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America!

May 18th, 2009 · by Holly · No Comments

In Old Town, Alexandria, VA.

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Tags: Picture of a Sign of the Week · Special Places · travel

This is not a dumpster

May 18th, 2009 · by Holly · 1 Comment

Outside Alexandria, VA. If this isn’t a dumpster, not sure what it actually is.

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Tags: Picture of a Sign of the Week · Special Places · travel

Picture of a Sign of the Week: Vintage Giant Supermarket

May 18th, 2009 · by Holly · No Comments

Giant, Alexandria, VA.

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Dave Dudley would be proud

April 15th, 2009 · by Holly · No Comments

Scooby, spotted on 8th Avenue and 15th Street in Manhattan this morning.

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Tags: Life-size Anthropomorphic Creatures · travel

Scenes from Pennsylvania: Riding Dirty, Country Boy Style

February 10th, 2009 · by Holly · 1 Comment

It’s a custom truck, with smokestacks that spew black smoke. Why anyone would do this is a mystery. I first noticed that Paul Rand-designed Cummins logo, then “riding dirty country boy style”.

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Tags: travel

Inauguration Day

January 20th, 2009 · by Holly · 2 Comments

Renda, Andrew and I watched administrations change on the 6th floor at a special brunch hosted by Swiss Miss.
Andy Pressman captured this historic moment in DC this morning. Received just now, but sent via iPhone around 9:31am.

Meanwhile Andrew Sloat dropped another video yesterday.
Article 2 (for BHO) from Andrew Sloat on Vimeo.

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Tags: Andrew · Important Cultural Moments · Success · Uncategorized · polictics · travel

Recession Film #4: Thieve’s Highway

May 1st, 2008 · by Guest Blogger · No Comments

Fire up those Netflix queues. Lucas Joaquin recommends films to watch during the recession.

“Thieve’s Highway” (1949, Jules Dassin)
Nick Garcos comes home from war to find that his father has been crippled by a crooked produce distributor in San Francisco. He sets out to take revenge, but gets wrapped up in a plan to drive [...]

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Tags: Today's lunch order · fun activites · recession · travel

Recession Film #3: Wages of Fear

April 30th, 2008 · by Guest Blogger · No Comments

Fire up those Netflix queues. Lucas Joaquin recommends films to watch during the recession.

“Wages of Fear” (1952, Henri-Georges Clouzot)
Yves Montand is a drifter who’s come to a dreary oil town in Venezuela with hopes of striking it rich. He and his friends spend most of their time in a dingy town bar drinking and [...]

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Tags: fun activites · money · recession · travel · weee wooo weee wooo

Picture of a Sign of the Week: Jackson Heights

April 28th, 2008 · by Andrew · No Comments

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Tags: Picture of a Sign of the Week · travel

Out and About: Orlando

March 20th, 2008 · by Renda · 2 Comments

Yesterday I woke up at 4am and flew to Orlando. There’s sunshine, orange juice, delicious $1.29 tacos, a convertible, and a wifi y’all. All things I’ve enjoyed in between meetings, brainstorms and dreamstorms.
Moving images after the jump.

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Tags: Special Places · travel