Aaron Rosenblatt. Seth Rosenblatt (c) 2006
Could I really be longing for the less-than-72 hours I spent in the “Show Me” state?
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Missin’ Ol’ Miz? (20060705)
Fight the Power (20060116)
Socialist propaganda, a painted advertisement protesting Big Cola, Tamil Nadu, India. Seth Rosenblatt (c) 2006
In light of the recent controversy in India over whether or not pesticides are an approved additive in their sodas, I’ve decided that my first photo from there should be topical.
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Swallow Your Pride (20051114)
Sword-swallower on the South Gate Promenade, Melbourne. Seth Rosenblatt (c) 2005
This photo is, in Australian parlance, a busker that I encountered one evening. Sidewalk entertainers would be a dime a dozen in Melbourne, except that there is no single word in Australian English that means “10-cent piece”. I felt quite bad for her.
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Are You Nowhere? (20060801)
Advertisement near the Virgin Mary statue, Pine Bluffs, WY. Seth Rosenblatt (c) 2006
There are still places in America where you can find an empty stretch of road with no signs of life, civilization or even a Dairy Queen. For better or for worse, though, Interstate 80 between Nebraska and the Pacific Ocean is no longer one of them.
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Bewitched Over Coffee (20051030)
Ricky’s Cafe, Banglamphu, Bangkok. Seth Rosenblatt (c) 2005
The first photo from my trip comes from what became one of the best places my Financial and Menu Adviser and I discovered to hang out in Bangkok.
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Western Odors in an Eastern Direction (20060731)
Heading east from Winnemucca. Seth Rosenblatt (c) 2006
Four years ago, when I drove out of Boston, I made a point of checking out Metaphor, the Tree of Utah. It’s one of the many large-scale oddities that dot our landscape, providing a veneer of culture where none exists except in the frozen yoghurt.
Heading back the other way, to help drive my brother to Missouri for graduate school, I remembered something else: Metaphor might be the Tree of Utah, but methane was definitely the Smell of Utah.
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