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stepping back in time

Tinsley House in Bozeman, MT is over 100 years old, and life goes on about as if no time has passed since the day it was built. The entire structure was moved from its original location of Willow Creek so it could be near the Museum of the Rockies. A staff, dressed in the traditional…

for the hate of lolla

By: Jenny Martinez August 13, 2014November 27, 2020

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Another year, another Lolla. I have a love/hate relationship with it myself. I’m sure that’s true for many. But hey, where else can you see an endless number of bands in a matter of 3 days? Here are a few things I learned about the festival.Let’s start with the etymology of the word. Lollapalooza (lä-lə-pə-ˈlü-zə)…

seeing sights n’at

So this is a cool Dark Knight Rises fun fact: the building in the first few photos is where Batman and Bane fought. (That’s me channeling my inner Bane in case you couldn’t tell. Ha!) The following pictures are from the Carnegie Art Museum. Which reminds me, you should watch the History Channel’s Men Who…

the story of a shoe lace

By: Jenny Martinez May 28, 2011June 5, 2011

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There is a myth about Ghurka soldiers, fighting for Britain, who crawled along the ground feeling the laces of the soldiers they came across. British soldiers normally laced their shoes by straight or bar lacing techniques. The Japanese troops used more of a criss-cross pattern. Criss-cross laces meant the difference between life and death. So…