Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search](Drat, something wrong with my new domain www.richardmanphoto.com so this will be an inline post!) I needed to test out some film processing procedures, so I took the bike out and rode out with the XPan. Nothing special here, but may be give you a sense of life in our fair city. The unemployment rate in California is well over 12%, but you wouldn't know it in Palo Alto. This new house is designed by an architect, being built on a "large" (quarter acre?) lot. Most houses that come to the market are sold within a few short weeks. Facebook/Google effect. http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-1.jpg The following non-descript photos of a blocked off temporary fence is the new home of Larry Page. We rode by it over the Summer and we were aghast at how big the property is. It's about half a city block long! We didn't know it's Larry Page's house of course, but we did figure that it must be some rich CEO or something. Then the day afterward, the local newspaper said his new neighbors complained that the construction was pumping out a lot of ground water with an accompanying photo. http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-2.jpg http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-3.jpg A basker and someone taking a nap: http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-4.jpg Border declared bankruptcy and closed all stores. The Palo Alto location was in an old theater that probably dated from early 1900s. The restaurant next to it, Hans Bistro, has my images on their wall since 2009. http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-5.jpg http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-6.jpg http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-7.jpg The other old theater, is still functional! Thanks to David Packard (the son of the HP founder). http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-8.jpg And we even have a local bookstore! Apparently since 1932 http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-9.jpg As you may have seen from Herb's photos, our city likes to spend money on... arts. There is now an art building made with glass bottles of different sizes right in front of the City Hall: http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-10.jpg http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-11.jpg The local fire department must also be doing some sort of employee appreciation day or something: http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-12.jpg http://5pmlight.com/PICS/PA-walk-2011/pab-13.jpg With that, my roll of film was finished, and time to go home. -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]