#Anita Torrance

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Bianca Maria “B” Hernandez: Born June 30th, 1918, Havana, Cuba, 5’6, she’s insane and willing to fight anyone with no issue, she and her mother immigrated to Washington Heights, New York, in 1923 when she was 5, joined the airborne as a sense of duty and a way to get away from her mother and out of spite towards her mother, rank is Staff Sergeant

Zipporah Josephine “Zippo” Fieldman: Born November 23rd, 1914, Saratov, Russia, 5’7, she will brawl anyone and then go to Shabbos right after, she and her family immigrated to San Francisco, California, in 1916 when she was 2, joined the airborne because she’s always been the oldest sibling and is the only sibling that could go to war, she felt like she had to go as a sense of duty towards her family, rank is Technician 5th Grade (sniper)

Olive-Marie “Ollie” LeBeau: Born April 16th, 1921, New Orleans, Louisiana, 5’4, is usually very calm and collective, can act a little chaotic at times but most of the time is very chill, unless you get her around B and Zippo then she’ll join them in their bs, she will fight a person if need be or drunk enough, technically engaged but she hates her fiance with a passion and was forced to become engaged to him just so her family would let her go into the military, joined the airborne because she wanted to help people and do something with her life, rank is Technician 3rd Grade (nurse/medic)

Marselle Anita Rosaliano: Born April 16th, 1922, Alpine, New Jersey, 5’6, very bubbly and energetic, like a puppy, oblivious to certain things like flirting, and takes a minute to understand dirty jokes, will fight only if necessary or drunk, will be very blunt and tell you off if you really piss her off, she has connections to the mob since her dad runs one, but we don’t talk about that, joined the airborne because she wanted to help people, rank is Private First Class (nurse/medic)

Elizabeth Annabelle “Eliza” Thomlin: Born October 30th, 1923, Asheville, North Carolina, absolutely batshit insane, would probably kill a man with no issues, has severe mommy and daddy issues, hates religion with a burning passion, isn’t afraid of anyone, including Speirs, joined the airborne because she just needed to get away from her normal life and just do something with it, she saw that escape in the airborne, she’s willing to take the risk of death, rank is Corporal (nurse/medic)

Torrance Georgia “Torrie” Stylinski: Born March 27th, 1921, London, England, is a comedian on George’s level, will fight if drunk for shits and giggles, lived in England till she was 10, then moved to Ireland with her mother after her parents divorced, lived there till she was 15 and then basically her whole family on her moms side moved to America after her grandpa died, she’s a mixed albino woman, who currently lives in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, joined the airborne because she wanted to fight, and to get away from her mother, rank is 2nd Lieutenant

Mary Elise McCullen: Born November 15th, 1921, Castle Rock, Washington, has so many issues, like girl is so depressed but she’s vibing and laughing her ass off with Malarkey, Skip and Penk, will fight someone sober for funsies, her dad passed in a motorcycle accident when she was 12, so when she heard about Don and More’s run in with the truck she was PISSED, doesn’t have a great relationship with her mom, but she deals with it, joined the airborne because she wanted to, she saw her chance and took it, rank is Sergeant (mortar squad)

Allison Katherine “Allie” Harten: Born February 12th, 1917, Mountain View, Arkansas, is basically the mother of this group of idiots, is completely and absolutely done with everyone’s bs, both men and women, will call someone out and berate them in front of anyone without care, she doesn’t fight unless absolutely necessary, and doesn’t as drunk as everyone else, somebody's gotta be responsible here, joined the military when she was 18 in 1935, and once they introduced the airborne she joined that immediately, same reason as Lip she wanted to be the best so you gotta be with the best, she joined the military because her father and grandfather were both army men, and she has no brothers, so she decided to do join, it was also to piss her mom off, rank is 1st Lieutenant (intelligence officer)

Julia Ariana Josefina Vasquez-Rodriguez: Born, July 22nd, 1923, The Bronx, New York, the mini B, is treated like everyone’s younger sister, simply because she knew Joe Toye before the war, will fight someone if pissed off, not very hard to do, or drunk, will fight dirty (@blueberry-ovaries, i think you’re gonna love her), the youngest of her full-blooded siblings, moved to Philadelphia when she was 17 because she wanted to and for work, became friends with Joe Toye caused they lived in the same apartment building (yes this is setting up for a fic in the future, hush), joined the airborne because she wanted to, she was in training with the other replacements such as, Heffron, Hashey and Garcia, so she came in right before Market Garden, rank is Private First Class

(Also these girls got some ships to go with them, so i wanna see if y'all, my BoB moots, can guess which guys they go with, a few of them are kinda obvious but still wanna see what y'all think)

[jonathancrane-scarecrows]

Characters I Rp As:

Jonathan Crane/ Scarecrow (Gotham, Batman Begins)

Jerry Dandridge ( Fright Night)

Francis Munch (Mr. Right)

Victor Zsasz ( Birds of Prey)

Danny Torrance (Doctor Sleep)

Jack Edward's OC Incubus

Jace Jones OC Werewolf

Dimitri Spade OC Siren

Pierce Werewolf OC

Dracula ( Dracula Untold)

Geralt (Witcher)

Corinthian ( Sandman)

Hannibal Lector ( Hannibal)

Eric Northman ( Trueblood)

Archived ( Can still be asked for)

Mickey Milkovitch C Shameless)

Axel Zsasz oc ( Twin Au )

Bruce Wayne ( Gotham, Batman Begins)

Godzilla ( Human forms)

Gavin Reed (DBH)

Yennefer( Witcher)

Rose the Hat ( Doctor Sleep)

Scarlett OC Sucubus

Charlie Manx ( NOS4A2)

Massimo Torricelli ( 365 days)

Black Canary( Birds Of Prey)

Ellen Ripley Xenomorph hybrid ( Alien: Resurrection)

Anita Quinn Ex Assasin OC

Alice Summers OC

Jennifer (Jennifer's Body)

[momizuka]

