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  • Lilith __, in reply to JacksonP,

    Aotea steps.

    I love how jaggy and pixellated the figures look.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Jonathan Ganley,

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    Outside the Powerstation, one night last month.

    Since Dec 2006 • 234 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Lilith __,

    I love how jaggy and pixellated the figures look.

    Thanks Lilith. I feel like I should go back and have another go at it one day.

    Nice shot, Jonathan.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Jonathan Ganley, in reply to JacksonP,

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    Thanks – here’s the Corner Store a minute or two later. Once again using that handy fence post or railing.

    Since Dec 2006 • 234 posts Report Reply

  • DexterX, in reply to Geoff Lealand,

    Did you purchase anything from the 24 Hour Church of Elvis?

    It would be a sin to travel so far, to stand in the holy place at the foot of your master and not imbibe of the great and wonderful bounty that he bestows upon one for a token.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1224 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to DexterX,

    It would be a sin to travel so far, to stand in the holy place at the foot of your master and not imbibe of the great and wonderful bounty that he bestows upon one for a token.

    That was a really nice pic Geoff.
    Made me think of Pere Ubu's Turquoise Fins:

    Can't we stop along the way?
    We just passed by a place called
    Elvis Is Alive Museum
    and a Shop
    where
    we can get souvenirs & a postcard or two

    Jack says
    Man it's awful hard
    to be the one
    that everyone was waiting for
    It's lonely in the dark
    when
    media priests of the Big Lie
    own
    all of the words

    Did you ever wonder why
    your Elvis fans
    were so much nicer people than
    the people who
    laugh at
    them?

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Geoff Lealand, in reply to DexterX,

    Well, I put in a quarter and waited but my life was not transformed. Portland is a city where you queue in anticipation--outside Voodoo Doughnuts and the most popular breakfast joints,
    One of the best discoveries was a little park devoted to journalists and the newspaper business.

    Screen & Media Studies, U… • Since Oct 2007 • 2562 posts Report Reply

  • Jos,

    are those places worth the queue? Though I guess as an observer the queue itself would be interesting.

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • DexterX, in reply to Geoff Lealand,

    The 24 Hour Church of Elvis was the first virtual place I visited the very first time I used a browser and searched/surfed the net. My first search entry was 'Church of Elvis" which lead me to the 24 Hour Church of Elvis.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_Hour_Church_of_Elvis

    You are truly blessed to have travelled there in person - it is one of the three things I want/wanted to do before my passing.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1224 posts Report Reply

  • Geoff Lealand, in reply to Jos,

    Well, it was a little puzzling, to queue in the street for 20 minutes and then go through a convoluted process in the shop itself, all for sugary donuts with daft names like Marshall Mathers and McMiniville. My objective was to get a tshirt for my daughtrer and I can only judge the quality of the fare on the one Bavarian Cream donut I bought. A bit too sweet.

    It is interesting how such places gain a certain mystiwque, when in other circumstance they would be run-of-the-mill shops. One other place I visited years ago was a bar devoted to Klinger from M*A*S*H, in Toledo, Ohio.,

    I wonder if it is just an American phenomenon. Nevertheless, I like places with literary or film associations, such as the Jack London bar in Oakland CA, for Jack did once drink there.

    Screen & Media Studies, U… • Since Oct 2007 • 2562 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Geoff Lealand,

    Nevertheless, I like places with literary or film associations, such as the Jack London bar in Oakland CA, for Jack did once drink there.

    In 1993, at the start of our Grand Tour, we went to San Francisco, and I was pretty happy to visit the Vesuvio bar, frequented by Jack Kerouac.

    There was a sign above the bar which always stuck with me;

    'If you drink to forget, please pay in advance!'

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP,

    See, flickr has its uses.

    Bar sign in Vesuvio.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Jos, in reply to DexterX,

    You'll see Elvis in Heaven for sure.

    Whakatane • Since Jan 2012 • 877 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

    Aurora seen from Tekapo:

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic,

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    Gardens Magic week, Wellington Botanic Gardens entrance, taken a couple of nights ago.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic,

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    Gardens Magic, main walkway.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic,

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    Even the bubbles glow in the dark.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic,

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    As does the pond.

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic,

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

  • JacksonP, in reply to Kumara Republic,

    Rhopalostylis lasvegasia.

    Great little series DR. Cheers.

    Auckland • Since Mar 2011 • 2450 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel, in reply to JacksonP,

    the Vesuvio bar

    We had a Vesuvio in Chchch in the ’90s
    I did the logo and collaged the bar area walls
    with copies of posters and images, Bill hammond did
    a wall painting in the Teppan Yaki area,
    Mark Lander did the colour scheme and
    earth toned awning over the bar.
    it was a favourite spot for a while…

    I like this shot from the San Francisco bar

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to JacksonP,

    Great little series DR. Cheers.

    Love the palm tree & pushchair. And of course the bubbles.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    Mark Lander did the colour scheme

    Do you know how Mark is, these days? He taught me art in the 7th form, many moons ago, but an experience I'll never forget. :-)

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

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    Last night,

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

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    Venus and Jupiter.

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

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