Donuts vs. Doughnuts

In Portugal we have donuts. Donuts are sold at the supermarket wrapped in packs of 4 (or any other ramdom number). In the US there are doughnuts! Doughnuts are mostly eaten by policemen and are sold in doughnut shops where you can watch them being made in a production line. Even better, you can then eat them while they're still warm and they will melt in your mouth... Mnham!!

doughnuts being baked in a gigantic oven...



...deep fried...



...and covered with sugar glaze

then they can be filled or covered with pretty much anything you can think of :)


Bon appétit!!!

Overexposure

deactivated railroad


blinded by the sunlight

bridge across the bay

Shopping Spree

Tired of going up and down on the escalators, shopping for hours on a seven story building? Why not stop for a coffe and enjoy the view? Or maybe having a cheesecake at the 8th floor sky terrace level after your spending spree is over will suit you better...

Oh well, excessive consumerism is good for the economy. Don't you just love America?

Union Square seen from Macy's


one of its four AT&T hearts



Vacation Resort

I'm not trying to make anyone jealous, but this is what I wake up to every day...

The view from our balcony



Ummm... well, maybe a tiny bit jealous ;)

Skipping practice

My coach was really happy to see me on the ice rink today. She was thinking I had given up on going to next year's olympics. Pfff, as if...

Fwd: UCPOLICE Crime Alert - Squirrel Attack on Campus

Awww... either he's trying to steal my lunch
or he wants me to take him home and keep him as a pet!

Tropical Rainforest

Dangerously beautiful... or beautifully dangerous?





The rainforest from above...


... below...


... and underwater.

Claude, the albino aligator, hanging in the swamp as usual



And watch out for the giant flying fish!!!

Academy of Sciences

The only place on the planet that houses a planetarium, aquarium, natural history museum and rainforest dome all under the same living roof.

Planetarium


The Foucault's Pendulum - this 235 lb brass ball attached to a 30 ft steel cable gives you the time while providing a proof of the Earth's rotation.


Aquarium



Blue Whale


African Hall




Rainforest



Living Roof

Faz crescer água na boca

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