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PAIRS … TWINS … DOUBLE OHs

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Twins? … It’s never twins! … But there's always two of us! Two of us against the rest of the world!

There is something about the number 2 in Sherlock BBC, which is impossible not to see after the course of thirteen episodes. And a lot has already been written about it by various people. ‘Two’ and several names which are also meant to express a number of ‘two’ - like double, couple, pair, twins - turn up time and again throughout the whole story.

A summary and some musings on the topic below the cut ...

The two beginnings

First of all, Sherlock BBC is a story with two starting episodes, which in itself isn’t unusual. And yet, if one takes a closer look, there are some things - just minor details - that seem to be a little bit strange after all. The two points of beginning are:

THE UNAIRED PILOT - a 60 min episode called ‘A study in pink’

A STUDY IN PINK - the 90 min official first episode of S1

An extension of 30 min naturally leads to differences, as does a change in directing. The unaired PILOT was directed by Mary Rose Helen Giedroyc, Lady Bowyer-Smyth, known as Coky Giedroyc. The BBC decided not to broadcast the episode because they wished to change the length to 90 minutes. The PILOT was released on the DVD of the first series, and it proved to be slightly different from the final 90 min version, directed by Paul McGuigan.

However … there are certain changes between PILOT and ASIP which seem … odd. Most of all though, some seem quite unnecessary.

Angelo went to prison for car-jacking in PILOT ... for house-breaking in ASIP.

Sherlock can identify (by looking at the hands) a retired plumber in PILOT … an airline pilot in ASIP. (plumber/water, pilot/air … an interesting change)

Northumberland Terrace in PILOT changes into Northumberland Street in ASIP.

The barking dog can be first heard at the end of PILOT and at the beginning of ASIP.

Sherlock and John meet at 221b for the first time on January 14th in PILOT … on January 29th in ASIP (according to John’s blog). The victim prior to the lady in pink dies on January 27th (stated on screen).

The visual appearance changes from natural, vivid colours in PILOT ... to pale and cold colours in ASIP. Especially Sherlock looks like a marble statue in some scenes.

The attraction between Sherlock and John is a much stronger one in PILOT than in ASIP. The PILOT episode isn’t called ‘gay pilot’ for nothing.

Virtually all the scenes from PILOT which have been taken over to ASIP are shot mirrored. The brilliant video Mirror Mirror Mirror by @kateis-cakeis shows this in detail.

If anyone is interested, @callie-ariane did a wonderful script comparison of PILOT and ASIP, side by side, on a download PDF here. This comparison reveals that the biggest parts that have been changed for ASIP are:

the addition of a fifth victim

a short description of the victims

the visual introduction of Mycroft

the (very early) intoduction of Jim Moriarty compared to canon

the transfer of the showdown between Sherlock and Jeff Hope, from the Baker Street 221b living room to the Roland-Kerr Further Education College

All of these are understandable decisions. Even the different visual appearance can be easily explained by the work of another director …. though regarding Sherlock BBC, an amendment like this would largely depend on the creators themselves, I guess.

What’s really odd though are all those little, seemingly unnecessary changes listed above. What makes the difference between car-jacking and house-breaking … between terrace and street … between plumber and pilot … between January 14th and 29th? And the mirrored shooting of almost all the reused scenes. Doesn’t this need a rewriting of all the shooting scripts in question? This seems to be a load of unnecessary extra work for an extension of 30 min .. Anyway, be it coincidence or purpose, there are a lot more ‘2s’ interwoven in this story.

Playing with contrasts happens regularly … red&blue, fire&water, burning&drowning, high above&deep down, no-one&anyone, big&small, consulting criminal&consulting detective ...

Playing with the meaning and double meaning of names and words is also quite common in Sherlock BBC … John/Hamish, sister/nun, brother/monk, beech/beach, rooster/cock, cock/penis, game/game, Underground/underground ...

A choice between two possibilities happens several times …. good bottle or bad bottle, saint or sinner, James or John, forwards or backwards ...

Two twin-houses

Roland-Kerr Further Education College is the place where Jeff Hope takes Sherlock for his ‘good bottle-bad bottle’ game near the end of ASIP. The Cardiff Univerity main-building had been used as film-set and for this scene the building was altered and mirrored to give the appearance of two identical buildings. (Cardiff University (x) (x) (x)

Twenty-three and twenty-four Leinster Gardens ... the empty houses ... appear in HLV. They are Sherlock’s property and Mary’s face is projected on them when Sherlock compaires her to a facade. Originally, there was only one ‘empty house’ in canon, situated opposite 221b Baker Street. Strangely, the place from which John shoots Hope in PILOT would conform to the empty house from canon. (Empty houses The impossible house)

Two high security facilities … with several levels below ground, are visited by Sherlock

Baskerville, the military compound where the fear inducing HOUND aerosol is created. Skulls and crossed bones are displayed on the danger signs.

