7.18.2008

Art Fair 2008


The booths are up along Main Street.



In the image below is the roof top dining for the resaurant Palio on Main street, Palio's parking lot, and a great big line of port-o-potties.






I know if I was Palio's manager I'd be pretty pissed that my "rooftop view" was now the best seat in the city to watch people take a leak.

7.14.2008

Urban Forest Project


On Main outside of Starbucks on E. Liberty - more about the Urban Forest Project and auction here

7.11.2008

Street View


7.03.2008

6.19.2008

Rain on the Roof

Sun shower caught me Geddes Road. ... well, more like sun-downpour that had traffic at a crawl because of pot holes that had quickly turned into lakes. There's some pretty sweet distortion going on here between the rain drops, the water sliding down the window, the wipers having at it and a big ol' flower petal sticking to the glass.
Rain on the roof ... the sun roof of the Civic that is.

6.17.2008

Bell Tower


One of the more recognizable landmarks of Ann Arbor, the big ass bell tower in the middle of main campus. And if you're a student, not just a Big Ten fan, this is the structure you think of when you think University of Michigan (opposed to the largest outdoor stadium in North America).

6.15.2008

Sunset


Booya. Yes, I took that. We got up on top of a parking structure by State and E. Liberty just at the right moment. The trick to getting photos like this is having a camera that lets you adjust the focus yourself; an auto focus camera will never get this shot.

6.12.2008

Cake Nouveau

I was intrigued by the whimsical window of Cake Nouveau on Forth Ave, but as the girl who stepped out of the store to give us girls with cameras the owner's business card, the cakes on the website are even more amazing.

6.05.2008

Flowering Alley


6.04.2008

Just DO Something

Close up detail of the side of a US Mailbox

6.03.2008

Doors


5.30.2008

Take That!


Space Bot Chick will kick your ass.

5.29.2008

Doors


5.27.2008

Golden Lines of Power

Looking out west of Main Street, near the north end of downtown. About an hour before sun set.

5.26.2008

Remember

Remember, remember ...

5.25.2008

Music Poster

The world in the teeth of the hound.

5.24.2008

5.22.2008

5.21.2008

5.20.2008

5.19.2008

Tulip


5.18.2008

Flyer Me


Telephone Pole on Detroit St. Today there's no posters, just the staples.

5.17.2008

Zingermans


Zingerman's Deli on Detroit St.

5.15.2008

5.14.2008

Moonrising

5.08.2008

Spring Tulip

5.06.2008

Down Town Parking

Sometimes, on Sundays when the parking is free down town, I slip a dime into the meter anyway. Just because I can.

4.29.2008

Gallup Frog


Gallup Park. Frog. I call him Shakespeare. Don't you think that little flipper on chest pose looks theatrical?

4.21.2008

Power Boxes and Birds


Just off E. Liberty near the down town Boarders Store. I believe the houses behind have been converted into some kind of hair/nails salon.

4.18.2008

I wanna play with the big boys!

Our spud up front may just be a little too quick on the draw, he's not quite ready to play with the big boys in the yellow bags yet.As pointed out to me by the guy in front of me at the "15 Items or Less" lane at the Busch's on Green and Plymouth Rd.

4.15.2008

GROW!

Spray painted in the alley by Alley Bar off Liberty near Main St. It's a fabulous tree of life ... and paint.

4.13.2008

Stencils, stencils

By Alley Bar, off Liberty near Main St. Bob Marley, Han Solo and I think the one in the white is a saxaphone. Email me at a2asart at gmail dot com if I'm wrong. But hey, if it's Bob Marley and Han Solo in the same damn alley, then it's already one frickin cool alley.

3.26.2008

City Bus

This sign serves as a reference for all. Not only can you get on the bus here, but if you stand in front of the bus you, too, can be flattened like this little bird.

Danger: Road Kill, Next Six Miles.

3.22.2008

Easter Message



Well at this point in my diet, I'd die to have a candy bar.

Hmmm. Might need to check that syntax.

3.21.2008

3.17.2008

Water Tower

The idea was cute. They had a "design the water tower!" contest and some sweet little kid came up with this design. In the crayon colored picture the real clouds merged with the painted clouds and camoflaged the entire water tower. But as far as camo goes they should have painted it a blue gray and not a bright aqua. Maybe it was supposed to be hopeful, but the truth of the matter is that it just inhances the feeling of depression every time you look up and realize the sky is nowhere near as nice a blue.
I'm on a mission to stalk the water tower now and see if the sky ever does reach the right color.

Early March: no match.




3.15.2008

M GO BLUE Barn

Is it just me, or is the M GO BLUE barn painted a suspicious shade of Ohio State red?

As seen on Scio Church Rd.

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