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Friday funnies: “Lousie” spelling and other Calgary oddities

22 Friday May 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Calgary, random

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alberta, calgary, canada, funny, odd, random

For your enjoyment today, a small collection of weirdness spotted around Calgary since this winter.

Seen at the now-closed Target store in Market Mall.

Seen at the now-closed Target store in Market Mall.

Another one from Market Mall.

Another one from Market Mall.

This gooder's from Sears.

This gooder’s from Sears.

Good try from Starbucks.

Good try from Starbucks.

Outside Louise Riley Library in northwest Calgary.

Outside Louise Riley Library in northwest Calgary.

P.S.: As you can see from the snow, the last image is several months old. The sign has since been corrected with the proper spelling of Louise.

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Return to solace

16 Saturday May 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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Solace (II)

Part of Poppy Plaza at Kensington Rd. and 10 St. N.W. in Calgary.

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Beware the apple-anche!

10 Friday Apr 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in food, random, Seattle, Travel, urban

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food, funny, joke, market, photowalk, Pike Place, pun, random, Seattle, Travel, urban

Beware the cascade of apples

This pun-loving vendor at Pike Place Market in Seattle was very grateful (and oddly relieved) when she realized I understood the joke on this sign. Too often, she lamented, visitors would miss the word play and wonder what kind of Spanish-sounding variety an “apple-anche” was.

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Over the Willamette

04 Saturday Apr 2015

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

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Oregon, photography, photowallk, Portland, random, skyline, Travel, urban

Over the Willamette

Downtown Portland, as seen from Burnside Bridge, a few weeks ago.

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Dancing up a storm

25 Wednesday Mar 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in random, Seattle, Travel, video

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Nothing gets people together like good music!

This is Seattle-based Squirrel Butter (Charlie Beck and Charmaine Slaven) performing at Pike Place Market … with some very happy kids dancing along.

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Towering flower, night and day

24 Tuesday Mar 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalking, random, Seattle, Travel, urban

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Space Needle, Seattle Center, night and day

Seattle. (March 2015 and April 2014)

How neat it was to see the glass flowers at Seattle Centre glowing at night! Captured the image on the left a couple of weeks ago. The one on the right was taken at the same spot during a beautiful spring day in April 2014.

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Visual beacon

20 Friday Mar 2015

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

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Curving skyward

This lovely sculpture stands on the edge of Portland’s Chinatown, toward the Pearl district.
Pretty under any light, it’s most striking as it was last week, bright red under a blue sky.

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Taste of Cuba

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

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

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art, coffee, Cuba, espresso, food, iPhoneography, mocha, mural, Oregon, photography, photowalk, Portland, random, Travel, urban

Cuba, si!

This colourful mural in Portland, Oregon, fills the wall of a building that’s also home to a Cuban restaurant. The place serves one of my favourite mocha espressos, anywhere. The drink looks almost too pretty to consume.

Almost too pretty to drink

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Deconstruction

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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

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Deconstruction

It’s not too hard to fill in the blanks for this piece of public art. Spotted on Portland’s east side last week.

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Happy place

15 Sunday Mar 2015

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

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Happy

This cute building lives under the shadows of an elevated expressway that cuts across the northside of Portland, Oregon.

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