01 Monday Apr 2013
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A woman selling various spices at the shooka, a great outdoor market in the heart of the city.
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01 Monday Apr 2013
there use to be a “welcome to gyumri” sign outside of the city
earthquake destroyed building
earthquake destroyed building
earthquake destroyed building
earthquake destroyed building
earthquake destroyed building
half-finished District 8, outskirts of the city
the new style (now abandoned)
example of newly constructed house
The Armenian Telephone system at its best (joking)
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01 Monday Apr 2013
These are images of the Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator (Գրիգոր Լուսաւորիչ) in the ghost city of Ani (Անի)
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01 Monday Apr 2013
This is a picture of the ghost city called Ani (Անի), located in Turkey near the city of Gyumri (Գյումրի). Ani was, at one time, the historic capital of medieval Armenia. I’ve never been to Ani but I lived near it for two years.
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01 Monday Apr 2013
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The Akhurian river (Ախուրյան), as seen from the ghost city Ani (Անի), that runs between the countries of Armenia and Turkey.
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01 Monday Apr 2013
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I’m a bit amazed no one has ever made a gif of this.
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30 Saturday Mar 2013
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The sister-brother duo of little Haiku and big, clumsy JR, plus my elderly lady, Ma Cat, who will try to make a nest out of anything she can find. It’s good to have family.
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25 Monday Mar 2013
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from her movie VAMP (1986)
hat by Philip Treacy
Grace in her Vampire Hat for the Q music awards (2008)
@ Hammmersmith Ballroom, NYC
The Divine Almond Jones: Grace Jones photographed by Antonio Lopez (1976)
Grace Jones and Boy George (photographer unknown)
There aren’t very many people I’d fling myself in front of a flying bullet for, Grace Jones will always be my top 5 list.
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22 Friday Mar 2013
Map detailing the names and location of Armenian Resettlement Camps in Deir ez-Zor province, dated December 1916. Image found in the OTTOMAN ARCHIVES (from the ORIENTAL COLLECTION at the Bulgarian National Library, November 22, 2009)
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21 Thursday Mar 2013
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What can be said about this soft, flat Armenian bread that sums up just how yummy it is? Let’s just say this: if you’ve ever been in the Southwest of America and fallen in love with Navajo, Zuni or Hopi fry bread then you’ll love lavash. If you haven’t then you need to get out more, I mean, really, damn.
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memories of my ghost sista 