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Photos from Paris: the Latin Quarter

di — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:30:00 +0000

My partner Mike and I went to Paris last month. These are shots captured. Also reference the Analog Tweets from Paris series, as this may give you some context. The shots/slides are available to view on Flickr, and are hidden behind a cut so as not to make Livejournal explode.

The Latin Quarter is thus called because it’s where the Romans used to hang out. Nowadays it’s where the tourists and those willing to put up with the tourists hang out. We stayed on Saint Germain, in walking distance of Notre Dame, and we got around by walking and taking the Metro. We really didn’t wander out the Quarter too much – it’s really close to the gigantic tourism opportunities, and as I found out in the fromagerie, speaking English. like speaking French, is no guarantee for understanding the language. Thank the popularity of US CSI for making it safe for me to make gestures in France with relatively low risk of offending anyone.

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In an attempt to save paper

di — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:30:18 +0000

I have no idea whether this works.

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Historic building – telephone company

di — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:30:19 +0000

I think this is an apartment building now, or a converted office building. To think that used to work as the phone company for Minneapolis. With a population of 500,000 that really wouldn’t work now.

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Art cars

di — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:30:05 +0000

The window says "There’s no psychology. Only mutancy-isms and sovereignty – Wiz (not sure of the last there.)
Pus and Boots Rebel wo a cause
Puss and boots revel wo pause"

I’d wonder what that means, but that would involve thinking about it.

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Spelling it out

di — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:30:58 +0000

The river is actually the opposite direction, random tagger. But the spelling is improved over some I’ve seen elsewhere in the neighborhood. I’ll take misplaced hyphens over wrong vowels any day.

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Winter at Como Zoo

di — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:30:43 +0000

Tags: como zoo and conservatory, saint paul minnesota, diana rajchel, wicca

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The view from the Bedlam Theater

di — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:30:40 +0000

I was at the Bedlam Theater twice in the same week last winter, for an author’s reading and for an Ignite! Minneapolis event. Little did I know that this is the last year for said theater – it’s getting torn down to make room for parking, or a mosque, or parking for the mosque or something. While I’m really sad about it – the Bedlam is cool – at least I grabbed some snapshots while I could.

Tags: minneapolis, wicca, urban wicca, diana rajchel, twin cities, bedlam theater

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Goddess Suspended

di — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:30:24 +0000

From the Foot in the Door Exhibition at the MIA.

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The hoarding house…

di — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:30:41 +0000

is a haunted house. No, really, it’s a problem – clutter actually draws in physical and astral junk. And no, haunting does not make you or your place special. It just means you can’t clean up.

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Canada Pacific Railway

di — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:30:56 +0000

You can get to this by crossing space between a community garden and a private residence. I really meant to explore more in spring 2010, but my good walking shoes did not break in properly until sometime in August. Hopefully as you read this I’m out collecting fresh photos from new territories.

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