Portland

Sylvan, Billy, Jane & Karen at JAKES

August 18th 2007
After a R&R day on Friday when we enjoyed a lovely lunch with Jane and Billy at an organic farm/restaurant the four of us traveled to Portland on Saturday. An interesting bit of local history is that the early residents were divided on what to name the city, Portland or Boston. Guess it's obvious the Portland votes won. Our first stop was a street fair that's held Saturdays and Sundays during t ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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Sylvan Menezes

Sylvan

I live in Beverly ,Massachusetts with my two daughters Maya and Maxanne, and my wife Karen. Karen and I cruised up the coast and across Alaska in the summer of 2008 our daughters Maya and Maxanne joined us for the cruise part of the trip. I love to travel and experience new things. In 2007 Karen and I drove cross country from Beverly Mass. to Corvallis Oregon to see America at ground level. We currently do weekly visits to somewhere we haven't been before. In the fall of 2004 when I was 54 years old they diagnosed me with the affliction ALS . Because of this stupid illness my arms don't wor... full info

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