THAT'S A RELIEF

Time to be back on the streets of The Lou, although I may still run some Costa Rica pix if I'm short of material. Anyway, my office is a couple of blocks from our football dome without a football team. (Many Americans would know the story and nobody else will care.) The Rolling Stones are going on tour again this year (what, with their walkers?) and it was announced yesterday that they would play here in June. On Wednesday the big LED sign in front of the stadium had a teaser display of the iconic lips and tongue logo with the single word "When?". I was hoping to find some version of that but no luck.

We have a lot of casinos around here, six, I believe, on or next to the rivers. The one downtown is cut off from the city my a major highway but there is an entrance and underground tunnel across from the dome. Couldn't pass up this image. We hope the casino is exciting enough without gunplay.         

STL DPB AT SEA - SCENES FROM THE BLUE DOLPHIN

So many photos from Costa Rica and I have to come back to images from home soon. Groups of images will help clear up the backlog. These pictures are of passengers and crew on the Blue Dolphin catamaran, plus a more traditional competitor ship. Gotta get back out on the street here.        

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - PEEK-A-BOO AT SEA

Aboard the Blue Dolphin, the catamaran we took for an afternoon trip from Tamarindo. I assume this is a tico woman and her son (the Costa Ricans refer to themselves as ticos). She probably raised her shawl to keep the late afternoon sun out of her eyes but the boy wants eye contact with mom.       

STL DPB ON THE ROAD - TRUST

In the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Liberia, Costa Rica. The scroll on the bottom means Jesus, I trust in you. It's a big church by local standards and has interesting architecture. The side walls are made of cement bricks in a geometric pattern and contain lots of holes. This lets the air through and, since the roof provides shade, makes the interior tolerable even in hot weather. 

Probably won't have any new local material until the weekend, unless the snow predicted mid-week provides something interesting.     

MADELEINE MONDAY

Ellie at a restaurant in Tamarindo last week, clutching her beloved Lambie in her teeth just to be silly. It was giver to her as a newborn by our dear friend and colleague Virginia of Birmingham Daily Photo. It has undergone surgery more than once and cannot be washed completely clean (and hence is often referred to as Brown Lambie). The kid had a great time and learned a lot on our trip.