What are your jeans doing today?

[sweapea]

Cute kids beatle!!

I've long admired this thread - such awesome stuff. I finally have a decent cam to shoot with… My dad "perma-loaned" me his T2i/50mm combo! My mom thinks it's a ploy to upgrade his toys and I think she's right!!

At any rate, I've also been taking some photo courses, so any feedback & suggestions would be most welcome!

I've been living in Ottawa since January & have hardly seen any of the area because of work! So finally, this weekend, I took a bit of a tour - thought I'd share!

A colleague suggested taking a drive along Aviation Parkway, which is a really nice scenic route that takes you past a lot of the Ottawa-area sites of interest.

First stop was at the aviation museum - lots of cool old planes, and even helicopter rides for the fat of wallet!

Continuing along the Parkway, there are numerous little scenic lookout areas where you can pull over & take in the sights.

Here's the Ottawa river, with the province of Quebec on the other side.

The marina below was busy on such a sunny day, and lots of people were out enjoying the water.

The bridge to Hull, Quebec. Party town! It's where you go when things close for the night in Ottawa!

[sweapea]

Continuing along - one of my favourite buildings - the National Gallery of Canada. The place to go to get your art fix. It's had a number of controversial exhibits - including one artist's creation - made of raw meat - for which the Gallery paid an obscene amount of money! For obvious reasons, it wasn't displayed very long

I wonder if that's where Lady Gaga got her idea!

Modern architecture switches over to the old as you approach the Parliament buildings - Canada's seat of government. The detail work is really amazing.

The clock tower - swarming with tourists! The fireworks & crowds are astonishing here on Canada Day - next year I'll be prepared to take some shots!

Since I'm practicing my photo skills, here are the obligatory flower shots! I love shallow depth of field!

By the time I got home, I was hot & thirsty, so I headed over to my neighbour's place, and we had a beer while we chilled with his 3 month old shiba imu puppy! So cute!!!

[kansas]

Went to the Nelson-Atkins, and Kemper art museums in KC.

Photos from the sculpture garden.

Claus Oldenburg giant shuttlecocks.

Awesome stainless steel tree.

Quite a few Henry Moore pieces in the collection.

Sweetpea, looks familiar, huh?

Gig time.......

[tvshooter]

from this weekend. had three Japanese naval ships in town. the Kashima, Asagiri and the Mineyuki. took a ride over on the ferry from P-town. Coast Guard birthday party was in full effect.

you can see the ships parked along the water

my partners in crime. excited as i was to meet some Japanese sailors.

Konichwa!

it was pretty awesome. everyone was real friendly. i showed one dude i was wearing Denimes and he got really excited. saw a bunch of them walking around town later on and checked the styles. one dude was totally decked out- redwings, cuffed denim, fat wallet and leather reign, etc., fun times.

[beatle]

love it..good to see Tvshooter Junior in action

[Warakia]

So today me and my jeans went to Den Haag to apply for a visum.

Visa by AsamiNL, on Flickr

A 5 minute walk from the station to the visa bureau.

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Den Haag HS by AsamiNL, on Flickr

IMG_0682 by AsamiNL, on Flickr

Thank god for Google Maps on my phone because I walked past the building three times before finally getting there..

Visa Bureau by AsamiNL, on Flickr

When alone in an elevator with mirrors, a self shot is obligatory.

WDYWT by AsamiNL, on Flickr

Didn't take any pictures inside because I felt it wouldn't be appreciated, which is a pity since all the girls working the counters were cute Chinese girls .

After that I planned to take a proper stroll through Den Haag, but due to rainy weather I had to cut it short. Did very much enjoy this streetsign (it means beershore or beercanal):

bierkade by AsamiNL, on Flickr

To get into the mood of what is ahead of me in a few weeks I strolled through Den Haag's Chinatown, and being a born and raised citizen of Amsterdam I couldn't help but take this picture:

Chinatown Den Haag by AsamiNL, on Flickr

Made a quick pitstop at the Chinese supermarket on my way back to the station, where I took a leap of faith and bought this interestingly looking drink. It wasn't bad at all actually, just a bit too sweet for my taste.

Wong Lo Kat by AsamiNL, on Flickr

[kayodic]

^familiar places.... it's nice to see DenHaag Holland Spoor and eps the red HTM tram, love it.....

[BrownMetallic]

FC 1108C x Trickers: pit stop before catching the subway train home

[Forbidden]

This is just a collage of photos during my stay in London. Will post more when I finish sorting through them all. All were taken with my iPhone.

Paddington Bear

Outside Christ Church College in Oxford.

The Harry Potter dining hall inside Christ Church College

At Greenwich where the East meets West literally

At Ripley's

@ Ice Bar London

That is all for now, stay tuned for more! lol

[-Z-]

Last week in Shanghai...have the weekend to do some final exploring and then I'm off to Beijing on Monday to settle in to another corporate apartment and look for a place of my own...excited to shoot my final photos from this fine city this weekend, and more than excited to journey up to Beijing and finally have a new "home"...more to come next week some time.

