What are your jeans doing today?

[Paul T]

There is one upside to the loss of the old industries - less pollution means more fish. And these fellas, cormorants, who live off them.

This section used to have massive towers for a sugar refinery, recently demolished. They're still clearing away the rubble.

I love these old gas holders, many of which date from Victorian times. THey're ruggedly beautiful. Yestreday I got a train thru West Ham where there were five of them, I want to go and see them again.

We looped away from the river to hurry back home to do some work. I've got 3,500 words to write, Carl has a 148 page booklet for a vinyl album to design, so we had to speed up a bit.

This is the factory that had the huge sugar silos. Now you can see their huge, brick distillery building, which seems totally deserted. I wonder how long this will last.

But, not everything is crumbling and being demolished. Here's a happy site - Meantime Brewery, the home of the magical beer I am sipping right now. I'm 2,500 words in. I hope Carl got to his target of 120 pages by tonight. Have a great weekend, folks.

[robbie]

x post from cone x roy contest thread :

This was our last week of school...

The last one of these I'll be washing for a few months.

A good friend from work is moving to a new school. We had a going away party this afternoon for her. Kicked off the summer w/ a little grilling, a little food and some LADDERBALL.

* we followed the 'rules' of the game and had drinks in our hands during actual play, but since we work at a school no adult beverages visible in pictures. *

this is what winning looks like

She claimed to have never played before...

Then she proceeded to kick my ass.

But at least I had my wife, and my Roys to console me in my time of defeat.

[riff]

Love the photo-splosion here! Repped where I could!

Xpost from RxC...

So this weekend is Victoria Day weekend in Canada, with Monday off. Our weekend started early yesterday, as our little one had no school . So we headed out with friends to a place called Elora - about an hour & a half west of the GTA.

Beautiful farmland, picturesque little town - Friday was a great day to go, as it becomes very busy & touristy on holidays & weekends.

On the way, quite a few OPP were on the roads - probably in preparation for the long weekend blitz

Elora

Lots of over-priced "antiques"

Small town denim steez!

First we took a walk along the river

Then we went over to the look-out area to get a view of Elora Gorge

The top of the gorge is surrounded by cedar forests - just lovely

I'm always impressed by the hardiness of cedars, and their ability to put down roots almost anywhere!

We hoofed down a long set of stairs to get to the water's edge

[riff]

After all that hiking around, we needed to re-fuel. So we dropped into a little pastry shop to check things out…

Mmmmmm

We bought some of the best baklava I ever had

An eclectic pastry shop - would you like some books or weapons with your pastry?

We found a quiet spot by the river to eat and enjoy the view

The there was the obligatory playground stop

What I was wearing (Alden, RxC, Flathead)

One of the best parts was seeing some of the original buildings, many dating back to the early 1800's

Today my wife went to Canada Wonderland with our daughter & friends, while I'm at home, taking care of some "honey-do" items! More to come, and we still have lots of stuff planned for the rest of the weekend!

[FabGeek]

I was about to say which picture i liked best, but i can't decide..they're all so nice! It looks like you had a fun day for sure.

[FabGeek]

went to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens today:

started out with the 80s badboy pose

bad reputation by dethridge photography, on Flickr

fed the fish them snapped some flowers:

sun bather's sibling by dethridge photography, on Flickr

flower by dethridge photography, on Flickr

love hurts by dethridge photography, on Flickr

then i battled Son not to jump in the water lol

waterfall by dethridge photography, on Flickr

then it got balls hot so we left

[morse9443]

Great stuff fabgeek. Need that lens!

And awesome work again riff! Poor imitation of your HDR skills today in the harbor fog.

[FabGeek]

Try converting to black and white..it'd look so awesome! I don't think it's too shabby as is either! It looks like the fog is eating everything and rolling towards you..

[tg76]

x post from ROY comp thread

as the prophet fore sore it is time for RAPKAYAK

3 layers sprayed on later

spotted these cool scaffolding castors to clean up and turn into something in our future

just like christmas morning get up and rush to open presents

and thats that done

next weekend the varnish

then my lead role as maker of all the soft bits, seats, back rests, skirts etc

these really are our babies as it will have been 9 months when they are done

today we ride bikes

ka kite ano

[Layne]

A couple friends and I saw Primus last night in Memphis. I have some pics but left my camera in my buddy's truck... I'll try to get them up whenever possible.

Here's a video from the show (not mine):

D1_iU_OXcDI

[Baeyer-Drewson]

Went to read in Jingan park. Lots of nice manicured gardens and old men playing mahjong.

