Blogs from United States, North America - page 7071

Geo: 42.984, -70.7513I Got a Morrison Visa (US green card) which I had to validate but then never used it as C. didn't get one. So stayed with a friend (Ms. LMcG) in Needham with her family, very nice people. L's dad took me to Museum of Fine Arts at 465 Huntington Ave (Back Bay) which was good, had everything from Modern Amercian like Hopper to Impressionists like Degas & Gauguin & has some magnificent asian & ancient Egyptian stuff & when I asked him didn't he think it should be in Egypt in a museum he said he had never thought about it before but that I was probably right. Myself & L spent a good bit time driving - past Harvard/Cambridge & all over. And we also went to Salem which was very interesting ... read more

Apr 13, 1993 *City official name :Orlando *Founded date : *Location :Florida State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :The city of Orlando is the county seat of Orange County, Florida. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 185,951 (metropolitan area 1,644,561). A 2005 U.S. Census Estimates population count gave the city population was 213,233 (metropolitan area over 1.8 million). It is the sixth-largest city in Florida, and its largest inland city. It is also at the head of the Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Orlando-Kissimmee MSA is Florida's third-largest metropolitan area, behind Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater. Additionall... read more

Mar 1, 1993 *City official name :Jacksonville *Founded date : *Location :Florida State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Jacksonville is the most populous city in the state of Florida and the thirteenth most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Duval County.GR6 Since 1968, the city has shared a consolidated government with the county, making it the largest city in land area in the contiguous United States and the eleventh largest in the world. As of 2005, the city proper has an estimated population of 782,623 with a metropolitan population of more than 1.3 million. Jacksonville is located in the First Coast region of northeast Florida. The city is situated on the banks of the St... read more

After living in Houston, TX for a year ('92-'93) we went back to Colombia. I went back to the school I had been going since I was a kid, and my brother started pre-school. 1994 Over the summer we did what every family with young children has to do at some point: spend a week in Orlando, FL, and visit all the kid-friendly parks. I remember having fun and complaining a lot because of the heat. 1995 Summer. A few days after I was out for summer vacation, my mom surprised me with a puppy. I had been asking for one for years, and finally they gave in. We named her Cookie. She was the cutest little puppy ever, and still is. Over the summer we would frequently visit my dad in Cartagena where he had ... read more

Feb 1, 1993 *City official name :Trenton *Founded date : *Location :New Jersey State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Trenton is the capital of New Jersey, a state of the United States of America. As of the United States 2000 Census, the City of Trenton had a population of 85,403. Trenton is also the county seat of Mercer County. Trenton is the home of the Trenton Thunder Eastern League AA minor league baseball team, which is affiliated with the New York Yankees and plays in Mercer County Waterfront Park, and the Trenton Titans (an ECHL minor league hockey affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers) which plays in the Sovereign Bank Arena. The New Jersey State Prison, which has two maximum security units an... read more