Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Thursday, February 15, 2007

die geist von frankfurt west bahnhof


Photoshop CS2 is so nifty. Still finding new menu items like "Lens Correction..."

frankfurt west bahnhof

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

23 hours in Brussels




Checked in to the hotel at around 10 PM and found that it was in a fairly anonymous outlying suburb, near the client but far from any restaurant. The bartender advised me not to go outside, for though the night looked cold and empty, gangs of North Africans roamed the neighborhood looking to mug anyone who didn't speak French or Flemish. Must be some kind of rougher version of the Académie française. So all I had for dinner was two Leffes from the bar and a bag of peanuts from the hotel room fridge.

the mercure


Building in back is the hotel.

Monday, February 05, 2007

Mouse on Mars



Saw them at the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart. These are the only pictures on this blog with no adjustments in Photoshop.

Rucola mit Parmaschinken am Elba


Took me a while to figure out that this tart leaf was the same thing as arugula. This place just off Hamburger Allee put it on the pizza after the bake, along with thin panes of parmesan. At left, Carolina has her Parmaschinken raw.

Frankfurt Hochstraße

Through Günter's car window.

Sunday, February 04, 2007

Frankfurt -- outside the Mercure apartments

Victor Hugo a habite cette maison


Browsing for chocolate in Brussels feels like going to the jewelry district. And neither chocolate nor diamonds can be found in the Belgian earth.

Friday, February 02, 2007

Stuttgart park


Walking around the morning after the Mouse on Mars concert.

Concrete Volcanoes in Stuttgart




I called Henry from this park and he surfed over to maps.google.com to try to identify what these things are: art, or some kind of Morlockian forced-air cooling system. Ideas?

Die Lusthaus Ruine



Found this abandoned temple of the Eloi in a park in Stuttgart. Becoming a fan of the Tilt-Shift effect. They really added a lot of digital photography tools in Photoshop CS 2. I guess that's kind of obvious.

Gutenberg Statue


Interesting that they did not rebuild the top of the statue. Downtown Frankfurt.

Frankfurt Fog


This was the view from my hotel balcony while jetlagged. Converted a lamp to a tripod for this shot.