[-Z-]

oh yea, been waiting on this for a month...now i can finally leave the country if I need to, take amazing vacations...and legally work!

[Forbidden]

^ Welcome to Beijing!

[therelativity]

[rockon99]

i drank wine with a really great girl and her friend, and took drunk webcam pictures.

Then this happened..

[Maynard Friedman]

Did she stab you?

Broken heart perhaps?

[joelz]

walked up from work (financial district) to soho yesterday to meet friends & the gf for drinks

from wall st

to tourists

said goodbye to the towering skyscrapers

didn't need help crossing

found some street art by space invader

chatted up some ladies

interrupted a conversation

thought about bright things

and sadder days

then read the signs and was done

[tvshooter]

great pics on this page. +rep where i could.

[rockon99]

Did she stab you?

Broken heart perhaps?

lul.. nahh

[riff]

Snippets of my week….

We're back to hosting visiting family & friends, after a week "off" the previous week. Lot's of BBQ's!

My sister goofing off, wearing a necklace made by the kids!

Summertime means major construction everywhere, and for months now, our neighbourhood - like many others - has been ripped up, with workers laying pipes, cable & whatnot.

One afternoon, we get home and see this:

My first reaction was - better check the phone lines. Sure enough, no dial-tone. I called our service provider right away… It took them 3 days to get it fixed. I also called the construction company and gave them shit for not even bothering to let us know that they had cut the cable.

After I got off the phone, I told my wife that it could have been worse, at least they didn't hit a gas line….

The next morning, our doorbell rings at 7 in the morning - I'm glad I was home & not out on a training ride. It was one of the workers. They had - you guessed it - hit a gas line, and were telling all the nearby residents to evacuate.

I pulled on my Roys, grabbed the family, guests, the pups and my camera bag and we vacated the place. We were lucky that they allowed us to start the car. We dropped our daughter off at camp, then circled back to keep an eye on things.

By this point, the street had been closed off, the police & firemen were there, and somewhat stunned residents were standing around at a safe distance.

It starts to pour - of course. So we took the pups for a brief walk, then came back & I continued to snap photos.

The cop was really something… He bullied a couple of neighbours and demanded that they not take cell phone pics. He spent a good deal of time glaring at me (I had my Canon "cannon" pointed right at him) but was too intimidated to pick on me

The fire crew was great - hoses and canisters were out, in case of an explosion or fire, and everyone was awaiting the arrival of the gas crew to cap the leak.

They finally arrived - an hour later - and got to work. Fortunately, it wasn't one of the main lines that had been ruptured, but the smell was everywhere. It only took them about 5 minutes to cap it.

Once all that was over, one of the gas co guys came in to the house with us to check for any remnants of gas. We got a clean bill of health. So we got our sopping wet selves dried off. By then the rain had stopped, so we took the pups for a longer walk.

[riff]

Post rain goodness:

After all that excitement, we decided that a relaxing day at the beach was in order! Jeans were left in the car, and we headed for the water

Beachy scenes

Pups had a blast…

And made new friends!

Just for you Ordo!

And that's… The End!

[CrashTestBrummie]

Whoah, nothing like a quiet day, eh riff?

We've just had riots on our doorstep here Didn't think to take pics, although I'm sure anyone who's seen a newspaper recently will have an idea...

[Forbidden]

riff love your pictures: they are amazing as they always have been.

Will plus rep when i can.

[jigsaw]

Excellent pic riff! god...

[robbie]

Drove to Lincoln,NE today. My wife went to a lecture at the University. I am not really collegiate so I bummed around. Did a little thrifting, but most importantly was able to enjoy 2 of these. Real coffee is difficult to come by, as it's about 200 miles away in any direction.

YUM.

Also, here's one of several endangered species I saw today :

would have had a lot more pics, but the phone died just before lunch.

[Mr HaGa]

^where you get that coffee? The Mill?

[Max Power]

First I visited the Queen MAry 2, which happens to be the largest cruising ship in the world.

[Max Power]

Next, I met with good friends & the boy to look at the departure, have BBQ and play viking chess. The kid took the camera and blew 300 pics until the memory card was full. Was a great & funny day.

[kayodic]

^i would put my money on the boy, he seems pretty confident on throwing and he beat you in this viking chess right? (i dont have any idea what that game is) but yeahh.... lotsa fun there.

anyway... you wore 0201 or 0905SP (i saw your waywt and you said 0905SP, where are the battle stripes Max? i didnt see 'em )

[robbie]

^where you get that coffee? The Mill?

Cultiva, 11th & 'G' ish.

[Mr HaGa]

^Pretty good coffee, pretty shitty people.