Sentences with phrase «grand old place»

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Ring Lardner, upon the occasion of his first visit to the Grand Canyon, remarked, «What a marvelous place to throw old razor blades.»

Beneath its towering palms many leading trainers prepare their young trotters and pacers for the Grand Circuit, the touring series of prestige races primarily for 2 - and 3 - year - olds that gets into full swing in mid-June in places like Detroit, Lexington, Ky. and Saratoga, N.Y. Pompano is analogous to baseball's spring training camps: you get the athletes into shape in the South, then send them North for the regular season.

But in the old days, 12 English Grand National winners set out on the train from this little place.»

TRAPSHOOTING — HERMAN WELCH, a 46 - year - old General Motors factory foreman from Downers Grove, Ill., competing in his first Grand American Championship, hit a perfect 100 straight targets from the 20 - yard line to win first - place money of $ 12,000 for the handicap division in Vandalia, Ohio, beating Sam Knotts of Kansas City by one point.

The wheelhouse and bridge from his old Embarcadero store look grand — if wistful — in the new place.

Their backyard is the perfect place to reconnect for Miriel Smith of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and 22 - month - old Emery.

The grand opening ceremony took place outdoors on a clear, blustery day in this southeastern coastal city, as workers were landscaping and outfitting buildings on the 2 - year - old institute's bayside campus.

There well, Oppenheimer was one of the grand old men of the place at age 38.

Our grand prize winner won a complete room redesign for her Chicago studio, while our second place winner, 24 - year - old Amellia Quap, won a $ 1000 room restyle with items from one our favorite online boutiques, Lulu and Georgia!

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Adelphi, Bankers Trust, Bear Stearns, Bowling Green, Brevoort, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Brownsville, Bushwick, Canal Street, Chinatown, Church Street, Cooper, Flatbush, Governors Island, Grand Central Station, Greenpoint, Kensington, Knickerbocker, Laferts, Long Island City, Madison Square, Maspeth, Metropolitan, Murray Hill, New York, Old Chelsea, Peck Slip, Prince, Ridgewood, Rugby, Saint John's Place, Stuyvesant, Sunnyside, Times Plaza, Trinity, Van Brunt, Wall Street, Williamsburg, Wyckoff Heights view all states»

Adelphi, Bear Stearns, Bowling Green, Brevoort, Brooklyn Heights, Canal Street, Chinatown, Church Street, Cooper, F D Roosevelt Station, Flatbush, Governors Island, Grand Central Station, Greenpoint, Greenville, Hoboken, Jersey City, Knickerbocker, Laferts, Long Island City, Madison Square, Metropolitan, Midtown, Murray Hill, New York, Old Chelsea, Peck Slip, Pratt, Prince, Radio City, Saint John's Place, Sunnyside, Times Plaza, Times Square, Trinity, Van Brunt, Wall Street, Weehawken, Williamsburg, Wyckoff Heights view all states»

The London setting is just the ideal place in which older women looking for younger men can find the perfect setting to have a grand time.

Adelphi, Bankers Trust, Bear Stearns, Bowling Green, Brevoort, Brooklyn Heights, Canal Street, Chinatown, Church Street, Cooper, F D Roosevelt Station, Flatbush, Governors Island, Grand Central Station, Greenpoint, Greenville, Hoboken, Jersey City, Knickerbocker, Laferts, Long Island City, Madison Square, Metropolitan, Midtown, Murray Hill, New York, Old Chelsea, Peck Slip, Pratt, Prince, Radio City, Saint John's Place, Sunnyside, Times Plaza, Times Square, Trinity, Van Brunt, Weehawken, Williamsburg, Wyckoff Heights view all states»

With such an eclectic bunch, all very specific to their time and place in the world, it will be grand to see what each of them is doing, have they grown up, slipped into any old vises etc..

Just when 12 - year - old Bea feels as though she's lost her place in the world, a grandmother she barely knows takes her on the road trip of a lifetime in Rebecca Behren's latest historical novel, The Last Grand Adventure.

Like the others, it's set at a fictitious place - a grand old hotel on the ocean in Southern California.

Corina also loves to travel to grand canyons, hike tall places, camp, and other old soul hobbies like sewing and crochet.

Wigglebutts Uncorked takes place at The Grand Monarque Hall on the grounds of America's oldest winery, Brotherhood Winery in Washingtonville, New York, on April 16, 2016.

History buffs: Quaint cobbled streets, old Byzantine architecture and landmarks like the medieval castle and Grand Mosque offer plenty of places to explore if you want to find out more about the town's vibrant past.

An historical palace now a five star luxury hotel — this is the place to escape into the old world 18th century world of decor where the English grand tour was conducted by the aristocrats of England.

The ibis Lille Lomme Centre hotel is located only 2.2 miles (3.5 km) from the Grand Place and Lille's old town.

Close to the Lille Flandre and Lille Europe train stations as well as the Grand Place, Old Lille and the Grand Palais, the ibis Styles Lille Centre Gares hotel is ideally located for business or leisure stays.