Transform Your House with These Easy House Renovation Ideas

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Home renovation can be a challenging task, yet it does not need to be. With a little creative thinking as well as effort, you can transform your residence right into an attractive and useful area that you'll love investing time in. Here are some very easy house improvement suggestions to get you started.First, consider adding a fresh coat of paint to your walls. This can quickly cheer up a space and also make it really feel extra sizable. You can also switch over out your old light components for brand-new ones to update the look of your room. One more easy upgrade is to replace your cabinet equipment with something more contemporary and also trendy. These little changes can make a large effect on the total look of your residence. Another house improvement task that can include worth to your

home is upgrading your kitchen or restroom. This doesn't need to be a significant improvement, however can be as easy as replacing outdated appliances or fixtures. You can likewise add some new ceramic tile or a backsplash to give your space a fresh new appearance. Ultimately, don't ignore the outside of your home. Adding some potted plants or flowers to

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[pirtirys]

welcome to a highly selective and private low-activity multimuse for muses from the game of thrones, house of the dragon and fire and blood universe

current main/highest muse: Aemon I Targaryen & Daevon Targaryen

· highly selective because i want to keep my dash clean

· private meaning i will only interact with mutuals (i.e i follow you and you follow me)

· mun is 26, most muses are 18+

· english is not my first language, due to this incorrect spelling and/or grammar may occur at times

· low-activity, replies might take a while

· blog will be running on queue mostly

· please reblog memes from the source and not from me

· mobile bound 99% of the time meaning i can't cut posts

· mun goes by Mole and uses she/they pronouns

· please do not stress me about replies as it kills my muse

primary muses

· Lyonel Strong / face claim Jeffrey Dean Morgan / exclusive to @breakbcnes Harwin / House of the Dragon era

· Maegor Targaryen / canon divergent / face claim Charlie Hunnam / all eras / formerly found on @anogardarys (where canon divergence info can be found)

· Lucerys Velaryon / canon divergent / permanently aged up / face claim Harry Gilby / House of the Dragon era / formerly found on @drakblod / @zobriezaldrizes / @zaldrizesprumia

secondary muses

· Laenor Velaryon / face claim Theo Nate and Bradley James / House of the Dragon era

· Aegon II Targaryen / face claim Tom Glynn-Carney / House of the Dragon era

· Aemon Targaryen / son of Jaehaerys & Alysanne / face claim Jamie Campbell Bower & Pierce Brosnan / old king Jaehaerys era / hotd era survival au available

· Alyssa Targaryen / face claim Riley Voelkel & Michelle Pfeiffer / old king Jaehaerys era / hotd era survival au available

by request

· Oberyn Martell / face claim Pedro Pascal / Game of Thrones era

· Alaric Stark / face claim Leo Suter / lover of queen Alysanne / old king Jaehaerys era

original characters

· Milah Mallister / first wife of Lyonel Strong / mother of Harwin Strong / face claim Anita Briem / House of the Dragon era / primary

· Raenella Waters / bastard daughter of queen Alysanne and Alaric Stark / face claim Raffey Cassidy / old king Jaehaerys era / secondary

· Cerion Lannister / face claim Toby Regbo / oldest son to Jason Lannister and heir to Casterly Rock / House of the Dragon era / secondary

· Laena Velaryon / daughter of Lucerys & Rhaena / affiliated with @pirtirys & @bcbliophile / face claim Skai Jackson & Whitney Peak / dance of the dragons and after era

· Daevon Targaryen / younger brother of Rhaenys / son of Aemon & Jocelyn / born 20 years after Rhaenys / related to my Aemon's survival/king au / face claim Spencer MacPherson & Torrance Coombs

dragons linked here

[sentientpeace]

Revamp Your Living Area with These Budget-Friendly Residence Renovation Suggestions

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[adrians1]

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Finally, residence enhancement doesn't have to be expensive or overwhelming. By including these affordable ideas, you can transform your living space into a comfortable and also fashionable haven without draining your pocketbook. Remember, the key is to concentrate on little and impactful adjustments that make a large distinction in the general look of your home.

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[thecosmerekid]

Change Your Home with These Easy Residence Enhancement Concepts

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[theyreonlynoodlesmike]

Ten Final Girls in Horror that I Have Every Right to be Attracted to

1. Star (The Lost Boys)

2. Anita "Needy" Lesnicki (Jennifer's Body)

3. Grace Le Domas (Ready or Not)

4. Dani Ardor (Midsommar)

5. Nancy Thompson (A Nightmare on Elm Street)

6. Sidney Prescott (Scream)

7. Ellen Ripley (Alien)

8. Wendy Torrance (The Shining)

9. Adelaide Wilson (Us)

10. Mia Allen (Evil Dead (2013))

I could go on and on, but, basically, these are ten women that successfully survived their own brands of hell that was given to them in their movies (at least in the first) and who I am shamelessly in love with.

A honorable mention to Helen Lyle, who despite being utterly gorgeous, did not survive her movie.

[lezbi-love]

Family Portrait

[womensblood]

Who I Write For (UPDATE) + Rules

Slasher(s)

Michael Myers (2018/2021 version ONLY, and I usually write for him on my own but don’t worry cause I’m GOOD AT IT)

Jason Voorhees

Chucky/Charles Lee Ray (but I only write him being poly with you and Tiff sorry bruddas😔)

Tiffany Valentine

Jennifer Check AND Anita “Needy” Lesniki (dude, they are in love so I can’t imagine them ever separating, so you guys are poly>:()

Nancy Downs (I know she’s technically not a slasher but idc)

Billy Lenz

Pinhead (+ Pinhead as a woman cause boobie)

Candyman (and Helen also when she’s a killer if you guys want *enter lip biting emoji*)

Hannibal Lecter

Herbert West

Art the Clown

Annie Wilkes

Jack Torrance

Wendy Torrance (I made an AU where she went insane instead and was an alcoholic and Jack was the better parent but she’s hot guys so it’s okay<3)

Baby Firefly

Captain Spaulding

Amanda Young

Kayako Saeki

Pyramid Head

Jessie “Chromeskull”

Doomhead

Stu Macher and Billy Loomis (they can be poly too if wanted)

Dead By Daylight

Danny/Jed “The Ghost Face” Olsen

The Oni

Sally “The Nurse” Smitherson

Legion (all except Susie)