Sherrinford, the special prison where Eurus, the sister turned into a ghost story, is locked up behind elephant glass. Two ‘pirates’ enter the island.

Two landladies rent a flat to a male couple

Mrs Hudson rents a flat to Sherlock and John and asks them if they will be needing two bedrooms.

Mrs Turner, next door, rents a flat to a married couple. Mrs Turner appears in ACDs story ‘Scandal in Bohemia’ as landlady of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson.

Two skulls reside in the 221b livingroom. The inflexible bone skull on the mantlepiece next to the statue of the ancient Chinese bowman and the changeable blue skull painting on the wall behind the sofa next to the equally changeable yellow smiley.

Two palaces with partly similar looking interior …. Buckingham Palace and Sherlock’s mind palace (x)

The secret code in TBB is written in ancient cyphers which always come in pairs. The numbers are references to specific pages of a book and to specific words on those pages.

Two neat plans and two rehearsals

The flight of the dead - code 007 Bond Air from ASIB & the similar project of the plane crash in Dusseldorf prior.

The attempted murder of Major Sholto - room number 207 from TSOT & the rehearsal of it involving Private Bainbridge prior.

Two '00′ (double oh) can be heard related to the ‘neat’ plans (x)

In ASIB the number ‘double oh seven’ uttered by Mycroft, refers to the plane he intends to use for the ‘flight of the dead’.

In TSOT the number on Sholto’s door reads 207 - ‘two oh seven' - Mary calls it.

Doppelganger bodies appear conveniently and seemingly out of nowhere to cover up the fake deaths of Sherlock, Irene and Emelia.

Janus Cars … is the car hire company; assiciated with Jim Moriarty, who helpes clients to fake their death. In ancient Rome Janus was the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings. He usually is depicted with two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past.

And there is also the not very subtle sexual double meaning hiding in plain sight behind the name of this car hire company ... J-anus C-ars … which basically are two different names for roughly the same area. :)

Two explosions hit 221 Baker Street. The first one, in TGG, comes from the outside. The second one, in TFP, comes from the inside.

Two countdowns from 10 to 1 happen ere someone is in danger to die.

The first one happens in TGG related to the fake Vermeer painting and the kidnapped child who wears a vest full of explosives. It’s he fourth cold case Sherlock has to solve.

The second one happens in TFP when Sherlock aims a gun at himself. It’s the fourth task Eurus has set up for him in Sherrinford in which he should choose between Mycroft and John.

Two ‘falls’ from great heigth come to pass in two episodes:

In TRF Sherlock throws himself down from Bart’s roof - to save his friends - after Jim Moriarty shot himself in the head.

In TAB Sherlock throws himself down a waterfall - without being forced - and follows Jim Moriarty into the abyss, flying and smiling.

Two reddish balloons represent ‘quite the guy’ John Watson in two episodes - TEH and TST.

Two roosters/cocks appear in two episodes which also contain two serial killers with certain similarities. In ASIP the cock is linked to John Watson. In TLD the cock is linked to Culverton Smith. (x)

Felines and canines appear in two different versions. One is harmless, like cats and dogs. One is dangerous, like lion and monster hound. (x)

Two pet animals of two children are taken away by a family member. Sherlock misses his dog Redbeard. Kirsty misses her rabbit Bluebell. (x)

Redbeard and Yellowbeard are the names little Victor and little Sherlock invented for themselves when they played pirates.

Two occurrences define Sherlock’s personality - Carl Powers and Victor Trevor:

‘It’s where I began’ … that’s how Sherlock describes the Carl Powers case about a drowned boy and his missing shoes.

‘Every choice you ever made; every path you’ve ever taken – the man you are today ... is your memory of Eurus’ … that’s how Mycroft descirbes the Eurus case about a drowned boy and a missing dog.

Two serial killers appear, who deem themselves nice. They like to talk to their victims and have quite noticeable teeth. Jefferson Hope in ASIP & Culverton Smith in TLD.

Two stillborn children play a role …. Rachel Wilson, her first name turns out to be the password of the pink ladies pink phone and Mary Morstan, whose identity was stolen by the woman who later becomes John’ s wife.

AMO & AMMO ... two almost identical words for love and explosives

Codename ‘AMO’ … is used by two different characters. Legally by Lady Smallwood & illegally by Vivian Norbury.

Two times Rosamund Mary …. the same name for mother and daughter

Two times Charles

Carl Powers, from TGG, is the boy who had a fit in the water and drowned.

