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Roadside desolation
It was a desolate little building, that’s true.
But I actually liked it. I liked it a lot. See how the metal’s not even – one side is higher than the other? And the top of the tall part is all patched, like the first go-round wasn’t quite tall enough? And the stonework on the columns? And those other columns made from weathered wooden posts? And look at how the green moss on the highest sections of the metal roof are the same green as the new spring weeds?
Inside was just as good.
After I walked around (and looked around back, too), I stood on the porch and watched the traffic go by. It felt right.
near Lake Travis, Texas
photographed 3.9.2013
My friend Laurie recently gave up email, the internet, her blog – the whole thing. She says she likes it that way. Me? Not so much. I will return to internet-land on July 7; any comments on the blog will wait patiently until then. (At least, that’s what I asked them to do.)
Just because it looks like graffiti
As a general rule, I would say that anytime you see something that looks like it’s graffiti, but that includes a Twitter hashtag and what looks like a copyright symbol, you may be dealing with something else entirely.
Like this, which is actually an advertisement for a place where you could play ping-pong by day and listen to live music by night.
I don’t know…something seems horribly wrong here.
Austin, Texas
photographed 5.11.2013
Still gone…still internet-less. Got a comment? Please leave it, and I will reply when I am back. That’ll be July 7, if you are keeping score at home.
Self-serve
This was an interesting place to visit – the Grand Central Market, the oldest and largest open air market in Los Angeles. You can shop at La Adelita Panaderia/Tortilleria, Kabab and More, Economy Meats, Grand Central Liquor Store, Win Produce, or Roast to Go – just to choose a few at random.
In addition to all the delicious food, there are some great neon signs.
Here’s where you can go for more information.
Grand Central Market
Los Angeles, California
photographed 4.17.2013
Four days in to my non-internet vacation. How much do you think I am hating it? I’ll be back on July 7, and look forward to reading all the comments you’ve left while I’ve been gone.
Nice but not expensive
Found this little getaway down in Florida. Maybe this is where I am now, on my internet-free vacation….
Hint: see how that one sign says “free WiFi”?
St. Petersburg, Florida
photographed 10.29.2010
Travel = good! Travel with no internet = I’m a little nervous. If you want to comment on this post, please do. I promise that once the internet and I are on speaking terms again, I will get back to you. (I think we’ll be back together on July 7.)
Inside my head
Another day of prowling the archives, and I found this, from a trip to England a few years ago.
It wasn’t the grandeur of the cathedral that caught my eye (though it certainly is grand), nor the beautiful music we heard (it was very nice), nor the vast amount of history associated with the place (the building was saved by a deep-sea diver?!)
Nope. It was the way the columns of the great cathedral reminded me of some grain elevators in New Mexico.
Inside my mind? Yeah, it’s scary in there.
Winchester Cathedral
photographed 10.2007
I’m on vacation. And on vacation from the internet. Please go ahead and comment; I’ll get caught up with reading what you’ve got to say, and replying, sometime after July 7.
