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Royal Wedding II
Patrick Kane, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Petersburg | VA | USA | Posted: 8:02 AM on 04.29.11 |
| ->> So who was up with the early birds? I headed down to our local English pub, the Brickhouse Run, which hosted a group of about 40-50 (mostly) ladies for a watch party. A group of about 10 were up all night making fancy hats. |
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Luke Johnson, Photographer, Student/Intern
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St.Petersburg | FL | USA | Posted: 8:07 AM on 04.29.11 |
| ->> So Chuck, did you have a nice time at the party? |
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Angus Mordant, Student/Intern
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Sydney | NSW Australia | Australia | Posted: 8:37 AM on 04.29.11 |
| ->> Timing worked out nicely for me... Just finished and its 10:45PM here in Melbourne, Australia. Time for bed shortly. |
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Jack Megaw, Photographer
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Pittsburgh | PA | America | Posted: 11:19 AM on 04.29.11 |
->> I was planning on timing a trip to the UK with it (along with going to a few soccer matches) but then I went and got a full time staff job so that went away!
Really enjoyed watching the wedding. Makes you proud to be British.
-Jack |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 12:25 PM on 04.29.11 |
->> "JIM COLBURN: "Getting clotted cream for a real Cream Tea here in the Rio Grande Valley is, well, impossible..."
SISSY ALERT!"
Todd, Todd, Todd.
When, or if, you ever reach maturity you'll find that some of the finer things in life (a glass of Romanée-Conti, a real English cream tea, a slice of pizza from the Ray's at 6th Ave and 11th Street) are things to be savored and enjoyed.
You're probably happy with a six-pack of Keystone Light and a bucket from Kentucky Fried now but wait a while, there are better things out there. |
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Denver | CO | USA | Posted: 12:56 PM on 04.29.11 |
->> When, or if, you ever reach maturity you'll find that some of the finer things in life...
I dunno. I tend to focus on the company and the context rather than a particular label. A certain pizza place in a certain town is special not because the pizza is particularly great, it's because of the people I dined with and the stories shared.
I hope I never reach a level of maturity where quoting lists of obscure food/drink names becomes an important part of my "appreciation" of life... :-) |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 1:41 PM on 04.29.11 |
->> It was friggin' luverly.
www.newsobserver.com/2011/04/29/1163339/locals-gather-to-watch-royal-wedding.html?tab=gallery&gallery=/2011/04/29/1163582/raleigh-royal-wedding-party-042911.html&gid_index=1 |
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Bradley Leeb, Photographer
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Champaign | IL | USA | Posted: 2:01 PM on 04.29.11 |
->> "I tend to focus on the company and the context rather than a particular label. A certain pizza place in a certain town is special not because the pizza is particularly great, it's because of the people I dined with and the stories shared."
Then you've never had really good pizza... |
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Luke Johnson, Photographer, Student/Intern
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St.Petersburg | FL | USA | Posted: 4:18 PM on 04.29.11 |
| ->> Looks like you had a BLAST Chuck! |
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Peter Tarry, Photographer
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croydon | Surrey | England | Posted: 4:46 PM on 04.29.11 |
| ->> up at 3.15am and back now 9.40pm ! long day but nice pictures ! |
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Todd Spoth, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 4:48 PM on 04.29.11 |
->> I actually don't drink, Jim, but thanks for playing.
Also thanks for taking the time to put down your sissy beverage to write me a rather ironic email calling ME names and commenting on MY lack of class. LOL
Hey Jim, you've got some cream on your face. |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 6:18 PM on 04.29.11 |
->> My daughter summed up the wedding.
"It's like a Disney movie, with balding." |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 8:37 PM on 04.29.11 |
->> Only a fool would refer to a good cup of hot, brewed tea as a "sissy drink".
Unless, of course you believe that the pilots that defended Britain in the Battle Of Britain during World War II were "sissies" or that the British troops serving in Afghanistan, right now, are also "sissies".