Charlie Welsborough, from TST, is the boy who had a fit in a car and burned.

Two times Faith … Culverton Smith’s daughter, mirror for John, is envisiond by Sherlock as two different persons. (x)

Two variations of the name James … Jim (short for James) Moriarty & John Hamish (Scotish for James) Watson.

Musgrave and Trevor … Reginald Musgrave and Victor Trevor are original characters who appear in two canon stories (Musgrave Ritual & Gloria Scott) which are the only ones linked to Sherlock’s time at university. TFP combines those stories and connects them to a trauma Sherlock might have experienced in his childhood..

Two problematic sisters

John and Sherlock, each ot the two men has a ‘problematic’ sister. John’s sister Harry is an alcoholic and Sherlock’s sister Eurus is locked up since childhood in a high security facility because she is a dangerous genius.

Eurus is revealed on screen only by the end of the (for now) penultimate episode. Harry has still no visual appearance at all.

There is hardly any contact between the siblings during the majority of the story. They ‘don’t get on’ with each other or are completely forgotten at all.

Harry is listed as potential pressure point for John by Magnussen, while Eurus is a potential pressure point for Sherlock, used by Mycroft.

Both sisters are called by male names

Both sisters are mistaken for brothers by Sherlock as well as John, when they are first mentioned in their presence.

These are enough similarities between those mysterious sisters to call it quite strange, I think. Mycroft’s advice for Sherlock comes to mind:

SHERLOCK: For one person to be in both groups ... could be a coincidence. MYCROFT: Oh, Sherlock. What do we say about coincidence? SHERLOCK: The universe is rarely so lazy.

As much as Harry and Eurus seem to have in common, there’s one big difference. While Eurus lives her lonely life mostly behind elephant glass, Harry had been married with Clara for some time. But three months before John and Sherlock meet, the women split up and got a divorce.

A Catherine hiding in plain sight

As @shylockgnomes pointed out in her post about the 'High incidence of Katherines’ in Sherlock BBC, the name Clara basically has the same meaning as Catherine … bright, clear, clean, pure. Clara seems to be a Catherine hiding in plain sight, one might say.

Catherine is of Greek origin and became later, in the early Christian era, associated with the Greek ‘katharos’ … meaning ‘pure’. Earlier derivations list as possible roots for Catherine the name of the goddess Hekate and the Greek name Hekaterine ... meaning ‘each of the two’.

And this is the point where especially one possible meaning behind the name Catherine ... ‘each of the two’ … becomes highly interesting for a story packed full of pairs, couples, double ohs and twins.

Each of the two - what might this mean?

Does it refer to two autonomous characters like Sherlock and John or does it refer to two different versions of one and the same character. What if we are dealing with two John’s in this story (alongside with two Sherlock’s)? Two of a kind for each of the two ... but not twins.

John Watson seems to be the character everything else circles around inside Sherlock’s mind palace. But there is a great difference between the John Watson of the PILOT and the one in ASIP. While PILOT-John seems to have not much problems to show his romantic interrest in Sherlock, the same character is much more restrained in ASIP. This attitude grows constantly over the course of the story, until it reaches an absolute low point in TLD. John claims again and again, in almost each episode, that he’s not gay. He downgrades Sherlock’s introduction of him from ‘friend’ to ‘colleague’. He tries to teach Sherlock the appropriate interaction with other people and the correct social behaviour … even when it is quite clear that Sherlock doesn’t like it. He jokes about some of Sherlock’s special characteristics with mutual friends and even tells him to ‘be not himself’ and demands that Sherlock should ‘hold himself to a higher standard’ because of the people who read the stories. And alongside those repeated verbal rebukes there’s also a constant increase of physical violence.

For more than a century the friendship and love between Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson is known to be among the most famous in literature. It hardly ever happens that the one appears without the other. Not one of the many adaptations I ever watched, depicts the ‘good doctor’ as someone who behaves like John Watson in Sherlock BBC. This John Watson becomes more and more out of character as the story runs along. Sometimes it’s almost as if this man isn’t THE John Watson at all.

‘When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains must be the truth’ … that’s a main principle of Sherlock Holmes. If this John Watson is so very much OOC, perhaps this is so, because he isn’t THE John Watson?

Viewing all the characters on Sherlock’s mind stage as aspects, as certain opinions he has on various matters, and not as autonomous real-life people, it could be entirely possible that Sherlock tries to analyze his attitude towards a romantic/sexual relationship by creating different ‘editions’ of John Watson. The special attempt of a genius brain to fathom out his own feelings, desires and fears. If so, are there any indications in this story that more than one John Watson is present?

Two times John?

