Summer Postcards 2011
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Fory Fay’s menu offers appealing dishes such as ‘Tenderloin Butterfly’” and “Chicken Gordon Blu.” For dessert, the “Peach Mush’” provides a tempting option. Mistranslations and misspellings aside, the food lives up to its reputation.
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Bar Fory Fay is a local hotspot in the Costa Rican town of San Ramón. Famous among the locals for its good food and low prices, Bar Fory Fay—or Bar 45, as it’s known in proper English—is so popular that it has become a chain in the region.
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The Wildlife Conservation Society, following its mission to "save wildlife and wild places across the globe," manages the Bronx Zoo, where visitors have the opportunity to learn about and interact with animals from around the world. Some species, like this peacock, are more friendly with some visitors than others.
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Visitors to the Bronx Zoo give a peacock his distance as he patrols the seating area outside the Dancing Crane Cafe. Founded in 1899, the Bronx Zoo today is home to thousands of animals and welcomes over four million visitors each year.
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A peacock in the midst of mating season displays his plumage for one of the Bronx Zoo's youngest visitors. Such close encounters with humans are common as peafowl roam freely on the park's 265-acre campus.
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Alexander Koenig shows off his Duff beer in front of Florence’s Basilica of Santa Maria Novella.
