Melissa Maples » Travel http://melissamaples.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:54:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 At the lodge http://melissamaples.com/at-the-lodge/ http://melissamaples.com/at-the-lodge/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:54:30 +0000 Melissa http://melissamaples.com/?p=4771 Mantel

Ski lodges… apparently still celebrating the holidays in February. Works for me.

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Peek-a-boo courtesy of Mahogany. It’s bright red.

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The border between Minnesota and Wisconsin. I got the feeling that the locals don’t find this area as beautiful as I did.

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Minneapolis

I only just got around to uploading these a few days ago. What a great city.

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One of the most bizarre cloud formations I’ve seen in a while.

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Land

Travelling home.

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I couldn’t help but make a little nonaptych of my Minnesota Hipstamatic photos. What a great state.

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Airplane

Assembly

Surrounded

Warmth

Open for business

Christmas morning

Christmas sunset

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Brunch

Christmas Eve brunch popovers

Oh yes, we have wine

Pho 79

Wedding day wake-up

Just some of the fantastic holiday offerings.

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Thirteenth

Meet me on the dance floor

What a beautiful venue for a wedding.

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Pillsbury

Gold Medal Flour

Grain Belt

Equally impressive during the day.

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Zipps

Amanda Huggenkiss

Twilight

Lamp Repair

Glory in neon.

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It was shocking how warm it was in Minnesota. What little snow we did have quickly melted.

Playing

Ledge

School's out

From what I understand, it started snowing in earnest almost as soon as I left. Figures.

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Chasing the sunset in the west, gaining slightly on it as it appears to rise for several hours. Lovely.

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Downtown

The city, day and night.

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Gorgeous light on the water.

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Park & Lane

Midtown

Love the retro signage.

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Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating this weekend.

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Haiku

Lunch at Bubba Gump, followed by some light shopping.

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One of the most beautiful light fixtures I’ve ever seen.

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Christmas

Love the giant trees in this display.

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Twinkle

Gorgeous light displays for the holidays.

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I’m off to Minnesota for the holiday season. I’ll also be undertaking an important photography project, which I’m very excited about.

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There is some long-haul travel in my near future… I’m flying halfway across the world in about ten days’ time to meet a photo client in conjunction a top-secret photo project. It won’t be secret forever, though— I will definitely post photos here.

And no, I didn’t cut my hair short, it just looks like it in this picture.

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Vista

Islet

Gilded

Love the views on the approach to Antalya. Truly the most beautiful place in the world.

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New dance craze

S8

Preparing to head back home.

]]> http://melissamaples.com/aftermath/feed/ 0 Inside the Oktoberfest tents, part two http://melissamaples.com/inside-the-oktoberfest-tents-part-two/ http://melissamaples.com/inside-the-oktoberfest-tents-part-two/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:32:47 +0000 Melissa http://melissamaples.com/?p=4464 Beer goggles

Least subtle photobomb ever

I am

Cheers

Everybody dance

Everybody sing

Suffice it to say there was a lot of alcohol consumption going on.

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Wine tent

Feasted

Paulaner München

Next up: drunk people!

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Cold schnitzel sandwich

Jolly

Pork bokeh

I guess for most people, Oktoberfest is about the beer. For me, it’s about the food and the people, both of which were wonderful.

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Starfire

Everything

Happy

Ruhmeshalle und Bavaria

Everyone

It seemed like you could see all of Munich from up there.

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