bike racks August 9th, 2010

Welcome to Monday morning, everyone. Here’s a somewhat abstract photo from NoMa of a row of circular bike racks and of course their shadows.

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chopsticks! October 1st, 2009

 

 

 

   

Matt brought me these awesome chopsticks from China, and while I love the sticks themselves (check out that face design that lines up at the tips!), I also can’t help but geek out over the nice packaging, too. It’s so clean and well-designed — two hidden magnets underneath the paper liner hold the box together. Which means there is also no plastic or trash to throw away after it has been opened. Why can’t more things come like this in the US? Apple has, of course, been making nice packages forever, so why is it so hard for other products to come in anything besides the terrible clam-shell plastic that drives everyone crazy and cuts up your fingers? And more importantly, who wants to come over for sushi?

   

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Feeding Desire. December 30th, 2008

   
What exactly is going on here??
   
It’s a photo from the Feeding Desire Exhibit at Winterthur Estate in Delaware, that’s what. If you thought there wasn’t much to silverware design, influence, or evolution — you are wrong. The utensils in this exhibit range from whimsical to ornate to practical to modern. And sporks!!!

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Construction! October 10th, 2008

   

Matt has been working on the construction site at Constitution Square (next to the New York Avenue metro in NoMA) for awhile now, and he takes all these realllllly cool pictures of the construction materials that make me go “whoa what *is* that!?!” There is so much color and texture and rhythm to be found in these not-yet-assembled pieces — eventually when put together it will go something like this. Or here is some time lapse photography. Since there are way too many pictures to post them individually, I threw them all together into a composition I would call blue, green, red: 3 circles, 3 squares, 3 lines

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Things that make you go Hmmm May 28th, 2008

   
I just think this is a cool photo angle. When Matt first showed it to me I had no idea what I was looking at for a few seconds. Happy hump day!

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“Watch for Specials” on M St, NE May 13th, 2008

   

I love old signs that are still around, especially funny ones. This applies to anything with “-est” statements. “Coldest beer in town!” or Danny’s Sub Shop “Greatest Hamburger in the World.” Completely unverified statements do make really great slogans. Makes you wonder, hmmm, do they really have the coldest refrigerator?

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the eagles on the Taft Bridge are mysterious May 10th, 2008

   
Above is a photo of one of the light poles on the Taft Bridge on Connecticut Avenue. And here’s our theory about these eagle sculptures on top of the lamps… There are probably, say, 20 birds in total, one on each pole as they march along the side of the bridge, and all of them face inward towards the pedestrians, or the cars if you are driving. Except for one. Ah ha! On the west side of the bridge, closer to the Dupont Circle side, one of the eagles faces off toward the National Cathedral. Why is it turned? This is where the Illuminati landmarks come into the theory. I think they left a major component out of National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Actually, I never saw that movie because I already sawNational Treasure. But whatever Nicholas Cage was doing in DC in that movie he was probably doing it totally wrong. He should have been tracing a line between that misaligned eagle and the National Cathedral because who knows what is hidden in that line. It pretty much has to be part of the compass. If you know anything about the Freemasons then I’m sure you are following me here.
   
Anyway, if you are Dan Brown and you are reading this and you still don’t have the ending written for The Solomon Key you can feel free to use this material.

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Knockoffs and Old Ladies April 10th, 2008

   
Ahhhhh behold the street cart full of crap for sale : knockoff Gucci handbags, cheap plastic sunglasses, and any three white DC tee-shirts for only $10 bucks. These old ladies cannot escape the allure of a good bargain!
   
In my opinion, the only things worth buying from the street vendor stands are hot dogs and Gatorades.

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Shiny Elephant March 15th, 2008

   
Someone has this shiny silver elephant in their front yard, and I *love* it!! He has his trunk raised, which symbolizes good luck. It also looks like he is smiling, despite all the acupuncture pins in his back. I guess these are to keep the birds off, but why aren’t there any on his head? Either way, I smile every time I walk by him.

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For Crying Out Loud! March 13th, 2008

   
This statue is crying Sharpie marker. I thought it was a funny discovery, despite the fact that it is vandalism and you probably shouldn’t permanently draw on statues. But apparently someone thought that this stone lady (or is it a man??) should be sad and shed tears…

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