inside a studio, inside the Quarter

Delta Blues...

A roofless warehouse on a pier along the Mississippi just, south of the Ninth Ward...

Corrugated canvas, a side view...

PERLA, a tanker nestled up to the levee...

word views...

During an early morning walk in the Uptown District, I saw a shadow tattoo in a shop window.

A wall full of letters, and "b-e-e-r" stood out for early morning customers.

Yesterday while driving through Gretna, Louisiana on the way back from Dim Sum...a fleeting glimpse of Spanglish

The Big Easy (views from Le Vieux Carré)

Vignettes from the street...

Here are a few more, and a beignet lagniappe...

...soaring

Yesterday began with a sparkling sunrise.

So we visited the nearby hills, and Ari took to the air.

Still Storming...

winter storm...

It snowed almost a foot last night.  This morning, he bounced around when the snow eased up a bit.

Simba plowed through it all...face first, for a while.  Then the winds picked up and it started to snow more heavily, so we took a break.

co(m)mutations...

A few days ago, I enjoyed driving into the city on a cool foggy morning.  The monuments lost a bit of their luster in the watery haze, and the landscape took center stage.

Here a tree partially obstructs a view of the Holocaust Museum (left) and the Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing (right).

canine phase lines...

Major League Puppy...

Tug-o-Puppy...

Shadow Puppy...

...above the street

A commuter waits at a bus stop along Independence Avenue in Washington DC.

דרײדל

...חנוכה שמח

סביבון


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office views...

I moved into a new office today.  Rumor has it that this federal office building was once an Army psychiatric hospital, and today those vibes resonated louder than usual. I kept an eye on the hallway expecting someone to walk past my office wearing a hospital gown. Weird day. (Not much I can do about the view over my shoulder.)

a colorful playdate...

Simba met up with Bella today.  Bella is a two-year old Bulldog/Pug mix that lives in the neighborhood.  (This weekend was Simba's first experience with snow, and as it turns out he is a big fan of the flakes.)

They became instant buddies, and the lady Pug/Bulldog ran circles around him.  Midway through their romp, they were joined by another neighbor's four-year old Golden Retriever. 

A few hours after the excitement, he is fast asleep.  Nice.

circular opposites...

[11/28/2009, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C.]