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Category Archives: Adventures in Commuting
Death Wish
Because it’s better to look good than have an unbroken coccyx.
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Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia
Tagged candid, danger, heels, high heels, ice, legs, Pax, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, pumps, snow, stilletto, stockings, weather, winter, woman
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The Lonliness of the Short Distance Commuter
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69th Street
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Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia
Tagged 69th Street, Philadelphia, Tower Theater, Upper Darby, urban
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Back to School and Back to Work
Beneath Market Street along the Market-Frankford Line.
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Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia
Tagged Philadelphia, photo manipulation, photography, restaurant, SEPTA, subway, urban
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Water, Tile and Fluorescent Lighting
A very wet train platform at 69th Street Terminal.
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Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia
Tagged commute, convergence, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, perspective, Philadelphia, photography, SEPTA, subway, tile, train, Upper Darby, water, wet
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Last Night on Pembroke Avenue
This is the scene last night on Pembroke Avenue as I waited for the bus headed to 69th Street. Usually potential snow events are treated as if the apocalypse loomed by the local media. I didn’t notice any Chicken Littles … Continue reading
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Posted in Adventures in Commuting
Tagged cold, commute, Lansdowne, night, Pennsylvania, snow, weather
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The Girl with the Buddy Holly Glasses and the Betty Page Hair
This was a gal I saw on the Market-Frankford El that got off of the train somewhere in University City. I scribbled down a quick sketch, and I did this on the way home from memory on the El.
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Posted in Adventures in Commuting, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Betty Page, Buddy Holly, commute, El, Market-Frankford, Sketch, sketchbook
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It Came From the Sketchbook – The Brush
This was a guy I saw a few too many times during my commute when I would take SEPTA’s regional rail line. I think a college or two was along the line, and this fellow either worked at a college … Continue reading
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Posted in Adventures in Commuting, It Came From the Sketchbook
Tagged Cartoon, co-ed, college, over-the-hill, punk rock, regional rail line, sad, SEPTA, Sketch, sketchbook, train
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The Westbound Coming into 13th Street
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Posted in Adventures in Commuting, Philadelphia
Tagged 2012, commute, El, Market Street, Market-Frankford, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, photography, SEPTA
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