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Sand in the City

While out meandering around the city the other day, I am came across a neat little exhibit in Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown. While a far cry from the sand castles of my youth, these sand sculptures were pretty neat. I even caught one in the process of being finished. All I know is that back in my days of sand sculpting, trowels, squirt bottles, and wooden frames were not part of the standard issue equipment.

Anyhoo, check out these dandy little pictures: (did I mention there was music and food going down as well?); ; unless there is a unless, of course, he is a ; and a .

To check out the official Sand in the City site, click here.

Monday July 16 2007

File under: pics, travel

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on Mon 16th Jul, 2007 06:49 pm PDT Wilbur said:
ha! that's cool. never seen anything like that before.
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on Mon 16th Jul, 2007 07:43 pm PDT Chris said:
Wait, you're not trying to say they rivaled the great Sandcropolis of 2007 are you?
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on Tue 17th Jul, 2007 10:28 am PDT Sean said:
Ahhh, BdW. My window to culture and neat stuff.The sand out here is not conducive to building neat things, unless you think a cathole is neat.
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on Wed 18th Jul, 2007 10:36 pm PDT Cyndi said:
Try this world championship sand castle contest at Harrison Hot Springs, CAN. It is fantastic. http://www.harrisand.org/ Sorry Chris, no comparison. We went for two days last year and got to vote for our favorites. Tournament of champions is on display now. http://harrisand.org/toc.html
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