The Tigers show their stuff

Take me out to the ball game.
What a great day for to be at Comerica Park!
The Tigers won, 10th Inning, 4-3.
It threatened to rain all day, but ended up being sunny, hot & humid.
Love it!

Muggle Fandom

"Theaters sell out as fans swarm to see the sixth installment, which rings in $22.2 million in midnight ticket sales, shattering 'Dark Knight's' record."

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-harry-potter16-2009jul16,0,1136148.story

Complete Gawker

Curiosity got the better of me and I couldn't resist showing up at the scene this morning.

A gas tanker exploded when it hit a bridge at 9 Mile on I-75 last night.
Here's the bridge that collapsed in the inferno.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/20067687/detail.html

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Finally! It's been a long wait!
It was great and you should definitely go see it.
The books are better as J.K.Rowling is a writer to be reckoned with. Her words provide imagery no movie can depict and her clever wit is refreshing. She develops characters completely with depth of feeling and gives the reader the full experience of the character's life and motivations. The story development throughout the series leaves you constantly wanting more and wondering how it will all work itself out. She's a brilliant author and I admire her.
Overall, I didn't care as much for the ways in which the movie differed from the book, however, the movie, as usual did a fab job at depicting certain scenes and characters better than I imagined.

Here's a little encouragement for you:
http://www.youtube.com/user/A1soulsister#play/favorites/19/jpCPvHJ6p90

What I fancied:
1. The destruction of the bridge
2. Depiction of Apparition
3. The beauty of the castle and Hogwart's in general
4. Ron: quidditch and the love potion & consequently the poisoning scene. They finally gave Ron the part he deserved and he carried it out masterfully!
5. Fred & George's joke shop!!
6. Lavendar Brown with "Wan, wan"
7. Katie Bell & the locket incident
8. Professor Slughorn's potion class
9. The depiction of memories and the pensive
10. Luna Lovegood: Hogwart's express scene & Christmas party and Luna in general!
11. Professor Snape: Alan Rickman plays him perfectly!! I particularly loved the scene where Snape reveals his identity to Harry.

What I wasn't keen on:
1. The change in getting Harry's opening setting
2. The addition of crisis at the Weasley burrow
3. Ginny's lack of sass and undeveloped character
4. The bad acting & development of Ginny & Harry's love story
5. No battle
6. No funeral
7. Lack of grieving/ bad acting of sorrow & general despair over loss of Dumbledore
8. Do not like the new Dumbledore. Michael Gambon has been a terrible Dumbledore in all of the movies and still is. I miss the 1st one we started off with. Here's to Richard Harris!
9. The deletion of Tonk's role
10. The deletion of Doby & Kreacher's roles

Another Fab Weekend

Mom & I had a great time on Sunday seeing one of the most beautiful parts of this great state. There's nothing like northern Michigan!
This is Point Betsie which is located between Franfort & Empire.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Shoreline

Frankfort North Breakwater Lighthouse

Road Kill

License Plate says: KIS THS

Once a Century

For two seconds on Wednesday,
the clock and calendar count
will go from 1 to 9.
At 56 seconds past 12:34 a.m. and p.m. on July 8, 2009,
the date and time read

12:34:56 7-8-09

On the West Coast of Lake MI

Muskegon South Breakwater Lighthouse

Ludington North Pierhead Light





Big Sable Lighthouse, Ludington

Through the eyes of a child

I spent a few days with Andre-Ross & MiAnna....

Brooklyn Bridge

Manhattan

Central Park

Flat Iron Building

Times Square

Washington Square Park
Greenwich Village

Robbins Reef, NJ Lighthouse
Can be seen on the Staten Island Ferry

The Chrysler Building

Trinity Church

NY Stock Exchange

When You're with a Sweep, You're in Glad Company!

Mary Poppins with Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke

will forever remain one of my all time favorites,

however this show does not disappoint.
Amanda Bush & I had a Fab time on Broadway!
Not to mention the brownie points she earned by letting me stay with her.
Love it!

NYC Humor

We started out our 1st day at this hole in the wall Cuban Restaurant
that was awesome. Gotta love the real thing!

Drew looked down at his cup & we notice that it's a Greek cup......
Just too funny not to notice

Read the blue awning

Jersey Shore

I left Washington D.C. and crossed over
the bridge on the Chesapeake Bay,
then headed down to the top of VA on the Atlantic shore.
Clouds, rain and cold. Pretty much everyday.
But who's complaining?
Sometimes you just gotta make it work regardless of the weather.
So, Game On!

Assateague Island Lighthouse
Chincoteague, VA

Weather, water: all cold

The salt marshes along the roads following the coastline
house a lot of migratory birds

Hereford Inlet Lighthouse
North Wildwood, NJ

Cape May Lighthouse
Cape May, NJ
Southern most point of Jersey

Barnegat Lighthouse
Long Beach Island, NJ
Mid Jersey shoreline

I missed about 10 lighthouses, so I guess I'll have to go back sometime!
Rain.....got stuck in a 2 hr NJ traffic jam.....construction....
Hey, it was a fun journey nonetheless