This past week L and I celebrated my birthday by spending the day in downtown Tucson. It gave me a great opportunity to be a tourist in my own town, snapping pictures with my new digital SLR camera. Our first stop was the famous Hotel Congress, where John Dillinger stayed shortly before being caught by the local police without a single bullet being shot.
The sign, as seen from the southern side of the hotel.
One of the coolest things about the bar area, where we had breakfast is the penny floor.
A close-up of the Hotel Congress penny floor.
I enjoyed the repetition of forms in the bar chairs. I also really like theconvenience of the little hooks for your handbag underneath the bar.
I had the Eggs and Gunpowder breakfast, which is a big bowl of roasted potatoes,two poached eggs, cheese and turkey chorizo.
L had the Eggs Chipotle & Borracho Pork. Both breakfasts were excellent.
After breakfast we drove up A-Mountain, which really is not very large compared to the mountains in the background of this image. But it provides a great vantage point of my little town. In this picture you can see the downtown metropolitan area and the U of A campus in the background. The mountains on the far side are the Catalina Mountains, which are about 9,000 feet high.
Finally, L treated me to an ice cream birthday cake, and yes, put all 34 candles on there. Wow! That was pretty crazy.
2 comments:
We have a rule in my house--mom's cake only has one candle.
It saves money and prevents wrinkles, or so I'm told.
Happy Birthday!
I hope you had a wonderful day Kerrie, I am glad to see you were able to go somewhere on your birthday.
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