Around Austin-Bufords on West 6th Street as usual dresses up for the holidays. Above for Cinco de Mayo. According to Google AI "Cinco de May (5th of May) commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over the French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862...it has evolved in the United States into a massive, popular celebration of Mexican-American culture, heritage, and pride."

Around Los Angeles-Westwood the neighborhood surrounding most of UCLA includes Malcolm Avenue. Janss Investment Company played a pivotal role in developing this area. As embossed above, 1926 on Malcolm Avenue. Many of the original homes remain but as elsewhere many are being replaced. UCLA's main campus broke ground in 1927 with the first 5,500 undergraduate students in 1929 (Wikipedia.org). "Janss Investment Company was a prominent, family-owned Southern California real

Around Austin-The Texas WWII Memorial behind the Texas Capitol building. AI overview "The main Texas World War II Memorial is a 17-foot granite column replica of the Texas pillar at the national WWII Memorial [In Washington DC]." It was dedicated in 2007 to honor the more than 830,000 Texas who served and the 22,000 who died during the war. The oak and wheat wreath is bronze. On today Tuesday November 11th 2025, we honor all Veterans who served or are serving in our mili

Around Austin-Moonrise, November 5th the moon was the closest to Earth in 2025 merely ~220,000 miles away. This the largest Supermoon of 2025, happening in November, was known back in the 18th century as the beaver moon relating to the best opportunity to set beaver traps in the quest of "a supply of warm winter furs." [Source Austin American Statesman]. Image in the Eastern sky at 18:03 by RM2244.COM

Around Boston-The Boston Public Library a notable landmark and common space features books galore, a inspiring inner garden, amazing...

Around Austin-The MLK Statue in the East Mall at the University of Texas, Austin. "Created by a husband-and-wife team, Jeffrey Varilla...

Around West Lake Hills Texas-Curbside and inside Randalls Flagship wide open for voting at Noon Tuesday November 5th 2024. See below or...

Around West Lake Hills Texas-0700 Tuesday November 5th 2024 at Randalls Flagship store 3300 RM2244 sixty voters in line as election day...

Around Austin, Texas and America-The day that changed America and set-the-stage for today's election was June 24th 2022 when "The Supreme...

Around Austin-"VOTE" balloon in Tarrytown Wednesday October 30th 2024

Around Austin-Doris Kearns Goodwin, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential scholar, addressed a sold-out crowd at the Austin...

Around Toronto-Billy Bragg on a Gibson Jazz Guitar at Massey Hall Friday October 11th 2024. Billy opened his nearly two hour set to "The...

Around Toronto-Massey Hall since 1894 has hosted many greats including Churchill, Keller, Horowitz, Oscar Peterson, Pavarotti, Bob,...

Around Honolulu-Prince Johan Kuhio Kalaniana'ole. See more below or click. Friday September 26th 2024 Duke Kahanamoku Victoria Jamamalu...

Around Austin-Since 1888 the Goddess of Liberty statue has "graced the top of the Texas State Capitol Building dome" (...

Around Austin-Castle on Castle Hill in the Old Enfield neighborhood has a long history. Originally built in 1870 it has been home to the...

Around Austin-A view of a sculpture of Bill Pickett "The Father of Bulldogging". Bulldogging is the act of wrestling a steer to the...

Around West Lake Hills-Scouts helped with the 2024 July 4th Parade. See more below or click.

Around West Lake Hills-Having fun at the 2024 July 4th Parade

Around West Lake Hills-Troop 72 performed color guard for the 2024 July 4th Parade