Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower) with La Défense in background
Seen from the Tour Montparnasse
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011
See also: 72 Names - Third Floor - Under the Tower
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Eiffel Tower
Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower) with La Défense in background
Seen from the Tour Montparnasse
Quartier du Gros-Caillou, 7th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011
See also: 72 Names - Third Floor - Under the Tower
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Saint George and the Dragon
“Saint George and the Dragon” by Michael Sandle
Dorset Rise, City of London
October 2009
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Joe Ades
“A slice of the street action” with Joe Ades
Gentleman peeler (1934-2009)
Union Square Greenmarket
New York, September 2008
“After the break-up of his third marriage and a period of residence in Ireland, Ades followed his daughter to New York City, taking up residence in Manhattan. From 1993 onward, Ades sold $5 Swiss-made metal potato peelers. His engaging sales patter and his $1,000 Chester Barrie suits and shirts from Turnbull & Asser made him a well-known character on his regular demo circuit, which included places such as the Union Square Greenmarket. Ades never bothered with a license, meaning that he was often asked to move by the New York City Police Department. His iconoclastic pitches and lifestyle eventually brought him attention and notoriety, and he was the subject of a Vanity Fair article. Ades sold enough peelers to enjoy café society at the Pierre Hotel, on the Upper East Side, and lived with his fourth wife, Estelle Pascoe in her three-bedroom apartment on Park Avenue. Never underestimate a small amount of money gathered by hand for 60 years. Ades died on 1 February 2009, aged 74, only a day after being informed that he had been granted American citizenship.” (Joe Ades, Wikipedia)
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
D'Artagnan
“D'Artagnan” by Gustave Doré
Monument to Alexandre Dumas
Place du Général-Catroux
Quartier de la Plaine-de-Monceaux, 17th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial
Hyde Park Corner
London, October 2009
Whatever burden you are about to carry
we will also shoulder that burden
Australia - United Kingdom
1914-1918
1939-1945
Monday, July 25, 2011
The Magic Door
The Magic Door of the alchemic laboratory of the former Villa Palombara
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele
Esquilino, Rome, May 2011
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Pier 17
Pier 17 seen from the Brooklyn Bridge
South Street Seaport, Lower Manhattan
New York, October 2007
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Sail Bike
Sail bike on Bastille Day
Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Quartier du Faubourg-du-Roule, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Babbo
Babbo Ristorante Enoteca
(Daddy Restaurant Wine Bar)
Waverly Place, Greenwich Village
New York, September 2008
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Nymphe
“Nymphe” by Edmond Lévêque (and the Roue de Paris)
Jardin des Tuileries (Tuileries Garden)
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Arthur Sullivan
Arthur Sullivan by William Goscombe John
Victoria Embankment Gardens
London, October 2009
“Is life a boon?
If so, it must befall
That Death, whene'er he call,
Must call too soon”
(From “The Yeoman of the Guard” by William Gilbert)
Sunday, July 17, 2011
The Biggest Hairdo
The biggest hairdo in the world
Avenue de Friedland / rue de Tilsit
Quartier du Faubourg-du-Roule, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen Monument by Georg John Lober
Central Park
New York, September 2007
Friday, July 15, 2011
Piano Player
Piano player (in front of Cartier)
Avenue des Champs-Élysées
Quartier des Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement
Paris, July 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The God of the Nile
Statue of the river god of the Nile
Palazzo Senatorio
Piazza del Campidoglio
Rome, September 2010
See also: Tiberinus
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Legion of Honour
Cross of the Legion of Honour
(received by Chickering and Sons in 1867)
Former Chickering Hall
29 West 57th Street
New York, September 2008
Monday, July 11, 2011
Hora fugit stat jus
“Hora fugit stat jus” (Time passes justice remains)
Quai des Orfèvres, Île de la Cité
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2010
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Hodge
Statue of Hodge, “a very fine cat indeed”
Courtyard outside Dr. Johnson's House
Gough Square, City of London
London, October 2009
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Isaiah Wall
Isaiah Wall, Ralph Bunche Park
First Avenue (United Nations Plaza)
New York, September 2007
“They shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into
pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift
up sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war any more”
[Isaiah 2:4]
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Marly Horses
The other “Horse Tamer” of Marly by Guillaume Coustou the Elder
Cour Marly, Musée du Louvre
Rue de Rivoli
Quartier Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, 1st arrondissement
Paris, July 2008
See also: Cour Marly - Horse Tamer
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
U.S.S. Maine
Group by Attilio Piccirilli
U.S.S. Maine National Monument
Merchant’s Gate entrance of Central Park
Columbus Circle
New York, September 2008
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Tiberinus
Tiberinus, the genius of the river Tiber
Palazzo Senatorio
Piazza del Campidoglio
Rome, September 2010
See also: The God of the Nile