Finalist #25
A swimming pig in the Bahamas. "My husband, Jeff, took it while we were on vacation in the Exumas in January 2008. There is a very small island inhabited only by formerly-domesticated, now semi-feral pigs. Because tourists (like us!) feed them, they will swim out to the boats to mooch for food. This little guy was so cute we couldn’t resist sharing some of our lunch with him."
(Shared by Julie Morrill of Milton)
About the prize
 Located in the heart of historic Back Bay, the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers is one of Boston's most recognized and renowned landmarks. Winner receives a two-night stay.
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 Warm up by sipping afternoon tea at the Park Plaza. Winner receives a two-hour private tea tasting with in-house Tea Sommelier Cynthia Gold.
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 Feel the heat at Todd English's Bonfire. A unique take on the traditional steakhouse, the restaurant offers finely aged steaks, seafood, and more. Winner receives dinner for two.
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 Experience relaxation at Salon Marc Harris in Boston's Financial District. Winner receives a 50-minute, soy candle massage.
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About the judge
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John Tlumacki has been a staff photographer at the Boston Globe since 1981. There's not much he hasn't covered, including three Winter Olympics, several Super Bowls, and the fall of the Berlin Wall, for which he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize. When on assignment shooting icebergs in the North Atlantic, he had the opportunity to fly an Air Force C-135. He crashed in a hot-air balloon race that took off from Foxborough when the basket hit the top of a tall pine tree off Interstate 95. He also took the last known photo of fugitive Whitey Bulger wearing a white Red Sox baseball cap. John is a graduate of Boston University, magna cum laude from the College of Communication. He resides on the South Shore with his wife, Debra.
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