As mentioned in this post, there exists a scene in PILOT in which John appears twice in one single shot. It happens during the taxi ride to the crime scene of the pink lady, when Sherlock explains his first deductions about John to John. In one of the flashbacks John can be seen entering the lab while he is already inside, offering Sherlock his phone.

Recently I discovered that a similar shot exists in ASIP as well. It’s also in one of the flashbacks during the taxi ride to the crime scene of the pink lady, when Sherlock explains his first deductions about John to John. ‘Wounded in action, suntan – Afghanistan or Iraq’ … that’s the exact point when it happens. This time though the appearance of the ‘second John’ is rather colourful. One might even say … rainbowy. :)

Hope and Faith

The Lying Detecive is the (for now) penultimate episode of the story and very closely connected to A Study in Pink. Each of the two episodes is about a serial killer who deems himself 'verging on nice’, loves to talk to his victims and displays quite noticeable teeth.

Jeff Hope from ASIP has two bottles to offer, good pills and bad pills full of ‘chemistry’, from which Sherlock is expected to choose one.

Culverton Smith from TLD has a daughter called Faith. With her bad leg and the cane, she’s very obviously a mirror for John. The included flashback to John limping away from the pink lady’s crime scene and also the scene in which Faith’s gun gets thrown into the Thames (like John’s in PILOT), underpins the mirroring even more. Faith is displayed as two similar looking but entirely different persons.

As it turns out later, one of the two Faith’s is actually Eurus, Sherlock’s 'other one’, his sister who gets mistaken for a brother (like John’s sister Harry). Eurus represents Sherlock’s emotional side … especially with regards to his feelings for John … hence Faith’s display as John’s mirror with cane and limp.

TBB and the theory of two John’s

The Blind Banker has proven again and again that this episode is the user manual for Sherlock BBC. If there are indeed two different John’s - respectively Sherlock’s - put into this story, TBB should confirm this theory. Are there two John’s/Sherlock’s included in TBB? Yes, surprisinly, there are.

In this episode John as well as Sherlock are presented as double mirrors. Due to several random and minor incidents, General Shan mistakes John for Sherlock.

Debit card, name of S. Holmes.

A cheque for five thousand pounds made out in the name of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

Tickets from the theatre, collected by you, name of Holmes.

We heard it from your own mouth. “I am Sherlock Holmes and I always work alone …”

And so, in General Shan’s view, John becomes Sherlock and Sarah - the ‘pretty doctor companion’ - turns into John. Basically, in every scene in which those three characters interact with each other, there are indeed two John’s and two Sherlock’s present ‘on stage’. It seems the theory that both main characters are represented in two slightly different versions is not that farfetched after all.

That’s not the John Watson I know

There’s this short dialogue from ASIP, the first official episode of Sherlock BBC, (it doesn’t show up in PILOT) ... could it be another piece of evidence that there’s more than one John Watson in this story. Is this a classical case of ‘we told you, but did you listen’?

Two Johns? Two differnt aspects represented by the same character? One positive, one negative? Like Jeff Hope’s good and bad bottles? And also two Sherlock’s?

The concept of an inflexible, unchangeable relationship between ‘eternal’ just-friends, the same as it has been for over a century. A version that will slowly kill Sherlock internally until he ends in the solitude of the Sussex Downs all alone with his bees? Again ...

And the other concept … a finally changed 'new’ friend, a different John, who falls in love with Sherlock Holmes at first sight and never leaves him again? And a Sherlock Holmes who gives in to the softer emotions and his neglected ‘transport’. A man who finally drops his facade to accept love, romance and sex in his life?

The detective and his doctor who, at long last, leave their crime scene and have dinner with each other (fulfill their desire) at a lovely Chinese (emotional) restaurant. :)))

More about pairs: Things coming in pairs Couples & Pairs Double oh 7 - Bond Air is go

I leave you to your own deductions. Thanks @callie-ariane for the scripts.

December, 2019

#pairs Twins double ohs #pairs #twins #double ohs #sign of two #couples #metaphorical reading #sherlock bbc #two concepts #two versions

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londiniumlundene · 5 years

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The Lie of Leinster Gardens

At first glance, 23 and 24 Leinster Gardens appear to be just like their neighbouring houses. A second glance, however, shows that the windows are not, in fact, filled with glass, but are in fact painted on in grey. There are no letterboxes or locks in the doors. These are fake houses.

In the 1860s, the Metropolitan Underground Railway extended its line west. Whilst its steam-powered locomotives were deigned to help keep down the levels of fumes underground, venting areas were still needed to help further reduce the smoke in the tunnels. The chosen site for one such vent was at 23 and 24 Leinster Gardens. The residents sold up, but the owners of the houses on the rest of the street didn’t want to see the dirty smoke billowing up from a hole in the ground. To appease them, the railway company built a façade to block the exposed railway lines from view. Today, the fake houses are also cunningly disguised behind two well-placed trees.

