Paul, You heard about the Southside Irish St.Patrick's Day Parade ending? Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > BTW, as a Southeast side boy, I grew up at Rainbow Beach on 77th and South > Shore Drive. As teenagers, my friends and I sat on the wall at the edge of > the sand for most of the summer and flirted with the girls. As we grew older > we would try to have our dates conclude in what was known as the overflow > parking lot, an unpaved adjunct to the regular beach parking that looked out > on the water. Today I'm a member of two Google groups called "The Overflow" > and "The Overflow Pub and Coffee Shop." They're devoted to the history of > Rainbow Beach, South Shore, Avalon Park and surrounding neighborhoods, and > serve as a place for old friends to get reacquainted. The group maintains a > list known as "The Wall," where deceased southeast side folks are > memorialized. In typical southside fashion we frequently referred to our > neighborhoods by parish names: Brides, Felicitas, Neri and OLP. (Short for > St. Brides, St. Felicitas, St. Philip Neri, and Our Lady of Peace). That was > the way it was down there and back then. > Paul > On Mar 29, 2009, at 1:12 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> John and Christine, >> That is quarried stone John sees, not cement. >> Chicago sits at the southwest corner of a huge lake (75 miles by 500 >> miles). >> Some beaches have quarried stone protecting the shore from erosion in >> storms. >> As a hardy Austalian, John sees the drill holes that helped pop the stone >> out. >> Good catch! >> We have no Egyptians in Chicago, only a museum or two at the U of C. >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Christine Aguila >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi John: The 28 miles of Chicago beach front is a mix of sandy beaches >>> and >>> cement rock that takes the shape of staggered steps. Folks often paint >>> images on the cement rock steps leading down to the water's edge. The >>> spot >>> this pic was taken is not a quarry. On the day this was taken, my nephew >>> & >>> I walked from sandy Foster beach to sandy Montrose beach. We walked >>> along >>> the lower cement rocks to get from Foster to Montrose beach. I've >>> posted a >>> link about the Chicago beaches, which should give you basic information. >>> HTH. Cheers, Christine >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_beaches >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Coyle" <[email protected]> >>> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 6:58 PM >>> Subject: RE: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks >>> >>> >>>> I prefer #2 - it reminds me of the colours in original Egyptian art. >>>> The >>>> picture appears to be of the goddess Bast, as she is cat-faced and wears >>>> the >>>> crown of Lower Egypt only, while carrying an Ankh, the symbol of eternal >>>> life. However, the inclusion of a lotus flower is odd, as this is the >>>> symbol of Upper Egypt! >>>> >>>> Any idea why it should be found on the shore of Lake Michigan, in what >>>> appears to be a quarry? >>>> >>>> >>>> John in Brisbane >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>> Christine Aguila >>>> Sent: Saturday, 28 March 2009 2:49 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: PESO Egyptian on the Rocks >>>> >>>> Hi Everyone: I found some painted art on the rocks & some playful light >>>> along the Lake Michigan shore on a short photowalk last Saturday. There >>>> are >>>> >>>> 3 different renderings here. I'd be interested in knowing if you had a >>>> preference. The 2nd rendering is pretty much as seen--as they say :-). >>>> >>>> >>>> http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/egyptian/index.html >>>> >>>> comments welcome, Cheers, Christine >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