Walked down Nanjing road to find some eats. Glorious old soviet-style architecture.

Not-so-soviet-style architecture.

Stopped in a mall to get some food. The malls on Nanjing road are insane. As big as anything I've seen anywhere but nearly always empty. It's quite surreal. All these megamall complexes, almost nobody shopping there, and every store will have at least 3 attendants. Since the Nanjing Rd malls generally have the Western "luxury" brands, I assume this is because most people can't afford to shop there. By contrast, the Pudong mall was full of people.

Ended up getting some quick noodle soup at Xia Mian Guan. Very cheap, very tasty, very big bowls.

[ulysses.]

Highdea #1 by ulysses.O, on Flickr

N&F SG MOM COLLAB

[kansas]

^^Damn you Robbie, got all next week to go at my school.

Photos on this page are simply stunning.

Love that perpetual water sculpture.....

I spent a good hour with the fam. last night......

.....hiding-out in our basement from this........

....and this, which passed blocks from our house.

Not a violent enough tornado to do too much damage, but a little unnerving when it's so close to you. All was well......

[misterh]

glad it didn't get too close Kansas.

jealous of both you and Robbie, I have 6 weeks left to go at school.

then it's 2 whole months with my boy.

[robbie]

Not a violent enough tornado to do too much damage, but a little unnerving when it's so close to you. All was well......

Kansas, no need to be jealous... this is just one more week of the summer I am not making money.

Glad you and your family are safe. Tornadoes don't screw around.

[Max Power]

Spent the whole day at the sea, smoking, drinking, flipping stones and eating sea food. Perfect.

[riff]

^ Looks like the perfect day Max! Misterh - something to look forward to indeed!

Kansas - whew, glad you missed that! BD - that perpetual water sculpture reminds me of a Moebius strip!

TG - looking forward to seeing them on the water! Morse - love it - keep playing with it and yeah - I'd love to see a B&W version too! Great stuff Fab - DoF is really superb on that lens!

The weekend continued (I'm a couple of days behind in sorting thru the shots!)

After Elora, we drove on to St Jacobs.

Typical scenery along the way

We stopped along the way to take some shots of horses in a field. I was so focused on one horse, that I didn't notice another one approaching me until he nuzzled my telephoto!

St Jacobs and neighbouring areas are home to many Mennonites - we knew we were getting closer when we started seeing more & more buggies on the street!

Our first stop was at an old mill/silo, which has been converted into 4 levels of shops, coffeehouses & historical/crafts displays

The quilts were really stunning

Then we walked along the main street & took in the sights

Mural depicting a Mennonite scene

[riff]

Lots of buggies about

Further down the street, we stopped for an ice-cream, and a Mennonite family pulled up in their buggy. There were 4 children (2 boys, 2 girls), maybe between 3-6 years of age. Cute as buttons! Their dad bought ice cream for them, and I walked over to complement the parents on their beautiful family.

The 4 kids were sitting with legs dangling over the edge of the buggy, happily eating ice cream. The little girls wore long dresses, with apron & bonnet, while the lads had on dark coloured pants with suspenders, hats, and checked shirts.

I asked their parents if they would mind if I took some photos, and I was delighted when they told me to go ahead! I figured "nothing ventured, nothing gained", so when I finished with the shots, I asked if they would sign a model release for me. I was even more happy when they agreed! I promised to let them know if the photos get published, and yesterday I matted 4-5 really nice shots, and mailed the package off to them!

We noticed lots of really cool weathervanes

Further down the street, we found the shop that sells them. Very cool, funky place - they even had a model railroad that was suspended in the air, and the tracks weaved in & out of the store.

The pups, enjoying a quiet moment.

By the time we got back to the car, they were ready to sleep all the way home!

We knew we had left farm country far behind when I spotted this…. Look closely - the whole car is wrapped in carbon fibre. SMH.

Hope you all had a great weekend!!!

[laxlife1234]

^Wow, great stuff! And to everyone else, great stuff! This page is awesome!

So, today I had a little city adventure!

Skyline of the city

Finally entering the city after a 30min drive

Then obviously AS SOON AS I got out of the car, this guy was walking down the street haha. He made me crack up, so I asked to take a picture of him, and he said of course. Anyways, that made my day.

I was somewhat confused by this sign, but found it somewhat interesting

Went to Yonah Shimmel, but wasn't hungry at all.. So I got a cream soda and matzoh ball soup, since the person I was with was.

