Corndogs + Avocados

Below are some old pictures of yours truly. Five-bucks via PayPal to the first person who can correctly name where I am in each picture (what city, or whose house, etc), and a bonus $5 to the first person to give the correct chronology of the photos, earliest to latest:
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We’re running a little Halloween costume contest and will award $5 for the best costume in three categories: (1) children/youth (2) family, and (3) adults (uh, no sexy stuff, please). Early entrants are already posted in our gallery.
To enter, simply submit your photos (or blog/website/online photo gallery address) via the form below. Good luck!

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I am curious about the speed of broadband internet around the country and across the world. I just took the speed test at the aptly-named speedtest.net and my results are in the table at right. The test also alerts the user to his or her speed ranking globally and nationally. How does your connection compare? [...]