drink coca-cola, let's be honest.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS2_qZkC_DI/AAAAAAAAADw/yJqrvwv9qTA/s1600-h/_MG_6026_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS2_qZkC_DI/AAAAAAAAADw/yJqrvwv9qTA/s320/_MG_6026_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273081473858206770" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS2_qf-k0mI/AAAAAAAAADo/kbUm4RHpoTk/s1600-h/_MG_6005_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS2_qf-k0mI/AAAAAAAAADo/kbUm4RHpoTk/s320/_MG_6005_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273081475580088930" border="0" /></a>these were taken at tiananmen square.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS3YiN1sSdI/AAAAAAAAAEY/XMbZSD8SUUo/s1600-h/_MG_6364.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS3YiN1sSdI/AAAAAAAAAEY/XMbZSD8SUUo/s320/_MG_6364.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273108821062732242" border="0" /></a>we were just walking around old shanghai. we stopped to grab a vegetarian bite to eat, and it seems all the employees at this restaurant were involved in a very intense poker game. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS3YiFvkavI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/hjlvdxs6VYY/s1600-h/_MG_6328.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS3YiFvkavI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/hjlvdxs6VYY/s320/_MG_6328.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273108818889566962" border="0" /></a><br />red lanterns.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS3YiWjXIXI/AAAAAAAAAEg/EQ3-AXftQwU/s1600-h/_MG_6546.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SS3YiWjXIXI/AAAAAAAAAEg/EQ3-AXftQwU/s320/_MG_6546.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273108823401767282" border="0" /></a>this was taken on my last night in shanghai. laura and i went to the top of the jin mao tower. it's quite dizzying looking down. i felt like lucille 2. my favorite part was ordering a virgin sex on the beach in the bar at the top. kind of awesome.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5154693594108295838-469047926327143439?l=trishlovesbono.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Trish Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02938985491178585400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154693594108295838.post-47924958690996527102008-11-10T15:09:00.000-08:002008-11-10T18:02:51.363-08:00telling my story.<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">it's coming upon the end of the year and endings always cause </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">me to reflect upon the beginnings. so i've decided to tell my story of 2008 through pictures. i'd like</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> to relive the past, through my lens. 2008 began for me in london, i was visiting a friend there</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> for</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> n</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ew year's and here are a few pictures from that trip.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjJIniBVvI/AAAAAAAAAAw/p0D6GwPe0z8/s1600-h/_MG_5259.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjJIniBVvI/AAAAAAAAAAw/p0D6GwPe0z8/s320/_MG_5259.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267180914097608434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjJzAbptaI/AAAAAAAAAA4/amVjjSPdbGo/s1600-h/_MG_5261.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjJzAbptaI/AAAAAAAAAA4/amVjjSPdbGo/s320/_MG_5261.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267181642336286114" border="0" /></a>st. paul's cathedral.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjKA9HA2FI/AAAAAAAAABA/Z3NGXnpHa7k/s1600-h/_MG_5284.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjKA9HA2FI/AAAAAAAAABA/Z3NGXnpHa7k/s320/_MG_5284.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267181881962584146" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjKdP14q7I/AAAAAAAAABI/J6mtmmM9Ghk/s1600-h/_MG_5293.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjKdP14q7I/AAAAAAAAABI/J6mtmmM9Ghk/s320/_MG_5293.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267182368027356082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">this really amazing and extremely large spider sculpture by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Bourgeois">louise bourgeois </a>just hanging out in front of the tate modern.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjMRZn_2DI/AAAAAAAAABQ/zzIHjIpm6n4/s1600-h/_MG_5321.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjMRZn_2DI/AAAAAAAAABQ/zzIHjIpm6n4/s320/_MG_5321.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267184363518285874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjM9N3BRxI/AAAAAAAAABY/1bKv4Q8cq1k/s1600-h/_MG_5341.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjM9N3BRxI/AAAAAAAAABY/1bKv4Q8cq1k/s320/_MG_5341.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267185116274312978" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjOMcHMhmI/AAAAAAAAABg/qrEXgBKHVBo/s1600-h/_MG_5346.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjOMcHMhmI/AAAAAAAAABg/qrEXgBKHVBo/s320/_MG_5346.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267186477309920866" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjOkoC1AcI/AAAAAAAAABo/OkwjtC842wU/s1600-h/_MG_5358.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjOkoC1AcI/AAAAAAAAABo/OkwjtC842wU/s320/_MG_5358.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267186892829688258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">this really fascinating carnival type thing in the middle of Leicester Square</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjO1xhBI-I/AAAAAAAAABw/3EXxclTTylY/s1600-h/_MG_5432.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjO1xhBI-I/AAAAAAAAABw/3EXxclTTylY/s320/_MG_5432.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267187187430007778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjPbgtBGnI/AAAAAAAAAB4/VP_gfUycxPA/s1600-h/_MG_5470.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_StBwfqS6a-U/SRjPbgtBGnI/AAAAAAAAAB4/VP_gfUycxPA/s320/_MG_5470.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267187835751963250" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">these are just a couple of random shots i grabbed on the way to the tube. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">well stay tuned for more from january...<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5154693594108295838-4792495869099652710?l=trishlovesbono.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Trish Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02938985491178585400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5154693594108295838.post-20453545255869190172008-11-03T18:53:00.000-08:002008-11-05T15:40:17.876-08:00Entering the Blogosphere<span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">well here i am entering the blogosphere. i never thought i would be one of those "bloggers". but i've recently been convinced that it's about time. so to quote lloyd dobler's principal from "say anything", "hey world. check me out!"</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5154693594108295838-2045354525586919017?l=trishlovesbono.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Trish Barretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02938985491178585400noreply@blogger.com2