Most of the oldest and grandest Victorian - era mansions built during that time are located in the Abajo - Fuller Park District — on the National Register of Historic Places — just south of Downtown with some of them completely restored and converted into Downtown Napa's historic inns.

This is truly a magical place to enjoy a luxury vacation with friends and family in the center of the Santa Ynez Valley, surrounded by vineyards, grand old oaks, and an overall sense of peace.

In her new role, Ms van Berckel will oversee all aspects of the 174 - bedroom luxury hotel which enjoys a prime location in the heart of the old town close to the famed Grand Place.

On the Grand Place in Old Lille, Grand Hotel Bellevue - Grand Place is set in a building of Flemish architecture and the rooms offer a marble bathroom and antique furniture.

Recent exhibitions / commissions include, Same Old, Same Old, 2013, The Architecture Space, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, It Is Something Like Tomrorrow, 2012, Hatton Locks, The Canals and Rivers Trust & Grand Union, and There Goes the Neighbourhood, 2011, Copenhagen Place, London.

2018 Honorable Mention Award for Texture / Use of Medium; American Artists Professional League Online Members Show 2017 BRONZE AWARD & MEDALLION; Montana Watercolor Society 35th Annual Exhibition 2017 LOUISIANA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY AWARD: Watercolor Society of Alabama 2016 PRESIDENT»S AWARD: American Artists Professional League 88th Grand National 2016 FRANK WEB AWARD IN AQUAMEDIA; Audubon Artists Annual; Salmagundi Club, NYC 2016 MTWS FOUNDERS AWARD: MTWS Annual Watermedia 2016 CATHARINE LORILLARD WOLFE ART CLUB AWARD: Allied Artists of America Annual; Salmagundi Club, NYC 2016 INTERNATIONAL ARTIST MAGAZINE FLORALS & GARDENS CHALLENGE FINALIST 3RD AWARD: June / July Issue 2015 EDGAR A. WHITNEY MEMORIAL AWARD: CLWAC 119th Annual Open: National Arts Club, NYC, 2015 AMERICAN ARTISTS PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE PRESIDENT»S AWARD; SALMAGUNDI CLUB, NYC 2015 THIRD PLACE BRONZE AWARD & MEDALLION: Montana Watercolor Society 33rd Annual Watermedia 2015 JUROR»S AWARD; Pennsylvania Watercolor Society 35th International, Carlisle, Pa 2015 MARGARET G. KRANKING MEMORIAL AWARD: Baltimore Watercolor Society Mid-Atlantic Regional, MD 2015 PATRON»S FINE ART AWARD: Watercolor Society of Alabama 2014 BEST OF SHOW: GOLD MEDALLION AWARD: Montana Watercolor Society 32nd Annual Watermedia 2014 REALISM IN NATURE AWARD: Adirondacks National; Old Forge, NY 2013 MERIT AWARD: Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Aqueous Open 2013 HONOURABLE MENTION: Mississippi Watercolor Society 2013 Grand National 2013 MARY BRYAN MEMORIAL AWARD; Academic Artists Association, CT 2013,07 TRAILS & STREAMS MEDALLION FOR A WOODLAND THEME; Adirondacks National; Old Forge, NY 2013 INVESTMENT AWARD Oklahoma Watermedia Exhibition 2013 PATRON»S FINE ART AWARD: Watercolor Society of Alabama 2013 ART ACADEMY LIVE.COM AWARD; Western Colorado Watercolor Society's Rockies West National 2012 CLAUDE PARSONS MEMORIAL AWARD; American Artists Professional League Grand National On - line 2012 JUROR» S AWARD; Watercolor West 44th Annual, CA 2012 WINSOR NEWTON AWARD; Baltimore Watercolor Society Mid-Atlantic Regional, MD 2012 GORDON & MILDRED EVANS MEMORIAL WARD; ANEAW Old Forge, NY 2012 PATRON»S FINE ART GIFT CERTIFICATE / MERCHANDISE AWARD # 3 Watercolor Society Alabama 2011 AWARD: 38TH Rocky Mountain National, CO 2011 MERIT AWARD: Watercolor Society of Alabama 2008 AWARD WITH GIFT CERTIFICATE; Watercolor Society of Alabama 2008 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Missouri Watercolor Society 2006 VERILUX INC..

In «Lesley Vance and Ricky Swallow,» the artists» contemporary work is placed in the context of the gallery's Old Master paintings, Renaissance bronzes, 18th - century French decorative arts, and British grand manner portraits.

THE arch of a historic bridge is to be bathed in colour this summer as the first public artwork by the Turner Prize nominee Callum Innes.His installation, under Regent Bridge in Edinburgh's Old Town, will pave the way for light shows across the city's closes as previously neglected areas of the urban landscape are given new life.The Regent Bridge was built just after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo and overseen by the legendary lighthouse engineer Robert Stevenson to provide a grand entrance to the city from London Road through Waterloo Place.

The one - day conference takes place in Winnipeg at the grand old Fort Garry Hotel on Friday, November 3.

I think the old cedar chest might be a grand place to start — not too large, and flat surfaces everywhere!