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Pioneer Square

24 Sunday Nov 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in iPhone, photography, photowalking, Portland, random, Travel, urban

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Pioneer Square

A beautiful morning in Portland’s Pioneer Square. This image was captured just about a month ago.

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Hidden tribute

24 Sunday Nov 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, photowalking, random, San Diego, Travel

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Hidden tribute

Found this in La Jolla, California last month. There’s a name hidden in this piece of memorial art.

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Going nowhere in particular

22 Friday Nov 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalking, random, San Francisco, Travel, urban

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Interesting destination

Check out the front roll sign … That looks like it could be an interesting bus ride! Spotted in San Francisco at the beginning of the month.

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Hotel California

21 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in Los Angeles, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Hotel California

There are two tales of ignorance tied to this photo.

1) It seemed pretentious to me at first, the idea of a hotel proudly selling self-promotional T-shirts.
While quietly scoffing in my head, I looked around to see what hotel this was.
The sign said Hotel California … and the $5 (I think) T-shirts on sale at the front desk suddenly made sense.

2) Holding up my camera to grab a photo of this sign, someone in a group of young men walking by, likely all in their early 20s, offered to take a picture of me with the sign in the background.
I declined and explained I wanted only the sign, because of the song. A quizzical look fell upon his face.
“Hotel California,” I said. “You know, The Eagles?”
His expression remained unchanged.
“Never mind,” I replied. “Just Google it when you get to a computer.”

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Dancing in the wind

20 Wednesday Nov 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in fun, photography, photowalking, random, San Francisco, Travel, urban

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Dancing in the wind

This is the work of a very talented kite-flyer, who was hanging out at San Francisco’s Crissy Field a few weekends ago.

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Cool curves

19 Tuesday Nov 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, design, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, San Diego, Travel, urban

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Curving span

Near Petco Park in San Diego.

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A few hours at the San Diego Zoo

15 Friday Nov 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, San Diego, Travel

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Snack time for baby panda

A sample of some of the mammals at the San Diego Zoo.

Just hanging out

Shuffling elephant

Mischievous koala

Going with the swing of things

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Visual mimicry

13 Wednesday Nov 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, design, photography, photowalking, Portland, random, Travel, urban

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Everything in pairs

It took a second visit to Portland to notice how, from this point of view, the glass towers of the convention centre mirror the two towers of the old Steel Bridge.

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Futile quest for privacy in Hollywood

11 Monday Nov 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in iPhone, Los Angeles, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Futile search for privacy

This is Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as it appeared a few weekends ago, the red carpet about to roll out for the premiere of Ender’s Game. The extensive use of privacy screens made me chuckle.

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Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art goes to the birds

07 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Los Angeles, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Elaborate birdhouse

Birdsong fills the entrance to the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles.
A very appropriate sound as the space is dominated by a huge metallic sculpture in the shape of a bird.
My eyes followed my ears, searching for the source of the sweet, soothing chirping sounds. There were speakers, somewhere, no doubt.
Instead, I found swallows nesting about the structure, their song amplified by the art that serves as their home.
What a wonderful melding of urban art and nature.

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