2010 McGuire’s Irish St. Patrick’s Day Prediction Run

McGuire’s Irish Pub, in Pensacola Florida hosted the 33rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day 5k Prediction Run. The race, through the streets of downtown Pensacola, drew more than 10,000 runners this year. Running and winning take a back seat to fun at this charity event. The race ends as quickly as it begins and what follows is an day of live music, libations and good times had by all. This is one of the largest runs in the city and the nation’s largest prediction run, if you missed it this year, be sure and check it out in 2011.

Posted on 19. Jun, 2010 by tonyalexander in Events, Portfolio, Running

2010 Gulf Coast Half Marathon on Pensacola Beach

The inaugural Coast Coast Half Marathon on Pensacola Beach, Florida was held Sunday, April 10, 2010. The Pensacola Beach race was also the first of the new Gulf Coast Half Marathon Series of races, a series spanning Florida to Texas.

Posted on 19. Jun, 2010 by tonyalexander in Events, Portfolio, Running

The Streets of Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. The city, which had a population (including suburbs) of 1.36 million on 1 January 2008, comprises the northern part of the Randstad, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in Europe, with a population of around 6.7 million.

Amsterdam fans out south from the Amsterdam Centraal railway station. The Damrak is the main street and leads into the street Rokin. The oldest area of the town is known as de Wallen (the quays). It lies to the east of Damrak and contains the city’s famous red light district. To the south of de Wallen is the old Jewish quarter of Waterlooplein. The 17th century girdle of concentric canals, known as the Grachtengordel, embraces the heart of the city where homes have interesting gables. Beyond the Grachtengordel are the former working class areas of Jordaan and de Pijp. The Museumplein with the city’s major museums, the Vondelpark, a 19th century park named after the Dutch writer Joost van den Vondel, and the Plantage neighbourhood, with the zoo, are also located outside the Grachtengordel.

To read more about Amsterdam click here.

Posted on 19. Jun, 2010 by tonyalexander in Cities, Portfolio

New Orleans Louisiana

New Orleans has many major attractions, from the world-renowned French Quarter and Bourbon Street’s notorious nightlife to St. Charles Avenue (home of Tulane and Loyola Universities, the historic Pontchartrain Hotel, and many 19th century mansions), to Magazine Street, with its many boutique stores and antique shops.According to current travel guides, New Orleans is one of the top ten most visited cities in the United States.

The French Quarter (known locally as “the Quarter” or Vieux Carré), which dates from the French and Spanish eras and is bounded by the Mississippi River, Rampart Street, Canal Street, and Esplanade Avenue, contains many popular hotels, bars, and nightclubs. Notable tourist attractions in the Quarter include Bourbon Street, Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, the French Market (including Café du Monde, famous for café au lait and beignets) and Preservation Hall. To tour the port, one can ride the Natchez, an authentic steamboat with a calliope, which cruises the Mississippi the length of the city twice daily. The city’s many beautiful cemeteries and their distinct above-ground tombs are often attractions in themselves, the oldest and most famous of which, Saint Louis Cemetery, greatly resembles Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

To read more about New Orleans, click here.

Posted on 19. Jun, 2010 by tonyalexander in Cities, Portfolio

Gatlinburg Tennessee HDR

Gatlinburg is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Gatlinburg had a population of 3,828. The city is a popular vacation resort, as it rests on the border of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park along U.S. Highway 441, which connects Gatlinburg to Cherokee, North Carolina through the national park.

Gatlinburg is an important tourism destination in Tennessee. It not only contains many man-made attractions but borders the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Ober Gatlinburg is the only ski resort and an amusement park in Tennessee. It has eight ski trails and three chair lifts, and is accessible via roads and a gondola from the city strip. The Gatlinburg Trolley, a privately-funded public transit system, caters to area tourists.

To read more about Gatlinburg click here.

Posted on 17. Jun, 2010 by tonyalexander in Cities, HDR, Places

2010 Seaside Half Marathon

Seaside Florida, America’s classic beach town, hosted the 8th annual Seaside School Half Marathon and 5K Run Sunday, March 7, 2010. Race day estimates placed the total number of runners at more than 3,000. If you have not visited the Beaches of South Walton and the town of Seaside, you are missing out on some of the most beautiful coastline on earth. The 2011 race will be here before you know it, if you are interested in learning more about the race, click here.

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by tonyalexander in Events, Portfolio, Running