"Sissies" that could kick said fool's ass from, say, Houston to Kolkata. |
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Luke Johnson, Photographer, Student/Intern
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St.Petersburg | FL | USA | Posted: 9:23 PM on 04.29.11 |
| ->> Arguments over tea?.... And I thought the Nikon Vs. Canon debates were silly enough. |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 10:05 PM on 04.29.11 |
->> "Arguments over tea?"
Then you haven't had good tea.
Wars have been fought. Nations have fallen. Over tea... |
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Israel Shirk, Photographer, Assistant
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Boise | ID | US | Posted: 12:41 AM on 04.30.11 |
| ->> Could you guys play that game in e-mail or something? Thanks :) |
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Todd Spoth, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 3:08 AM on 04.30.11 |
->> Israel,
Stop acting like there is something more interesting to do in Idaho. |
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Bradly J. Boner, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Jackson | WY | USA | Posted: 12:34 PM on 04.30.11 |
| ->> Todd - I've been to Houston, and can honestly say it has absolutely nothing on Idaho. |
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Clark Brooks, Photo Editor, Photographer
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Urbana | IL | USA | Posted: 3:18 PM on 04.30.11 |
->> "A certain pizza place in a certain town is special not because the pizza is particularly great, ..."
David, Jim and Todd... ya'll need to come to Champaign and dine and break bread on a fresh out the oven Papa Dell deep dish pizza. As Mr. Leeb said, "... you've never had really good pizza..." until you've savored one with your favorite adult beverage. Once you have, no matter where you go, all other pizza will be nothing more than tomato sauce on a cracker.
Once you have a bite or two I doubt you will even remember why you were there in the first place... LOL ... heck, you likely make a visit an annual ritual. |
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Todd Spoth, Photographer, Student/Intern
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Houston | TX | USA | Posted: 6:18 PM on 04.30.11 |
->> Clark,
I never knocked good pizza. Actually I agree with Rays pizza in NY. Im down to come try this Papa Dell! Let's do it!
Also, Bradly, no. |
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Bradley Leeb, Photographer
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Champaign | IL | USA | Posted: 6:53 PM on 04.30.11 |
->> Clark, as much as I like Papa Del's (by the way, any time you're up for going, give me a ring!), the BEST pizza in Champaign right now is the three frozen Lou Malnati's pizzas in my freezer right now!
To steal from Seinfeld, are you guys talking about Ray's, Famous Ray's, Original Ray's, Famous Original Ray's.... |
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Bruce Twitchell, Photographer
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Coeur d'Alene | ID | USA | Posted: 7:18 PM on 04.30.11 |
| ->> I am always amazed how people are experts on an area where they don't live. |
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Garrett Hubbard, Photographer
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Washington | D.C. | USA | Posted: 7:20 PM on 04.30.11 |
->> So I'm a little late to the party here. I've been working long hours here in London since Monday as has most of our USA TODAY team over here. Glad to have survived the week! The atmosphere here on Friday was electric. Beautiful wedding ceremony!
For those interested, here some of my daily photo + video stories neatly collected on my blog.
http://garrettsphotographs.blogspot.com/ |
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Bradly J. Boner, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Jackson | WY | USA | Posted: 8:35 PM on 04.30.11 |
| ->> Whadda ya mean by "no?" I don't think I asked a question... |
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Jim Colburn, Photo Editor, Photographer
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McAllen | TX | USA | Posted: 8:43 PM on 05.01.11 |
->> From AFP:
"Tea-drinking Britain experienced one of its biggest-ever power surges caused by a televised event as the equivalent of one million kettles were switched on after the royal wedding Friday.
The 2,400-megawatt boost at 12:40 pm after the carriage procession arrived at Buckingham Palace was the fourth-largest surge caused by a TV programme ever experienced by the National Grid electricity network.
The surge for Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton even outstripped the 1,800-MW leap after the marriage of William's parents Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981." |
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