Taste of Cuba

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

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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.

Deconstruction

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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

Happy place

15 Sunday Mar 2015

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

Courthouse critters

12 Thursday Mar 2015

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All around the Pioneer Courthouse in central Portland stand little reminders of the creatures that live beyond the city’s limits, out in the hinterland of Oregon.

Stockholm’s German Church

07 Saturday Mar 2015

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This is the German Church in the heart of Gamla Stan, Stockholm’s oldest quarter.

Open door on public square

05 Thursday Mar 2015

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This piece of public art near the Walt Disney Concert Hall frames Los Angeles City Hall across the Grand Park. Saw this on my visit there in the autumn of 2013.

Morning haze

28 Saturday Feb 2015

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Here’s an oldie, from my first visit to San Francisco back in March 2010.

Thinking of someplace warmer

20 Friday Feb 2015

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With winter gripping so many parts of North America, a little bit of mental escape might be in order. This is the west side of Puerto Rico, Domes Beach in Rincon, as it was in 2006. (The island might be worth another visit, now that I think about it …)