Alexis McKeown .photoblog.

~ how the time flies ~

It's been very quiet over here in "life outside the dance studio" blog-land, mainly because it's been very busy inside the dance studio... okay, okay, and a little bit because I've been chillin' this summer :P

But alas, the leaves are starting to turn, the evenings are cooling down and people are starting to hustle n bustle like they just realized 2 months have gone by in the blink of an eye and they are a bit behind in the work department (it's not just me, I'm sure of it.)

So this is my little tribute to the end of summer - some photos from my recent trip to the family cabin.  And I'll be catching you up on a bunch o' stuff from the summer months over the next couple of weeks, so stop by again soon! 

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~ wandering paris ~

... a few randoms from a day of walking through one of the most interesting cities I've seen ...

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~ a little bit o' big art ~

I have finally started to sift through my photos from our recent trip to France and there is such a ridiculous number of them, so I will have to share them with you in installments. 

This first batch is of the Louvre, which we visited on our first full day in Paris.  We had arrived the afternoon before, slept off some jet-lag, and ventured out to the market to stock up on wine and snacks to enjoy while we awaited the arrival of our dear friends who live in England and were coming to meet us in Paris for the weekend (sounds a little unreal, but I'm pretty sure it all happened...)  We all agreed that this famous gallery should be the first destination on the list.

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~ walking boston ~

Here are a few from a day spent wandering around Boston.  Such a cool city; we wished you were there to wander with us...

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~ harvard ~

These are from the day my little bro took us to wander around Harvard.  I didn't take as many photos as I usually do when I have a camera in hand, mostly I took pics of my brother taking pics of stuff, but I made sure to snap one of this enormous library - to which we were denied entry :( - for a certain GG-loving, book-fiendish friend of mine. 

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~ beach day ~

Before we went to France, Conor & I got to spend a lovely week in Boston, chillin' with my family.  I miss them more now than I did before I went to visit.

On the weekend, my little niece (oh, you've met her before) took us all to the beach for some good ol' running around.

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~ a little slice o' paradise ~

In the past month of madly busy times I managed to get away for a blissful week to the place where my childhood summer memories live.  I read for what felt like endless hours (although that may have been because I was reading Ayn Rand,) I slept too much, I lost way too many hands of poker to a few of my favourite people, I met my little bro's new girl, and all in all, it was perfect.

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~ sensory overload ~

For my last 'El Salvadorian' post I decided I just had to share a glimpse of the markets we often found ourselves lost in.  These places were fantastic, mildly unnerving, and so full-on that they had a sort of hypnotizing effect.  Endless heaps of the most colourful crap you've ever seen ~ I could not figure out who on earth could ever need that many pinatas, but I also couldn't get enough of these somewhat wondrous places.

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