On Porchester Terrace, the street behind Leinster Gardens, particularly tall people will be able to clearly see the rear of the fake houses (they are essentially a large wall propped up with metal beams), and the still-present venting area – no longer really needed now though that all Underground trains are electric!

The houses will be well-known to viewers of Sherlock, when they featured in a 2014 episode. However, in real life, a con was played in the 1930s, when rich “guests” were sold tickets to a ball at 23 Leinster Gardens. They turned up to, of course, discover they had been tricked out of their money…

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Wexford Opera House, Ireland Music Venue

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Concert Hall Building in Ireland: National Music Venue design by Keith Williams Architects

7 September 2021

National Opera House Wexford

Location: Wexford, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland

Design: Keith Williams Architects

As part of KWA’s 20 year retrospective of their work we are pleased to feature Ireland’s multi-award winning National Opera House in Wexford:

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County Wexford, Ireland

The re-building of Wexford’s opera house by Keith Williams Architects and the Office of Public Works, was one of Ireland’s most important cultural regeneration projects of the first decade of the 21st century.

The multi-award winning venue, constructed in the heart of medieval maritime Wexford, contains the O’Reilly Theatre (780 – 855 seats), full flytower and backstage and the Jerome Hynes, a transformable second space of 170 seats, together with rehearsal, production facilities, bars, café and foyer spaces.

Carefully integrated into the historic fabric of Wexford’s medieval centre behind reinstated terraced buildings, the scale of the building and its contribution to Wexford’s silhouette only becomes apparent when viewed from the harbour. From there the new flytower appears in the skyline alongside the spires of Wexford’s two Pugin inspired churches, announcing the presence of an exceptional new cultural building in the historic townscape.

Though primarily conceived for Wexford’s autumn opera festival, the house operates as a year round arts venue, for additional Wexford Festival productions and visiting companies.

Described as one of the great small opera houses of the world, with exceptional acoustic performance, the building was officially designated as Ireland’s National Opera House in 2014.

Among many awards, the building was shortlisted for the RIAI Triennial Gold Medal 2017, and provided the base from which Wexford Festival Opera has excelled, going on to win the Best Festival Award at the 2017 International Opera Awards.

Client : Wexford Festival Opera Area: 7,235m2

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13 Nov 2014

Wexford Opera House in Ireland

Location: Wexford, County Wicklow, Ireland

Design: Keith Williams Architects with the OPW

The home of the internationally recognised Wexford Festival Opera designed by Keith Williams Architects with the OPW, has recently been officially recognised by the Irish Government as Ireland’s National Opera House.

During Wexford’s annual autumn opera festival, the announcement of the renaming of the multi-award winning opera house was made on the stage of the 771 seat main auditorium by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, to the capacity audience at the festival’s official opening.

Ms Humphreys said she was delighted to give her “full support to the renaming of Wexford Opera House as the National Opera House. I have asked my officials to work with Wexford and the Arts Council to put this into effect, in recognition of Wexford’s position as the home of Ireland’s only custom-built opera house.”

Wexford Festival Opera Theatre Royal officially opened in 2008 and remains Ireland’s only custom-built Opera House, winning numerous national and international architectural awards. It is a year-round cultural receiving house for opera and also for multi-disciplinary performance art-forms, and is the home of Wexford Festival Opera, one of the leading opera Festivals in the world, each year attracting audiences from Ireland and abroad who travel to Wexford to experience this unique celebration of opera.

The new designation for the Wexford Opera House, which opened in 2008, means Ireland will no longer be the only country in the EU not to have a national opera house, and underlines Wexford’s status as one of Europe’s leading opera companies.

David McLoughlin, Chief Executive of Wexford Festival Opera said: “The official recognition of Wexford as Ireland’s National Opera House will help secure a legacy in opera in Ireland for generations to come, but perhaps more importantly deservedly recognises the State’s previous significant investment in the creation of what has been internationally acclaimed as ‘the best small opera house in the world’.” Congratulations are very much due to Keith Williams Architects for their superb building.

Keith Williams, Founder and Director of Design at Keith Williams Architects said: “Naturally we are thrilled that Wexford is now officially Ireland’s National Opera House. Such buildings are where art and architecture meet in a very profound way. Wexford Opera has won so many major international awards for the unique qualities of its festival and the excellence of its productions, and I am very proud of the building and the part it has played in Wexford’s success.”