Then we eventually made our way to Self-Edge (cause it is a must visit place if you are ever in the area), but I forgot to take a picture of the actual store -__-, but this is the street it was on.

Then I saw this interesting bike...

[laxlife1234]

then we took the subway to one of the most touristy things I could think of: Taking the staten Island ferry.

See ya soon manhattan!

Some random seagull.

Part of the gate used to let us off (in an artsy form).

Hey guys!

Then managed to snap this cool pic.

Proceeded to take the subway again to SoHo, where I awkwardly walked into BiG thinking I was cool. But, I walked down a bunch of streets.

Stupid pigeon.

Probably my favorite part of SoHo Right here: The bike right outoutside of the Acne store IIRC.

[laxlife1234]

This picture actually is my favorite...

Then walking back to the subway after visiting SoHo I saw a couple of guys working on something, I don't know what they were doing exactly though.

As we were walking back to the car, we saw some "director" directing something (musical?, Play?..)..

Walking back, saw a cool building, took a pic, put it into B&W to make it look cooler.

Bye city

And of course the WAYWT.

Also, sorry for the un-sharpness of the images cause photobucket really knows how to fuck that up.

[kansas]

^^ Really great. Those quilts are beautiful, and the retro-fitted buggies are pretty awesome.

[thedoad]

Been a while.. My jeans went to San Diego County to visit the Might 3 sisters falls and waterslide all day. It was a very intense hike. The photos dont really show how crazy the last mile or so was. Very steep. Saw lots of people take scary tumbles.

No me or jeans pictured.

[kansas]

I spotted that bike in another blog.....I think it's city-funded street art if I recall correctly?

[laxlife1234]

Hmm... Not too sure if it is city funded? But, the bike is pretty well known..

The artist also did this: Click Here.

[Forbidden]

Today my jeans went through a full day of fun and exercise!

Intro, the biggest electronic festival of Beijing

was held at 751 industrial park inside 798

Not a great picture but still that is the main stage

An advertisement for Acupuncture Records, there were stickers everywhere

Saw this huge dirty ass ball being bounced around the place

Then here are some pictures of the unusual things at Intro

That lady was wearing a wedding dress

[not too tight]

Then I saw this interesting bike...

That is all white because it is a ghost bike. Someone died there in a bike accident.

Walking back, saw a cool building, took a pic, put it into B&W to make it look cooler.

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That is the new Cooper Union Engineering building.

Looks like you had a fun day in the city though!

[-Z-]

Forbidden...you have no idea how excited those pics make me...I'm going to be living out in 798 district (or near by) and its great to see some of what the area has to offer!!!!

laxlife what were you doing up near St. Marks on Bowery? my favorite bar is across the street from that building (McSorley's Old Alehouse), and I was on the next street up doing karaoke at like 2 AM saturday morning...Ippudo is up a ways as well and has very good Japanese food.

great shots everybody! Riff you're the man!

[laxlife1234]

That is all white because it is a ghost bike. Someone died there in a bike accident.

That is the new Cooper Union Engineering building.

Looks like you had a fun day in the city though!

Oh Didn't know that, that's sad.

And yes I had a very fun day!

Also, do you work in the city?

laxlife what were you doing up near St. Marks on Bowery? my favorite bar is across the street from that building (McSorley's Old Alehouse), and I was on the next street up doing karaoke at like 2 AM saturday morning...Ippudo is up a ways as well and has very good Japanese food.

Huh, didn't know that haha! I was actually walking around the city I started there as we parked the car on E 6th St. Then we walked around that area for a little then took the subway and began our adventure. But, I actually didn't realize that area where we parked was until I came back to leave. My cousin used to go to Pace, and that was where we walked around when I visited her, funny I didn't recognize where I was until I walked back to our car.

[Baeyer-Drewson]

Went cruising around Moganshu Rd in Shanghai. A lot of old industrial space converted into an art district. Didn't get any particularly good photos, mostly because I was a little overwhelmed by the size of the place.

There were about 30 multi-storey buildings comprised of big galleries, small galleries, cafes, bookstores, artists workshops, etc.. The place was like a maze with all the different stairwells, balcony walkways, and little rooms tucked everywhere. A really fun space...

And the road leading out had a wall adjoining the river bank, the whole thing was a series of murals. Must have been a mile or two long... Lots of memorials to the 11.15 victims, the biggest fire in Shanghai in decades, 58 people were killed when the 28 storey building went up in flames.