我最爱的城市风光/景观
Keith B., 44岁
公共关系副主任
路易斯安那州 新奥尔良
) 我住在新奥尔良，所以基本上我必须要讲些关于马蒂·格拉斯狂欢节的事，对不对？在“油腻星期二”（Fat Tuesday）到来的一个多星期之前，每晚都会有游行的队伍穿过这座城市最华丽的街道，街道两旁矗立着大型古宅。这标志着马蒂·格拉斯狂欢节的开始。这张照片是随游行路线走时看到的场景，游行队伍中的人正在向观众撒彩珠和小饰品。即便在几个街区以外，你也能听到游行乐队的打击乐器在夜空中发出雷声般的轰鸣。
2.) 杜兰大学。照片中这座高大橡树环绕下的灰色石头建筑就是我工作的地方。它在这种雾蒙蒙的早上显得格外美丽和灵异。
3.) 密西西比河边有座公园叫新月公园，是最近在废弃的码头和铁路的基础上设计而成的。照片中的建筑物面向密西西比河，它刚刚重新装修过的架构好像是从爱德华·霍普(Edward Hopper)的画里出来的一样。我不知道上面的字是涂鸦还是刻意写的，但不管哪种都能引起共鸣。
4.) 新奥尔良有美国运营历史最久的有轨电车。工作的时候，我窗外传来的有轨电车的嗡嗡声和锵锵声是我最喜欢的声响之一。
5.) 这张照片不是新奥尔良，但它也是我们常去的一个海滩，在佛罗里达，墨西哥湾沿岸。清澈的水面下，植物像珠宝般熠熠发光，所以人们叫它“翡翠海岸”。在照片里这样的晴朗之日，总能看到小群小群的海豚从远处的水面中跃出。
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My Favorite Cityscapes/Landscapes
Keith B., 44
Associate Director of Public Relations
New Orleans, Louisiana
1) I live in New Orleans so I’m almost required to submit something about Mardi Gras,* right? The holiday is marked by parades that roll past huge historic homes along one of the city’s grandest streets each night for more than a week before Fat Tuesday. Here’s a photo of the scene walking up to the parade route as float riders toss beads and trinkets to the crowd. Even blocks away, you can hear the percussion from the marching bands rumble like thunder in the night air.
2.) Tulane University. I work in the grey stone building pictured here surrounded by tall oak trees. It’s particularly beautiful and ghostly on foggy mornings like this.
3.) There’s a park along the Mississippi River called Crescent Park that was recently designed out of abandoned wharves and railroad lines. The building pictured faces the river and the newly refurbished structures like something out of an Edward Hopper painting. I’m not sure if the writing is graffiti or intentional, but it resonates either way.
4.) New Orleans has the oldest continuously operating streetcar lines in the United States. The screech and hum of streetcars rumbling by outside my window at work is one of my favorite sounds.
5.) This isn’t in New Orleans, but it’s a beach we often visit in Florida along the Gulf Coast. They call it the “emerald coast” because the clear water has a jewel-like shimmer from the plant life below. On a clear day like this, it’s typical to see pods of dolphins jumping out of the water in the distance.
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