Is that house by FLW?
Philippe
Le 14 oct. 13 à 06:15, Paul Braun a écrit :
> The first five in the PAW gallery area new - more shots from the
> casino
> club, a stitched pano of our casino at dusk, and a shot from my day at
> the Robie House today.
>
> My first two tours today were normal ones, albeit with guests from
> China, France, Italy and Germany. However, we also offer special
> "Private Spaces" tours where we can take limited groups into parts of
> the house that are off-limits to the general public. Today was my
> first
> one of these tours. I'd been through the training, but the tours are
> usually at a time when I'm not there, so I haven't been able to
> practice
> much (the other tours, I've been doing them for seven years and
> they're
> second nature to me now).
>
> We had a tour bus of 34 folks from Australia and New Zealand (the
> organizer, and Aussie, explained that we'd be able to tell the New
> Zealanders easily enough since they'd be the loudest... we all
> chuckled
> at that).
>
> Anyhow, I did my thing, took them all through the house, told stories,
> history, let them take their photos and ask questions... for roughly
> 90
> minutes. At the end of a day, it's kind of exhausting. However, they
> were very engaged and asked intelligent questions and were really into
> what I was telling them, so it went pretty fast. At then end, as I
> was
> wrapping up, the one gentleman told me that he'd been back here three
> times previous over the years to see the house, and of all of the
> docents (we're actually referred to as "interpreters") he'd had, I was
> the most informative and entertaining. And because of that, they
> wanted
> to present me with a gift. The little gold-plated Koala pin was that
> gift. A small token, but heartfelt. I was touched. We interpreters
> are volunteers, and it costs me roughly $9 in tolls plus gas every
> time
> I go into Chicago to give tours. But when I get to share my passion
> for
> that house with people who have flown in from all over the globe, and
> then they tell me they enjoyed my presenatation and occasionally
> applaud, it makes it all worthwhile.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=1965
>
> Also a few new ones in the cars gallery - from a little used-car lot
> on
> the way to the casino.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=2907
>
> And speaking of Australians, here's one more from the Music gallery
> with
> the artist I mixed on Saturday. Richie is Australian, but lives in
> Nashville now. I'm always happy to see him on the schedule - I really
> like him and his band, and love his music. Even bought his most
> recent
> CD a couple of gigs ago. I don't often do that for the bands coming
> through the club.
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=8999
>
> Enjoy. As always, C&C encouraged.
>
> --
>
>
>
> Paul Braun
> Certified Music Junkie
> Valparaiso, IN
>
>
> "It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." - David St.
> Hubbins
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Harlan Howard
>
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