Archive for April 21st, 2008

21 Apr 2008 Alley Walk: Part II
Author: Gail |  Category: House of Fielding, Out + About, Photography, Urban Life  | 3 Comments

alleywalkers

(In case you can’t tell, I’m the one losing a battle with gravity.)

What a difference seven weeks make! It’s taken us that long to finish the Alley Walk that was mapped out by Spacing.ca.

http://spacing.ca/laneways.htm

Postponing it for nearly two months had more to do with people’s schedules than the weather, but the warmer temperatures (at least 25 degrees C higher than last month’s outing!) was most welcome! Part I was in the snow, with gloves, scarves, and hats:

Alley Walk: Part I – Sunday, March 2, 2008

On Sunday’s continuation it was more like sandals, sunglasses, and hats. Which included bunny ears and all sorts found along the way:

nothing says spring quite like a pair of fuzzy ears
nothing says spring quite like a pair of fuzzy ears

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21 Apr 2008 Mystery Symbol
Author: Gail |  Category: Europe, Other Photogs  | 4 Comments

mystery symbol

Marin was recently in Paris and took this photo of a group of symbols meant to represent various disabilities, ostensibly for the purpose of giving some sort of discount to those people. The black/white face symbol at the far right is puzzling, though, and a bunch of us were trying to come up with theories on Saturday night to explain what it identified. There was some grasping at straws, however, e.g. “disabled mimes?”

I posted it in the Paris group on Flickr to see if anyone would have an answer, and I’ll post the response here if I get one. [Update: see comments]

If you know, do tell!

[Update: click on the pic for clarification]