From the Archives: Milano

This summer I've been scanning in negatives like a mad man, hence all of the stuff from the archives. I was only in Milano for a day in 2002, but man was it awesome! Anyway, these were all taken with a disposable camera, so the focus and color aren't the best...

Here's a pic of the Dolomites from the train as you leave the tunnel from Switzerland:


Here's a statue of Da Vinci in the Piazza della Scala in front of La Scala opera house:


Behind Da Vinci is the entrance to the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II:


Which is an incredible enclosed mall (the architect fell to his death from a balcony here on opening night, d'oh!):


The Duomo is probably one of the most amazing churches I've seen:




The incredible Stazione Centrale on the way back to Geneva:


I was on a whirlwind tour conducted by the little old aunt of one of the girls I was traveling with, so I didn't get nearly enough pics. Other highlights that I saw: Castello Sforzesco, the Mercato di Viale Papiniano which was filled with punks, an a half dozen old churches.

Cedar-Riverside, Mpls (III)

Here's some more stickers and stuff from Cedar-Riverside...

This was on the side of the Wienery:


Oooh, a sticker from Robots Will Kill:


And Dick Ripple, who is apparently a Shark Week watcher:


The dumpster next to Palmer's Bar:


Broken billboard with lots of garbage behind it, next to the Red Sea:

From the Archives: Fremont, Seattle

Fremont is a pretty interesting neighborhood, kinda hip and artsy, but very yuppy. A lot of the restaurants and bars attract that whole 35 trying to be 25 crowd. One sign of the areas mixed signals is that they have outdoor summer movies, but they charge admission. Also, the Redhook Brewery moved out and Google and Adobe moved in, which really hurts their cool cred.

But, there is a statue of Lenin (Lenin had a lot of good observations, BTW) rescued from Slovakia:


And a cast aluminum sculpture of people waiting for a defunct light-rail line (what people there wouldn't give to have light-rail back in Seattle, good planning City) that locals like to dress up (I hear that the sculpture has been moved while the road is reconfigured, though):


And a huge rocket:


And a troll that lives under a bridge:


And walking down under the Aurora Bridge from the troll is pretty cool:


And for all of my complaints about Fremont, the signs of intelligent life are obvious:


So there is a sampling of Fremont, Seattle. Some not that great but whimsical and beloved public art, cool location right on the water, a neat public market, art snob yuppies who think they're cool, yuppy tech employees who think they're cool, some random college kids, and a really big bridge.

i've been there

The pics from my San Francisco post a while ago can now be found on the Guardian's I've Been There website. Check it out!

Around 26th and Lyndale, Mpls (II)

I found some pretty cool stuff around 26th and Lyndale today, above average I would say...


'i wish i could respect things' - me too...


someone went giant sticker crazy...


i don't think this phone is supposed to be yellow...



'kiss my fist' - that's pretty hardcore girls, nice!


if only i had enough dollars to get what i want politically...