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Pancakes came with instructions

The side of plate-sized pancakes was delivered by the home-town waitress, who also dropped some knowledge about the correct (and tidy) way to eat them.

She said, “Cut a hole in the middle, hon, and pour your syrup right there. That’ll keep it from runnin’ off the plate into your lap.”

It seemed like valuable information, and I am more than happy to pass it along to you.

Tha Pancake Shop
Hot Springs, Arkansas
photographed 10.7.2018

Whatever this was, it didn’t end well

A detail of some hulking ruins I encountered in Eureka Springs – I’m not sure what the owners intended, but I am sure it wasn’t this sad end.

Eureka Springs, Arkansas
photographed 10.6.2018

Ceiling: Hyatt Regency

If you look straight up from the hotel lobby, this is what you’ll see…

Hyatt Regency
Chicago, Illinois
photographed 10.31.2018

Cloud Gate: disappearing against the sky

I had a free morning the other day in Chicago and so I wandered over to see what was going on in Millennium Park.

Now I can’t decide which I like better – the way the red leaves are reflected in Cloud Gate, or the way the sculpture itself disappears against the sky…

Chicago, Illinois
photographed 10.30.2018

LaSalle and Van Buren

You all know that I would have been happier with this if that guy had already caught his train, right? But I hope you can give me some credit for stepping outside my photographic comfort zone, even if it was for 1/125th of a second.

Chicago, Illinois
photographed 6.25.2018