Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan. How could you not love the naked bike ride? Barney On Aug 30, 2015, at 11:49 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > In half an hour we will have checked out from our hotel in Philadelphia > and will on the way to the airport for our flight home to Spain. > Yesterday, we were out and about in the city, taking in the Reading > Terminal Market and the wonderful Art of the Brick exhibition at the > Franklin Institute (highly recommended if you are in this area or if it > comes to your town). > > We walked around a lot and happened upon several nice events, for example > a festivity at a union hall?for this Social Democrat, it was nice to see > the word ?solidarity? on the street of Philadelphia: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kJPbWbj/A > > We then walked on to Rittenhouse square where there was a nice farmers > market. We met this couple from Lawrenceville, New Jersey, the last place > where we lived in the US, from 1990 to 1995. The woman in this picture was > born at the same hospital as my daughter, the Medical Center in Princeton: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kW6v4Dk/A > > We then noticed some cyclists beginning to disrobe on the edge of the > square. It turned out that a Naked Bike Ride event was going to happen: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-WGcJCrb/A > > A bit later, we were having a beer at an outside table when the naked bike > ride rolled by. Great fun! > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-qC4R3tg/A > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-KnfhgnQ/A > > The guy in the foreground illustrates some of the issues riding a bike > naked: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-6k96HRR/A > > It has been great to spend time in Philly, to catch up with Jim Shulman > and to see our son. We will not see him again until he comes to Spain for > Christmas. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information