Tag:Photomatix

The Betsy Ross Hotel

Daily Photo – The Betsy Ross Hotel

About a year ago, my wife had to travel to Miami and I tagged along for the ride. We stayed at the Betsy Hotel at the northern end of Ocean Drive, Miami Beach. Since we had the misfortune to be traveling during spring break we were glad we booked at the Betsy. It’s boutique charm was not what the spring breakers were looking for so the hotel ended up being a sea of calm, a nice retreat. Our room overlooked […]

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Hilton Americas Houston

Daily Photo – Hilton Americas, Houston

This is a shot of the rear of the hotel. I like the strong lines in the architecture here. Since I like saturated colors, I’ve upped the saturation in this image. People familiar with the building will recognize the colors as being more muted in real life.

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DE238 USS Stewart

Daily Photo – DE238 USS Stewart

The Destroyer Escort 238 USS Stewart was commissioned into active service on May 31, 1943 having been constructed at the Brown Shipbuilding Yards in Houston.

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St Martins Round Top Texas

Daily Photo – St. Martins, Round Top, Texas

St. Martins sits on state highway 237S, about three miles south-west of Round Top, Texas. It’s billed on a sign by the road as the ‘smallest Catholic Church in the world’.

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USS Texas

Daily Photo – BB-35 USS Texas

Like the Elissa, the USS Texas is no longer seaworthy. She lies in a berth off the Houston ship channel just north of the San Jacinto battleground where Texas won it’s independence from Mexico. There are plans to make the berth a dry dock but that’s not due to be completed till 2017, so she sits on the mud quietly rusting away.

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The Six Pence Pub

Daily Photo – The Six Pence Pub

The Six Pence Pub sits on Bull Street at East Perry Lane in Savannah, Georgia. It’s just a couple of blocks south of Chippewa Square where Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump sat on a bench and narrated his story.

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