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Some of the premium features at this historic 5-star hotel include a rooftop terrace and complimentary Wi-Fi. Guests can enjoy a range of relaxing treatments and beauty therapy at the on-site spa, ChezElle Beauty Salon. For a fast and effortless arrival and departure experience, guests can benefit from the express check-in kiosk. Each elegant room at Radisson Blu St Helen’s Hotel Dublin includes cable/satellite channels and a mini bar, while the bathrooms feature hair dryers and bathrobes. Hot drinks can be brewed with the complimentary tea and coffee supplies, and enjoyed in the comfort of the room’s living area. Radisson Blu St Helen’s Hotel Dublin features a restaurant and a bar where guests are able to relax of an evening with dinner and a drink. The hotel is an ideal place to discover nearby Christ Church Cathedral and Radio Teilifis Eireann. The helpful staff at the tour desk are available to book tours and sightseeing trips in Dublin. Westin Dublin Centrally located, Westin Dublin allows for easy access to Dublin’s main shopping and sightseeing areas. It offers 5-star accommodation with air-conditioned rooms. There is a range of amenities on offer to guests of The Westin Dublin, including valet parking, 24-hour room service, and free Wi-Fi. Convenient services include an express check-in feature and a luggage storage area. Every stylish room at Westin Dublin comes with a mini bar and a refrigerator, and the bathrooms offer showers and bathrobes. They all feature a flat-screen TV, heating and tea and coffee making facilities. The Westin Dublin Hotel offers a variety of in-house dining options, including a cozy restaurant and a bar. Guests can also try one of the various bars and restaurants in the vicinity. Dublin’s attractions, such as St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral and the Abbey Theatre, are within the easy walking distance of The Westin Hotel Dublin. Guests can also visit Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin Castle and Dail Eireann. Conrad Dublin Centrally located, Conrad Dublin allows for easy access to Dublin’s main shopping and sightseeing areas. It also offers 24-hour room service, free Wi-Fi, and valet parking. This 5-star hotel provides an express check-in and check-out feature, a ballroom, and an exhibit space. Welcoming and helpful team members are available 24 hours a day. Every luxury room at Conrad Dublin comes with slippers and a mini bar, and the bathrooms offer bathrobes and showers. They all feature wireless internet access, movies-on-demand, and a bathtub. Guests are able to enjoy a drink at Conrad’s bar and dine on seafood style food in the restaurant. Alternatively, the surrounding area features many bars and restaurants serving a range of different cuisines. Dublin’s attractions, such as Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St Stephen’s Green and Saint Stephen’s Green, are easily accessible on foot from Conrad Dublin Hotel. The hotel is also surrounded by the area’s well-known nightlife destinations, plus Dail Eireann, Leinster House and the National Gallery of Ireland are a 20-minute stroll away. Dylan Hotel Situated in Dublin, this 5-star property is contemporary and elegant. Rooms are air-conditioned and a Wi-Fi connection is included free of charge. This award-winning hotel offers VIP rooms, a library and valet parking. The on-site spa provides a variety of facial and body treatments. The unique rooms offer wireless internet access and a mini bar. Dylan Hotel serves breakfast daily, and guests can relax with a drink in the bar. A wide selection of dining options is also found in the surrounding area. Dylan is close to Dublin’s popular attractions, with Grand Canal just a 10-minute stroll away. Guests can also easily visit Aviva Stadium, the Ballsbridge, and Irish Rugby Football Union. InterContinental Dublin InterContinental Dublin provides charming 5-star accommodation in Dublin. It also offers an indoor pool, free Wi-Fi and a Jacuzzi. The hotel has a fitness center with a swimming pool. Those staying at the property have access to express check-in/check-out, around the clock reception and a meeting room. Each elegant room at InterContinental Dublin includes a mini bar and slippers, and the bathrooms offer showers and bathrobes. They all have a ceiling fan, a CD player, and heating. Those staying at the hotel can sit down to a unique dining experience at the in-house restaurant, ideally based for those who want to stay close by when looking for a bite to eat. Each evening, guests can relax in the cozy lounge bar. Dublin’s attractions, including RDS Arena and the Ballsbridge, are easily accessible on foot from InterContinental Dublin. It is also within walking distance of Radio Teilifis Eireann, Marian College, and Irish Rugby Football Union. This is just a small part of Dublin’s best hotels. Source GULLIVER.ie from Home & Business http://businessandhouse.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-best-luxury-hotels-in-dublin.html via http://choosi.ie

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I often get strange looks taking my weird London photos, but rarely are people brave enough to ask what I'm doing. Today was an exception, so I got to explain the weirdness of the Leinster Gardens fake houses, how London's been putting property values first for a very long time (150+ years now!). Hope you find the, friendly stranger who was taking their own photo as I wandered off… . #weirdlondon #LeinsterGardens #FakeHouses #LondonUnderground #history #propertyvalues #LateStageCapitalism #MetropolitanLine #London #LondonLife #ThisIsLondon #LoveLondon #ExploreLondon #MySecretLondon #DiscoverLondon #LondonDetails #LondonGuide #PrettyCityLondon #HiddenLondon #Bayswater #Paddington#LancasterGate (at Porchester Terrace) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHlV1v9Flgc/?igshid=1huc32yk81v5a

