ugliest ferrari part 3

sorry about my last post. i'm trying to get my pictures back up and working. i tried to get that verizon team from the commercials to fix it but they only do phones. looks like it's up to me.

in the mean time, here is another ferrari with other attributes besides good looks. again, it's real. i promise it's not a australian ford with ferrari badges.

signs around philly

ive been carrying my camera around and i took pictures of signs i thought were cool.

somebody did a beautiful lettering job on this store front a long time ago.

they were going to tear this masterpiece down. don't worry. they're not now. they're building condos and keeping the facade. ok good enough.
here is a brand new sign that i find thrilling. the guy who made it lives just around the corner from us (i'm told). i wanna go hang around his shop and stare at him while he works but i need someone to introduce me.
another newish sign. its gorgeous don't you think? i should have gotten a picture of the terrific lowrider bikes inside.
this bar has a beautiful and stylish facade. if you go up close it's just boards cut and painted. very clever!
i love this sign . i was hoping it was painted but the way it's peeling you can tell it's vinyl. oh well. it's cool anyway.
neat, the way this tree grew around this old fence . i was like, "cool."
speaking of cool. somebody did a terrific job sooping up this fairly dorky car. look at the way the roll bar ends in bullet lights.

new obsession.

i have a new obsession. it's not cars anymore. it's paint jobs! here's my favorite. you know that model twiggy? fashion icon of the 60's that now on a terrific show called america's next top model? she custom ordered this lamborghini miura from the factory in 1970. this is about the best thing ive ever seen.

ugliest ferrari part 2

in my searches i stumbled onto this! it's a dayton like sonny and tubbs and it's a wagon! yaaaaay! it's real too.

center city fun.

emily's sisters are in town for the weekend. we went around the city shopping with them. i don't mind shopping in center city. anthropolgie pretty much rules even though it's a girls store. macy's really rules. it's better than somewhere like tj maxx. lets take a side by side comparison.

How many pipe organs in your store:

Macy's 1 Tj maxx 0

How many eagle statues?

Macy's 1 TJ Maxx 0
look at it's cool articulated feathers


How many really real mosaics .

Macy's 6 Tj maxx 0
ok, let me take minute to tally up the scores.......macy's 8, tj maxx 0. macy's wins!


also check out the cool signs around center city philadelphia.

i love this old lettering on this old brick building.


this is a cool plexiglass sign in the market where emily works.
this place is long closed but i like it's old sign.

mini cars; don't get me started

aren't you happy you live in a world where this sort of thing exists. as if mini cars weren't already one of the greatest things in the world someone takes it one step further and builds a mini trailer and mini boat for his 1963 king midget. this is not a kid's car or a go cart but a real car and real boat for a real sized person only it's tiny! it's ok to get a little teary eyed when you're emotional. go on.

j.c. leyendecker

Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. i wish i still lived in fullerton. then i could see a show of my 2nd favorite illustrator j c leyendecker (first is n. c. wyeth).
this guy rules. everything looks like its made out of silk and gold. they never show him anywhere. norman rockwell wished he was him. according to another blog rockwell wanted to know what brushes he used, if he painted standing or sitting and every detail about his technique.
even his signature is brilliant.
the show is going on now at the fullerton musem. it's not coming here till 09. errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

P.S. here's one of his paintings that came up in my google search. this is ...well...um...wow.

Yes!

yeah! yeah! we did it! it's done. it's over. time to solve the next problem. we figured out how to make a self tuning guitar. (we meaning humans). gibson's going to sell it. it has a dedicated peizo pickup under each string that sends a signal to tiny motors attached to the tuning machines that make the string tighter or looser. yes! will this destroy stage banter? stay tuned.