With a Cherry (and Mr. Hunter) on Top

You know how people sometimes say, "That's just the cherry on top" to talk about something great that happens that's a bonus to the good things that have already happened?  Here's Mr. Hunter adding even more of a bonus to this super-sized sundae outside of Ben & Jerry's at the Marina Village.

This bench was quite a people magnet.  Most days we walked by, the bench would be too crowded with ice cream eaters and other tourists posing with the sundae.  But one morning we happened by much earlier in the day on our way to the ferry, so Mr. Hunter finally had his chance.

Ben & Jerry's

Marina Village

Atlantis Resort

Paradise Island, The Bahamas

July 2012

Franz the Bear

Mr. Hunter had just met this friendly bear in Park City when all of a sudden out of nowhere this guy appeared and started wrestling with the bear! 

 What the what?!

Okay, really, that's my brother clowning around.

The bear is known as Franz the Bear, 

and you can find him on Main Street in Park City, or even on Facebook.  

Friendly Franz was made by sculptor Michelle vandenHeuvel.

near 558 Main Street

Park City, Utah

May 2009

The Wood Carver

I love this.  I love this a lot.  

After visiting the Pantheon, we wandered down a pedestrian street

 and came across a life-size wooden Pinocchio figure sitting on a bench.

This Pinocchio is a mascot for a little toy shop called Bartolucci.  Beside the bench was an open store front where a wood carver was busy making another Pinocchio.

Well. 

 All those woodworking tools.  Mr. Hunter.  

How could I not ask Mr. Woodworker to pose with my wooden friend?

It was my first day in Rome, so I was jetlagged.  I couldn't remember the Italian words to ask the wood carver to pose for a photo, so I shyly offered Mr. Hunter to him and held up my camera. 

 I remember the man as being serious, nonplussed.  But when I look at the photo now, he seems to have this gleam in his eye.   Bemused slightly, but friendly.

An entry for the Mr. Hunter Hall of Fame.

Bartolucci

Via dei Pastini

Rome, Italy

June 2008