Sentences with phrase «local legend»

Our next stop was the bookstore, which had a wonderful selection of books on local legends.

Local legend attributes the name of the volcano to the tale of an Indian princess who fell in love with a man from a tribe different to that of her own.

Heaven recounts the exploits of local legends such as Fly Williams, who went on to star at Austin Peay; Albert King, now a forward for the Philadelphia 76ers; and Lloyd Hill, «the master leaper and stuffer of Foster Park.»

Footie foodies can get their fill amongst collections of memorabilia, heralding local legends in Liverpool's own Hall of Fame; over 50 LCD TVs for watching live games; two bars over two floors and an open kitchen plan to keep an eye on your pizza, pasta and grilled meats as they cook.

After we deliver medical supplies to a looted hospital in the small city of Al Qurnah, the grateful staff insists that we visit the site where local legend says the tree of life once stood.

In New Orleans, he was one of several forensic pathologists overseen by the parish coroner, Frank Minyard, a trumpet - playing local legend who has held his elected office for more than 35 years.

WHAT: Determined to get out from under his father's shadow, Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan)-- the illegitimate son of former boxing champ Apollo Creed — leaves Los Angeles for Philadelphia to train with local legend Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone).

While on a boring business trip with his dad, Mac Cambell (Daniel Magder) decides to explore the possible existence of the community's local legend about a lake monster named Mee - Shee.

Set in Franklin, Virginia, in 1931, this is a Prohibition - era tale of a real family, the Bonderants, who became local legends as notorious moonshiners.

It's drenched in 1950s and 1960s aesthetic, from the rows of perfect straight - edged mid-century homes to an almost sculptural Chase bank wearing architecture penned by local legend E. Stewart Williams — driving through the picturesque neighborhoods is like taking a swim in David Hockney's «A Bigger Splash.»

Gathered in whatever spaces they can secure for the afternoon, fighters step up to make a name and become local legends.

Or two, he would go to a place that offered him a realistic chance at achieving more on a national stage, like make the playoffs, while still having a fan base that wasn't immediately impatient and complaining about how he isn't as good as a previous local legend coach.

Hear of local legends such as William Wallace and Robert the Bruce before the Highlands change back to the Lowlands.

In the Amazon Basin in central Brazil, local legends claim that it is bad luck to kill a river dolphin — just looking one in the eye may cause a lifetime of bad dreams.

When he gives up a promising job at an investment firm to focus on his boxing career, Adonis leaves Los Angeles for Philadelphia in the hopes of convincing local legend Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) to train him.

Local legend held that the house was where John Wilkes Booth hid out to avoid capture for his assassination of Abraham Lincoln; after serving as caretaker for the property for a time, Booth revealed his true identity to the owners on his deathbed.

Thanks to local legend Jack O'Neills 1950s invention of the wetsuit to battle the Pacific's notoriously chilly waters, newbies and experienced surfers alike can spend more time out there waiting for the perfect wave.

15 The amount of years Greg Barrow (aka G money / aka local legend) has been getting the coveted very first chair of the season.

The silence around me was only broken occasionally by the excited squeal of a tourist upon having a curious llama photobomb them, or the muted gasps of another at hearing the guide recount local legends.

In 1965, HSI purchased a small farm at the corner of 79th Street and Michigan Road from local legend Otto Ray.

As with most American painting and sculpture outside New York, Bay Area figurative art remained obscure — more local legend and oral myth than seriously examined cultural legacy — with even basic factual data unavailable.

TSN's Dave Tomlinson took the top prize, a racket signed by Eugenie Bouachard with partner Justin Kates, the «celebrity duo» defeated local legend Glenn Richards and TSN's Tom Mayenknecht.

1972: Local legend Frank Broyles» Arkansas (x3) hit a slump when No. 4 turned into 7 - 5.

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Drinks at Perth's newest bar, from that local legend Andy Freeman.

Over the past decade, lone survivor Andrew Yong's claims that local legend Victor Crowley was responsible for the horrific massacre have been met with great controversy, but when a twist of fate puts him back at the scene of the tragedy, Crowley is mistakenly resurrected and Yong must face the bloodthirsty ghost from his past.

Teens perform a rite in a small Massachusetts town hoping to disprove a terrifying local legend.

In their first meeting, they realized that they could connect the Gorge to reading class by studying local legends.

(Several other drivers, including the afromentioned Peter Lindenberg, as well as his daughter Paige and local legend Franco Scribante, entered both as well, but in different cars.)

There are a few different local legends to explain away these formations, the most popular being the story of an elderly couple who, having decided that their son should marry took to the sea to find him a bride, only to be shipwrecked in a storm and their bodies washed ashore and turned to stone.

Walking distance from the Kuah jetty, this beautiful park has a variety of sculptures depicting various local legends.

Wake to bird song and splendid mountain and valley views, stroll the river banks from which local legends flow; sip chilled semillon on the wide wrap - around verandah or spicy shiraz by a glowing winter's fire.

Let local legend, K - Star Kevin, take you on a walking or electric bike tour.

Incidentally, shark and octopus will not feature on too many menus here since local legend has it that an Octopus God once brokered a deal with the Shark God to protect the good folk of Kadavu from shark attack, a protection they continue to believe they enjoy.

On this beach lies a large pot of rock and an old kitchen belongs to Kebo Iwa as mentioned in the popular local legend.

Local legend tells a story of how four kings emerged from eggs that were found by a woman after they hatched they each became a ruler of one of the main islands.

Before it was founded in 1810 by local legend Lewis Tregonwell, the area was deserted heathland, occasionally frequented by fishermen and smugglers.

Local legend Frederick Wight (Frederick Wight: Visions of California, Seeing the Light: Post-Modern Luminous Landscapes) has also been presented in retrospective.

There is also a half - dog, half - man local legend terrorizing the countryside.

Local legend Frances Bagley becomes the first Dallas - based artist to show at Cydonia, in a two - person exhibition based on the ideas of marriage and commitment.

I was looking at local legends.

Local legend bestows a great deal of power on Pele, and it is little wonder, given how powerfully destructive an out - of - control fire can be.

Lee Pagliaro as Broker / Owner along with local legend Judy Varga as Sales Rep, exemplified what the Coldwell Banker brand marketed itself as over the last 25 years.

When it comes to local legends in Bolton, there are few better than Fred Dibnah, and a trip to his heritage centre may not seem like the most conventional of venues for the Bolton dating scene, but it provides a fantastic way to get in touch with the history of your local community.

Local legend says mankind was born from Lake Titicaca, but Ania and I figured it was more likely that our ancestors crawled out of Lake Minchin after the water dried up.

Years ago, I worked as a waitress at a popular independent brew pub with an origin story that was the stuff of local legend.

In the Amazon Basin, local legends claim that it's bad luck to kill a river dolphin.