Archive for November 2008

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Luminous Parking Ramp Downtown Minneapolis

Let the twilight shopping begin!

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Many Thanks

On this thanksgiving I'd like to take a moment to be thankful for all that this  blog has given me. I've met a lot of great people and have even gone on photo trips with a few. I've pushed my photography way beyond anywhere that I'd expect. The relentless daily consumption of photos by this blog has forced me to look at everything differently. I would have walked right past this sad little stick in the past, but now I know how to give it it's day. A good artist will tell you it's about learning to see; that has always been the case in all the mediums that I have studied. But photography is the only one that allows me the freedom to not only capture the moment it, but also to let it go. My painter friends spend days and months on an image, but this daily blog forces an attention that I've never experienced before. I have so much more to be thankful for, but this one I wanted to share with you, the readers of this little experiment without whom I would have given up long ago. And long ago indeed, I blew right past my one year anniversary without a single mention of it and the 400th photo was Tuesday. Thanks to your comments and encouragement, I keep going and looking for more moments to capture. And unfortunately more friggin' gear. Here's something those of us in the States can be thankful for: Just one more... Thank George Lucas and his followers for the endless entertainment! Oh, and my friend Paul for sharing this one with me! This guy is an alpha geek and incredible...

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Minneapolis Traffic

Good luck traveling today, this morning I heard that traffic will be down 1% from last year, so hopefully you will have a safe a pleasant trip this weekend. I'll be posting all weekend, so when you need a break from the family, you are always welcome to stop by for a photo and a comment. Happy Thanksgiving!

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11 Caribous in 1 Day

I blame my sister. It was her idea. She called me Sunday morning to wake me up and wish me a happy birthday. It's our thing, we always call each other early on our birthdays and wake each other up. I wasn't fully awake, and as the saying goes, it seemed like a good idea at the time... I printed out a few "Free Drink on Your Birthday" emails from Caribou and set off. I managed to stop at eleven Caribou Coffee shops between my house and my Aunt and Uncle's house (they took me to lunch for my birthday). Here's the count: two regular Lattes, one Hazel Latte, a Dark Roast, a Fal La Latte, Two  Cinnamon Wilds, a Macciato, an Americano, a Vanilla Latte and a Decaf Coffee. Don't worry, I didn't come to my senses at the end, the Vanilla and the decaf were for my aunt Margie and uncle Jim. One of the Cinnamon Wilds and a regular latte were for my friend Karen, I stopped to see her on the way. I'm not sure what's more disturbing, what I did or that there are 11 Caribous relatively between Uptown and Minnetonka. I was going to try and do more, but I came to my senses over lunch. Good thing, it's Tuesday now, my headache is finally gone and I'm using complete sentences again. Oh yeah, one more thing, if I called you Sunday or yesterday, I'm sorry. I've finally come down, so it's safe to approach me now.

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Night Lights

Adventures in Abstraction.

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Reflections of Marquet

Looking down to the streets of Minneapolis.

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Foshay Tower Observatory

Another view from what used to be the top of Minneapolis. I love the open air deck! The observatory opened again back in August of this year, there's a museum up there too. Ask at the front desk for a pass. It's $8, but if you ask nicely and tell them Mitchster sent you...