Art and Photography Blog

Photos of Sunrises at Sunset Beach North Carolina

Sunset Beach North Carolina is a little north of the border with South Carolina. It is long island that faces South so it gets sunrises on one side and sunsets on the other. Here are some sunrises. The next post will cover some sunsets. 

                                        

Images from Little River South Carolina Shrimp Festival

I was lucky to be at the Shrimp Festival in Little River South Carolina. There was great food and music in the coastal setting where thr shrimp boats come in. Here are some images.

                                        

Photos of Del Ray Virginia

Del Ray is a part of Alexnadria but with it own main street. There is some interestign architecture. While I was there an art market occured with live music and food vendors. Like Alexandria, Del Ray has some good restaurants and live music. 

                                 

Photos of Farmer's Market, Alexandria, VA

I spent some time in Alexandria Virgina for the first time and went to a great farmer's market. here are some images of the produce offered.  

                                                                  

Photos of Alexandria Virginia

I spent some time in Alexandria Virgina for the first time a bit back. Here is what I found. I look forward to my return. 

                                                                      

Photos of the 2012 Oak Street Poboy Festival

As I mentioned yesterday, now that I moved to New Orleans, I have discovered that there are free festivals almost every weekend with music, food and art vendors.  Here are highlights of the Highlights of the 2012 Oak Street Poboy Festival which occurred a block from where I live. The 2012 Festival's Featured Charity is Tipitina's Foundation.  There were tens of thousands of people there. We went to a series of talks on the origin of poboys and local lost restaurants. Before Katrina there were over 800 restaurants in New Orleans and now there are over 1300.  There are over twenty good ones walking distance of my house It is hard to choose. The image below is from the event Web site. 

There were 26 food vendors at the festival with every kind of poboy you can imagine and then some! - even fried lobster poboys. We had from the following: GW Fins – fried lobster poboy, Chiba – short ribs and tempura shrimp steamed buns, Jacque Imo’s - roast duck poboy, Palate - Shrimp corn dogs, Big Fisherman – crawfish pies, Mondo – pastrami, Gruyere and pickled slaw poboy and an Asian Sesame Oyster poboy from unknown vendor. Music included Flow Tribe, Honey Island Swamp Band and our neighbor Chad Toups’ two band’s playing on another neighbor’s porch – Mowath and ZamaPara. There was also a stage for young musicians like the one below. 

                                            

Photos of the 2012 Magazine Street Blues Festival

Now that I moved to New Orleans, I have discovered that there are free festivals almost every weekend with music, food and art vendors.  Here are highlights of the 4th Annual Magazine Street Blues Festival that was held last weekend on Saturday November 17. It was sponsored by and benefiting COPS 2, a group that supports the Second District Police District. Tomorrw I will be reporting on the Oak Street Poboy Festival that was held the next day. 

Music and dance included the: Marc Stone Blues Band, Soul Rebels – brass dance,Pussyfooters – dancers in pink, Wiseguys – 70s and 80s cover dance band, 610 Stompers – dancers in red jackets, and Rockin Doopsie and the Zydeco Twisters. All were great and it was a nice mix of musical styles. We ate the following from Woody’s Tacos – Shrimp, fish, and pork and from the Praline Connection - chicken wings and beignets and gumbo. The food and music was great. You can see things in order of appearance below. 

            

    
             

    

Photos of Central District, Seattle Washington

The Central District is an interesting area within Seattle and I sepnt a few weeks there in August. As the Wikipedia notes, the Central District is a mostly residential district in Seattle located east of Cherry Hill, west ofMadrona and Leschi, south of Capitol Hill, and north of Rainier Valley. Historically, the Central District has been one of Seattle's most racially and ethnically diverse neighborhoods and is the center of Seattle's black community. 

                                              

Photos of Pike Market in Seattle, Washington.

Here is the well known Pike Market in downtown Seattle, Washington.