Laurie Strode

Ash Williams

Amanda “The Pig” Young

Cheryl Mason

Pyramid Head

Anna “The Huntress”

Philip “The Wraith” Ojomo

Evan “The Trapper” MacMillian

Lisa “The Hag” Sherwood

Claudette Morel

Dwight Fairfield

Nea Karlsson

William “Bill” Overbeck

David King

Herman “The Doctor” Carter

Charlotte “The Twin” Dershayes (I am not writing for that stupid ugly ass baby do not request it I’m fucking begging)

Carmina “The Artist” Mora

The Executioner

Laurie Strode

Feng Min

Mikaela Reid

Caleb “The Deathslinger” Quinn

Adris “The Plague”

Leon S. Kennedy

Jill Valentine

Yun-Jin Lee

Jane Romera

Final Girls

Laurie Strode (both gilf and young version)

Ash Williams

Sidney Prescott

Ellen Ridley

Kirsty Cotton

Erin Harston

Nancy Thompson

Jamie Lloyd (ONLY PLATONICALLY)

Mortal Kombat

Mileena, my beloved

Literally every single woman in MK. All. Especially Mileena

Rule 1

I mostly write for trans readers/nb readers, so all of my content is trans and LGBT friendly. I generally use GN terms, but sometimes I specify. I will also use neopronouns if requested/if I feel like it! So don’t be afraid to ask<3

Rule 2

I’m not going to be unrealistic in my writings. Most of the people I prefer/will be writing for, are slashers. In some of these relationships, it’s not always going to be rainbows and sunshine. In fact, in a lot of these relationships, it won’t be the healthiest. Off you think Michael Myers would genuinely comfort you, you, my friend, are delusional. No offense. Along with many others.

Rule 3

No p3dophilia. I can write about dark topics but… I’m not going to glorify it. I often write about very dark subjects, so if I go into detail about that, I will give a warning. I’m not a monster.

Rule 4

You are not going to “change” or “heal” these people. With some (if not most/all), if you tried, you’d end up dead or worse. These are sick and demented villains who crave violence. We accept our lovely psychopaths as they are<3

[slashaer-archive]

🐆

furiosa & natalie vaughn.

richie tozier & steve harrington.

theo crain & iris mabry.

anita lesnicki & johanna durham.

wyborn lovat & kevin davis.

jack torrance & lucille williams.

[religioused]

Church Flies First Class

PIE Day Sermon

by Gary Simpson

Hebrew Scriptures:

Numbers 21:4-9 (CEV)

The Israelites had to go around the territory of Edom, so when they left Mount Hor, they headed south toward the Red Sea. But along the way, the people became so impatient that they complained against God and said to Moses, "Did you bring us out of Egypt, just to let us die in the desert? There's no water out here, and we can't stand this awful food!"

6 Then the LORD sent poisonous snakes that bit and killed many of them. Some of the people went to Moses and admitted, "It was wrong of us to insult you and the LORD. Now please ask him to make these snakes go away." Moses prayed, and the LORD answered, "Make a snake out of bronze and place it on top of a pole. Anyone who gets bitten can look at the snake and won't die."

9 Moses obeyed the LORD. And all of those who looked at the bronze snake lived, even though they had been bitten by the poisonous snakes.

John 3:14-21 (CEV)

And the Son of Man must be lifted up, just as that metal snake was lifted up by Moses in the desert. Then everyone who has faith in the Son of Man will have eternal life.

For God So Loved the World God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.

17 God did not send his Son into the world to condemn its people. He sent him to save them! No one who has faith in God's Son will be condemned. But everyone who doesn't have faith in him has already been condemned for not having faith in God's only Son.

19 The light has come into the world, and people who do evil things are judged guilty because they love the dark more than the light. People who do evil hate the light and won't come to the light, because it clearly shows what they have done. But everyone who lives by the truth will come to the light, because they want others to know that God is really the one doing what they do.

Reflection:

Our Lectionary readings include one of the best known and most quoted and loved passages of the Christian Scriptures, John 3:16. The King James Version resonates for me because I have heard it so often. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. I am not sure if John 3:16 is why the Gospel of St. John is loved so much. For "many people," John's Gospel is "the most precious book in the Bible." (1) Scholar William Barclay observes that John can be "read and loved without any commentary." (2)

John 10:17-18 needs to be considered as we reflect on John Chapter 3. "The Father loves me, because I give up my life, so that I might receive it back again. No one takes my life from me. I give it up willingly!" This means Jewish people are in no way responsible for Jesus' death, and you can tell that to people who dislike Jewish people because of Jesus' death.

To some people, John 3:16 is problematic because it sounds so bad - that Parent God would send the Son to die for humanity. Looking at this from a Trinitarian perspective might help. John O'Donnell sees the "death of Jesus as a Trinitarian event." (3) O'Donnell believes Jesus' death was "an event between God and God." (4) Both God, the Parent, and God, the Son suffer.(5) I think the idea of God and the Son suffering catches some people's attention. The cross "shatters our ideas about God." (6) We confront the theological problem that God suffers. "God literally takes suffering into" God's "own life." (7) Renowned Swiss Catholic theologian Hans Urs Von Balthasar notes that the division between God the Parent and God the Son at the cross "rends the heart of God." (8) The general sense from theologians who view salvation from a Trinitarian perspective is that God takes upon God the weight of human sin and mistakes. I think a takeaway from these Catholic theologians is this: "The Being of God cannot be separated from God's acts." (9) God's impressive acts of love are an integral part of God.

While I grew up with a sense that Jesus loved people, I was less certain if God loved people. This passage helps establish a very different sense of God. According to the passage, redemption and the saving of humanity started with God. "It was God who sent" the Son, because God loves humanity.(10) I believe that John 3:16 is a universalist text because it shows the breadth of God's love. According to the text, God's love is not limited to a nation, to good people, and to people who love God. God's love is so extensive that it includes the entire world.(11) God's love embraces people we like. People we either dislike or fear are surrounded by God's love, just as surrounded by love as we are. People from every class, occupation, ability, ethnicity, race, sexuality, and gender are included in God's love. John 3:16 includes people who do not think that they deserve to be treated with love and kindness.

