Thursday, April 8, 2010

SLOVENIA and (the) US

THINGS YOU WON'T FIND IN THE U.S.






1. Men in spa robes, bowling





2. Castles

Bled Castle
Lake Bled, Slovenia


3. Car ads touting CO2 output per kilometer












4. Heavily Vined buildings




Ljubljana window



The Grand Hotel Toplice
Lake Bled, Slovenia













Ljubljana Lights







Bled Castle
Lake Bled, Slovenia






5. The balls
to publicly tout stupidity as a virtue




Preseren Square store fronts
Ljubljana







6. The balls,
to use God, and womanhood, in fashion advertising

Preseren Square once again












7. Stylish manhole covers









8. A Euro cent store










9. Rokenboks as street cleaners










10. Bottoms abutting Nouveau











11. Ergonomically correct coffee cups












12. Harry Potter, New Age style













13. Beautifully designed Postman attire









14. Cleverly designed pizza utensils












15. Grammatically incorrect clothing trends














16. The "shorts with stockings and boots" fashion fad











17. The high number of Wellness Spas










18. Dentists at spas, and dentist explained in five different languages







19. The high per capita rate of orange hairs

















20. Such prolific political graffiti













21. Your daily horoscope on your daily bus ride









22. Horrifying hairdos to advertise hair salons










23. All the attention to foot cleanliness









Bowling shoe "hygeine socks" --
A Lamisil lobbyist's nightmare





24. Such attention to dragons

Ljubljana






THINGS YOU WILL FIND IN THE US





1. Flat Iron Buildings




"Peglezen" (Flat Iron Building)
Joze Plecnik, 1934
Ljubljana






2. Pigeons in funny places









3. Necks you'd like to pet






4. Beer in Bowling Alleys










5. Picturesque Swans


Lake Bled, Slovenia






6. Blue sky



Ljubljana






2 comments:

Liz said...

I think I'm getting this figured out. Dye hair orange and get some black hose and boots, although this may change in summer? Black hose and flip flops maybe, but definitely going with the carrot top, so get ready. So, it appears you've been to Lake Bled and to the spa? Are the spas inexpensive there? Everything looks very springy and beautiful. 10 days and counting the 26th AK state legislature. I just may make it out alive. Your blog is da bomb; keep it up. ld

Baird said...

I, like Liz, am thinking you've been to Lake Bled. Jan did mention something about your having to move out of your plush digs at 61 TRUBARJEVA CESTA for a week.
Best of all, you're back ....
After nearly a week of high 80s and 90s, NC is starting to return to more seasonal temperatures, thankfully. And a good rain passed through today to help put out fires and decrease what was an increasing threat of fire after all the winter dead wood. Watch out for rock slides!