January 27, 2012
Strange Men and Sideshows
Google Street View fascinates me. It's the combination of perusing a map, wandering to some odd corner of the country, and then opening Street View and seeing what it reveals. I came across this image today.
Have an idea where it might be? The answer is here.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 9:21 PM
Oh, the things we do...
.. for fun
GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator
Posted by Bill Trippe at 4:27 PM
April 13, 2009
Compare and Contrast
With this one taken about five weeks ago from the same spot.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 4:57 PM
March 11, 2009
Spring Will Come
It has to, right?
We've had every kind of weather so far this week. Monday it was snow and sleet, yesterday was sunny and chilly, and today was rainy, warm (well, 50F), and blustery. When we had the sun yesterday morning I paused outside the front door of Old South and snapped this picture of some daffodils and some other bulbs bravely pushing their way up through the soil. I am not sure what the green leafy things are at the bottom of the picture.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 8:53 PM
September 8, 2008
Stan Grossfeld and the Art of Storytelling
I've mentioned before that when I was growing up, the Boston Globe had unquestionably one of the best sports sections in America. Well, the newspaper world is changing dramatically. Newsrooms, including sports sections, are shrinking, but the Globe still has some of my favorite columnists, including Bob Ryan. And they still have Stan Grossfeld, who early on in his career won two Pulitzers for his photography, but now creates wonderful human-interest stories such as this one. You can see a slide show of related pictures here.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 6:20 PM
March 1, 2008
We Interrupt this Miserable Winter Day to Bring You
A moment of summer bliss, foreshadowed.
Brought to you by the great Joel Meyerowitz and Cape Light.
Posted by Bill Trippe at 5:48 PM