John 3:16 might be the perfect passage for PIE Day. Whosoever is an inclusive term, so inclusive that one of the largest and most popular pioneering LGBT+ Christian website is named Whosoever. The website used to receive over 500 thousand visitors a year.(12) The commission Jesus gave the disciples in the Gospel of Matthew is to take the Gospel to the entire world.

In the Numbers narrative, people are bitten by poisonous snakes, and they become very sick. The people admit that they made a mistake, and they cry to Moses for help so Moses prays. God tells Moses to make a bronze snake and to put it on a pole. Anyone who is sick from a snake bite can look at the snake, and they are healed.

Sadly, in contemporary Canada, many people are bitten by the poisonous snake of internalized societal self-hate. Because of the hate, the violence, and discrimination they experience, they believe that they are deeply flawed, that something dreadful is wrong with them. And they come to believe that they do not deserve what other people have.

The Hebrew Scriptures reading contains a narrative that perplexes some Jewish people. God forbids graven images, and God turns around and commands Moses to make an image of a snake. All of the people are to look at the snake and they are healed.(13) There are times when the only way we can find healing and the ability to move on is to face our problems. PIE Day is a day when Affirming Ministries tell their stories about their Public, Intentional, and Explicit work for members of sexual and gender minority people. By telling our stories, we face the problems of homophobia and transphobia. As we face the problems, we are able to work to help reduce homophobia and transphobia so that queer and trans people feel more accepted and welcome in society and in our churches. When we name the groups of people churches and society marginalizes, we can address the problems and find healing.

Troy Perry founded the largely LGBT+ denomination, the Metropolitan Community Churches. Anita Bryant had a job promoting Florida orange juice. In 1977, Anita Bryant successfully campaigned for the repeal of legislation prohibiting discrimination against gay people. As a result of her public campaigns against gay rights, gay bars across North America replaced screwdrivers with an "Anita Bryant Cocktail" made from vodka and apple juice.(14)

Troy Perry was on a late-night plane flight. When they brought him breakfast, he noticed there was orange juice. Troy Perry asked what kind of orange juice it was. He asked if it was Florida orange juice. The Stewardess replied, "Well, it's Minute Maid." Troy said that he could not drink the orange juice because it contained Florida orange juice. He said, "I'm a homosexual," and "we are boycotting Florida orange juice because of what Anita Bryant is doing to us." He says people started eating about "90 miles an hour." (15) A few minutes later, a smiling male flight attendant approached Troy and said, "Reverend Perry would you come with us. We're going to move you up to first class." (16) Troy flew first class because he faced the problem.

How can we live out PIE Day? On PIE Day, we are reminded of our need to extend a Public, Intentional, and Explicit welcome to members of all gender and minority groups and to members of all other groups who historically face discrimination and exclusion. On PIE Day, I hear Troy Perry challenging our church to go first class.

Notes:

(1) William Barclay. The Daily Study Bible: The Gospel of John. Vol. 1. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1956), ix.

(2) Barclay (1956), ix.

(3) John O'Donnell. The Mystery of the Triune God. (London: Sheed and Ward, 1988), 60.

(4) O'Donnell (1988), 62.

(5) O'Donnell (1988), 63.

(6) O'Donnell (1988), 63.-

(7) O'Donnell (1988), 63-64.

(8) O'Donnell (1988), 65.

(9) Dick Eugenio. Communion with God: the Trinitarian Soteriology of Thomas. F. Torrance. Ph.D. Thesis. (Manchester: Nazarene Theological College, 2001), 10.

(10) Barclay (1956), 128.

(11) Barclay (1956), 129.

(12) Candace Chellew-Hodge. “Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge Profile.” LGBT Religious Archives. July, 2005, 21 February 2021. <https://lgbtqreligiousarchives.org/profiles/candace-chellew-hodge>.

(13) Barclay (1956), 124.

(14) "Anita Bryant." Wikipedia. 24 February 2021, 03 March 2021. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Bryant>.

(15)"Call Me Troy." Movie on Frameline YouTube. 2007, 03 March 2012. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RD0h7BNIJI>.

(16) "Call Me Troy." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RD0h7BNIJI>.

[jonathancrane-scarecrows]

These muses certainly have dirty minds. Of course if your interested in any of my other muses don't be shy to send something in for them. Sinday is full of sinny things after all.

[writingwithcolor]

LA's Asian Locations

Hello! I’m Kore, I’m Korean, Thai, and Chinese, and live in LA. I’m going to be sending some other things in, in a seperate POC Profile, but this was getting long. But if anyone ever is writing about Asians in LA(since there are… you know… a lot of Asians in LA), or just LA in generally and want to have their character visit one of parts of the city where more Asian people live, here is a small guide to most of them. 

Westside

Asian-Americans in LA have a shit ton of places you can go. To begin with is the Westside. This is the area near the Ocean, but isn’t directly on it generally. It’s called the Westside, because it’s almost the western most part of LA. On the Westside there’s Little Persia, with a lot of Persian food, and UCLA. This is specifically called Westwood, but we also call it the Westside. So hah. But because of UCLA there ends up being more East Asians around here because of UCLA, because of this, there’s a super strong East Asian presence around here with a lot of restaurants and stuff. In Mar Vista around here, there’s also a Chinese School that’s super big and popular.

Little Osaka

Then there’s Little Osaka, technically still part of the Westside, also technically called Sawtelle because it’s like three, maybe four, blocks of Sawtelle Blvd. But Little Osaka deserves a special mention of it’s own. This is the first of two Japanese areas in LA, however, Little Osaka also has a lot of Korean things, with many Korean people running Japanese stores. Little Osaka, is super popular to just mostly get food. There’s nothing actually to do here? But hey, food.

Koreatown

Next is Koreatown. So this place is almost in the heart of LA, it’s about 30 min to an hour from the Westside in terms of driving. This is half residential and half not. It’s 100% lit at night. In the heart of Koreatown we’ve got a lot of night clubs, and places to drink. On the peripherals, it’s dead at night. But there’s good food, and a lot of supermarkets. Around 60k Koreans live here alone. There are a lot more than that in LA. Around here is also Little Bangledesh. I’ve never actually been, but that’s also mostly made up of Korean people. Recently Little Bangledesh tried to take over half of Koreatown and make it into little Bangledesh, but was defeated in a vote, as Korean people really didn’t appreciate that. 

