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Drina Regatta

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 An event held annually on the Drina River in Serbia, it is the largest and most popular water event of its kind. It is a carnival on the river, with a non-competitive descent ending with live music on Raca Beach.  You can row solo or with a team - or you can just float along on a traditional raft, called a splav . Throughout the day in the town square, there are cultural programs, such as folklore dancing.  Food stands offer local treats like cevapi - a grilled dish of minced meat sausages. There is also a fish soup cook-off, which is a competition called the "Golden Kettle."  The event is a celebration of the old timber rafters and honors the scenic heritage of the Drina. *** We saw quite a few people floating the Truckee River over the weekend.  We did it once years ago and had fun - but it's not usually high enough to avoid all the rocks, and then my sister's raft got caught by some old rebar.
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Best Dressed!

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  Cardi B Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week Emma Corrin Bad Bunny Cole Escola Maura Higgins Fan Bingbing Ruth Negga Alexa Demie Lupita Nyong'o Cate Blanchett
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Science is Fun Fridays!

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  Diana's Punchbowl is a vase-shaped depression located along a small fault in the Nevada desert. It is also called the Devil's Cauldron. There is a geothermal pool about 30 feet down, and it runs around 180-200 degrees. Over thousands of years, mineral-rich groundwater rose out of the fault line, creating a travertine hill with this crater in the center. Nye County is one of the most seismically active regions in the state, situated in a geologically deforming zone known as Walker Lane.  It accommodates 25% of the shear motion between the Pacific and North American tectonic plates.  
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My Shots - Death Valley

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  Father Crowley Vista Point before you start driving down, down, down. You hit sea level at Stovepipe Wells. Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes. We turned into the Harmony Borax Works site. Now below sea level. The mountains were seriously mosaic.
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Hump Day History

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  The first known painting of Paris, from 1432, by Jean Fouquet. Today the city celebrates 2,075 years - having been founded around 250 BC. History can be traced back to the Gallic tribe known as the Parisii, who settled an island in the Seine River. By 52 BC, Julius Caesar had taken over, calling it Lutetia.  From the island, the city spread.  The name of the area gradually transitioned into being called Paris during the 4th century. The Arenas de Lutece are among the most important Roman remains in France. In the year 987, Paris became the official capital of France. The home of Nicolas Flamel, a French alchemist believed to have created the philosopher's stone, was built in 1407 and is recognized as the oldest surviving house in the city. It is now a restaurant. Auberge
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Best Dressed!

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Zendaya LAUNCH ALL THE SHIPS!  Lupita Nyong'o Anne Hathaway Mia Goth Matt Damon And a few more from other places. Auli'i Cravalho Rashida Jones Lexi Minetree Ekin-Su Culculoglu
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Weekend 250

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  Despite the ridiculousness in the White House right now and a strong desire to not celebrate these United States, this weekend is a pretty big deal. "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain Open Thread since I'll be off tomorrow and Monday.  We're going down to Vegas - not for the 4th in particular, but other scheduled plans. For Science is Fun Fridays: Benjamin Franklin is widely considered the first American scientist, which was rooted in natural philosophy.  He founded the American Philosophical Society with the purpose of "promoting useful knowledge." Site
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