it's a photoblog!http://open.salon.com/user.php?uid=5171Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:06:16 -0400 <p style="text-align: center">Memorial Day Milonga, Cheesman Park, Denver, Colorado</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753596436/"></a></p> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753596436/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8445/7753596436_910cf3955c_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 186" width="427" height="640"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753599414/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7280/7753599414_b2d5314b4d_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 176" width="485" height="323.5859375"></a></div> <div style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center">&nbsp;<a 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height="323.5859375"></a> </div> <div style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753589838/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8430/7753589838_c6a5cc8a73_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 193" width="427" height="640"></a></div> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753596436/"></a> http://open.salon.com/blog/kmbearden/2012/08/20/tango_in_the_parkhttp://open.salon.com/blog/kmbearden/2012/08/20/tango_in_the_parkMon, 20 Aug 2012 14:08:34 -0400 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753553696/"></a></p> <div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753553696/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8436/7753553696_0e65e848c3_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 167" width="427" height="640"></a></div> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;In May of this year, there was to be a near-total eclipse of the sun. &nbsp;The Science Company (where our friend, S, purchased the eclipse-viewing glasses) said that the park near us would be the best place to watch it. &nbsp;Many other people had the same idea. &nbsp;So we waited.</p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753554918/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7254/7753554918_55584ca161_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 157" width="427" height="640"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;We waited, along with hula hoopers...</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753557476/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8447/7753557476_4dcbabe95f_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 150" width="427" height="640"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;skaters...</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753568896/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7117/7753568896_7229a9605e_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 131" width="427" height="640"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;and drummers...</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753565956/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7119/7753565956_da13e38f69_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 134" width="427" height="640"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;A band happened to be coming through the park and wondered what we were all looking at...</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753564220/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8447/7753564220_f968021273_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 135" width="427" height="640"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">so they stuck around as the musical interlude before the big show.&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753562956/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8431/7753562956_276a55b2b0_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 136" width="485" height="323.5859375"></a>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center">The clouds were getting in the way...&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753560456/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7123/7753560456_c50360c6f2_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 141" width="485" height="323.5859375"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">but finally, while using the viewing glasses incorrectly ( we were warned not to place them over the lens of a camera)...&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753559796/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8442/7753559796_ff5dcf0d9b_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 142" width="485" height="323.5859375"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;we saw the sun and the moon. &nbsp;It was glorious.</p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> 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center">&nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753819888/"></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/7753793754/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7270/7753793754_4a6db25034_z.jpg" alt="Summer 2012 359" width="485" height="323.5859375"></a> </div> http://open.salon.com/blog/kmbearden/2012/08/10/down_the_shorehttp://open.salon.com/blog/kmbearden/2012/08/10/down_the_shoreFri, 10 Aug 2012 14:08:32 -0400 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722838332/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2802/5722838332_2689890229_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 127" width="485" height="727"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p>As on the first day in the city, I left My Cartoonist at the convention center to put in his time at the SLG booth while I wandered aimlessly. </p> <p>I decided that since going somewhere entirely different had worked so well on my first day's adventures, that&nbsp;I would put that idea back in effect for the second day.&nbsp;&nbsp; I decided that walking toward the water might be just the thing, as I hadn't been on the Embarcadero since 1993. </p> <p>So, I walked. </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722283461/"><em>^{<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3468/5722283461_58ae9352e8_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 128" width="485" height="727">}</em></a><em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722841662/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/5722841662_b6cc37289c_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 130" width="485" height="323"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p>&nbsp;Eventually, I found myself down at the wharf. </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722290165/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3068/5722290165_ac589173b8_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 136" width="485" height="323"></a> <em>^{Alcatraz - San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722291691/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/5722291691_51cebfb97f_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 137" width="485" height="727"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722849442/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2574/5722849442_0c8b8b0607_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 139" width="485" height="323"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p>I heard and smelled the sealions long before I managed to see them.... </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722850498/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3398/5722850498_22d49d21bd_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 140" width="485" height="323"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p>The weather was warm and fairly sunny, and they were stretched out on wooden platforms, making noise, occasionally fighting....oh, yeah - and stinking. </p> <p>Very smelly creatures. </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722852656/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/5722852656_86924cc75f_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 142" width="485" height="323"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722299081/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/5722299081_f4f9302e41_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 144" width="485" height="727"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722856934/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/5722856934_1b3d7c0b3c_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 146" width="485" height="323"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722855836/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2646/5722855836_b78511a234_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 145" width="485" height="323"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722857892/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2450/5722857892_455c47eb04_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 148" width="485" height="323"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722859020/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2236/5722859020_8b2c119612_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 149" width="485" height="727"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p>After seeing all I cared to see at the wharf, I began my trek back to the convention center....but first I just had to see if I could get all the way to the top of that hill with the tower on it.....</p> <p><em>^{to be continued}</em>&nbsp;</p> http://open.salon.com/blog/kmbearden/2011/05/19/san_francisco_day_20_-_aimless_wandering_wharf_editionhttp://open.salon.com/blog/kmbearden/2011/05/19/san_francisco_day_20_-_aimless_wandering_wharf_editionThu, 19 May 2011 16:05:14 -0400 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722185331/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2329/5722185331_ab39619881_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 066" width="485" height="727"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722743584/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3165/5722743584_02653cfde9_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 069" width="485" height="727"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em></p> <p>Surrounding our walk through Chinatown, we noticed a lot of signs. </p> <p>I am quite fond of signs.</p> <p>Advertisements, murals, street art...any attempt to visually communicate an idea or an impression of something....even to sell things....doesn't matter to me. </p> <p>I like signs. </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722773814/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/5722773814_d2c9b53269_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 104" width="485" height="727"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722744514/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/5722744514_936bb85228_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 070" width="485" height="727"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5737217173/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5223/5737217173_6aa68c3e34_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 103" width="485" height="710"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722771072/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/5722771072_7a115413bc_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 100" width="485" height="727"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722772048/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/5722772048_cac48ff447_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 101" width="485" height="727"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722787554/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2463/5722787554_cc67be4753_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 121" width="485" height="727"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21296455@N02/5722279345/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3526/5722279345_800d6b667a_b.jpg" alt="San Francisco 2011 124" width="485" height="323"></a> <em>^{San Francisco, California - April 2011}</em> </p> <p>^{<em>day 2 coming soon....</em>}</p> http://open.salon.com/blog/kmbearden/2011/05/19/san_francisco_night_11_-_signs_signs_signshttp://open.salon.com/blog/kmbearden/2011/05/19/san_francisco_night_11_-_signs_signs_signsThu, 19 May 2011 15:05:07 -0400