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[https://youtu.be/8hPdpNXdXZw] Welcome to Simply Rooms & Suites in London, United Kingdom (Europe). The best of Simply Rooms & Suites. The general services in the accommodation are: wifi available in all areas. For reception services we can find 24-hour front desk and safety deposit box and tour desk. Within the related areas we can enjoy terrace. If you arrive for business matters in the facilities available fax/photocopying. We will be able to highlight other possibilities as non-smoking rooms, air conditioning, non-smoking throughout and heating Book now cheaper in http://ift.tt/2yC7aRD You can find more info in http://ift.tt/2wPujTi We hope you have a pleasant stay in Simply Rooms & Suites Other hotels in London Earls Court Garden Hotel https://youtu.be/gBhLyBi7YNc Americana Hotel https://youtu.be/KmFsUD6RAdg Rhodes Hotel https://youtu.be/apH34_MRvtw Somerset Hotel https://youtu.be/_ZsECm6eJHE The Bailey’s Hotel London https://youtu.be/h8sR_u9ES5w Duke Of Leinster Hotel https://youtu.be/86lOZ8V0TZA The Alexandra https://youtu.be/3ndRxvssB_o Grantly Hotel https://youtu.be/tjs08Jg73vY Apex City Of London Hotel https://youtu.be/IGrOLZJCsmk Comfotel Prpl https://youtu.be/AKf2WAD9D2Y Palace Court Hotel https://youtu.be/mZq88oohG4o Ashburn Hotel https://youtu.be/08krKRIKsYU Bermondsey Square Hotel - A Bespoke Hotel https://youtu.be/cLlw0Md3ECM Coach & Horses Hotel https://youtu.be/WJh3onfxNR0 Best Western Seraphine - Kensington Olympia https://youtu.be/4fvbp1rsy0Y We hope you have a pleasant stay in Simply Rooms & Suites All images used in this video are or have been provided by Booking. If you are the owner and do not want this video to appear, simply contact us. by World Hotel Video

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY June 03, 1800 President John Adams moves into a tavern in Washington, D.C. John Adams, the second president of the United States, becomes the first president to reside in Washington, D.C., when he takes up residence at Union Tavern in Georgetown.

The city of Washington was created to serve as the nation’s capital because of its geographical position in the center of the existing new republic. The states of Maryland and Virginia ceded land around the Potomac River to form the District of Columbia, and work began on Washington in 1791. French architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant designed the city’s radical layout, full of dozens of circles, crisscross avenues, and plentiful parks. In 1792, work began on the neoclassical White House building at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue under the guidance of Irish-American architect James Hoban, whose White House design was influenced by Leinster House in Dublin and by a building sketch in James Gibbs’ Book of Architecture. In the next year, Benjamin Latrobe began construction on the other principal government building, the U.S. Capitol.

On June 3, 1800, President Adams moved to a temporary residence in the new capital as construction was completed on the executive mansion. On November 1, the president was welcomed into the White House. The next day, Adams wrote to his wife about their new home: “I pray heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house, and on all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but wise men ever rule under this roof!” Soon after, Abigail Adams arrived at the White House, and on November 17 the U.S. Congress convened for the first time at the U.S. Capitol.

During the War of 1812, both buildings were set on fire in 1814 by British soldiers in retaliation for the burning of government buildings in Canada by U.S. troops. Although a torrential downpour saved the still uncompleted Capitol building, the White House was burned to the ground. The mansion was subsequently rebuilt and enlarged under the direction of James Hoban, who added east and west terraces to the main building along with a semicircular south portico and a colonnaded north portico. Work was completed on the White House in the 1820s and it has remained largely unchanged since.

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Bayswater, London; 16.3.2018

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June 3, 1800 - President John Adams moves into tavern in Washington D.C.

"John Adams, the second president of the United States, becomes the first president to reside in Washington, D.C., when he takes up residence at Union Tavern in Georgetown.

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This week in History: May 31, 1859 - Big Ben rings out over London for the first time June 1, 1779 - Benedict Arnold court-martialed June 2, 1935 - Babe Ruth retires June 3, 1965 - Major Edward H. White II becomes first American to walk in space June 4, 1919 - Congress passes 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote June 5, 1933 - FDR takes United States off gold standard June 6, 1944 - D-Day

This medal showing the profile of President John Adams can be found in the online collection of the American Philosophical Society.

