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    SINGAPORE CHANGI AIRPORT

    SINGAPORE CHANGI AIRPORT

    • August 28th, 2010 |
    • posted by simonjones |
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    Singapore Changi International Airport is quite simply the most amazing airport I have ever seen, and trust me, I have seen a whole LOT of airports! The place was absolutely astounding, complete with wall gardens and a waterfall right there in the airport. Just incredible! (See this link) The restroom was no less impressive. It was something akin to the kind of restroom you might run into in some exclusive Manhattan hotel. My picture doesn’t do it justice.


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    TAKESHITA STREET, TOKYO, JAPAN

    TAKESHITA STREET, TOKYO, JAPAN

    • August 28th, 2010 |
    • posted by simonjones |
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    A restroom at a hipster coffeehouse in Harajyuka, Tokyo Japan on ‘Takeshita Street,’ and I promise I am absolutely not making up that street name!

    The toilet itself did all kinds of things that I can’t bring myself to think about, but lets just say that it was very ‘thorough!’ The mirror was heavily tilted downward in part to help disabled people, but also because every Japanese person is so short. It’s a fascinating country to be sure!


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    Holyoake Mall, MA

    Holyoake Mall, MA

    • April 18th, 2010 |
    • posted by rburch |
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    Not one of my best photos, but I thought on my way to picking up my time capsule at the Apple Store I would snap a shot after a pit stop. The Apple Store at the mall doesn’t have it’s own rest room but I would love an Apple Store PR photo if anyone wants to take one.


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    Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

    Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

    • March 10th, 2010 |
    • posted by rburch |
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    On Saturday I went to the Clark Museum in Williamstown, MA. There’s a lot of good work there, I really like looking at the John Singer Sargents. He used pure white paint in a lot of his paintings. Something most painters never did and he did it so well. The bathroom was very blaa and small for a museum. I have a feeling I wasn’t in the main bathroom, but maybe an employee one.


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    Zea Mays Printmaking Studio

    Zea Mays Printmaking Studio

    • February 15th, 2010 |
    • posted by rburch |
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    I spent the weekend at a monoprinting workshop. It was a great workshop. I’ll post my favorite print on Farmidable when I get a good picture of it. In the meantime here’s a photo of the bathroom at Zea Mays. It was long and narrow and had large widows that let in a lot of light. This image was taken in the evening but because of the windows it  still has adequate light.


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    Fletcher Memorial Library, Ludlow, VT

    Fletcher Memorial Library, Ludlow, VT

    • January 29th, 2010 |
    • posted by rburch |
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    So here I am at the Fletcher Memorial Library in Ludlow, VT, waiting while Meg does two art workshops for the local elementary school.

    Some things I am doing to kill the time.

    1. Visit Ski Shops and buy nothing but pretend that I might when talking to people (did it at three places).
    2. Work on a pesky html error on Farmidable. (I did fix it)
    3. Take a PR shot.

      Tomorrow Meg and I are headed up to Smugglers Notch for some cold cold skiing. Check back later for a PR shot there.


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      Cafe’ in Florence MA

      Cafe’ in Florence MA

      • January 27th, 2010 |
      • posted by rburch |
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      Went to this cafe’ for Meg;s birthday. Great food, great wife, great day. After the cafe we went to a mid century modern antique shop.


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      Boston Bazaar Bizarre @ BCA Cyclorama

      Boston Bazaar Bizarre @ BCA Cyclorama

      • December 8th, 2009 |
      • posted by rburch |
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      I took this photo at a indie craft fair in BCA Cyclorama building in Boston, MA. There was a lot great hand made stuff at the fair. The bathrooms were very industrial and had high ceilings. I thought it was cool that the plumbing was in front of the mirrors.


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      COFFEETIME PORTLAND, OREGON

      COFFEETIME PORTLAND, OREGON

      • December 6th, 2009 |
      • posted by Simon |
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      Found this picture I took in one of my favorite coffee haunts in Portland (one of my favorite cities in the US). Coffeetime on NW 21st is a cool place. It was actually taken in September 2008. I should perhaps point out that it is the coffee shot itself that is one of my favorite haunts, not the rest room!


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      Mount Holyoke Range State Park

      Mount Holyoke Range State Park

      • November 28th, 2009 |
      • posted by rburch |
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      A scenic drive, a great view, a nice bit of history, a little picnic, a lot of bees, a little letter boxing, a little Public Rest photography. Mount Holyoke Range State Park >>


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      Lobster Cooker, Freeport, ME

      Lobster Cooker, Freeport, ME

      • September 10th, 2009 |
      • posted by rburch |
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      The Lobster Cooker restaurant has sold over 1 million lobsters. I don’t like lobster. I had the clam chowder. It was pretty good.


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      Maine Travel Information Center

      Maine Travel Information Center

      • September 9th, 2009 |
      • posted by rburch |
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      Because this restroom was such a revolving door of retired RVers and travelers like myself I only had a 15 second window to get a good shot without someone walking in on my and thinking I’m some sort of weirdo. Still this ended up being one of my more interesting shots.


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      Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME

      Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME

      • September 8th, 2009 |
      • posted by rburch |
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      This is the first of a hand full of PR photos I took while on vacation in the great state of Maine. The Portland Museum of Art had some amazing work, my favorites being a collection of Julia Mararget Cameron’s work and a collection of N.C. Wyeth paintings.


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      Clynelish Whisky Distillery in Brora

      Clynelish Whisky Distillery in Brora

      • August 20th, 2009 |
      • posted by Simon |
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      At the Clynelish Whisky Distillery in Brora, in the highlands of Scotland. Me and a few mates recently purchased a crap car for £93.75 and drove it as far north as we could. We reached John O’Groates in the end, as far as one can get without getting wet!

      Along the way we stopped by many Scotch distilleries to have a taste of their single malts and pretend like we were whisky drinking guys on some intellectual highbrow tour or something. While at the Clynelish Whisky Distillery in Brora I snapped this for this site.


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      Quechee Gorge in Quechee, VT

      Quechee Gorge in Quechee, VT

      • August 8th, 2009 |
      • posted by rburch |
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      One of Vermont’s most scenic and accessible State Parks, Quechee Gorge offers more than just a great place to take in nature and a swim.


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      YO! Sushi. Liverpool, UK

      YO! Sushi. Liverpool, UK

      • August 7th, 2009 |
      • posted by Simon |
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      YO! Sushi is a sushi restaurant in Liverpool, UK. It’s one of those places where the sushi moves around on a little conveyor belt allowing you to pick the dishes you like the look of, and avoid the scary ones. I absolutely LOVE sushi, and so I was real pleased to hear that my city got a sushi place at long last. It’s situated in the new ‘Liverpool One’ shopping area.


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      The White Hart, Lynchburg, Virginia

      The White Hart, Lynchburg, Virginia

      • August 6th, 2009 |
      • posted by dbrown |
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      The White Hart is more of a pub atmosphere than a coffee shop, despite the sign in the back proclaiming coffee to be the drink of intellectuals. I like the earthy feel of the place.


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      Billings Farm

      Billings Farm

      • July 27th, 2009 |
      • posted by rburch |
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      Billings Farm & Museum was established in 1871 and is still a working dairy farm today. As a kid I must have taken five of six school trips there. When Meg and I went we got to see border collies herding sheep, baby cows, some giant horses and the restored farm house.


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