Admitted To The Bar

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Sunday was was warm and sunny as I wandered around the Earth Day festival. I was thirsty but there was nowhere to buy just a bottle of water. The food stands all had long lines. There were a couple of bars but the only non-alcoholic beverage they sold was Red Bull. I don't quite get this product. Granted, I have never tasted it. The article cited in the link says that it would take 128 cans consumed in an hour to kill you. It originated in Thailand and was adapted for Western tastes by an Austrian businessman. Check the contents - I wouldn't drink it if I were diabetic. The entire concept runs contrary to the natural and balanced themes of Earth Day. Readers who have swilled the stuff are invited to comment.

Anyhow, I eventually found a stand sponsored by the Sierra Club selling fresh-squeezed organic lemonade. Just what this photographer needed.

HEY, I GOT A PRESS PASS, SORT OF: I have been contacted by a representative of The Character Project, a web site, book and touring photographic show exploring the character of Americans in pictures. Check the work on the web site - it's a knockout. The exhibit comes through St. Louis this weekend. The sponsors asked me to cover it on STL DPB. I got a VIP pass to the private opening Thursday night with permission to shoot the event. Should be on the blog Friday and Saturday.

TOMORROW: Thursday Arch Series

Thursday Arch Series

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ShadowyOne and I were wandering around the Arch grounds after the pillow fight last weekend, taking the odd snapshot. We spotted a can of Red Bull lying on the pavement and I decided to use it as a prop. Any meaning you find in this picture is your business.

This gave me an idea for a new approach to the Arch series: placing odd objects in juxtaposition to the monument. You know, sort of like the garden gnome in Amelie - one part is always the same and another always changes. We'll see what comes of it.

WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY: Mrs. C. and I are off on a little getaway to celebrate our 35th anniversary, which is next Tuesday. We visited this place the first time we traveled outside the U.S. on our 10th anniversary. Twenty five years later and we're back again (not that we haven't been there in between). There could be a meet-up with a famous CD photoblogger.

TOMORROW: I hope to upload a post from our destination around mid-day or in the afternoon US central time. Stay tuned.



There is a new Arch photo
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