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| A colorful rose bush in full bloom.
| A statue surrounded by roses at one of the garden.
| I thought this rose was vibrant, but the photograph makes it look
unnaturally vivid.
| A bush with roses in a variety of colors: white, pink, purple, yellow,
rose (heh).
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| Another line of roses.
| A rose labeled "Mission Bells." Excellent?
| A particularly vibrant pair of rows in the rose garden.
Excellent.
| Another spot in the rose garden: what an abundance of colors!
Excellent.
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| One of the terraced tunnels surrounding the rose garden, nicely hung
with scattered roses.
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| Huntington: Flowers Nearby
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| A flower garden near the rose garden.
| A flower labeled "Mevrouw G. A. Van Rossem."
| A bee explores a flower labeled "Watercolors." Excellent? Also, I think
the watercolor name is apt.
| The bee dives right in! Sucking nectar.
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| And now it begins to take off again.
| A huge willowy tree, also near the rose garden.
Can you identify
the tree? It's not a willow tree but it has some similar traits.
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| Huntington: Japanese Garden
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| A path near the Japanese garden.
| The Japanese Garden. Note how carefully the plants are chosen (for
texture, etc.) and landscaped.
| Another perspective on the Japanese Garden, also clearly shows the fence
preventing us from entering it. (It was mostly closed for renovation.)
| The lovely walkway enclosed by tree branches woven together that gazes
down onto the Japanese Garden.
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| Huntington: Shakespeare Garden
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| The funky sculpture in the center of the Shakespeare Garden.
| A representative shot of the Shakespeare Garden. The taller plants are
near the edge; low-lying plants are in the center.
| A cool bench.
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| Huntington: Museums
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| Near the entrance to the Huntington's Art Gallery, a fancy
plantation-like area (the "outdoor living room") for sitting and
relaxing. Someone should be serving sweet tea.
| Vesuvius from Portici by Joseph Wright.
| Two Boys with a Bladder by Joseph Wright of Derby.
| The Thornton Portrait Gallery, a room of Gainsboroughs, Joshua Reynolds,
and George Romneys.
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| In the library, a neat collection of historic light bulbs.
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| Food Crawl: Santouka Ramen at Mitsuwa
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| The first stop on our food crawl was at Santouka, a ramen joint in the
food court of a Japanese grocery store (Mitsuwa). Note the long line.
| Di Yin and I shared a bowl of salt ramen that tasted fresh and bright.
It had great broth and fatty, luscious pork.
E's spicy miso ramen was similarly good, with a pickled kimchi
type of spiciness.
| Scallop nigiri (from Mitsuwa itself). Pretty darn good.
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