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Subway Saturday!
Commuters doing their thing on New York’s 7 train, Montreal’s green line, Toronto’s Yonge line and London’s Piccadilly line (if I recall correctly).
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Look left!
These large, visible letters painted curbside all over London are lifesavers. More than once, I found myself needing help on where to look before crossing the street!
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Ancient multiculturalism
This is one of the more interesting artifacts at the British Museum in London, to my mind. Until I saw this last year, it wasn’t obvious to me what kind of role Arabic played in Chinese art centuries...
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Take a spin
Looking north from the Westminster Bridge in London, with the London Eye on the right. This was taken moments after riding the Eye last October. If the weather’s right, this attraction offer a great...
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City of London
In case you didn’t know you were crossing the Thames into the City of London … now you do! Captured last fall.
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It’s showtime! Theatre marquees
Flipping through some old photos today, I noticed I’ve accumulated images of quite a number of theatre marquees. Here are some of my favourites. Theatres at New York’s Times Square. Plaza Theatre in...
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Fine-feathered royalty
This pelican is one of the residents of St. James Park in London, just a stone’s throw from Buckingham Palace. The image was captured about a year ago.
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Looking ahead to glimpse behind
St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, seen by reflection in a piece of art across the street.
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Functional art
This wall in the Charring Cross tube station in London speaks to you, in a manner of … speaking.
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Jewels of London
A view overlooking the Thames, with the London Eye and the Palace of Westminster in the distance, captured on my visit there this September.
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Sir Isaac at the British Library
This is art outside the British Library in London memorializing Sir Isaac Newton. The British Library isn’t the most obvious tourist attraction but there are a few noteworthy things to see in the...
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Ancient duck face preserved at British Museum in London
This figure from Easter Island inside the British Museum in London is thought to have been carved between 1000 and 1200 A.D. Notice how it was rocking the duck face long before it was cool.
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Shot through imperfect glass
The photo apps on your phone come with fancy filters — not unlike what you see here, from the Hipstamatic app. But sometime, real-life objects do the job just fine — again, not unlike what you see...
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London’s Tate Modern: Now with a sweeping city view
The previous time I visited London’s Tate Modern museum of international modern and contemporary art, the view you see pictured above wasn’t possible. That’s because the museum only recently opened a...
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Friday night outside the National Gallery
The National Gallery in London was about to wind down its day on this Friday night back in September but Trafalgar Square would continue to bustle for hours to come.
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Guarding Trafalgar Square
Back to London for today’s snapshot — this time, one the lions populating Trafalgar Square, at the base of Nelson’s Column.
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Spectrum
This colourful, pattered wall in London’s Soho was no doubt designed to catch your eye, as it did mine. It certainly did its part to lighten a cloudy morning back in September.
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King’s Cross, London
I love this structure at King’s Cross station in London. There’s something soothing about the curvy lattice … although I couldn’t tell you why, exactly.
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Random polka dots in London
Happened to come across this very colourful pillar while wandering down a quiet street in London’s Soho neighbourhood back in September. There appeared to be no obvious reason for the decoration … but...
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