Super Hans

Moments stolen and now returned.

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[nasa]

Happy summer solstice, Northern Hemisphere!

The summer solstice – the beginning of astronomical summer – falls on June 20, 2025 (June 21 UTC). It’s the longest day of the year and marks the change of seasons. For our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, it’s the shortest day of the year and the beginning of winter.

Earth orbits at an angle, so half the year, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun — this is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. The other half of the year, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, creating winter in the north and summer in the south. Solstices happen twice per year, at the points in Earth’s orbit where this tilt is most pronounced.

How do you plan on spending the longest (or shortest) day of the year? 😎

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Mark Twain loved to travel and once wrote, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people...

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#musings

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FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986), dir. John Hughes

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Photo highlights from an excellent dinner in #Vancouver with @msroopaloop Full menu follows: #𝓞𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓪𝓼𝓮 @ 𝓢𝓾𝓼𝓱𝓲 𝓑𝓪𝓻 𝓢𝓱𝓾 #Amuse Miso soup Chawan mushi(steamed, smoked egg w. scallop, shiitake, and okra) #Sashimi Hirame(flounder) 🇯🇵 Akami(blue fin tuna lean cut) 🇲🇽 Hamachi(yellow tail) 🇯🇵 #Appetizer Miso marinated Black cod 🇨🇦 Mozuku sunomono with Hotaru ika (firefly squid) Pressure-cooked octopus w. spicy mustard 🇯🇵 #Sushi 🇯🇵 Mejina Itoyori Botan ebi Ishidai Usubahagi Kinmedai  Shima aji Hotate gai Uni Chu-toro Shimesaba Savory Tamago Kama-toro with uni and Osetra caviar 🇯🇵 🇯🇵 🇷🇺 -Main- 🇯🇵 🇷🇺 -A5 Miyazaki #wagyu with #caviar and scallion wasabi -Dessert- Shiso sorbet (at Sushi Bar Shu) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9pJ9uvHml7VYSfxQZyGQuY1HmcpPaaLdC62XI0/?igshid=1qgcr377lqco6

[colasipper]

Ex-Texans are like Russian nesting dolls! Good to see these guys for weekend of #bbq #beer #beaches and a #portuguesepicnic (at UC Santa Cruz) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8E9HkYnzGBTmrvhpYkpQFm_WA4fbF2H8DhiyE0/?igshid=juctwwyrlm9o

[colasipper]

Feeding the animals. #top9 #2019 #cherryblossoms #Istanbul #vancouver #skiing #Colorado #Brussels #SanFrancisco #mojave #WolfgangPuck #queensu #kingston Happy New Year! (at Santana Row) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6xSNr-HiYcwVQF8molsX7OzalYkS5edSoVH0o0/?igshid=afn4m38xtdao

[colasipper]

𝓞𝓫𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓪𝓭𝓸, 𝓛𝓲𝓼𝓫𝓸𝓪! 🇵🇹 (at Lisbon, Portugal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6U7WWGHcNrafpORUIHC8Ranbb57Z2U_weprS40/?igshid=u2abtm8z456d

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Hell of a dinner at SALA de Joao Sa. Many thanks to Paolo and the team for beautiful food and great conversation. Homemade sourdough & Azores-style bread with chilled, pureed cabbage & olive oil, butter. Celery & mushrooms: Pureed celery under roasted celery root cones, topped with sauteed mushrooms, under a mushroom sauce, with roasted pine nuts & tiny sorrel. Pork & clam bao: Topped with Coriander Mayo with roasted garlic. Dry-roasted Scarlett shrimp: With pork creme brulee, topped with chestnut and dehydrated pork belly. Shrimp essence sauce (reduced head material). Sous-vide Meagre: With mussels & port-pickled onions. Garnished with seaweed and coriander salad. Served with mussel & coriander foam. Slow roasted leg of lamb & demi-glace: Served with sunchoke puree, pickled pomegranate, watercress, and sunchoke skin chips. Deconstructed parfait: Rosemary ice cream under honey, pollen, and crumbled shortbread with frozen goat cheese medallions over a pumpkin puree. Petit fours: Dried meringue with egg custard. (at Restaurante Sala) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6SyrILHD0VQfhBPzuCSZFXxaeFaldUPRt7gTw0/?igshid=1qz5k7gzj9am

[colasipper]

Today's #windowview winner! #contrails #moon https://www.instagram.com/p/B6N0Zi_nw6pRNJ2EXdfQqqBh8A6EJ38vGub-6o0/?igshid=plgneiq1oy33

[colasipper]

Killer birthday dinner compliments of @buzzlightbrown : - Quebec oysters - Tuna Tartare with Popcorn - Daikon Salmon "Cannelloni" - Seared Mackerel w. Spicy Mayo - Chanterelles w. Egg, Tomatoes, and Parmesan - Peppered, Yellowfin Tuna Steaks w. Seasonal Veg - Dessert - Auval Farmhouse from the cellar (at Montréal Plaza) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4DD8RQHl-HTadHb51VKc3wZoEUzL0uwWiISqk0/?igshid=1v9phqc02yfps

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Old #Montreal in what feels like the final days of #autumn 🇨🇦🍁⚜️ (at Old Montreal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4BLfgoHtSW6y8qvl14uVY8jSnOm4uJxRa9lbQ0/?igshid=1a3g7r93zgco3

[colasipper]

#Montreal knows #streetart (at Boulevard Saint-Laurent) https://www.instagram.com/p/B371yz7HmYc3_Q85iJnYsrsGowrl6wpIGUzW440/?igshid=achztlsg73ma

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#Fall in #MTL (at Le Plateau-Mont-Royal) https://www.instagram.com/p/B37oeiinRHsUkax16PxqSBlkPplJ1ztAifR3fo0/?igshid=haok802nwqp5

[colasipper]

Homecoming. A perfect day with a uniformly-delightful Class of '99. #queensu #theghetto #fall #queensfootball (at Queen's University) https://www.instagram.com/p/B32S9NTn3e_LQ4FKOLI74saCrtT_TAnij3hRB80/?igshid=lxqtk9ixmwxe

[colasipper]

I've always maintained that for locals, there's only one T used when referring to this town. #Turrannah #cityhall (at Toronto City Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3GYk0DnlDRYbBsbr1KuO-WuKsJFUu5DQPk1GQ0/?igshid=1xkuq9si8c9in

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Back in the Big Smoke. #toronto #skyline 🇨🇦 https://www.instagram.com/p/B3BWDr9nOXcxy_Jnq41vvKRESsw8eOopp2dbME0/?igshid=2h1v4oxvbamx