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Monthly Archives: July 2018
Baked Cod with Lemon Butter
We’ve been spending a lot of time at the pool on weekends, so dinner has to be something that can be thrown together quickly. Oven roasted new potatoes, corn on the cob, and lemon butter baked cod – a dish … Continue reading
Christian Street Baptist Church
Christian Street Baptist Church was built in 1890 for the congregation of the Protestant Episcopal Italian Mission & Church of L’Emmanuello. It breaks my heart to see this architectural gem being demolished, so that a developer can build overpriced condos in … Continue reading
Posted in Italian Market, News, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged Christian Street Baptist Church, demolition, historic buildings, South Philly
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Szpieg
After my Grandma Went to Altamont illustrations that I produced in Affinity Designer, I was looking for a new subject matter to put the program and myself to the test. Originally I wanted to do an old-time, pulp magazine cover similar … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Pixels Versus Pigment, Technique
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, cloak and dagger, digital illustration, espion, espionage, gun, humor, Illustration, Joe Williams, Poland, Polish, spy, Szpieg, szpiegować, USA, vector, Willceau
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The Fifth Beatle
This is another of The Photo Elective series of photographs that Tina, I and every other illustration major attending The Philadelphia College of Art were required to shoot, process and print. This is a self-portrait of Ms Garceau.
Posted in Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 1980s, analog, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Tina Garceau, USA
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Kat
I lost a friend on Saturday. I met Kat in the mid-eighties, so long ago that neither of us could remember who introduced us – it may have been our friend Bob or Michael and Peter. She was my first … Continue reading
Black Sunday
I’ve written before about the Wonderfully Weird Channels of the Roku and how the little device is a gift of modern technology for which I have always been thankful. Well, now I am afraid to report to you that I … Continue reading
Posted in Weird World of the Roku
Tagged 1977, Black Sunday, cut the cord, Rook, streaming, television
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Looking South – Now That’s a Door!
Running around South Philly as much as I do – every once in a while I’ll stumble upon an architectural gem like this door. I love the keyhole shaped leaded glass window, and the quilted tin that surrounds the mail slot. … Continue reading
Posted in Looking South, Philadelphia, Photography
Tagged architectural gems, beautiful doors, South Philly
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