Konstantin Madeheim

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[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

We are interrupting our regular programming for this special message. #timeflies #cuarentaytres #autopromoción #birthdayboy #thosewerethedaysmyfriend

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

One track mind. The long road home. All good things must come to an end. Insert suitable motivational quote here. #Monorail #train ride seen from #cockpit at #MIA - #Miami International #Airport, South #Florida, in early December 2024. Beautiful clear skies to bid us #farewell...

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

Park closure imminent at dusk. Threading down the #Florida #peninsula one last time this year, from #Orlando via #WestPalmBeach to #FortLauderdale & #Miami, earlier this week. Catching the #sandy #sunset by the abandoned #lifeguard tower of #RivieraBeach, #PalmBeachShores.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

I'd known this #largerthanlife, #guitar shaped #casino & #resort from stock photos & #travel brochures, but was never sure where it might be, suspecting it in the #Caribbean or in #Oklahoma. I can tell you tonight that this is the #Seminole #HardRockCafé in #Hollywood, #Florida.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

Y'all know #gators. Y'all know #albinos. Down here in greater #Orlando, #Florida, at #Gatorland, them folks got not just one, but several #albino #alligators. Those have a spectacular sheen to them, and now you know. Also, twenty dollars more would have bought us an annual pass.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

#StreetArt in #Florida. Sitting on the #halfway mark between #Tallahassee and #Orlando, where #Interstate10 and #Interstate95 meet, the fair #city of #Jacksonville. Pretty dead on a Sunday evening, but the #murals are worth writing home about. #Genie in a bottle.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

13 years after passing through town on the way from #Orlando to #Mobile, with the #Greyhound #BusTerminal a few blocks down from here, I finally get to see the #historic #domed and new #concrete #StateCapitols of #Tallahassee, #Florida, at #sunset. Life is good on the #panhandle.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

The #iconic, #pointy, #artdeco themed #twin #skyscrapers of #Mobile, #Alabama, are unforgettable, but I'd doubted myself not remembering the #MardiGras #IndianChief & other #carnival #sculptures next to Fort Condé from 2011. Turns out the entire #plaza was inaugurated in 2016.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

#Sunset over the #Gulf of #Mexico #coast in #Mississippi. The plan was to leave #Interstate10, cruise & explore #Gulfport & #Biloxi along #scenic #Route90 into the #sunset. Only got as far as #BaySaintLouis & #PassChristian. Thoroughly satisfying #sandy #beaches, still.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

#Picou #residence with #MardiGras #Indian painted in #purple (of course) in the front, #Interstate10 #freeway in the far lower left. In case anybody ever wanted to leave the #Treme / #LaFitte #neighborhoods of #NewOrleans, #Louisiana behind, quickly. But why would they?

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

#Eyes on the #city. #Downtown #NewOrleans might be a bit too much of a regression from the #Creole charms of the #FrenchQuarter to generic #American #highrise fare, but at least it's #overseer is a certain world famous #brass #player. The arm is strong on this one, #Louisiana.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

#Bienvenue a #Lafayette. Greetings from the #swampy heart of #Cajun #country. At the local #WelcomeCenter, they've constructed a #bayou with a wooden #Azalea #trail and some traditional #French #creole huts between two busy boulevards. Let the good times roll, #Louisiana.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

The view from the #highrise #parkinglot of #Bally's casino in #waterfront #Shreveport, #Louisiana earlier on Sunday. Competing #casinos can be seen. It's been 17 years since I last entered an establishment of this #franchise, in #AtlanticCity, #NewJersey. Possibly their first.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

What's in a name? The #railroad town of #Texarkana sits right on the #border between two #Southern #States & has not one but two town halls to match. This #signpost in front of the old #US Post Office & Federal Courthouse on aptly named #StateLine Avenue probably sums it up best.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

4 hours at the #Oklahoma #History Center & #Heritage #Museum apparently weren't quite enough to take in all exhibition galleries spread out over two floors on Friday, so we're gonna have to come back for more in the future. An #OklahomaCity must see, #Tulsa man, the #oil man.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

9:01 to 9:03 AM. The moment the clocks froze at Alfred P. Murrah #FederalBuilding in downtown #OklahomaCity on April 19, 1995. Today, an austere & somber #memorial framed by #reflectingpond & #sunset over the plains, as dignified as the final destination on the trail of tears.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

I remember the #replica of the #WhiteHouse at the #Carter Center & #Presidential #library in #Atlanta, #Georgia from last time, but this recreation found on the top floor of the #Clinton #museum in #LittleRock is just as worthy a finale to a visit in the #Arkansas state capital.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

Depending on the position of the sun & nearby buildings & trees, it's frequently difficult to shoot clean & esthetically pleasing frames of #US #StateCapitols. In #LittleRock, #Arkansas, today, I spent close to 3 hours circling the #rotunda & chasing shadows, ending up with this.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

Last not least, the third full day in #Memphis saw a triumphant (?) return to #SunStudios #recordstore, #museum & café. Or at least a pleasant hour and a half spent on the bench by the entrance taking portraits with the Little Missie and lots of vinyl & enamel in the background.

[Konstantin Madeheim @stanmade]

#Bebopalula. Visitors to the city of #Memphis may be of two minds about the importance and bang-for-buck value of #Graceland, but here on #BealeStreet, this exquisite #bronzecast of #King #Elvis still reigns supreme. Check out the detail on the faux #embossed #leather #pickguard.