Wallpaper* | Chicago City Hall Rooftop Garden

The roof top garden on top of Chicago City hall.. the other half of the building is Cook County offices, they have yet to decide on a garden.

BensonsLife is Live! | Check it!!

A really good friend of mine launched a new site this week called BensonsLife.com Its a great platform for helping families stay connected!

My user name is MRphoto if you want to connnect on BL! Here is some more info...

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BensonsLife was designed with the family in mind - it is a social network that gives parents a place to safely share and archive family memories - as well as connect with others in their community. Family is and always has been central to my life, and I wanted to build a place online to help families stay connected. BensonsLife is a secure, centralized platform for connecting families and communities.

*Features include:

Store all photos & send easily to people close to you…

• Customizable family profiles – share family memories, milestones and stories with your family and friends (with space for comments from family and friends); BensonsLife profiles for parents and their children provide family and friends with helpful information like birthdays, personal interests, and contact info.

• Picture archives – share and archive recent pictures with family and friends (with space for comments from family and friends); BensonsLife picture archives provide busy families with one-click sharing of new pictures, integrated into their family profiles.

Daily tools to manage your busy life...

• Event management – inform your family and friends about special events and gatherings; BensonsLife automated guest lists, RSVPs and event reminders take the headache out of event planning. Try it…you’ll like it!

• Community/shared interest groups – organize an existing group of friends and/or meet others in your community; BensonsLife group discussion boards make it easy to communicate with a larger group at once...it is ideal for classrooms, community organizations, walking groups, parent groups, religious groups, etc. – you name it.

• Integrated messaging center - easily communicate with just your family and friends on BensonsLife; no junk mail! BensonsLife message center allows for private messaging to and from BensonsLife members (“Notes” on the other hand are posted to pictures, milestones and family profile Noteboards for just your family and friends to see).

No more mass emails, no more fragmented sharing....BensonsLife takes care of it all for you and keeps everything in one safe place!

A favorite feature is automatic direct notification - let's say you add a new picture to your child's picture archive, a picture from a soccer game. A notification will automatically be sent to those in your personal network on BensonsLife (aka Circle of Friends - the BensonsLife members you designate can see your personal content), thus effortlessly updating family and friends of the latest happenings.

Leaving Las Vegas

Shot this shortly after takeoff out of Las Vegas.. I think thats a solar array in the valley over there, kinda cool.