Window Dressing

I took this early one morning through the window of a store in Austin, TX. 
I thought it was very creative and eerily realistic.

Knick Knacks

Bric-a-brac displayed on Powell St.

Sharpies

Display at Opus Art

Ear Muffs

I don't often photograph mannequins but this one at Army and Navy grabbed my attention.
It has a classic feel about it that make me think it's been around a long time.

Clutter

Look closely, don't be distracted. 

There are not one, but two of these juke boxes hidden under the clutter.

'One Ringy Dingy ...

… two ringy dingies. a gracious good-afternoon, this is Miss Tomlin from the phone company'

'Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?'

Why would I remember that word for word?

Seen in a new old record shop on Main St.

Balloons

If it weren't for creative shopkeepers, like those at the balloon shop on Burrard near Broadway, it would be more difficult to find subjects on VDP.

Chicka Boom Chicka Boom

I can't think of any place, apart from a burlesque revue, where gloves like these would be worn.

And that's ok with me, I like thinking about burlesque revues.

Jaws

Two shark encounters in two weeks. What are the odds?

Ooo La La

This is another shot from my 'waiting and waiting for buses' series.

These artistic security grilles are very common. 

thequickbrownfoxjumpedoverthelazydog

When I was in about grade 9 my uncle told me he had taken typing in high school and that it had served him well. Typing class wasn't really a 'guy' thing in my high school. On the other hand I don't think we would have been allowed to take Home Ec even if we had had the nerve ask.

I took typing in high school. It may have been because I recognized sound advice when I heard it but it was more likely because I was trying to get through high school by doing as little work as possible. Either way, I've always been glad I learned to touch type.

My first typewriter was my Mom's black Underwood, the kind you could see the insides of. Eventually I got her IBM Selectric which seemed like the Cadillac of typewriters at the time. The thing must have weighed 50 lbs.!

These portables are a nice size but I still have no desire, whatsoever, to go back to the good old days of White Out and carbon paper.

the lowercase reading room is another unique shop on an increasingly funky stretch of Main St.