Right outside of here is Wilshire Korean School, which is a bilingual private school that has Korean School on Saturdays. This is one of maybe… three? Proper Korean schools in LA, most people just home teach their kids Korean. There are two supermarkets here. Galleria and HMart, both of them in Plaza sort of places. Galleria’s has better food, and probably better shopping. But HMart is the OG Asian supermarket and is near two really awesome desert places. One of them you can get a sweet bread, shaped like a fish, filled with ice cream and either red bean, custard, or nutella, and the other one you can get patbingsoo at, or Korean shaved ice.

Little Tokyo

There’s also Little Tokyo. Which I don’t think I’ve ever been to, odd, since I’ve lived in LA my whole life. But I mostly keep to Koreatown and the Westside too.

Chinatown(s)

Okay now for the Chinatowns. So there’s technically one, and that’s in the middle of LA. But let me tell you, that’s not Chinatown. It was, once upon a time, however, a lot of Chinese people moved out of there and to either Alhambra, or Montery Park. So we’ve got Old Chinatown, New Chinatown, and Chinatown. Now I can’t remember whether Montery Park or Alhambra is Old or New, but these are both out a bit a ways from the Chinatown in the middle of LA. 

In that Chinatown, all the festivals are thrown. It’s also tiny. Alhambra is a lot more laid out than Montery, which is super laid out. But Montery Park, and Alhambra, have got great food. Also no social lives, but great great food. There’s a supermarket here, when you leave the heart of Chinatown, and walk for maybe 10 minutes, that’s probably the biggest Thai supermarket I’ve ever seen. I mean… You can buy so much coconut sugar here. It's insane.

Thaitown

There’s also Thaitown!! Which is closer to Koreatown than both Old and New Chinatown. This is where you can get a lot of Thai Food, and products. There’s not a lot to do here, and it’s mostly disappearing. But food. Really though, this place is super duper duper boring.

Little India

There’s Little India as well. It’s maybe three streets at most.

Little Saigon

Little Saigon is the heart and soul of the Vietnamese diaspora in LA. It’s beautiful, and actually really awesome. Unlike Thaitown though, you can get good Vietnamese food outside of it. They’ve got streetfood (illegal in LA technically), and a super duper ginourmous market that’s bigger than the biggest HMart that I’ve ever see. It’s so… big.

Everything else isn’t of much note, I’m not going to lie. I hope you’ve enjoyed this guide! I enjoyed writing it for sure.

More PoC Profiles here

Commentary

I’m assuming much of the above is confined to Los Angeles (City) proper. Because much of the Asian population in LA moves pretty fluidly between cities, here are my additions for LA County as a whole (including some key LA landmarks that were left out).

Torrance, Gardena and parts of Culver City: Home to the largest Nikkei and Japanese expat population in LA. This used to be the homebase for Toyota America until they moved their HQ close to their factories in Texas. However, many other Japanese companies still use this region for their American homebases, and as such the biggest Japanese grocery chains (Nijiya, Tokyo Central and Mitsuwa) all operate their largest Californian stores here. This region also has sizable Korean, SE Asian and S. Asian communities. One of LA’s more popular Indian grocers (Samosa House) is based in Culver City. Asahi Gakuen, a Japanese Saturday language school designed to help Japanese American kids keep up with the Japanese national curriculum, is also based here.

San Gabriel Valley aka 626: This includes not only Alhambra, Montebello and Monterey Park, but also Arcadia, Covina, West Covina, San Gabriel, Duarte, El Monte, Commerce, Asuza and Chino). It’s a pretty big, diverse place home to a large number of diaspora in various waves from Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and South Asia. The annual 626 Night Market (a street food fair) is held near the Santa Anita racetracks. When I was a kid, most of my lion dance jobs for the Lunar New Year were in Old Chinatown, but they have all since moved here. The diversity in cuisine is incredible. To get a sense of just how many different types of food there are out here, I recommend reading old reviews by the late, great Jonathan Gold from the LA Times.

Glendale and Pasadena: Large Armenian and Persian communities. Lots of very good bakeries, restaurants and also Armenian evangelical churches.

Artesia and Norwalk: Little India, basically, but there are also large Vietnamese and Filipino communities. Pioneer Blvd. in Artesia in particular has many Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi grocers, restaurants and clothing shops.

All of the cities I have mentioned have things like language schools, religion and culture centers, grocers, restaurants, etc. specific to the communities I’ve described above.

Religion (Major landmarks):

Hinduism: Venkateswara Temple - Malibu; Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Temple - Chino Hills;

Buddhism: Zen Center Los Angeles - Koreatown; Koyasan Betsuin - Little Tokyo; Nishi Honganji - Little Tokyo; Higashi Honganji - Little Tokyo; Zenshuji Soto Mission - Little Tokyo; Guan Di temple - Old Chinatown

Taoism: Thien Hau Temple - Old Chinatown

Shintoism: Konko Church - Boyle Heights, Gardena, Whittier

There are also many gurdwaras and mosques spread out throughout LA County (North Hollywood in particular for LA proper), but I’m not saying where they are because humanity is terrible.

Addendums for Little Tokyo:

Japanese American Museum: Covers the history of Japanese Americans in the US, internment during WWII and Little Tokyo. Also provides assistance to families looking to review historical, declassified records about interned relatives.

Nihonmura Plaza: main setting for festivals for Tanabata, Obon and New Years. Has a nifty looking traditional Japanese fire tower

Kinokuniya: LA branch of a major Japanese bookstore chain

Addendums for Koreatown:

Dawooljung/ Korean Pavilion: A gazebo and open space across the street from the Seoul International Park and the Koreatown Community Center

Schools for Eastern Medicine/ Acupuncture: There are at least 2 schools in Koreatown for Eastern/ Chinese/ Alternative medicine that quite a few Asian Americans who run their own clinics have trained at.

