Frivolous Friday! Balboa Park – an Adventure and a Quiz!

by · March 5, 2021

It’s Frivolous Friday!

Thought I would share some of the fun I squeezed in this week (in between all my portrait sessions and retouching work.)

Yep, this happened #1:

Have I mentioned lately how much I love Balboa Park?

(Always have,  always will!)

(Bonus points if you know where this was captured…?)

I’ve been at Balboa Park so many times in the past few weeks for Portrait Sessions and I always arrive early (just how I roll!) so I have time to stroll around….

Right now something BIG is happening so I thought I’d fill you in.

They have removed all the ugly asphalt from the interior streets and are replacing it with beautiful cream colored concrete.

The construction crew is doing a beautiful job- so I thought I’d take a few photos so you could see.

BTW:  I asked what the yellow spray does and was told it eats the top layer of the concrete to expose the pebbles – I think it will be less slippery too.

And aren’t those concrete ‘sled’ thingies cool?  So the workers can walk on the wet concrete without harming the finish….

There’s always something beautiful to see in Balboa Park – like a peek of our city from the Cabrillo Bridge.

Did you know there used to be a pond at the base of the bridge?   Instead of the 163 freeway?   Row boating was a fun pastime!

I thought I would take some photos to challenge you to a contest.  So keep clicking and tell me how many of these places you can name.

#1 Take a guess, where is this?

(all answers are at the end of the post!)

#2 Take a guess, where is this?

#3 Take a guess, where is this?

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#30 Take a guess, where is this?   

 

Yep, this happened #3:

Tried something new while I was strolling around the park – a Lavender Iced Tea – from the cute little coffee cart next to the Prado Restaurant.

The drink was good and I’m glad I ordered it, but I won’t need to order it again, if you know what I mean.  😉

What can I say:  I’m Feeling Blessed!

And do you know what else I’m blessed by?     Capturing amazing moments for you to treasure for a lifetime!

Answers to the quiz

  1. Museum of Art
  2. Spanish Village
  3. Hall of Champions (new Comicon Museum)
  4. Alcazar Garden
  5. Organ Pavilion
  6. Hallway next to Sculpture Garden
  7. House of Pacific Relations – International Cottages
  8. Moreton Bay Fig Tree – north of Natural History Museum planted in 1915 (70 feet tall)
  9. Zoro Garden
  10. Museum of Man (now called Museum of Us)
  11. Balboa Park Club
  12. Cabrillo bridge streetlight
  13. Tile bench from Alcazar Garden
  14. Fig tree from Palm Canyon Garden
  15. Window from Museum of Art
  16. Spanish Village
  17. Old Cactus Garden
  18. Old Cactus Garden
  19. Starlight Theatre
  20. New Pan American Plaza (near Air & Space Museum)
  21. Old Globe Theatre gift shop
  22. Organ Pavilion on the stage
  23. 23-foot bronze sculpture of El Cid on his horse – from 1930
  24. El Prado Courtyard
  25. Zoro Butterfly Garden (used to be a nudist colony at 1935 world fair)
  26. In fountain near Globe Theatre
  27. Plaza de Balboa/ Bea Evenson Fountain
  28. Museum of Man (now called Museum of Us)
  29. International Cottages
  30. Spanish Village

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