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Showing posts with label City. Show all posts
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October 15, 2020
Artsy Bike
This is an artistic bike in Washington, D.C.
Like a newspaper, it's black and white and "read" or actually rode all over.
How much time do you give a bike like this before it gets stolen on the streets downtown?
D.C. seems to be getting even worse than before, now with Coronavirus and the riots.
Doesn't feel safe, and it's in definite need of an urban makeover from all the horrible poverty and homelessness. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Artsy Bike
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March 16, 2019
February 3, 2016
Bodega D.C.
This little deli and grocery in downtown D.C. always reminds me of the spanish bodegas back in NYC.
The smallish store has just a couple of aisles of stuffed shelves of all sort of fast food eatsies.
Usually not very organized, but more like you see something from all the grab it type foods and drinks and just go for it.
Signs are handwritten and taped on to shelves, doors, and counters.
Food packages jut out from shelves into the aisles and frequently get knocked down by customers on to the floors of the narrower aisles.
Pour your own cup of coffee or softdrink.
Sandwiches in the back are freshly made while you wait and come heaping with toppings and the price written with a black marker on the celaphane wrapping.
The store is laidback and informal with the proprietor at the counter reading from his newspaper as people come by to check out and he looks up between paragraphs.
Very working class and for students in the area, the lines can get long to the door at lunch hour.
A little unkept and no place to sit and dawdle--this is a get in and get out little neighborhood store.
A big contrast with the cookie-cutter chain stores and franchises--this is mom and pop style. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Bodega D.C.
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October 7, 2015
Outskirts City Life
Liked this piece of art, which I am calling Outskirts City Life.
In the background, under cloudy skies, the tall city buildings--sort of wobbly with all the people and goings-on, which in a way we want to leave behind for some peace and quiet.
In the foreground is a bridge and park with some sun and trees and people talking, sitting and laying in the grass and a lonesome car driving by.
The colors are vibrant, the shapes are almost like three-dimensional cut-outs making a sort of fairy tale feeling to the whole landscape.
The picture is overall one where we balance hectic life in the city with the restfulness and tranquility of surrounding nature.
It's a life where harmony is made by conscious choice and actions to promote a healthy body and mind amidst what we seek to do and accomplish and all that which we are asked to bear for it. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
In the background, under cloudy skies, the tall city buildings--sort of wobbly with all the people and goings-on, which in a way we want to leave behind for some peace and quiet.
In the foreground is a bridge and park with some sun and trees and people talking, sitting and laying in the grass and a lonesome car driving by.
The colors are vibrant, the shapes are almost like three-dimensional cut-outs making a sort of fairy tale feeling to the whole landscape.
The picture is overall one where we balance hectic life in the city with the restfulness and tranquility of surrounding nature.
It's a life where harmony is made by conscious choice and actions to promote a healthy body and mind amidst what we seek to do and accomplish and all that which we are asked to bear for it. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Outskirts City Life
July 6, 2015
A Beauty In The Downtown
I took this photo in downtown Washington, D.C.
Right between the limbs of this tree trunk was this amazing yellow flower almost popping up out of nowhere.
It was like "Here I am, enjoy me!"
The more nature we put back into our cities the nicer and friendlier they are.
Nature sooths man's inner beast--and we definitely need more of that. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Right between the limbs of this tree trunk was this amazing yellow flower almost popping up out of nowhere.
It was like "Here I am, enjoy me!"
The more nature we put back into our cities the nicer and friendlier they are.
Nature sooths man's inner beast--and we definitely need more of that. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
A Beauty In The Downtown
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June 24, 2015
Flowers, Pink And Orange
Gorgeous time of year in Washington, D.C. (although a little hazy, hot, and humid out there).
Pictured here, some beautiful pink and orange flowers in downtown.
Can't believe these actually grow (transplanted that is) in the city, but so glad they do...they're beautiful. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Pictured here, some beautiful pink and orange flowers in downtown.
Can't believe these actually grow (transplanted that is) in the city, but so glad they do...they're beautiful. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Flowers, Pink And Orange
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February 4, 2015
rED pEPPERS Anyone
Just someone dropping their jar of roasted red peppers smack in the middle of the street in Foggy Bottom, and just in time for the morning commute.
Well, watch your step folks (there's broken glass there) and don't step in the slimmy red pepper sauce (ala Whole Foods "everyday value").
Just another hump day in the nation's Capital. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
rED pEPPERS Anyone
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December 30, 2013
Up Up And Away
Had a wonderful time with Rebecca Blumenthal today.
We went air ballooning over Las Vegas.
I was surprised at how large the balloons were and how easy the ride was--didn't even feel it when we lifted off the ground and before I knew it, we were 4,000 feet above sea level.
I shot the video standing in the balloon as it was being inflated--never knew you could do that!
And I took the photo of the balloon with the Vegas Strip in the background--you can see the Stratosphere on the left along with the other fancy hotels and sites.
The view from above was beautiful, the air outside was cool, but under the burners of the balloon we were warm and toasty.
Sheldon Grauberger was a terrific aeronaut and guide today and you could see, completely, the total passion he had for this sport.
He told us how he actually trains others for free--he "pays it forward," since he was taught almost 20 years ago similarly.
The sky, mountains, city, breeze, and peace and quiet floating overhead was so amazing.
I sort of felt like the young boy, Pascal, in the movie, The Red Balloon.
He dreams of a better future and is carried off by the balloons into the wild blue yonder to live happily ever after, please G-d. ;-)
(Source Photo and Video: Andy Blumenthal)
Up Up And Away
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August 17, 2013
New York?
This is not the New York I remember (dirty, crowded, dangerous--ugh!).
My daughter went on a Shabbaton to the Big Apple.
They put her up in an amazing multi-million apartment overlooking Central Park.
The contrast between the city and the nature-y park is stark and stunning.
I guess the have and have nots are alive and well in NY.
But wow, this would be nice to wake up to in the morning. ;-)
(Source Photo: Michelle Blumenthal)
My daughter went on a Shabbaton to the Big Apple.
They put her up in an amazing multi-million apartment overlooking Central Park.
The contrast between the city and the nature-y park is stark and stunning.
I guess the have and have nots are alive and well in NY.
But wow, this would be nice to wake up to in the morning. ;-)
(Source Photo: Michelle Blumenthal)
New York?
October 25, 2012
City Sunrise
This was a beautiful city sunrise in Washington D.C.
And it is accented by the lamppost shinning like the sun on the middle left.
You can also see the store lights and car headlights as some additional sparkle to this.
Anyway, it reminds me of a crude, funny story I heard at a seminar this week:
This guy drives to work in San Francisco early in the morning when it is still very foggy.
So he has to turn on his fog lights to see and navigate.
But by the time, he gets to work every day, the fog lifts and he is afraid that he is going to forget to turn the lights of the car off.
As a reminder, he leaves his fly open--what?
He figures, by at least noon every day, someone will tell him his fly is open and he'll remember then to turn off his fog lights.
What made this even funnier is the lady in the room next to me leans over and says, "so what are us ladies supposed to do to remember to turn off our fog lights?"
Great questions, ah...let's talk about that one after class. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
City Sunrise
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