LA is so big and so diverse that there’s no one way to really capture how much of Asia is represented here. I know our county registrar and DMV offers information in Armenian, Chinese, Cambodian/Khmer, Farsi, Korean, Tagalog/Filipino, Vietnamese, Hindi/ Urdu, and Japanese because at least 5% of the voting population speaks each of those languages. I’d love to see further additions from other Asian Los Angelenos.

- Marika.

[spookysnicket]

Blog Rules 👻

Hello loves, it’s spooky! Thanks for stopping to read the rules! I try to keep this updated for mobile readers, however some sections may not be the exact same as how it is from the link on my blog. Rules and character lists below the cut. If asks are open, request away ❤

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Hey! Thanks for stopping by to the read the rules, ilysm,,

Remember to check my description to see if requests/matchups are open! *If you send something in while they’re closed, I still might do it, but it’ll get put at the bottom of the to write pile. However, please know this is not a guarantee.

PLEASE do not follow this blog or interact with my content unless you are 16+, and do NOT send ANY NS!FW requests unless you are 18+. If you are under 18, I ask you to please blacklist/block my tag #NS!FW before interacting. I don't mean to judge anyone, however minors interacting with any of my ns!fw content makes me extremely uncomfortable. Thank you for respecting that in advance (:

INFORMATION FOR MATCHUPS:

*Spooky’s matchups include a pairing with ONE of the characters from my lists based on information you give me, followed by AT LEAST 5 (likely more) personalized HCs for you and your match. Feel free to add NS!FW bits and send a matchup request in for an OC. My matchups are based on the character I think would be most compatible with the information sent, however if you would like a specific character, or like to avoid a specific character, please go ahead and mention that in the request. Please use these suggested points when submitting a matchup request to help me better choose your match:

The preferred gender(s) for matches

Your personality/personal traits/attributes

Your hobbies or skills

OPTIONAL: 3 words to describe yourself with

OPTIONAL: What you’d like in/from a match

OPTIONAL: A brief description of your appearance

OPTIONAL: Your preferred pronouns

OPTIONAL: Preferred a slasher, non-slasher, dbd killer, or survivor match

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RULES:

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I WILL:

Do any format for requests- (if you don’t give me a format, your request will most likely be written as hcs) This covers headcannons, fics, drabbles, shorts, and reactions (GIFs & HCs)

Cover angst and a majority of sensitive topics, only excluding any super out-there kinks and things like excessive non con or vivid abuse (everything will be tagged accordingly)

Do multiple characters for one request

Take NS!FW requests, however these might take longer

Write for a reader with any gender identity, sexual and/or romantic orientation, disability/disorder, etc- HOWEVER I will not write for a reader of any certain ethnicity (outside of matchups), as something I write could be offensive and I don’t want to take that risk

I WILL NOT:

Write anything NS!FW for characters who are canonically minors, nor will I age them up just to write NS!FW requests for them; however I will write for childhood prompts

Write for AU prompts, unless they’re really interesting, I’m just fairly terrible when it comes to writing anything outside of realistic fanon/canon

Write anything I deem too OOC for characters requested, aside from crack for fun

Write character x character WITH THE EXCEPTION of certain poly! x readers

*If you’re still unsure if you can send in your request after reading these, send me a message or ask about it on anon! I’ll get back to you ASAP!

SLASHERS I WRITE FOR:

Jason Voorhees🏒 *NO NS!FW

Thomas Hewitt 🍴

Bubba Sawyer 🐓

Billy Lenz 👁

Billy Loomis  🌂(polyface 💕)

Stu Macher 📞 (polyface 💕)

Charles Lee Ray/Chucky (1988) (x Tiffany) 🧸

Tiffany Valentine (1998- human only) (x Charles/Chucky) 💄

Leslie Vernon 🍎

Bo Sinclair 🔧

Vincent Sinclair 🕯

Lester Sinclair 💀

Patrick Bateman  💳

Michael Myers 🔪

Norman Bates  🐦

Amanda Young ⚙️

*NO NS!FW FOR CHUCKY (I can’t figure out how getting it on with a doll would work)

NON-SLASHERS I WRITE FOR:

Carrie White (Novel & 1976 adaptation)✨ *NO NS!FW

Jennifer Check 💋

Brahms Heelshire 🔥

Hannibal Lecter 🧠 [x]

Eric Draven 🌧

Jack Torrance 🥶

SURVIVORS I WRITE FOR:

Randy Meeks (1996) 💿

Anita ‘Needy’ Lesnicky 💔

Dwight Fairfield 🍕

Meg Thomas 🏃🏼‍♀️

Claudette Morel 🌷

Jake Park 🌲

Nea Karlsson 🛹

Laurie Strode 🎃

Ace Visconti 💵

Feng Min 🎮

David King 🍻

Quentin Smith 😴

Kate Denson 🎸

Adam Francis 📖

Jeff Johansen 🤘🏻

Jane Romero 📺

Yui Kimura 🚦

Zarina Kassir 🔍

Felix Richter 📐

DBD KILLERS I WRITE FOR:

Evan MacMillan ⛏

Philip Ojomo 🚗

Max Thompson Jr. 🐑

Sally Smithson 💔

Anna (Huntress) 🧸

Rin Yamaoka 👻 *NO NS!FW

FJSJ (All Legion members) 🎭 *NO NS!FW FOR JULIE & SUSIE

Adiris (Plague) ☣️

Danny Johnson 📸

Kazan Yamaoka 👹

Caleb Quinn ⛓

Herman Carter ⚡️

CHARACTERS TO BE ADDED:

N/A

*Characters with an [x] by their name are characters I’m not as familiar with or are ones who I don’t have a 100% solid interpretation for

*Feel free to suggest characters you want to see, I’ll add them to my list! If I can’t find the movie a certain character is from, I’ll end up doing research on them until I think I can write them well enough (:

*FOR CHARACTERS WITH MULTIPLE VERSIONS: Please specify which version you’d like- otherwise I’ll write for a combination of their timelines

*Thank you again for reading the rules, I owe you my soul ❤️❤️ And happy requesting!

