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Al’s Breakfast: To Dine Is Sublime

February 8, 2015 by Gina Marie

A queue of people curls around the block. Are they waiting to get into some exclusive new club? No, they’re lined up to dine at Al’s Breakfast: the Minneapolis haunt that’s served the Dinkytown neighborhood for over six decades. To dine at Al’s is to experience life within the belly of a living, breathing legend. But to earn a seat here, you’ll probably have to wait. At eleven feet wide, occupying what was formerly an alleyway between two buildings, Al’s […]

Categories: America, Food, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Photography, Urban • Tags: Al's Breakfast, America, Breakfast, Diners, Dining, Food, Foodie, History, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Photography, Urban

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Ancient and Modern, Side by Side

April 3, 2013 by Gina Marie

Split, Croatia, is a seaside metropolis where the Roman emperor Diocletian retired circa 305 AD. Nowadays, his former palace serves as a popular tourist destination . . . Pictured here is one of the many archways leading into Diocletian’s Palace. Sidewalks cafes, giftshops, and tourists abound in this plaza, surrounded on all sides by the same buildings that once housed Diocletian’s family, noblemen, teems of servants, and presumably a large military force. A few Croatian women stroll casually through a […]

Categories: Architecture, Croatia, Europe, History, Photography, Travel • Tags: Architecture, Croatia, Europe, History, Photography, Travel

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