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Summer camp

10 Friday Jul 2015

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

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Meaning of camp

Found this drawing hanging on the wall of a Calgary coffee shop last month, ahead of a fundraising effort to send kids to summer camp.

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Vestiges of another era

26 Friday Jun 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, history, random, urban

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I've been everywhere

This sign, hung on the counter of London Barbers in Kensington, might be one of the last (if not the only) remaining visible reminder of the old Lido café, just down the street on 10 St. N.W. in Calgary.
The Lido site is now a big hole in the ground, ready to welcome a new multi-storey residential building that will bear the same name.

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Blooming

24 Wednesday Jun 2015

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

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Beads of water

Snapped this as I was out for a walk after the rain in Calgary this weekend.

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World’s most reliable bicycle

22 Monday Jun 2015

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

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World's most reliable bicycle

These faded building signs are few and far between in Calgary. This one’s along 9 Ave. S.E. in Inglewood.

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Happy spring!

10 Wednesday Jun 2015

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Happy spring

A bit of sidewalk cheeriness, thanks to some Calgary kids.

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Keyboard

30 Saturday May 2015

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

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Middle of the keyboard

Spotted outside the Container Bar in Calgary’s Kensington neighbourhood.

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Coffee is always the answer

27 Wednesday May 2015

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Time for coffee

The logic is inescapable at this Calgary coffee shop.

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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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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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Over the Willamette

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

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