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[tripstations]

Readers’ best summer vacation photos

Thanks for the misery, readers.

We mean that in the nicest way possible.

We received more than 2,500 submissions for our annual Summer Vacation Photo issue. Photos are from those who do not make their living as professional photographers.

A group of photo, design, digital, social and word editors recently gathered to decide which ones would appear in print or online.

It’s fun looking at pictures from around the world — fun until someone gets hurt (or their feelings do). Then the party’s over, and it’s time for the hard decisions.

Everybody’s ox gets gored, which means each of us had favorites that didn’t make the final cut. There was no supreme dictator. Everybody had a say, which became a case study in how perceptions can vary.

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Michele Castagnetti from Los Angeles took this photo at Rovinj, Croatia, on Aug. 15, with a Nikon Coolpix A900. 

(Michele Castagnetti)

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David Liehn from Redondo Beach took this photo in Juneau, Alaska, on June 28 with a Canon 6D. 

(David Liehn)

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Allison Kahan from Sherman Oaks took this photo off the island of Lokrum in Croatia on July 10 with an iPhone 10. 

(Allison Kahan)

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Monica Chan from Honolulu took this photo in Yellowstone National Park on June 1 with an iPhone X. 

(Monica Chan)

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Sondi Toll Sepenuk, Los Angeles Sepenuk and her daughter Hazel, 16, were in Nice, France, on Aug. 8, enjoying a perch above a rocky beach. That’s when the elder Sepenuk noticed the pattern of the umbrellas overhead and caught it with her iPhone XR. 

(Sondi Toll Sepenuk)

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Romine Damon from Valley Glen took this photo in Porto, Portugal, on July 12 with an iPhone 8. 

(Romine Damon)

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Jon Dickens from Los Angeles took this photo at Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, on Aug 27 with an iPhone XS. 

(Jon Dickens)

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Daniel Elder from Echo Park too this photo at Hat Creek, Calif. on June 20 with a Sony a7R III. 

(Daniel Elder)

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Paul Alwine from Irvine took this photo at Ring of Kerry, Ireland, on July 13 with a Sony DSC-HX80. 

(Paul Alwine)

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Carol Cohn of Corona del Mar, Calif., and her husband were part of a photo safari group in August looking for leopards in Serengeti National Park. No luck — but they did see this perfectly placed giraffe. Cohn had brought a sophisticated camera and long lens to Africa, but when this moment arrived, the tool was her “purse camera,” a Canon G7 X Mark II. 

(Carol Kunkis Cohn)

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Axel Santiago from Pittstown, N.J., took this photo at Salzburg, Austria, on June 23 with a Nikon D750. 

(Axel Santiago)

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Randy Malone from Camarillo took this photo at Seyoisfjorour, Iceland, on July 22 with a Canon 6D. 

(Randy Malone)

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Rebecca Quan of Los Angeles took this photo in Japan on June 23 with an iPhone 8. 

(Rebecca Quan)

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Austin Lyke from Santa Monica took this photo at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah, on Aug. 7 with an iPhone 7. 

(Austin Lyke)

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Steve Leff of Los Angeles took this picture along Seattle’s Lake Union on Aug. 13 with a Samsung Galaxy S9+ 

(Steve Leff)

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Chris Lock from Huntington Beach took this photo at Setsukeian Farmhouse, Nantan, Kyoto, Japan on June 15 with a Fuji X-T2. 

(Chris Lock)

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Timothy Boettcher from West Los Angeles was struck by the colors and shapes of this urban scene in Stone Town, the oldest part of Zanzibar City. He snapped this picture in June with a Sony DSC-RX10. 

(Timothy Boettcher)

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Sandy Davis from Pasadena didn’t travel far on Aug. 2 — just to the Los Angeles Zoo — but he chose his time and place well. While Davis trained his Nikon D800 and its 28-300 mm lens on the tiger enclosure, the big cat posed by a rock formation. 

(Sandy Davis)

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Kevin Zelenay from Los Angeles was snorkeling on Aug. 22 at Maui’s Black Rock Beach with his wife, Diane, left, and her sister when this scene took shape. He captured it with a GoPro Hero 7. 

(Kevin Zelenay)

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On June 5, Sue Bachmann from Long Beach flew from Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro to the Serengeti, then joined a game drive that encountered these two zebras. Bachmann raised her Sony DSC-HX80 and caught their gentle interaction. 

(Sue Bachmann)

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Lucas Lochner Bravo from Pioneer, Calif. and his girlfriend, Emma Lautanen, were on a three-day backpacking trip when he caught the sun peeking over the ridge and Lautanen below. He used his iPhone 6. 

(Lucas Lochner Bravo)

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Steve Giffin, his wife and their teenage daughter were dead tired on June 22 after an overnight flight to Paris. Their hotel clerk prescribed a short walk near the Eiffel Tower. Bingo. “The energy and vibe around the tower really set a great mood for the rest of the trip,” Giffin wrote. 

(Steve Giffin)

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On June 24, Randy Howard from San Dimas was on a photo tour in the Dolomites region of northern Italy. At the Giau Pass, he and a few others climbed about three-quarters of a mile to a vantage point. Then, Howard said, “The clouds started rolling in” and this scene materialized. He used a Canon 5D Mark III. 

(Randall R. Howard)

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On June 29, Kathryn Keeney Jaeger from Pasadena and her family headed on their sport-fishing boat to the Two Harbors area of Catalina Island. While she and her 11-year-old son, Robert, were walking on shore, a breeze caught his towel. Jaeger captured the moment with her iPhone 7. Her fancy Nikon? On the boat. 

(Kathryn Kenney)

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Tiffany Yip from Pasadena was at the Hemis Festival in Ladakh in August when this masked figured turned her way. She snapped with a Nikon D7200.  

(Tiffany Yip)

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Janet Hirth from Laguna Niguel was walking the shoreline of Lake Moraine between bouts of rain on Aug. 31 when she came upon these canoes and turquoise waters. She shot it with a Samsung Galaxy Note 8.  

(Janet Hirth)

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Virgilio Go from Chino Hills met these Maasai on Aug. 16 near the Tanzanian border and seized the chance to get a picture of the boldly dressed foursome jumping. He used a Sony a7 III.  