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#Repost @est_living ・・・ INTERIORS Leinster Square . Inside a west London Victorian terrace building designed by CEO of @banda.property, @edomapellimozzi, home to eight apartments, five maisonettes and two penthouses. . The designer's traditional, timeless aesthetic is assured in this dining space from the project, with Pierre Jeanneret chairs, a custom Banda brass dining table by Rupert Bevan and the @apparatusstudio Trapeze 10 pendant. . Design @edomapellimozzi, @banda.property Photography @taranwilkhu . https://www.estliving.com/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CVF8lkdsGDv/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Popular Resorts in United States Virgin Islands

The following are a few of the glamorous resorts in United States Virgin Islands:

Buccaneer Hotel Beach.Many elegant swimming centers, tropical mixed drinks, premium food and charming shade Non-guests are charged entryway; nevertheless, rafts and beach chairs are up for leasings;

Dollar Island- Turtle Beach situated northeast coast of St. Croix. Its well-known Underwater Snorkel Trail provides a close- up view of marine life like vibrant fish, intriguing corals even turtles.

Davis Bay Beach- This stunning beach belongs to Carambola resort complex however it’s open to the general public. At Davis Bay, the thick forest forms an interesting background versus winding coastline. It is the most picturesque areas of St. Croix and provide a few of the island’s snorkeling;

Grapetree Beach- This beach is house to the Divi Carina Bay Resort and Casino. This popular location boasts shade, an excellent stretch of white sandy beach, resort facilities and calm safeguarded waters

Club St. Croix Beach and Tennis Resort- Casual and inviting, relaxing suites with terraces neglecting a 1000ft. palm studded beach. Activities counter sets up shopping, golf, sightseeing and more.

Nest Cove Beach Resort- Families and couples alike enjoy these economical beachfront suites. You have an option of ocean or blooming gardens. There is the Antilles Advantage of 2 complete baths.

Point Pleasant Resort- There are 2 beaches, 3 swimming pools, award- winning dining, and amazing views. There are suites, rental properties, with space for 2- 6 visitors for all your lodging requires.

Sapphire Beach Resort and Marina- This is among the high-end resorts in United States Virgin Islands. You will enjoy this undoubtedly stunning beach. It has a multi-level swimming pool, stunning casual Caribbean home furnishings and it is best area for love.

The Anchorage Beach Resort - This is among the resorts in United States Virgin Islands that has a personal club environment due to the fact that it’s simply next to St. Thomas Yacht Club. The yard remains in garden-like setting, it likewise has tennis courts, beach and swimming pool.

Crystal Cove Beach Resort-- Have a peaceful walk at the gorgeous coastlines to experience the marvels of nature. This is an excellent worth with its comfy and roomy suites.

Sapphire Village Resort at Sapphire Beach-- Stretch out your travel budget plan. Unwind on your personal veranda to benefit from simple access to the resort’s features or you can take pleasure in the incredible view from hillside.

There are a lot of resorts in United States Virgin Islands to select from and are awaiting your arrival on these islands. Each has various design and styles to fit your taste and you can rely on the convenience and security they will supply you with. Practically all of the resorts in United States Virgin Islands are independently owned, it is anticipated to be well looked after which it has world class features.

Summary: Resorts in United States Virgin Islands use a large choice of activities and have total features on top of their excellent lodgings.

Caneel Bay- This sandy, crescent shaped beach uses a tranquil paradise with elegant fashionable features. You can combine with individuals in a laid- back environment. Beverages and food can be costly however the unique environment used at this Rosewood home is well worth it.

Cinnamon Bay- This is a National Park camping site with outstanding beach. Throughout the roadway from the camping site is the Cinnamon Bay Self-Guided Nature Trail.

Francis Bay- Facilities are few in this resort in United States Virgin Islands however you can have the satisfaction to take pleasure in the crystal clear waters and outstanding view of the close-by British Virgin Islands. There is likewise a well-marked Leinster Bay Trail around the bend to Watermelon Cay

Fantastic Cruz Bay- This 282-room Westin St. John Resorts and Villas are set on a crescent-shaped beach on Great Cruz Bay. The Great Cruz Bay resort in United States Virgin Islands likewise includes 4 dining and home entertainment centers, snorkeling, other water sports, and a complete physical fitness center, and more.

Hawksnest Beach- This little and rather paradise has a crystal blue waters like other beaches. It’s smaller sized and tranquil compared to the surrounding resorts in United States Virgin Islands. Lovely tropical trees that offers gorgeous environments

There are likewise beaches that are open to the public to take pleasure in. The beaches that are noted above might just vary in centers, services, and rates abut they all have what travelers desired.

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