(Virgilio Go)

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Steve Fujinaka from Torrance spotted this polar bear on July 27 on a small-ship cruise. The bear spent about two hours romping near the ship as Fujinakasnapped away with his Nikon D850 camera with a 180-400 mm lens and 1.4x teleconverter. Fujinaka liked this image of the bear because of “how comfortable it was being around us,” he said.  

(Steve Fujinaka)

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Major Cay in the Exuma Cays is known for its feral pigs that swim. Mike McDonnell from Newbury Park arrived by boat on June 17 and got this picture with his Sony a7R III. Hurricane Dorian mostly missed Major Cay on Sept. 1 when it roared into the Bahamas.  

(Mike McDonnell)

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Marcio Romani and Clayton Mosher from Los Angeles were knocked out by the scenery at Savannah’s Wormsloe State Historic Site, an 18th century colonial estate with ruins, costumed interpreters and a nature trail. Appraising this watery scene on Aug. 31, the two came up with a plan: Romani would jump on the fallen tree, climb out over the water and strike a yoga pose. Mosher would snap the picture on the iPhone XR. But once Romani started climbing, “It was very wobbly, kind of dangerous.” So he just sat and looked into the distance. Mosher snapped. Nice.  

(Marcio Romani)

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Josh Means from Corona del Mar, an 18-year-old student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, was on a backpacking trip when he set up his Sony a7 III for a long night-sky exposure near Thousand Island Lake. The image, made June 30, gives us a big view of the Milky Way. 

(Josh Means)

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Hazel Sepenuk from Los Angeles, 16, and her mother, Sondi Toll Sepenuk, were in Nice in August, enjoying a perch above a rocky beach. The younger Sepenuk stepped down to water’s edge with her iPhone X. 

(Hazel Sepenuk)

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On a family trip to Japan in June, Chris Lock from Huntington Beach hiked the Kumano Kodo trail network with his sons, Grant, 11, and Austen, 13. After about three miles, father and sons repaired to Kirinosato, a ryokan in Takahara, for a sunset onsen soak. That’s when Lock raised his Fuji X-T2 and got this shot. 

(Chris Lock)

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Lucas Lochner from Pioneer, Calif. and his girlfriend, Emma Lautanen, were on a three-day backpacking trip when he caught the sun peeking over the ridge and Lautanen below. He used his iPhone 6. 

(Lucas Lochner)

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Antelope Canyon, just east of Page, Ariz., is owned by the Navajo Nation, which allows escorted tours. Anita Mauch from Moorpark took one Aug. 12 and discovered these two trickles of sand within the red walls of the slot canyon. She used a Nikon D3400. 

(Anita Mauch)

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Ashlee Okamura from Irvine, 16, found this angle during a fireworks display above the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge area of Disneyland, which opened in May. She used a Nikon D5000. 

(Ashlee Okamura)

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On Aug. 11, Sally Raskoff from Woodland Hills stepped into Sainte-Chapelle, a 13th century chapel that was once home to kings and queens, and saw a picture-perfect view above. “It’s just magical,” she said. She used an iPhone 7 Plus. 

(Sally Raskoff)

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Tina Studier from Manhattan Beach, her husband and two of their children spent two nights at Sossusvlei, including a June 18 stop at the Namib Desert’s much-admired Dune 45. She trained her Canon PowerShot SX40 HS on the slope while others climbed the hill. 

(Tina Studier)

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Susan Gross from Santa Monica and her mother, Helen Gross, 87, on Sept. 3 finally got to a long-anticipated landmark: Niagara Falls. As they approached on foot from the Canadian side, Susan spotted the U.S. sightseeing boat Maid of the Mist and raised her iPhone 7.  

(Susan Gross)

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Here’s what didn’t vary: the amazement onlookers expressed at your work.

Several non-Travel-section colleagues wandered by to see why we had hundreds of photos spread across tables and on the floor. When we told them we were evaluating reader photo submissions, they inevitably replied with an unenthusiastic “Oh.” Then they’d look at the talent on display and the second “Oh” would sound an octave higher, the way people react when they realize they have underestimated something remarkable.

Which describes what you’ll see here and in print.

You made these photos easy to love and, in doing so, made our jobs much more difficult. We’re not complaining, though. Instead we are reveling in a photographic journey around the world that has made us appreciate why we travel and why we love it so. Welcome aboard.

Nice, France

2019 summer vacation photo.

(Hazel Sepenuk)

Hazel Sepenuk, Los Angeles

Sepenuk, 16, and her mother, Sondi Toll Sepenuk, were in Nice in August, enjoying a perch above a rocky beach. The younger Sepenuk stepped down to water’s edge with her iPhone X.

Savannah, Ga.

2019 summer vacation photo.

(Marcio Romani and Clayton Mosher)

Marcio Romani and Clayton Mosher, Los Angeles

Romani and Mosher were knocked out by the scenery at Savannah’s Wormsloe State Historic Site, an 18th century colonial estate with ruins, costumed interpreters and a nature trail. Appraising this watery scene on Aug. 31, the two came up with a plan: Romani would jump on the fallen tree, climb out over the water and strike a yoga pose. Mosher would snap the picture on the iPhone XR. But once Romani started climbing, “It was very wobbly, kind of dangerous,” he said. So he just sat and looked into the distance. Mosher snapped. Nice.

Giau Pass, Italy

2019 summer vacation photo.

(Randy Howard)

Randy Howard, San Dimas

On June 24, Howard was on a photo tour in the Dolomites region of northern Italy. At the Giau Pass, he and a few others climbed about three-quarters of a mile to a vantage point. Then, Howard said, “The clouds started rolling in” and this scene materialized. He used a Canon 5D Mark III.

Los Angeles

2019 summer vacation photo.

(Sandy Davis)

Sandy Davis, Pasadena

Davis didn’t travel far on Aug. 2 — just to the Los Angeles Zoo — but he chose his time and place well. While Davis trained his Nikon D800 and its 28-300 mm lens on the tiger enclosure, the big cat posed by a rock formation.

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